Royal College Of Nursing Welcomes New Guidance For Providing Acute Mental Health Care For Women, UK Commenting on today's publication of 'Informed Gender Practice, Mental
health Acute Care That Works for Women', by the Care Services Improvement Partnership, Dr. Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary, of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "The RCN welcomes this guidance as it highlights the importance of equality practices in mental
health care and should enable women to receive support tailored specifically to their needs.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comColumn Discusses HIV/AIDS Risks For Black Women If the popular television series "Sex and the City" "chronicl[ed] the sexually liberated adventures of four black women" instead of white women, "one of the lead characters could credibly have tested positive for" HIV, Johnathon Briggs, director of communications at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, writes in a
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Links Herpes With Widespread Neuropathic Pain Reactivation of genital herpes is linked in some cases with the emergence of widespread neuropathic pain, according to a Finnish study reported in The Journal of Pain. In the clinic at the University of Helsinki, 17 patients were examined who presented widespread chronic pain with no visible lesions in brain magnetic imaging. Because the majority had herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, the researchers studied a possible association between herpes and neuropathic pain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRoyal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain Submits Views On Darzi Report To Health Select Committee The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has given its views on the Final Report by Lord Darzi to the House of Commons.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCQ HealthBeat Examines Debate Over Potential Federal Rule That Could Limit Birth Control Access CQ
HealthBeat on Friday examined the debate over a proposed regulation being developed by the Bush administration that allegedly seeks to allow medical providers to refuse patients access to commonly used contraceptive methods as a matter of conscience on the grounds that they are a form of abortion (Reichard, CQ
HealthBeat, 7/18).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRoyal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Museum Takes The Public Behind The Scenes The Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is inviting people to get a dose of history with its new Behind the Scenes initiative. These brand new sessions have been designed to encourage people from the local community to get up close to the Museum's collection. Ten sessions will be hosted from August through to December, with the Museum exploring a new theme each month.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comS.D. Law Requiring Physicians To Tell Patients That Abortion Ends Human Life Goes Into Effect Friday, physicians in South Dakota have been required to comply with a 2005 state law stating that a woman seeking an abortion be told that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole separate, unique living human being," the Washington Post reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRexahn Pharmaceuticals Receives U.S. Patent For New Cancer Compounds Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX:RNN), a, leader in innovative therapeutics for life-threatening and life-debilitating diseases, today announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has issued to the Company U.S. Patent 7,388,014, entitled "Quinazoline Derivatives and Therapeutic Use Thereof.
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