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Association Between Sugar Consumption And Race/Ethnicity, Family Income And Education
The intake of added sugars in the United States is excessive, estimated by the US Department of Agriculture in 1999-2002 as 17% of calories a day. Consuming foods with added sugars displaces nutrient-dense foods in the diet. Reducing or limiting intake of added sugars is an important objective in providing overall dietary guidance. In a study of nearly 30,000 Americans published in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers report that race/ethnicity, family income and educational status are independently associated with intake of added sugars. Groups with low income and education are particularly vulnerable to eating diets with high added sugars.
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Please help us protect people with neuromuscular diseases from the potentially harmful impact of the recently released House Tri-Committee healthcare reform proposal. The package eliminates the first month purchase option for all power wheelchairs.
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Number Of Abortion Procedures Continues To Decline In Minnesota And Wisconsin
The following summarizes news coverage of state abortion statistics in Minnesota and Wisconsin.~ Minnesota: The number of abortions performed in Minnesota decreased for the second consecutive year in 2008, according to an annual report from the state Department of Health, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Except for a one-time increase in 2006, the number of abortions in Minnesota has trended downward since a peak in 1980, when 19,028 procedures were performed. The new report found that 12,948 abortions were performed in the state in 2008, a decrease of 895 from 2007. Women ages 20 to 24 accounted for about one-third of the procedures, the most among any age group. The number of procedures among teenagers continued a decline that began in the 1990s but had leveled off slightly earlier this decade, the report found. The report also found that less than one-third of women reported using contraception and about one in seven was married at the time of conception (Von Sternberg, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 7/1).~ Wisconsin: Wisconsin abortion providers performed 8,229 procedures in 2008, the lowest number since the state began collecting statistics in 1974, according to an annual report by the state Department of Health Services, the AP/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. The number of abortions has declined annually since 2003, when 10,557 procedures were performed. State law requires abortion providers to provide DHS with the data. According to the report, slightly more than half of abortions took place in the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Women who had never been married accounted for about three-fourths of all procedures. The report found that 12% of abortions occurred among women ages 35 and older; 34% were among women ages 20 to 24; 11% were among women ages 18 and 19; and 6% were among girls ages 15 to 17. The number of abortions among minors decreased from 551 in 2007 to 500 in 2008, with parents providing consent in 452 of those cases (Richmond, AP/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 6/30).
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Government Must Take Care Not To Raise Expectations Beyond What NHS Can Deliver - The King's Fund, UK

Commenting on the health announcements contained in Building Britain"s Future, The King"s Fund chief executive Niall Dickson said: "The idea that patients should have a right to certain standards of treatment is a good one and the government should be congratulated on reducing the number of central targets, some of which were hard to justify. However, we do need to be clear that many of the "rights" set out in the Prime Minister"s announcement are currently "must do"s" for the NHS. For example, the four hour maximum wait in accident and emergency, the 18 week wait for hospital treatment and health checks for 40 year olds are all already in operation. "The announcement today also suggests the government will have to strengthen the new NHS Constitution, which was only launched a few months ago. "The other concern must be that the new rights raise expectations among patients that the NHS may find hard to deliver. For example the guarantee of access to NHS dentistry and to enable patients with long term conditions to die at home are laudable ambitions but if the service cannot achieve that standard immediately, there is a risk of alienating staff and frustrating patients. "Nor should we forget that NHS targets, although unpopular and sometimes misguided, did play a vital role in driving the dramatic decreases in waiting times over the past 12 years." 1. 18-week waits The NHS Improvement Plan (2004) established a maximum wait of 18 weeks from the time of GP referral to a hospital consultant, to the start of treatment. The target was effectively met on time, at the end of 2008. The latest data shows that the ongoing performance targets continue to be met: at April 2009 93% of admitted patients were seen within 18 weeks (within the target of 90%) and 97% of non-admitted patients were seen within 18 weeks (within the target of 95%). 2. A&E 4-hour target This NHS Plan (2000) target stated that by 2004 all patients attending accident and emergency departments should be treated, discharged or admitted within four hours of arrival. This was later refined in 2003 to a requirement that the target be met for 98% of patients. The target was missed only very narrowly - in the first quarter of 2005, 97 per cent of patients were seen within this time. In 2008/09 - 98% of patients spent 4 hours or less from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge (link ). 3. Check ups for 40+ year olds Then Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson announced plans for everyone aged 40-74 to be offered a single, integrated check to assess risk of vascular disease (heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease) in April 2008 . Details of the programme are outlined in Putting Prevention First (2008). The Department of Health estimates that there will be 3 million tests a year, at an estimated cost of ÷£250m per year. Implementation began in April 2009 . http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/News/Recentstories/DH_097147 Online health MOTs - called NHS Lifecheck - were developed in 2006 after a commitment in Our Health Our Care Our Say (2006). The King"s Fund


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