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The Sounds Of Learning: Studying The Impact Of Music On Children With Autism
In June 2009, newspapers reported that archaeologists in Germany had discovered a 35,000-year-old flute made of bird bone. It represented, one paper said, "the earliest known flowering of music-making in Stone Age culture." And we have been tapping our toes, humming along, singing and dancing ever since.
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Orthopaedists On A Humanitarian Mission: Sustained Help For Developing Countries
"Flying into a developing country, operating on people for a few days or weeks and flying out again helps individual persons but has nothing to do with sustainable development work." Professor Martin Salzer, Vice-president of "Austrian Doctors for Disabled" -- the Austrian society for medical development assistance -- is convinced that "it makes even less sense to fly in people from such countries for difficult operations, as humanitarian the motive may be. That money can be invested more effectively." For the group of physicians and medically interested persons around Prof. Salzer it is a question of sustainability in the field of development cooperation, something to which they can contribute their medical experience. "After care for the disability or sickness, our concern is networked interdisciplinary and sustainable rehabilitation. We also hope to thereby make a contribution toward combating poverty" Prof. Salzer says in summing up the main concern of the organization.
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Structures From Immune System's Oldest Branch Shed Light On A Range Of Diseases
How molecules of the oldest branch of the human immune system have interconnected has remained a mystery. Now, two new structures, both involving a central component of an enzyme important to the complement system of the immune response, reveal how this system fights invading microbes while avoiding problems of the body attacking itself.
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Insurer, Tech Vendor Plan Major 'Telehealth' Network

A major health insurer, UnitedHealth, and a computer networking company, Cisco Systems, are teaming up to create "a network of virtual clinics to make medical care available in offices, stores and rural areas around the country," Bloomberg reports. Under the plan, United Health will spend "tens of millions" to set up the clinics using equipment provided by Cisco. "Cisco and UnitedHealth see a growing market in remote doctoring as lawmakers consider an overhaul of U.S. health care, said Jim Woodburn, a UnitedHealth vice president. The stimulus package approved in February included $6 billion for "telehealth" initiatives" (Nussbaum, 7/15). "UnitedHealth Executive Vice President Steve Rodgers said the company hopes to position itself to team up with various states as they invest that stimulus money," the Wall Street Journal reports. "Longer term, Mr. Rodgers said, the health-care system will have to rely on new ways to connect patients to doctors, as the number of Americans over age 65 swells and puts more demand on an already short supply of primary-care physicians and some specialists" (Fuhrmans, 7/16). Separately, as networks of health services and electronic health records spread around the country, nationwide programs will face a challenge, NextGov reports: "A patchwork of conflicting state regulations may hamper the Obama administration"s plan to quickly cut health care costs by transitioning from paper to electronic medical records, say some vendors and hospital managers." One problem is that many hospitals will also have to maintain paper records because of state laws requiring that those records be preserved for seven years or more (Sternstein, 7/15). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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