Calif. Court Ruling On Physician Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation Allows Equal Treatment, Editorial Says A California Supreme Court ruling that physicians cannot refuse medical treatment to gays and lesbians based on the physicians' religious beliefs "correctly focus[ed] on the basic principle of nondiscrimination," a Los Angeles Times editorial says.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPlanned Parenthood In Ohio Launches Campaign To Educate Public About Range Of Services It Provides Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region on Wednesday launched a campaign called the "A-Word" in an effort to educate the public that the organization provides more than abortion services, the AP/Huntington Herald-Dispatch reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUgandan Pediatric HIV/AIDS Conference Cites Lack Of Access To Antiretrovirals, High Rates Of Mother-to-Child Transmission About 12,000 of the 50,000 HIV-positive children in Uganda who are in need of antiretroviral therapy are receiving the treatment, delegates said on Wednesday during the second annual national pediatric HIV/AIDS conference in Kampala, Uganda, the Monitor reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBlogs Comment On New HHS Rule Proposal; Language Used By Obama On Abortion; Remembering Rep. Tubbs Jones The following is a summary of selected women's
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Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOpioid Painkillers Sometimes Make Pain Worse, According To Evidence Review Opioid medications are essential for helping to relieve all types of serious pain. However, relatively recent evidence suggests that in some patients they can paradoxically worsen the pain. "Actually, this possible negative effect of opioids, such as morphine, to cause increased sensitivity to pain was observed in the 19th Century," says Peggy Compton, RN, PhD. "Today, we call this opioid-induced hyperalgesia, or OIH.
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