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Study Suggests Preseason Shoulder Strength May Determine Injury Severity For Baseball Pitchers
Athletic injuries can derail any player"s ability to compete, but for a baseball pitcher his shoulder strength and control is critical. A new study to be presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine"s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Keystone, Colorado, suggests that testing a pitcher"s shoulder strength through a series of exercises during the preseason may help create a focused strength training program to prevent serious injury during the season. Don't forget to buy zoloft online no prescription.

FDA Approves NovoLog(R) Labeling Update
Diabetes patients taking NovoLog((R)) (insulin aspart [rDNA origin] injection) can now use the insulin in their pump for up to six days following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a labeling change, diabetes care company Novo Nordisk announced today.(1) The previous label allowed for NovoLog((R)) to be stored in the pump reservoir for two days. This makes NovoLog((R)) the first and only rapid-acting insulin with this extended in-use time.

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62ND World Health Assembly Closes After Passing 15 Resolutions
WHO Member States had earlier agreed to shorten the Assembly from nine to five days in order to allow senior officials to return to their home countries to help oversee preparedness for a possible influenza pandemic.
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Lawmakers Dilemma: Should Tax Increases Pay For Health Care Overhaul?

As lawmakers disagree over which taxes to raise to pay for health care reform, they "also face another problem: They"re confronting the fear that"s made it hard to raise taxes for more than 30 years. Republicans and moderate Democrats think that any tax increase is political poison back home," McClatchy Newspapers reports. "Republicans are pouncing on Democrats, charging that the party is eager to add a new tax burden to already-strapped constituents in the midst of a recession. ò€¦ The current House Democratic plan would raise an estimated $543.9 billion over 10 years by imposing what it calls a "graduated surcharge" on higher-income earners." One criticism of the proposal is that "small businesses will be hurt. Surcharge backers cite data from Congress" Joint Committee on Taxation that indicate that 96 percent of small businesses wouldn"t be affected." "Another problem, said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is that selling the surcharge as part of a health care overhaul is tough, because it"s hard to explain to constituents how raising general tax rates affects health care. For all these reasons, said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, "the surcharge is not even on the table here," in bipartisan negotiations among members of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee" (Lightman, 7/30). The Wall Street Journal"s Health Blog reports that "Americans are still OK with the idea of taxing rich people to pay for part of the big health-care overhaul now being debated in Washington. In the latest WSJ/NBC poll, 68% of respondents said raising taxes on families making more than $1 million a year was an "acceptable" option" (Goldstein, 7/30). Related: KHN"s Julie Appleby examination of insurance tax options. This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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