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Health Highlights: June 15, 2008
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Dr. Mario Raviglione, director of a World Health Organization program to fight TB, called the MIT idea "creative." But he told theAPpersonal visits must continue because systems that depend on patient self-reporting have often failed in the developing world.
In 2006, the most recent year statistics are available, 9.2 million people worldwide were diagnosed with tuberculosis, and 1.7 million died, according toAP. The WHO estimates that up to 10 percent of TB deaths are patients who stop taking medication properly.
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Care of Female Veterans Lags at Some VA Hospitals: Report
U.S. female veterans aren't receiving the same quality of care as men at about one-third of Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, according to a VA review obtained by theAssociated Press.
While the VA has created women's clinics at many hospitals, more clinicians need to be trained in women's care, and there's a need for more equipment focused on women's health, the document states.
The review, mandated by Congress, seems to support criticism by advocates and some members of Congress that the health care system needs to do more to help female veterans, theAPreported.
Any discrepancies in care are unacceptable and the agency is aggressively tackling the issue, said Dr. William E. Duncan, associate deputy undersecretary for health for quality and safety at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
"We're striving to understand the reason for these health disparities and to eliminate differences in veterans' health care based on personal characteristics," Duncan told theAP.
Currently, women account for about five percent of the VA's population. But that percentage is expected to nearly double in the next two years as more female veterans return home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the wire service said.
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Psoriasis Drug Could Raise Risk of Cancer: FDA
