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Data Presented At The 5th International AIDS Society Conference Suggests Low Testosterone Frequently Goes Undetected In HIV-Positive Men
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUXL), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced that new data from the two-part HYHYHI Study (Hypogonadal Hypotestosteronism in HIV-Seropositive Men) were presented as a poster today at the 5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. This retrospective chart review, supported by the Company, evaluated the challenges associated with diagnosing low testosterone in men with HIV/AIDS. The study also compared the difference in testosterone levels achieved after 12 months of treatment with either Testim® 1% (testosterone gel) or AndroGel®, two commonly used FDA-approved testosterone replacement products.

Obama Adviser Jarrett Praises Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor, Responds To Critics
White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett in a speech on Monday at the National Partnership for Women & Families" annual luncheon touted Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor"s credentials and responded to critics who have attacked the judge"s qualifications and past statements, the Washington Post"s "44" reports. Jarrett noted that Sotomayor has more federal experience than any other Supreme Court justice in 100 years. "You can imagine our surprise when people started saying maybe she wasn"t qualified," Jarrett said. She continued that Sotomayor also has an "incredible, rich personal story" that represents the "American Dream." When Sotomayor "talk[ed] about how important that upbringing was, what that will help her bring to the bench -- just as I might add Justice Alito did during his confirmation -- suddenly her background comes into question," Jarrett said, adding that this is a "double standard." Critics have attacked Sotomayor"s comment during a speech at the University of California-Berkeley that she would "hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn"t lived that life." Alito during his confirmation hearing said, "When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of their ethnic background or because of religion or because of gender. And I do take that into account."Jarrett said of Sotomayor, "I can tell you we really don"t have anything to worry about." She added that Sotomayor "will be far more prepared than anybody else, which is often the case with women. She will make us all proud" (Brown/Leiby, "44," Washington Post, 6/15).
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NeurogesX Provides U.S. Regulatory Update For Qutenza(TM)
NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed to its proposed study to evaluate Qutenza(TM) in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) following pretreatment with an FDA-approved topical anesthetic. As part of its ongoing new drug application (NDA) review, the FDA wants to determine whether pretreatment with an FDA-approved topical anesthetic would provide similar tolerability to the topical agent used as a pretreatment in the clinical development program.
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Lifting A Burden Of Worry The Washington Post As the political debate about how to pay for and pass health reform grows louder and more contentious, we shouldn"t lose sight of the reason we"re even having this conversation: We have a huge, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve the lives of all Americans, insured and uninsured alike (Sebelius, 8/4). U.S. Psyche Bedevils Health Efforts The Wall Street Journal I hate the health-care system -- but don"t you dare mess with it. That"s a pretty apt summary of the American mind-set about health care -- and not just now, but for decades. Something about health care calls forth from the national psyche a deep, almost inexplicable schizophrenia, as the latest, delayed effort to "reform" health care is showing President Barack Obama and the rest of Washington (Seib, 8/4). Death, Dishonesty & The GOP Huffington Post In an effort to defeat universal health care, conservatives are engaging in a campaign of lies that will ultimately cause more families to suffer needlessly at a most painful time (Heath, 8/3). Too Much Health Care A Burden Burlington Free Press The uninsured needn"t worry that health care reforms coming out of Washington won"t cover basic health care needs. What should concern us all is that they will get is what the rest of get now -- too much care (Keller, 8/4). A Public Option Would Offer More Choice Des Moines Register A public option for health insurance, as proposed by the House, is not a "massive, new, government-run" plan. It is designed to offer Americans another choice in insurance and force the private sector to compete. A little healthy competition, after all, is what many lawmakers say is needed to get more Americans insured and hold down health-care spending (8/4). Heavy Cost Of Obesity Charleston Post Courier A junk-food tax isn"t the be-all, end-all solution, but it would be one step in the direction of fairness, at least for the 8 percent of us who try, every day, to be healthy (Quick, 8/4). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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