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Loan Repayment Legislation Includes Physical Therapists As Frontline Providers
Legislation to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program that includes physical therapists was introduced Tuesday by Representative Bruce Braley (D-IA). The Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009 (HR 2891) would encourage physical therapists to practice in underserved areas, says the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
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MicroPhage Demonstrates Rapid Diagnostic Platform Feasibility In Skin And Soft Tissue Infections
In a presentation at the current General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) being held in Philadelphia, PA, a simple and inexpensive developmental diagnostic assay produced by MicroPhage, Inc., http://www.microphage.com, was shown to be highly accurate for rapid identification of serious staph bacterial infections from skin and soft tissue infections.
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Severe COPD May Lead To Cognitive Impairment
Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with lower cognitive function in older adults, according to research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Researchers compared cognitive performance in over 4,150 adults with and without COPD and found that individuals with severe COPD had significantly lower cognitive function than those without, even after controlling for confounding factors such as comorbidities.
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Ariz. Gov. Signs Bills Increasing Abortion Restrictions, Updating Existing Statutes

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) on Monday signed into law a bill (HB 2564) that mandates a 24-hour waiting period and in-person counseling with a doctor before women can receive abortion care, the AP/Yahoo! News reports. The law requires doctors to list risks and alternatives and describe the fetus"s probable characteristics. It also makes an existing parental consent law more restrictive for minors seeking abortion care and allows health care workers to refuse to dispense emergency contraception on moral or religious grounds.Planned Parenthood Arizona said the measure "creates barriers, increases costs and denies access to services and providers to women who seek abortion care." Bryan Howard, the affiliate"s president, said, "Women will be forced to delay their care, in turn increasing their health risks." In signing the measure, Brewer "set a new course" from former Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), who vetoed all bills that restricted abortion rights during her six years as governor, the AP/Yahoo! News reports.Brewer Signs Law Revising "Partial-Birth Abortion" Ban Brewer also signed legislation (HB 2400) that revises an Arizona law banning so-called "partial-birth" abortion except when the procedure is necessary to save the woman"s life. A federal judge in October 1997 ruled that a state law banning the procedure was unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court in 2007 upheld a similar federal law. The new law is intended to align the 1997 state law with the federal statute, according to the AP/Yahoo! News.The new law specifies a punishment of up to two years in prison. It allows a doctor charged under the law to seek a hearing before a state regulatory board to determine if the doctor"s actions were necessary to save the woman. Advocates of the bill say that it will allow local authorities to enforce the ban on the procedure (Davenport, AP/Yahoo! News, 7/13). Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.nationalpartnership.org. You can view the entire Daily Women"s Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery here. The Daily Women"s Health Policy Report is a free service of the National Partnership for Women & Families, published by The Advisory Board Company. © 2009 The Advisory Board Company. All rights reserved.


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