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Clean Air Must Be Top Priority Despite Tough Economy: Lung Association Survey
Despite tough economic times, the majority of Canadians want to see federal and provincial governments make clean air a top priority, according to a new poll by The Canadian Lung Association to mark Clean Air Day.
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Many U.S. Residents Test Positive For HIV Late In Illness, Few High School Students
Many people who test positive for HIV are diagnosed late in the course of their infection when treatment might be less effective, according to a report published Thursday in CDC"s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Reuters Health reports. The report looked at data on people who were diagnosed with HIV from 1996 to 2005 and found that 45 percent had developed AIDS within three years of their initial HIV diagnosis, 38.3 percent within one year and an additional 6.7 percent within the next two years (Reuters Health 6/25). R. Luke Shouse of CDC"s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention in the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, said, "This means that they may have unknowingly transmitted HIV. It also means that there is a time when they had HIV when they were not under appropriate medical care, so there are missed opportunities for prevention and care." A separate CDC report also published yesterday found that 22.3 percent of high school students who are sexually active and 12.9 percent of all students have been tested for HIV (Reinberg, HealthDay/KATC.com, 6/25).
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Senator Boxer Introduces Legislation To Address Nationwide Nursing Shortage
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced the National Nursing Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, legislation to protect the rights of nurses to advocate on behalf of their patients, set minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals, and invest in training nurses to address the current nationwide nursing shortage.
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Statement From American Association Of Kidney Patients Kidney Failure Is No Laughing Matter

The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is very disappointed with Wanda Sykes" comedic comments regarding kidney failure and Rush Limbaugh at the White House Correspondent Dinner over the weekend. While Ms. Sykes" comments were most likely made in a light-hearted manner, hundreds of thousands of kidney disease patients and their loved ones do not see kidney failure as a laughing matter. Nearly 400,000 Americans are receiving dialysis as a life saving treatment for kidney failure and 26 million Americans have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which means they are at risk for losing their kidney function. In addition, 20 million Americans are at risk for CKD and do not even know it. There is no cure for kidney disease, only treatment options which include dialysis and kidney transplantation. Dialysis is a treatment that cleans the blood and removes wastes and excess water from the body, work that is normally done by healthy kidneys. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), more than 102,000 people are currently on the waiting list for a new organ - 84,000 are waiting on a new kidney. Living with kidney failure is physically and mentally challenging on the patient and their family members, and should not be wished upon anyone, no matter how different their political views. While Ms. Sykes statement was poorly crafted and offended kidney patients nationwide, her presentation has generated much needed conversation and awareness of this disease that silently affects millions of Americans. Our hope is that this situation will bring about more kidney health education focusing on the physical, emotional and social impact kidney disease has on patients and their family members. The American Association of Kidney Patients


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