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Growing Immature Human Egg Cells To Nearly Mature Egg In Laboratory Could Save Cancer Patients' Fertility
The tiny translucent egg nestled in the special laboratory gel was a mere 30 days old, but its four-week birthday caused researchers to quietly celebrate. This was the first time anyone had successfully grown a woman"s immature egg cells, contained in a tiny sac called a follicle, to a healthy and nearly mature egg in the laboratory. When an egg is fully mature, it is ready to be fertilized.
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New Report Offers Policy Recommendations For Including Long-Term Care Services In Health Care Reform
The SCAN Foundation released a policy report by Georgetown University researchers presenting four distinct policy options for including long-term care support and services in health care reform. The report comes on the heels of a National Omnibus Survey on Long-Term Care released last week, also from The SCAN Foundation, showing that nearly 80 percent of Americans would be more likely to support a health care reform package that includes improved coverage for long-term care services.
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Growing Retail Clinic Trend Makes Few Inroads In Poor, Underserved Areas
Since 2000, nearly 1,000 "retail clinics" -- offering routine care like sports physicals and immunizations and treatment for minor illnesses like strep throat -- have opened their doors inside pharmacies and grocery stores across the United States. Retail chain operators proposed that the new clinics would improve access to medical care among uninsured or underserved populations. However, these clinics have been opened more often in higher-income areas that are less likely to be classified as medically underserved, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine published in the May 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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New 'H1N1 Flu Re Centre' Available On TheLancet.com

The Lancet has partnered with over 40 Elsevier-published journals and 11 learned societies to launch a new H1N1 Flu Re Centre for healthcare professionals at TheLancet.com. Developed byThe Lancet editors, this new online information clearinghouse aggregates infectious disease and public health information from across Elsevier"s spectrum of content. To upgrade the level of expert analysis and advice on the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of the influenza A H1N1 (swine flu), The Lancet, the respected international medical journal, today announced the launch of its H1N1 Flu Re Centre , a complimentary microsite for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and healthcare professionals across the globe. Among the many H1N1-related websites, TheLancet.com"s H1N1 Flu Re Centre offers an unparalleled scope and depth of content. "The H1N1 Flu Re Centre fulfills The Lancet"s mission of improving outcomes in health and in the business of health," said Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet journals. "Healthcare professionals will have immediate access to timely, accurate information aggregated from diverse online res and journals. The global medical community will benefit from this re." Led by John McConnell, Editor of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the editorial team has scanned thousands of journals published by Elsevier for articles on the scientific, clinical, and public health aspects of the H1N1 virus. Articles selected by The Lancet editors have been categorised into relevant topics and full-text PDFs made available for free download from the H1N1 Re Centre. John McConnell added: "We are especially grateful to our society partners for allowing us to host their content at TheLancet.com and for making this freely available to all visitors to the H1N1 Re Centre." Late-breaker session In partnership with the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), The Lancet will co-host on Sunday, May 17 a late-breaker session on influenza A H1N1 at the European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Helsinki, Finland. Over 6,500 delegates from around the globe are pre-registered for the ECCMID meeting. Speakers at the session are Albert Osterhaus (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Javier Garau (Barcelona, Spain). Video highlights from the session will be available next week from The Lancet"s H1N1 Flu re Centre. Conference On August 21-23, 2009, The Lancet is holding a conference in Qingdao, China, on influenza in the Asia-Pacific region. Click here for more details. The Lancet *See our Map Of H1N1 Outbreaks *See our Mexico Swine Flu Blog


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