Good Morning All,
Here's the overnight "News & Views"....  from the on-line media....

The bottom line is... "while these results
are promising, clinical trials in humans are still between
three and seven years away." and... in the meantime we must
adapt to higher health costs....

Cheers ........ murray

BBC News: Parkinson's Stem Cell Advance
Stem cells transplanted into the brain seem to change
into the type needed by Parkinson's patients.
However, a UK expert warned that there were many obstacles
to be overcome before they could be used as a treatment in humans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1748000/1748928.stm

CANADA: Report Recommends Higher Health-Care Premiums
Albertans, British Columbians, are the only
Canadians who pay any premiums at all....
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020108/wl/canada_briefs_6.html

NEWS: CANADA: Alberta study on medicare reform praised,
condemned by different groups
Families currently pay $800 per year for coverage.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/020109/6/gsa7.html

BBC News: Americans spent $1.3 trillion on health care
Healthcare costs in the United States have risen to a new high
according to a new report from the government's Department of Health.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1749000/1749526.stm

NEWS: Rising Health Costs Could Squeeze Workers' Benefits
The report, published in the latest issue of the journal
Health Affairs, says several forces fueled the rise in health
spending. But it singles out prescription drug costs and hospital
care as the two big-ticket items.
Prescription drug purchases rose 17.3 percent in 2000,
to nearly $122 billion....
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/hsn/20020108/hl/rising_health_costs_could_squeeze_workers_benefits_report_1.html

HealthSCOUT News: Stem Cells Show Promise for Parkinson's
Embryonic stem cells transplanted from mice into the brains
of rats that have the equivalent of Parkinson's disease
become dopamine-producing neurons and restore lasting
motor function, a new study says.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/hsn/20020108/hl/stem_cells_show_promise_for_parkinson_s_1.html

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