NPA Responds To Launch Of High Quality Care For All - The NHS Next Stage Review, UK The NPA welcomes the assertion in the Next Stage Review that "pharmacies have a key role to play as providers of prevention services" mirroring the statements in the recently published pharmacy White Paper. John Turk, NPA Chief Executive comments: "The Report is yet another call for pharmacy to take centre stage in public
health, but we know from experience that words from the centre do not necessarily translate into action on the ground.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRCOG Releases Standards In Maternity And Gynaecology, UK The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) releases two important documents focusing on women's
healthcare. The documents are: - Standards for Maternity Care. A report from a working party, jointly produced by the RCOG, and Royal College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Midwives, and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Health.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPelvic Prolapse - Evaluating The Effects Of Pelvic Floor Reconstruction On The Outcomes Of Slings ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Two different groups evaluated the effects of pelvic floor reconstruction on the outcomes of slings. While the UCLA group showed no evidence of any effect of posterior repair on slings outcomes (Abstract #1300), work from Virginia Mason in Seattle suggested a possible protective effect of anterior repair on sling results (Abstract #1299).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRCOG Release: Royal Colleges Release Report On Working Time Directive (WTD) 2009 Compliance Some medical specialties have expressed concern over the effects of the decrease in junior doctors' working hours as a result of the Working Time Directive (WTD). The WTD will restrict junior doctors' work hours to 48 hours each week from 2009.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew York Times Magazine Examines Europe's 'Lowest-Low Fertility' Phenomenon The New York Times Magazine on Sunday examined reasons for low fertility rates in Europe, including the "lowest-low fertility" phenomenon in Southern and Eastern European countries. The lowest-low term was coined in a 2002 report that found fertility rates in Southern and Eastern Europe had dropped below 1.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Study Says Peers At The Heart Of Teen Weight Concerns The peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure. So reports a new study (1) by Dr. Eleanor Mackey from the Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC, and her colleague Dr. Annette La Greca from the University of Miami. Also influencing weight control behavior is girls' own definition of normal body weight and their perception of what others consider normal body weight.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDelayed Childbirth Associated With Increased Cesarean Section Need And Impaired Uterine Tissue Contraction Impaired contraction of the womb could be a contributor to the association between older maternal age and the increased rate of cesarean sections, according to a study released on June 30, 2008 in the open access journal PLoS
Medicine. A cesarean section, sometimes also called a c-section, is a method of childbirth in which the newborn is surgically removed from the uterus.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIntra Uterine Growth Retardation Induced Sub-Fertility Is Corrected By Placental Gene Therapy With Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The recognized association between the intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and male sub-fertility and other chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and the fact that Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) has a major influence on fetal and postnatal growth, led the authors to hypothesize that IUGR induced sub-fertility could be corrected if IUGR could be corrected by placental gene therapy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDifficulty Sleeping Increases As Women Progress Through Menopause According To Study By Rush University Medical Center Difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep increase as women go through menopause according to research by Rush University Medical Center. Waking up earlier than planned also increases through late perimenopause but decreases when women become postmenopausal. The study is published in the July 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
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