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Advance Toward New Drugs That Turn Genes On And Off
Scientists in Michigan and California are reporting an advance toward development of a new generation of drugs that treat disease by orchestrating how genes in the body produce proteins involved in arthritis, cancer and a range of other disorders. Acting like an "on-off switch," the medications might ratchet up the production of proteins in genes working at abnormally low levels or shut off genes producing an abnormal protein linked to disease. Their report is in the current issue of ACS Chemical Biology, a monthly journal.
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Washington's Basic Health Plan Raises Rates To Compensate For Budget Cuts
Washington state"s cash-strapped health insurance program, Basic Health Plan, "is resorting to steep premium increases to achieve what [its officials] were loath to do on their own - expel thousands of working-class people," the Seattle Times reports. Price hikes for the poorest plan members - who earn less than 125 percent of the poverty line - could double their premiums, while spikes are expected to be much higher for members with bigger incomes.
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Research: Popular Diabetes Medications Associated With Increase In Bone Fractures
Research presented at the American Diabetes Association"s 69th Scientific Sessions points to increased risk for people with diabetes associated with two widely used drug classes; while another study shed new light on a different class of drugs that faced increased scrutiny from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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All Party Parliamentary Group For Parkinson's Disease Announces Report & Parkinson's Disease Society Launches Fair Care For Parkinson's

When: 8 July 2009 6:00pm - 8:00pm What: Launch of the APPG"s report into inequalities of access to services for people with Parkinson"s and their carers. In response to the report, the Parkinson"s Disease Society will also launch Fair Care for Parkinson"s, calling for the Government to ensure the APPG report recommendations are carried out. Where: Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, Westminster An inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Parkinson"s has highlighted severe inequalities in access to Parkinson"s services, despite the clear standards and evidence base set out in the National Service Framework for long term neurological conditions, and the NICE Parkinson"s disease guideline. Nearly 400 individuals and organisations including national and local health and social care providers, regulators, professional bodies and charities, provided written and oral evidence to the inquiry. The disturbing findings from this report will be announced on 8 July 2009. The PDS is launching Fair Care for Parkinson"s to ensure all people affected by Parkinson"s have equal access to the services they need. Guest speakers will include: - Baroness Gale, Chair, APPG for Parkinson"s Disease - Ann Keen MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health Services - Steve Ford, Chief Executive of the Parkinson"s Disease Society - A speaker sharing their experiences of living with Parkinson"s About the APPG for Parkinson"s Disease Chair of the APPG for Parkinson"s Disease: - Baroness Gale Officers of the APPG for Parkinson"s disease: - Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - Vice-Chair - Mark Hunter MP - Vice-Chair - Anne Milton MP - Vice-Chair - Jeremy Browne MP - Treasurer - Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville - Secretary - Paul Burstow MP - Secretary - Madeleine Moon MP - Secretary - The APPG for Parkinson"s Disease was established in June 2008 in order to keep Parkinson"s disease and relevant public policy issues on the political agenda - The Parkinson"s Disease Society (PDS) acts as Secretariat for the APPG for Parkinson"s disease - The PDS member"s survey 2007 Life with Parkinson"s today - room for improvement identified that access to public services such as the NHS, social services and transport in England for people with Parkinson"s and their carers varies considerably About Parkinson"s Disease - Approximately 120,000 people in the UK have Parkinson"s - 10,000 people are diagnosed in the UK every year, and one in 20 is under 40 - Parkinson"s is a progressive neurological condition caused by the loss of dopamine in the brain, for which there is currently no cure. Whilst it is not life threatening, Parkinson"s seriously affects day to day activities that we take for granted like walking, writing, speaking -- Key symptoms are: - Tremor 1 Rigid muscles 2 Slowness of movement Parkinson"s Disease Society


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