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SOMỌ€¢INSIGHT Clinical Study Detects First Cancer In Mammographically Negative Breast Screening Patient At OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
U-Systems, the leader in dedicated breast ultrasound systems, together with Medical Director Jessica A. Guingrich, MD of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Susan G. Komen Breast Center and Centers for Breast Health announced that they have initiated the SOMỌ€¢INSIGHT Clinical Study. The first participants have been enrolled and the first pathologically confirmed cancer has been detected in a mammographically-negative screening patient. The clinical study is examining whether Digital Mammography along with the somọ€¢v™ Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) is more sensitive to detecting breast lesions when compared to Mammography alone in women with dense breasts.

Howard County Pharmacy Owner Indicted For Health Care Fraud
A federal grand jury yesterday indicted Pamela Arrey, age 48, of
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Need For At-Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Underscored By High-Profile Cardiac Deaths
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men in the United States(1). Yet it"s often not until the untimely passing of a celebrity from a cardiac event - such as Billy Mays or Tim Russert - that the issue is brought to the forefront of Americans" health and wellness routine. And even then, when there"s a heightened focus on heart health, a recent survey(2) uncovered that only 14 percent of people would be inclined to start regularly monitoring their blood pressure at home - a preventive measure highly recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA)(3) since it can help signal impending cardiac distress caused by high blood pressure.
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Also In Global Health News: Kenya Donor Fund Management; Malaria In Afghanistan; Pneumococcal Vaccine In Rwanda; Female Condom

Kenya Seeking Agents To Manage Health Donor Funds Kenya"s health ministry is looking to appoint agents to manage funds from the CDC - "a key donor to the health sector" - and other donors, Business Daily/allAfrica.com reports. The move by the government comes after "revelations that some key health institutions" are facing "severe cutbacks by donors who have held back funding following allegations of corruption," according to Business Daily/allAfrica.com (Kimani, 7/8). Malaria Cases In Afghanistan Expected To Increase This Year There is an anticipated increase in the number of malaria cases in Afghanistan this year, Najibullah Safi, director of the National Malaria and Leishmaniasis Control Programme, said, IRIN reports. He said the rise is expected because of "ample rainfall." Floods between January and June affected more than 21,000 households and caused extensive damage in about 15 of the country"s 34 provinces, according to reports by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (7/7). Pneumococcal Vaccine Available Throughout Rwanda, Official Says The pneumococcal vaccine has reached all health centers in Rwanda, two months after the Ministry of Health first made it available at a hospital in the Eastern Province, said Fidele Ngabo, the manager of the Expanded Programme of Immunisation, New Times/allAfrica.com reports. Ngabo said the vaccine is being administered to all children under the age of one (Nambi, 7/7). The Female Company"s Female Condoms Examined Fortune Small Business/CNNMoney.com examines The Female Health Company"s efforts to create and sell a female condom. When the current CEO joined the company in 1985, the "very notion of a female condom had a rough road ahead," Fortune Small Business/CNNMoney.com writes, adding, "To sell one would mean building a global market for it." After overcoming various obstacles, 2008 was a "great" year for the company. While this year "looks good as well," Female Health has "only made tiny inroads into the market. In 2007, more than 11 billion male condoms were delivered around the world, in contrast to 27 million female ones," writes Fortune Small Business/CNNMoney.com (Grant, 7/7). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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