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AACCA
to Host 1st Annual Conference in Las Vegas
 April
4 -7, 2005, the AACCA will be hosting its 1st annual conference a
the Boardwalk Hotel on the strip.
Join
us for "In the Beginning....Coding Strategies" by
registering online
here.
Learn
more about the conference, as well as making
hotel reservations.
Extra
Copies of Gene Help Protect From AIDS
 WASHINGTON
- Having extra copies of a gene that produces a blocking protein
helps protect people from AIDS, a finding that may explain why some
people are more susceptible to the disease than others, a new study
reports.
Researchers
wondering why people from the same ancestry varied in their ability
to resist HIV and AIDS found differences in the number of copies of
the gene that encodes CCL3L1, a protein that blocks HIV, the virus
that causes AIDS. Click
here to learn more at the MSNBC website.
Dodging
the Needle
Those
who dread hypodermic needles may someday be able to apply their
medicine on their skin instead, a couple of researchers believe.
Find
out more about how this new technology works, as well as when it
might receive FDA approval at the CBS
News site.
White
House Touts Medicare Benefits
 Government
and health organization leaders on Monday urged Medicare
beneficiaries to take advantage of new preventive benefits, saying
the emphasis on prevention will save lives and billions of dollars
in health care costs.
As
of January 1, new enrollees to Medicare are eligible for a one-time
"welcome to Medicare" physical exam, and all Medicare
recipients will have access to free cardiovascular and diabetes
screenings.
Click
here to learn specific details on the new coverage on the CNN
website.
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Birth
Control Pill Study Flawed
 Federal
officials Wednesday backed away from the findings of two major studies
on birth control pills, saying the research was flawed and that a new
analysis shows there is no evidence that oral contraceptives cut the
risk of heart disease.
The
research, presented at a medical meeting in October, created a stir
because it was from the nation's largest women's health study and
found that women on the pill had lower risks of heart disease and no
increased risk of breast cancer. That was contrary to what many
previous studies had found.
Find
out the latest information on this issue at CNN.
Urine
Test For Pregnancy Dangers
 A
simple urine test during pregnancy could someday predict which women
are likely to develop dangerously high blood pressure called pre-eclampsia,
a condition that kills hundreds of mothers-to-be each year in the
United States and leads to 15 percent of all premature births,
researchers say.
Click
here to learn more about test effectiveness, as well as how current
testing works online at CBS
News.
Report:
Researchers Mum on Financial Interests  Government
scientists have collected millions of dollars in royalties for
experimental treatments without having to tell patients testing the
treatments that the researchers’ had a financial connection,
according to documents and interviews.
The
personal royalties are legal, though the researchers developed the
treatments at government expense. But the Health and Human Services
Department promised in May 2000 that scientists’ financial stakes
would be disclosed to patients, a pledge that followed an uproar over
conflicts of interest and mistakes in federal experiments. Learn
more about this controversial issue at MSNBC.
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