Due to the success of the first three years of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American College of Physicians Foundation (ACPF) Diabetes Initiative, the program has received additional funding from Novo Nordisk Inc. to continue the initiative for an additional two years through December 2009.

Hospitals and health care providers across New York State would lose a staggering $10 billion under the proposed budget released by President George W. Bush, according to analysis by the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS), the only statewide hospital and continuing care association in New York State.

Researchers analyzing prostate tumors have identified differences in gene expression (the degree to which individual genes are turned on or off) between African-American and European-American men that show the existence of distinct tumor microenvironments (the area that includes the tumor and the surrounding non-cancerous tissue) in these two patient groups.

House Democrats are considering crafting legislation that would combine a temporary boost to the federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid, a moratorium on new rules that limit Medicaid eligibility and an expansion of SCHIP, a leadership aide said Tuesday, CQ HealthBeat reports.

Senate Democrats and administration officials on Tuesday “sparred” over “unrealistic assumptions” on health care spending and other issues related to the fiscal year 2009 budget request that President Bush released on Monday, CQ Today reports (Clarke/Higa, CQ Today, 2/5). According to the

The Zimbabwean government plans to begin a new antiretroviral drug treatment policy for its mother-to-child prevention program, Owen Mugurungi, head of the HIV/AIDS and TB unit at the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, said last week, The Herald/AllAfrica.com reports.

The cost of prescription contraceptives at college health clinics in Minnesota has increased up to fivefold since last year, the Mankato Free Press reports. According to some advocates, packets of birth control pills have increased from between $5 and $10 for a monthly supply to as much as $50 (Krohn, Mankato Free Press, 2/4).

Hundreds of African women on Monday gathered for a conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to discuss issues surrounding violence against women living with HIV/AIDS, their rights and access to antiretroviral treatment, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.

Scientists at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom recently announced they have developed an in vitro fertilization technique that creates an embryo using the DNA of two women and one man with the aim of preventing women with genetic conditions from passing diseases on to their children, BBC News reports.

The New York Times on Wednesday examined issues surrounding the Product RED campaign, which benefits the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.