Daily News Watch Create username. NAMI has organized a coalition of mental health organizations that have called for the White House to challenge stigma in the entertainment industry and is encouraging people with mental illnesses, their families and friends to contact the show's sponsors. One sponsor, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, maker of Prilosec, already has withdrawn support. With more than 210,000 members, NAMI is the nation's leading grassroots advocacy organization solely dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses. The study is recruiting family members of people with type 1 diabetes because close relatives are 10-20 times more likely to develop the disease than are the general population.
Eligible volunteers receive free screenings and medical care.
Because only 1 percent-2 percent of volunteers screened will qualify for the study, organizers hope to screen approximately 30,000 volunteers in the next 12 months to recruit the final 300 participants needed to complete the study's enrollment phase. DPT-1 is funded by the National Institutes of Health and is supported by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the American Diabetes Association. More than 350 medical facilities in the United States and Canada are taking part in study recruitment. The American Medical Association is applauding the House Judiciary Committee's decision last week to pass a bill that gives physicians federal antitrust exemption and would allow them to collectively bargain with HMOs and other health plans, Modern Healthcare reports. As a result, physicians would be prohibited from bargaining over fees for patients covered by Medicaid, Medicare, the Indian Health Service and other federal programs.