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Regular Yoga Practice Is Associated With Mindful Eating
Regular yoga practice is associated with mindful eating, and people who eat mindfully are less likely to be obese, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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Daschle Playing Role Of Adviser, Expert In Health Reform Debate
Even after withdrawing his nomination as HHS secretary, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has remained involved in the health reform debate, USA Today reports. According to USA Today, his "[m]ost important" action has been participating in private meetings on health reform with members of Congress. Daschle is a co-founder of the Bipartisan Policy Center, which is scheduled to release its own reform plan in June. He also has called "for action in a campaign-like circuit of speeches," wrote an opinion piece supporting a public health plan and was named to the board of General Electric"s new initiative to reduce medical costs by $6 billion, USA Today reports.Daschle works for Alston & Bird, a law firm that lobbies on behalf of more than a dozen health companies, including CVS Caremark, according to Senate lobbying disclosure statements (Fritze, USA Today, 5/21).
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U.S. To Commit Additional $1B To H1N1 Vaccine Development
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday the U.S. has agreed to put an addition $1 billion towards ingredients for the production of a vaccine that offers protection against the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, Reuters reports. "There"ll be another $1 billion worth of orders placed to get the bulk ingredients for an H1N1 vaccination. Congress has agreed with the president that this is the number one priority, keeping Americans safe and secure," Sebelius said (7/12).
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Uganda's Health Ministry Orders Investigations Into Deaths Of Patients Living With HIV

Uganda"s Health Ministry announced Monday it has ordered investigations into whether the deaths of 17 patients living with HIV in Northern Uganda were caused by their inability to get antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, the AP/mlive.com reports. According to Zainab Akol, manager of the ministry"s HIV/AIDS control program, the ministry is exploring "whether apart from the lack of ARVs, another disease like malaria or any epidemic could have contributed to the deaths," according to the news service. The article examines assertions that Uganda is exepriencing a shortage of antiretrovirals. Akol "attributed the shortage of antiretroviral drugs to a sharp increase this year in the number of AIDS patients," after a countrywide testing campaign identified 100,000 addition HIV-positive people. "The number of HIV/AIDS patients increased yet money provided by donors to buy the drugs did not increase," said Akol. The article includes comments by Stephen Watiti of Uganda"s National Forum of People Living with HIV-AIDS Network, who "said his group has also received reports about the 17 HIV patients dying in northern Uganda and is investigating whether patients in other areas of the country are affected." Watiti commented that some government health centers has stopped providing antiretrovirals to HIV-positive patients and that treatment interruption "could expose Uganda to "an explosion of a new HIV epidemic that is predominantly drug resistant"" (Olukya, 7/27). 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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