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Doctor's Vision For Health Reform: Videochat
A jean-wearing, blogging pediatrician who works out of a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, loft claims "disruptive technology" is a better treatment for America"s health care woes than universal health insurance, the Boston Globe reports. He hopes products like "Hello Health, a national franchise of clinics he is building where patients can e-mail, text, or videochat with doctors over a secure Web site," will jolt the health system into dramatic reforms.
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6,552 Confirmed Swine Flu Cases And 9 Deaths In The USA
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced at the end of the day of 22nd May, 2009, that so far 6,552 humans have been infected with the A(H1N1) influenza virus, also known as swine flu. This new A (H1N2) flu virus originates from pigs and was first identified in April this year. The virus is human transmissible, says the CDC, meaning it spreads from person-to-person, and has sparked a growing outbreak of illness throughout the USA. The CDC stresses that cases of confirmed human infection are occurring all over the world.
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Growing Immature Human Egg Cells To Nearly Mature Egg In Laboratory Could Save Cancer Patients' Fertility
The tiny translucent egg nestled in the special laboratory gel was a mere 30 days old, but its four-week birthday caused researchers to quietly celebrate. This was the first time anyone had successfully grown a woman"s immature egg cells, contained in a tiny sac called a follicle, to a healthy and nearly mature egg in the laboratory. When an egg is fully mature, it is ready to be fertilized.
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Possible Government Rethink On NHS Private Finance Initiative Welcomed By UNITE, UK

A possible government rethink into the "flawed and expensive" private financing of NHS hospitals has been welcomed by Unite, the largest union in the country. Unite, which is campaigning strongly against the privatisation of the NHS, was commenting on an interview by health minister, Lord Darzi in which he said the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) "needs to be looked at." Lord Darzi told BMA News: "That model of funding may have been the right model but I have no doubt that the Department (of Health) will be appraising whether that it is still the model for the future or whether there are other, better models." "Quality is a moving target and PFIs have been very successful and might be in the future but it needs to be looked at." Unite National Officer for Health, Karen Reay said: "At long last, the government is beginning to realise that PFI is a flawed and expensive exercise that continues to consume billions of pounds in costly contracts for the enormous profit of private companies. This is money that could be better spent on frontline services for patients and clients." "Lord Darzi comments are to be welcomed - there is a chink of light at the end of the tunnel. However, when he talks about "better models for the future", we hope he means that the PFI experiment is abandoned, and not that the whole sorry process should be accelerated. We shall be seeking clarification from government on this point." Karen Reay welcomed the results of a BMA News survey which revealed that more than 90% of doctors were worried about the future of their local health services if they were left to market forces. She said: "This shows that right across the health service from GPs to health visitors to ambulance staff there is a broad coalition of health professionals opposed to the creeping tide of marketisation of the NHS." The Patchwork Privatisation of Our Health Service - a special report can be downloaded from http://www.unitetheunion.com/health and then clicking on Unite Health Sector web page: http://www.unitetheunion.com/health. Unite The Union


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