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October 5, 2009 (EurekAlert) - A recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado looked at post-transplant care to determine whether primary care physicians (PCPs) or hepatologists are better suited to manage the overall health care of patients who received a liver transplant (LT). Researchers learned that hepatologists believe metabolic complications to be common in LT patients, but not well controlled. The hepatologists surveyed also felt that PCPs should be responsible for managing these conditions, but that this group was not taking an active role. Full details of this study appear in the October issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. In the U.S. approximately 6,000 li...

Today, eleven public health and consumer advocacy organizations filed a friend of the court brief asking a federal court to reject a lawsuit by R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard and other tobacco companies that seeks to block key provisions of the new federal law regulating tobacco products.

A child welfare group says sailor Jessica Watson is setting a bad example for teenagers by attempting a very dangerous endeavour when she is too young.

Prostate cancer should be higher on government health agendas recognising its importance as the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, urges a call to action launched recently by Europa Uomo, a coalition of patients' groups across Europe. 'We need action, not just hollow words, to reduce the growing problem of prostate cancer,' warned Tom Hudson, Chairman of Europa Uomo at a meeting to launch the call to action held in Antwerp, Belgium (18 September, 2009).

One area distributor says new Food and Drug Administration oversight powers don't appear to be negatively impacting tobacco sales in the St. Joseph area following recent restrictions on flavored cigarettes. However, those changes are likely just the beginning as anti-smoking/anti-tobacco groups continue to watch what other changes the FDA has in store. Brian Dickins, owner of Saint Joe Distributing, said sales of chewing tobacco have increased as flavored cigarettes are done away with. Others who prefer flavored tobacco simply can buy small flavored cigars, which are close to the size of a cigarette and come in smaller packages, but cost almost half as much. "Basically, the money is just moving to someplace else," Mr. Dickins said. "So they knocked out clove cigarettes, big deal. Smokers are going to smoke something, no matter what." But the FDA isn't just blowing smoke. The Family smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which went into effect in June, is targeted at youth prev

In hundreds of meetings with its members, AARP has often found itself forced to referee a battle over health care between age groups.