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'Swift Action Driven By Courage Needed' To Remove Ban On Federal Funding For Needle-Exchange Programs, Letter To Editor Says
"The Obama administration"s budget dealt a serious blow to those who support syringe exchange programs to prevent the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other infectious diseases," Paola Barahona, senior global health policy analyst for Physicians for Human Rights and founding executive director of Prevention Works!, writes in a Washington Post letter to the editor. She adds, "On the campaign trail, during the transition and in the White House, President Obama has expressed support for removing the federal ban prohibiting the use of federal funds for these programs. But he kept the ban in his budget despite research clearly showing that such programs work."Barahona writes, "Addressing the personal and pubic dangers of injection drug use may not have wide political support, but doing so is an important health and human rights issue with serious public health ramifications." She adds, "As supports of disease prevention policy rooted in science rather than politics or ideology, we have waited too long for "change" that makes sense." Barahona concludes, "We have a bold and courageous leader in President Obama. Swift action driven by courage is needed now to remove this anachronistic ban" (Barahona, Washington Post, 5/17).

Complications Of Image-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation Of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Causes, Imaging Features And Prevention Methods
UroToday.com - Radiofrequency (RF) ablation of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has been accepted as a minimally invasive treatment for patients who are not able to undergo surgery1. These patients have such poor medical conditions that they can have a higher risk of postoperative morbidity or mortality compared to the general population.
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Why Do Indians Suffer Heart Failure?
Over 3,400 South Asians have taken part in the UK"s largest study into heart failure in ethnic minority populations. Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK have been carrying out the study, involving members of the Indian community. Patients, who are registered with GPs in the Birmingham area of the English Midlands, were screened at their local surgery, to discover how common, heart failure is among them.
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GM Crops - The Elephant In The Room? - Sustainable Agriculture Still Low Down On EU Climate Change Agenda

GM crops can and already do play an important role in reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture and feeding a growing population in a worsening climate, reveals a report published today by EuropaBio[i]. Furthermore, this contribution will only increase as their cultivation becomes even more widely adopted around the world. Nevertheless, this fact continues to be ignored by many EU regulators, as is evidenced by its repeated non-appearance on DG Environment"s Green Week agenda. "It"s both worrying and perplexing that the impact of agriculture, in general, gets such a low billing on next week"s agenda and that the benefits of green biotech will likely not even be mentioned" said Nathalie Moll, Director of Agricultural Biotech at EuropaBio, "Even more so when you consider that whilst we scramble to discover and apply new technologies to reduce emissions in the fossil fuel-based economy, we reject tried and tested solutions in agriculture - the second most impactful sector." Today"s report highlights the significant potential of Agricultural biotech to reduce GHG emissions, help crops adapt to a changing climate and produce more food from less available land. In this way, green biotech contributes to the range of options to help farmers adopt sustainable agricultural practices that can tackle tomorrow"s challenges. As a result, for over ten years now, millions of farmers around the world have chosen to cultivate GM crops on 125 Million hectares[ii] of land to increase their yields whilst using fewer precious natural res. "It"s high time we got our messages straight" added Willy de Greef, Secretary General of EuropaBio "Climate change poses a huge threat to the survival of millions around the world through famine and disease. It"s our responsibility to stop talking shop and start leading by acknowledging, endorsing and applying the full range of tools available, including safe agricultural biotech solutions." he concluded. i http://www.europabio.org/positions/GBE/PP_090619_Climate_Change.pdf ii ISAAA Press release February 11 2009 EuropaBio


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