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Does Intercessory Prayer For Sick People Actually Help Heal Them?
Health and religion have always been intertwined, most obviously through prayer on behalf of the sick. Does intercessory prayer for sick people actually help heal them? For thousands of years some people have believed so. But new Brandeis University research in the Journal of Religion this month shows that over the last four decades, medical studies of intercessory prayer - the prayer of strangers at a distance - actually say more about the scientists conducting the studies than about the power of prayer to heal.
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New Form Of Targeted Antibody Therapy Offers Further Hope To Patients With Incurable HER2-positive Breast Cancer
Final results from a phase II study presented at ASCO show that 25% of women with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer experienced significant shrinkage of their tumours, when treated with a first in class combination antibody called trastuzumab-DM1 (T-DM1). T-DM1 potentially represents another option for patients with metastatic disease, for which there is no cure.
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Continued International Investment, Decreased Discrimination Key To Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Says U.N. Secretary-General
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during a General Assembly meeting Tuesday urged governments not to cut aid for the international fight against HIV/AIDS, the AP/Washington Post reports. Even as Ban "called for "bold action" not only to increase funding but also to break down social barriers to achieve the goal set by world leaders in 2006 of universal access to comprehensive HIV prevention services, treatment, care and support by 2010," he and other speakers at the meeting "reviewing progress and challenges in the battle against AIDS indicated that it will be exceedingly difficult - if not impossible - to reach the goal" (Lederer, AP/Washington Post, 6/16).
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Managing Incontinence After A Stroke - May Is Stroke Awareness Month

Approximately 800,000 people suffer a stroke in the United States each year, nearly three-quarters of which occur in people over 65 years old. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds. Urinary incontinence is an incredibly common problem for people who have suffered a stroke, affecting 40 to 60 percent of the stroke population. While incontinence can be temporary for stroke survivors, 15 percent are still incontinent after one year. Many others suffer what is known as "functional incontinence" where the bladder functions normally, but a physical impairment prevents being able to reach a bathroom in time. Often, people with functional incontinence never meet with a urologist or have a bladder assessment, and are left to managing their bladder control alone. Many people who are suddenly faced with incontinence resort to the most readily available management method: adult diapers. Though diapers are easily obtained and can be discretely purchased, they tend to cause additional complications and can actually lead to deteriorated health. Adult diapers trap moisture against the skin, leading to skin irritation and sores. Painful sores in the diaper region can be incredibly hard to heal, due to the persistent moisture, and often require expensive creams and powers to maintain skin integrity. Thankfully, incontinence is often temporary for stroke survivors. Liberty can help men properly manage their incontinence while nursing their body back from a stroke, and can even be incorporated into a safe, bladder training program. For more information about how Liberty can reliably replace diapers, please visit BioDerm"s new diaper information page. Click here. HIMSS


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