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Delaware State Senate Passes Bill Aimed At Reducing Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission
The Delaware State Senate recently passed a bill (SB 86) that would add HIV testing to the standard battery of tests given to all pregnant women, WMTD.com reports. Lawmakers hope that the bill will help reduce the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Women would be able to choose to "opt out" of taking the test, according to WMTD.com (Saki, WMTD.com, 6/14).
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Drop In Access To Abortion Would Reward Antiabortion-Rights Violence, Opinion Piece Says
After the murder last month of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, "there is a very real danger" that the availability of abortion later in pregnancy "will end in this country -- not after public deliberation, legislative debate and majority vote, but because antiabortion absolutists on the fringe have intimidated and blacklisted doctors and successfully threatened violence against them," Jim Buie, author of the blog The Buie Knife, writes in a Newsweek.com opinion piece. Buie writes that his parents in the early 1950s chose to institutionalize his three-year-old-brother, who was born with severe Down syndrome, after their attempts to care for him left them with "severe emotional distress" and unable "to meet the needs of their healthy children."Buie continues that he "cannot say that the option of a late-term abortion would have been the right one for my parents." However, "some of the arguments advanced by pro-life forces disturb me," he says, especially a "tendency to romanticize, sentimentalize and idealize life with a cute, forever-young Down-syndrome "angel child."" Buie adds, "It"s an argument I find off-putting, especially when it"s espoused by people who have never been through the wringer trying to care for a child whose disability level is on the most severe end of the scale." He continues, "At the same time, it is very disturbing that until recently, the majority of Down-syndrome fetuses were aborted without expectant mothers receiving proper information or support."Because of Tiller"s murder, it is "possible there won"t be any doctors in the country willing to perform" abortion later in pregnancy, "even if prenatal tests indicate severe retardation," according to Buie, who adds that this would mean that "domestic terrorism could win." He concludes, "It would mean that parents like my own would no longer have a choice, and would instead be forced to endure the same harsh realities that were present in the 1950s" (Buie, Newsweek.com, 6/17).
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Discovery Of Breast Cancer Gene That's Blocked By Blood Pressure Drug
Researchers have identified a gene that is overexpressed in up to 20 percent of breast cancers and that could be blocked in the lab by a currently available blood pressure drug, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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South London Healthcare Trust Announces Partnership With NHS Institute For Innovation And Improvement In Its Drive For Clinical Excellence

South London Healthcare NHS Trust (SLHT) is delighted to announce a new partnership with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as part of the trust"s drive for clinical excellence. The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement supports the NHS in transforming healthcare for patients by rapidly developing and spreading new ways to increase productivity, improve quality of care and the patient experience. The NHS Institute will support SLHT by providing a range of products that best respond to the trust"s priorities over the coming year. Products from the NHS Institute include the Productive Ward, which is well known across the health sector for its ability to transform patient care by freeing up frontline staff to spend more time with patients and more time improving standards of care. Speaking at the Implementing High Quality Care in South London launch event where the announcement was made, Lisa Godfrey, Transitional Director of Service Development at SHLT said: "This is a unique opportunity for the trust and there is so much energy amongst the staff at the moment. During the next few months we have a number of significant projects that the trust will be working on in partnership with the NHS Institute and we will be focusing a great deal on local leadership." David Law, Relationship Manager at the NHS Institute said: "There are huge prospects for South London Healthcare NHS Trust. The trust has the advantage of scale and genuine focus on patient experience and the quality of care. We look forward to providing the trust with tactical support and training while focusing on the quality of service." Bernard Crump, Chief Executive of the NHS Institute said: "This partnership demonstrates the commitment of NHS leaders in South London to doing things differently and better. It will enhance their ability to innovate and improve care while simultaneously increasing value for money." South London Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement


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