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Millions pledged to autistic children in Australia welcome news
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39508
The announcement that the Australian Government plans to spend $190 million in funding for parents of children with autism is welcome news.

8 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39438
Diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This means that nearly 8 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes.
Canada's mental health crisis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39423
No one is safe from mental illness; it strikes without regard for age, gender, or social status. And even though one in four Canadians suffer from a mental illness, it remains a stigma, shrouded in misconceptions.
Experts paint a depressing future for Australian diabetics
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39342
New research presented at an international conference has predicted that almost a third of Australians with diabetes will die from the disease in the next decade.
Experts say spend more on dementia or expect a crisis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39341
Scientists in both Australia and Britain are calling for more funding for dementia in order to avert a health care crisis in the future.
New approach for assessing and managing patients with sepsis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39309
Each year over a million people suffer from sepsis, a condition caused by an infection spreading through the body. If sepsis develops into severe sepsis then the death rate can rise to nearly 30 - 50%, equalling the number of deaths caused by a heart attack.
World Allergy report calls for urgent worldwide collaboration to tackle global increase in allergies
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39308
The World Allergy Organization (WAO) will publish its first Report on the extent of allergy and chronic respiratory diseases worldwide on the 18 June 2008 and has called for immediate collaboration to tackle the current escalation in allergy cases.
Presidential candidates comment on causes of autism - Association says evidence-based approach should guide national autism
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39227
Noting that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are often the first group of professionals to recognize that a child has autism and are central to providing treatment, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) sent letters this month to Presidential candidates Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama that advise taking an evidence-based approach to the vaccine controversy surrounding what causes autism and to policy development related to care.
Biological medicine helps more people with rheumatoid arthritis
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39206
Patients who have recently developed rheumatoid arthritis respond better to treatment with biological medicine in combination with conventional pharmacological medicine. This according to results of the Swefot national clinical study, which is to be presented at an international rheumatology congress in Paris by scientists from Swedish Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, who conducted the study in association with another 15 rheumatology units in Sweden.
New treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39198
A new treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) pioneered at the University of Sydney is having great success by targeting the beliefs behind the obsessive behaviour rather than the behaviour itself.

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