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...growing opportunities for Chinese Americans in China act as a useful barometer of the country's economic progress. A decade ago, Chinese Americans were to be found mainly in the big consulting firms, or in management positions at the joint-venture operations that were a foreign company's only way into the market. Now, they are almost everywhere, including prominent positions in high-profile Chinese companies...
...when symptoms amount to no more than stiffness, weakness or cramping in the hands - up to a year before a clinician relying on traditional methods could hope to make a diagnosis. Starting patients earlier on riluzole, which works by blocking the effects of the neurotransmitter glutamate, could slow the progress of the disease during its milder phase, buying many extra months of decent-quality life. And there's more to the treatment of MND these days than just swallowing a pill. Recent research suggests a life-extending benefit for MND sufferers using adjunct therapies in the areas of speech, diet...
...sense of hopelessness has contributed to medical science's scant progress on MND, the researchers argue. "No one," says Kiernan, "wants to go into an area that's completely black." It's also likely that the relatively small market for MND drugs has dulled the pharmaceutical industry's motivation to develop them. Kiernan and Vucic hope their findings - combined with evidence that the incidence of MND seems to be rising, while it is claiming younger victims, with a baffling skew toward male professional athletes in their 30s - will generate more research into the disease. And that one day, a neurologist...
...www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov This federal government site, a work in progress, uses patient data from more than 4,000 hospitals to assess how often they provide the recommended treatment for certain conditions. For example, you can check the three hospitals you are considering having surgery at to see which is accredited by a private, nationally recognized group, and what percentage of surgery patients received preventative antibiotics one hour before incision. The local hospitals are also compared against the national average, the state average, and the highest scoring hospitals in the country. (Although provision of data is voluntary, the 2004 Medicare reform...
...Bush, Hu smile, pledge cooperation, but make little progress,” read the apt Associated Press headline describing Hu Jintao’s visit to the U.S. last week. Indeed, behind the speeches, photo-ops, pomp, pageantry, and protesters was a fundamental tension and conflict on a variety of issues including human rights, North Korea, and, of course, the elephant in the room: Chinese trade policy. But despite our disagreements, it is important to remember that economic protectionism is not the answer. As more and more items say “made in China” on them...