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Volume 3 Issue 3 Published - 14:00 UTC 08:00 EST 09-April-2001 Next Update - 14:00 UTC 08:00 EST 10-April-2001	Editor: Susan K. Boyer, RN © RAmEx Ars Medica, Inc. All rights reserved.

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	Searching For Affordable Medicine For Impoverished Populations Millions of people a year die of treatable diseases because they can't afford the medicine, a problem international experts will address at a workshop starting Monday in Norway. Some 80 representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, drug companies and other researchers and health experts were to seek ways to ensure that drugs are sold at affordable prices and that they get to those who need them. more
	New Drug Performs Well Against Difficult To Treat, Diabetes-Related ED The first Phase III study for Cialis(TM), a new PDE5 inhibitor being developed by Lilly ICOS LLC to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), showed strong results among one of the most difficult to treat populations of men with ED. The findings -- released on 07 April 2001 at the European Association of Urology (EAU) meeting -- demonstrated that 64 percent of men with diabetes-related ED taking Cialis 20 mg on demand reported improved erections. more

	Tuberculosis And HIV: A Clinical Manual Vidyya is pleased to off this TB/HIV manual for download. The manual provides a pocket-sized guide to the clinical management of tuberculosis, particularly in patients suffering from co-infection with HIV. Designed for use by busy clinicians, the manual aims to promote the best possible diagnosis and treatment in low-income countries where the prevalence of TB and HIV infection is high, case loads are heavy, and laboratory support may be limited. The manual combines the latest scientific knowledge about these diseases with authoritative advice based on extensive field experience in several of the hardest hit countries. more
	Free Health Information For Hispanic Seniors Offered By The National Institute on Aging Reliable information on diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep problems, medication safety, and foot care is now available in Spanish from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Five new Age Pages describe how to recognize and treat these conditions, which are common in older people, and provide up-to-date addresses and telephone numbers for further help. more
	Epidemiologic Analysis Of Alcohol And Tobacco: Use Patterns Of Co-Occurring Consumption And Dependence In The United States Epidemiologists have conducted nationwide surveys, such as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) and the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), to estimate the prevalence of either the individual or the concurrent consumption of and dependence on alcohol and tobacco. These estimates indicated that for both alcohol and tobacco, use was already relatively high among the youngest respondents, peaked among young adults, and declined in older age groups. A similar pattern existed for concurrent alcohol and tobacco use. Moreover, these estimates showed only moderate gender differences. With respect to dependence, the age-related prevalence patterns differed somewhat for alcohol and tobacco, with the prevalence of tobacco dependence relatively lower among the youngest respondents compared with the prevalence of alcohol dependence. The age-related pattern for concurrent alcohol and tobacco dependence was similar to that found for tobacco dependence. more