THE PRESIDENT: Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of collapse.
With the flu season fast approaching the President today provided an overview of what's being done. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is leading the way on public health preparedness and response efforts, the Principal Federal Official for domestic incidents, the Secretary of Homeland Security, is coordinating the supporting activities of Federal departments and agencies and facilitating response actions with State, local and territorial governments and tribal and private sector partners, while other Cabinet officials are leading complementary initiatives in their area of responsibility.
Researchers Dr. Marc Therrien at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal, and Dr. Frank Sicheri, at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, have discovered a new target that may be instrumental in the development of new, more effective cancer therapies.
A team of French scientists have found the dose of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) that is just right for preventing cardiovascular disease in healthy men. The new research is published in the September Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Journal.
Companies are increasingly offering genetic tests directly to consumers to assess their risk for illnesses such as breast cancer or diabetes. These tests have raised concerns over whether people will receive adequate counseling -- given that the tests are not administered by health care providers -- and whether consumers' genetic information will be kept private, among other issues. (Live audio webcast available)
Even as White House attempts to speed up production and distribution of an H1N1 flu vaccine Dr. Thomas Frieden the new head of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the vaccine won't be ready until mid-October.
A new study has found important mechanism used in setting up the communications network of connections in the brain. The results of the study could help adults suffering from brain injuries and possibly help early diagnosis and treatment schizophrenia, autism or other developmental disorders.
President Barack Obama made health care his top domestic priority at Senator Kennedy's urging. With the death of Senator Kennedy a blow has been dealt in the political battle which is now raging over health care reform.
The World Health Organization chief is urging governments to prepare for a likely second wave of H1N1 outbreak.
Telemedicine and e-Health, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. has published a feature article titled Twittering Telemedicine in the Medical Connectivity section of the latest issue. The article reports that Twitter is emerging as a potentially valuable means of real-time, on-the-go communication of health care information and medical alerts.
