As from January, 2009, people with fair skin and those under the age of 18 will not be allowed to use solariums in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, the NSW Government has announced. The NSW Government stressed that this legislation will become enforceable on January 1st, regardless of what is decided at a national level.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data on post partum depressive symptoms (PDS) among mothers in America from 2004 to 2005 and found that young, unmarried women with lower levels of education, who were on Medicaid when delivered of their babies were the most likely to report having PDS.

At least nine states will meet federal SCHIP enrollment guidelines that will allow them to offer coverage to children in families with incomes greater than 250% of the federal poverty level, CMS Center for Medicaid and State Operations Director Dennis Smith said Wednesday in testimony before the Senate Finance

Two newspapers on Thursday published a letter to the editor and an editorial about a recent study conducted by researchers at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice that found wide variations among the top U.S.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Wednesday by voice vote approved a bill (HR 5613) that would delay implementation of seven new Medicaid regulations for one year, the

Women who take estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy are twice as likely as women not taking the treatment to develop noncancerous breast lumps, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (AP/Houston Chronicle, 4/9).For the study, Tom Rohan of the

An initiative to combat cancer in the enlarged European Union has been adopted in a plenary session of the European Parliament. The adoption of the Cancer Resolution has been welcomed by ECCO - the European CanCer Organisation - which says that patients, and all those who care for them, will benefit if the European Commission and Member States take action on the Resolution’s 40 proposals.

Monell Center scientist Mark I. Friedman, PhD has been selected to receive a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue his work on diet and obesity.The prestigious fellowships are awarded to established scholars in the fields of science, humanities, and creative arts “on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health on Wednesday by voice vote approved a measure (

The American Pain Society (APS), http://www.ampainsoc.org/, has announced the recipients of its second annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards recognizing the nation’s outstanding pain care centers. Six multidisciplinary pain programs were recognized.