Short-Film Features Oklahoma Prison Program That Teaches Women How To Prevent HIV The 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
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAdvocates Protest Catholic Church's Position On Condoms, Contraception During Pope's Visit To Australia More 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
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTeam Trumps The Clumps: Making Biologic Drugs Safer Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a technique to measure the formation of clumps of proteins in protein-based pharmaceuticals. This first systematic study clarifies the conditions under which scientists can be assured that their instruments are faithfully measuring the formation of protein aggregates, a major concern because of its impact on quality control and safety in biologic drug manufacturing.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOhio Ranked 4th In Overall Biotechnology Strength In Business Facilities Magazine's recently released 2008 Biotechnology Strength Report, Ohio is ranked fourth among all states. The report can be viewed at www.businessfacilities.com/bf_08_07_cover.php.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew York Times Magazine Examines Continuing Debate On IVF Although 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
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBush's 'Relationship' To Reproductive Health, Sex Education 'Consistently Abysmal,' Opinion Piece Says The 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.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRoyal College Of Psychiatrists Responds To The Healthcare Commission's Review Of NHS Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services The Royal College of Psychiatrists welcomes this detailed review of NHS acute inpatient mental
health services by the
Healthcare Commission. It is encouraging to see that two-fifths of trusts exceeded the minimum level of service provision. However, it is disappointing that no trusts were scored excellent on all four of the key criteria against which performance was assessed.
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