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A new study investigated the effectiveness of S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) in the prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or primary liver cancer. SAMe, a widely available nutritional supplement, with little known side effects, was found to be effective in preventing the formation of HCC in rats. However, high enough levels of SAMe were not attainable to successfully treat established HCC. The findings are available in the August issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Don't forget to buy zoloft online no prescription.

IRIN Examines Efforts To Improve Sleeping Sickness Dectection
IRIN examines the efforts of the Geneva-based Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) to develop less costly surveillance equipment to improve the ability to detect the parasitic disease trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) in endemic countries. Though "trypanosomiasis can be cured within a week of hospitalization," left undetected, the disease advances, making it treatable only by medication that "can be toxic in up to 10 percent of patients," according to Joseph Ndung"u, head of FIND"s trypanosomiasis program.

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Small Businesses Fear Reform Could Worsen Rising Health Costs
"Many small businesses are worried that rising health insurance costs are choking their growth and hindering the creation of new companies, and they fear health care reform plans being debated in Congress and by the Obama administration could end up costing them even more in taxes, according to business advocates," the Baltimore Sun reports. Some of those views were collected in a survey released Tuesday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. According to the survey 29 percent of [309] businesses were unable to offer insurance to their employees, and many said their health care costs had risen this year. "Rising health care costs are choking American small businesses just when we need them the most," said Nicholas Green, an organizer for the research group"s Maryland contingent (Sentementes, 7/22).
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Wall Street Journal Examines Pharmaceutical Companies Expansion Into Developing Countries

The Wall Street Journal examines the "strategic shift in the $770 billion pharmaceutical industry to target the working poor in the developing world" through the eyes of a Pfizer pharmaceutical representative working in the slums overlooking Caracas, Venezuela. The newspaper writes: "For the first time in a half-century, sales of prescription drugs are forecast to decline this year in the U.S., historically the industry"s biggest and most profitable market ò€¦ As a result, developing countries ò€¦ have begun to look more attractive to the industry." Pfizer has expanded into China, India, Brazil, Russia and Turkey. GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis are also expanding their focus on sales to developing countries. Pfizer, which "brought in $1.4 billion in sales from emerging markets in the first quarter of this year," is benefiting from a belief in Venezuela and in much of the developing world that branded medicines are worth paying a premium for because they"re safer and more effective than generics," yet cost 40 to 50 percent more, the newspaper writes. Still, "[s]ome public-health officials question whether Pfizer is promoting what they say is an unfounded perception that generic drugs aren"t trustworthy." "Pfizer says the problem with generics in Venezuela is that laws requiring them to be equivalent to brand-name versions aren"t uniformly enforced" and "up to 30 percent of drugs sold in the developing world are counterfeit and may not be effective." To help mitigate costs, Pfizer offers discounts to doctors. The Wall Street Journal writes that Pfizer"s "program in Venezuela is an exercise in how to reduce prices enough to attract poorer customers while still turning a profit." The article also details Pfizer"s offers of free computers and internet for doctors, creating the opportunity for them to practice telemedicine. "Pfizer says the computers start out as loans and become permanent gifts once the doctors have shown that they are using them for medical purposes and have signed a waiver stating they understand they"re not intended to influence their prescribing," the newspaper writes. Carlos Serrano, a Venezuelan doctor featured in the article whose office is set to receive a refurbishment by Pfizer later this month, "says he"s increased by 40 percent the number of Pfizer drugs he prescribes since" being contacted by the local Pfizer representative, but says he has not been influenced by the aid he"s received from the company. "There are some illnesses that have to be treated with a good product, no matter what the cost," Serrano said (Johnson, 7/7). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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