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Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Defeat A Treatment-Resistant Type Of Cancer
Effective drugs for treating a chemotherapy-resistant form of lymphoma might already be on the market according to a study that has pieced together a chemical pathway involved in the disease.

Breast Cancer Help, Inc. Attends National Breast Cancer Coalition Annual Advocacy Conference In Washington, D.C.
As part of its community outreach, Breast Cancer Help, Inc. attended the annual National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) conference, which was held May 2-5 at Washington, D.C. Representatives of Breast Cancer Help, along with hundreds of other activists, met at the nation"s capital to meet with elected officials who are responsible for the majority of the funding for breast cancer research. The conference was held to challenge the newly elected leaders in Washington to create the changes necessary to ensure the much-needed funding for research and access to quality care.
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Newly Nominated Surgeon General Will Need To Talk More Openly About HIV/AIDS, Opinion Piece Says
Newly nominated Surgeon General Regina Benjamin has a "tall order" ahead of her being "[c]hief health educator" of the U.S., "and, if confirmed, she will have to talk to us all in terms we plainly understand," Lorraine Teel, executive director of the Minnesota AIDS Project, writes in a Minneapolis Star Tribune opinion piece. She adds, "But when it comes to unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, the message becomes more difficult" than messages related to nutrition and obesity. Teel says that "former Surgeon Generals tried to educate us," on HIV/AIDS, such as Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, but he "was prevented from speaking frankly." Teel continues, "Let"s hope that this Surgeon General"s administration sounds the alarm, loud and clear, about HIV. A major factor in why we are not winning the battle against AIDS is because we have been forced to only politely talk about risk" (7/1).
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Baylor Health Care System Receives $8M From French Government To Develop HIV Treatment

The French government has awarded Baylor Health Care System with an $8 million grant to develop a therapeutic method of controlling HIV without medication, the Dallas Morning News reports. The funds will go toward establishing an HIV research unit at Baylor"s Institute of Immunology Research, which will focus on researching the immune system cells of people living with HIV (Roberson, Dallas Morning News, 6/17). This information was reprinted from dailyreports.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at dailyreports.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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