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Video competition asks contestants where they see themselves at 50.

Support for health care reform proposals developed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislative leaders to assure all Californians access to quality, affordable care remains high among California AARP members. This August 2007 AARP telephone survey of 802 members finds 65 percent calling it important to pass a health care reform bill this year. (15 pages)

Detroit's Big Three automakers -- Ford Motor, General Motors and Chrysler Group -- are "competing intensely" to become the lead contract negotiator with United Auto Workers as the Sept. 14 expiration of the current agreement draws near, the [click link for full article]

Well over half (58 per cent) of professional nurses have admitted they wouldn't report abuse of an older person in their care for fear of misinterpreting the situation. Two thirds say that responsibility for too many patients prevents them from giving the best possible care, according to a major new survey carried out for Help the Aged. [click link for full article]

Long Island Newsday on Wednesday examined a new rule from CMS that will deny reimbursements to hospitals for preventable errors that occur while patients are in their care, a move that advocates believe will encourage better quality and help reduce avoidable injury and infection rates. [click link for full article]

Opko Health Inc. (Amex: OPK) announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase 3 COBALT (Combining Bevasiranib And Lucentis Therapy) clinical trial of bevasiranib for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). [click link for full article]

Citing a California nursing home death linked to an untreated oral infection, the statewide organization representing dental hygienists today called for greater focus on the oral health of seniors residing in nursing and convalescent homes. [click link for full article]

Title: Damp, Moldy Homes May Cause Depression
Category: Health News
Created: 8/31/2007
Last Editorial Review: 8/31/2007

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) on Monday said if CMS does not approve the state's plan to expand SCHIP, he would consider suing federal health officials over new standards announced last week that aim to limit SCHIP enrollment to the lowest-income children, the [click link for full article]

The New York Times on Tuesday examined the "dizzying array" of low-dose hormone replacement therapy options to treat menopausal symptoms that have been released since the NIH-sponsored Women's Health Initiative in 2002 [click link for full article]