News for Thursday 24th of July 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Examines Treatment Options For Pregnant Women With CancerPathbreaking Diabetes Study Supported By Grant To Broad Institute
Chagas Disease Partnership Will Deliver Safe, Easy-To-Use Treatment For Children
Short-Film Features Oklahoma Prison Program That Teaches Women How To Prevent HIV
New York Times Magazine Examines Continuing Debate On IVF
Viagra Improves Sexual Dysfunction In Women On Antidepressants
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Examines Treatment Options For Pregnant Women With Cancer
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PDTThe St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday examined the "life-and-death" decisions pregnant women with cancer must make and the treatment options available to them. According to the Post-Dispatch, as many as one in every 1,000 pregnant women in the U.S. is diagnosed with cancer.
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Pathbreaking Diabetes Study Supported By Grant To Broad Institute
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:00:00 PDTResearchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have received a grant to support novel, integrative research aimed at finding ways to encourage the human body to replenish the cells that are missing in type 1 diabetes.
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Chagas Disease Partnership Will Deliver Safe, Easy-To-Use Treatment For Children
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDTChildren infected by Chagas disease, endemic in 21 countries in Central and South America, will soon have access to a treatment tailored to their needs. As a result of the new partnership between Lafepe and DNDi, the first pediatric formulation of benznidazole will be made available to patients by the end of 2009. The drug will be sold at cost, with no profit to the institutions involved in its development, and will be available for distribution worldwide.
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PerkinElmer To Triple Neonatal Screening Capacity In Mexico
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDTPerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced a one-year agreement with the Mexican Ministry of Health, la SecretarÃa de Salud, to expand its newborn screening program across Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, PerkinElmer will provide instrumentation, reagents and screening expertise that will help the Ministry of Health screen for congenital hypothyroidism and triple its screening capacity. The expanded program began in May 2008.
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Study Finds Link Between Small Birth Size And Changes To The Cardiovascular System That Predispose To Disease In Later Life
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PDTResearchers have found the first evidence that smaller size at birth is associated with specific alterations in the functioning of the heart and circulation in children and that these changes differ between boys and girls.
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Short-Film Features Oklahoma Prison Program That Teaches Women How To Prevent HIV
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 PDTThe Tulsa World on Sunday examined a short documentary film about incarcerated women in Oklahoma and a peer education program that teaches them about HIV prevention and other social issues. The
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Bush's 'Relationship' To Reproductive Health, Sex Education 'Consistently Abysmal,' Opinion Piece Says
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:00:00 PDTThe Bush administration's "relationship" with reproductive health and sex education has been "consistently abysmal" both domestically and globally, and is one of many reasons why the "Bushies can't leave office fast enough," Sarah Wildman, a senior correspondent for the American Prospect, writes in a Guardian opinion piece.
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New York Times Magazine Examines Continuing Debate On IVF
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 PDTAlthough in vitro fertilization developments over the 30 years since the first infant was born using the fertility treatment have been "miraculous," it has become "easy to forget the disturbing questions about IVF -- its practices, ethics and impact on public health -- that do remain and are left largely subject to a physician's conscience and a patient's desires," Peggy Orenstein, author of "Waiting for Daisy," writes in the
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Advocates Protest Catholic Church's Position On Condoms, Contraception During Pope's Visit To Australia
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PDTMore than 500 members of the group NoToPope Coalition on Saturday protested the Roman Catholic church's ban on condom use and contraception during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Sydney, Australia, for Catholic World Youth Day, the
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Viagra Improves Sexual Dysfunction In Women On Antidepressants
- Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDTIn women suffering from sexual dysfunction as a result of antidepressant use, this side effect may be relieved by sildanafel, more commonly known as the commercially available Viagra. This was published in an article released on July 22, 2008 in JAMA.
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