Diabetes not associated with depression: study NEW YORK (Reuters Health)

Diabetes not associated with depression: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with diabetes are no more likely than the general population to have depression, according to study results reported in the journal Diabetes Care.

Gov't Split on Katrina Victim Health Care (AP via Yahoo! News)
The White House is fighting a congressional effort that would give low-income hurricane victims the same expanded access to health care under Medicaid that survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks received.

Men and women fare equally well after angioplasty
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gender does not affect outcome in patients who undergo angioplasty in a blocked artery in the leg. Therefore, gender alone should not be used in making decisions about who should undergo the procedure among patients with this type of circulatory disease, Dr. Steven G. Katz from the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Pasadena, told Reuters Health.

Sales of biogenerics in US, Europe to soar-study
LONDON (Reuters) - Copycat versions of expensive biotech drugs could see $16.4 billion in sales in the United States and Europe by 2011 once regulatory curbs on so-called biogenerics use are gone, a study showed on Monday.