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UT Gets Federal Stimulus Grant For Parkinson's Disease Research
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has received a $412,500 federal stimulus grant for Parkinson"s disease research, the university announced today. It is the university"s first federal stimulus grant.
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Technology Discovered At University of Virginia Now Helps Men To Monitor Their Fertility After Vasectomy
A new home test kit called SpermCheck Vasectomy, based on a protein discovered at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System, marks the launch of a product line that could revolutionize the way men monitor their reproductive status. Based on antibodies that bind to SP-10, a protein discovered in the laboratory of John C. Herr, PhD, SpermCheck Vasectomy is the only FDA-approved immunodiagnostic test for monitoring sperm after vasectomy.
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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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National Public Health Organizations Brief Capitol Hill On H1N1

The recent H1N1 flu outbreak served as a genuine test of our national public health system"s ability to respond to an emerging public health threat and experts are cautioning that a more severe outbreak could occur in the fall of 2009. Leaders from some of the nation"s foremost public health and medical associations will conduct a briefing for staff members from House and Senate offices on Thursday, May 21, 2009. Speakers will focus on the status of the current public health workforce and efforts needed to sustain workforce capacity to respond to emerging infectious diseases. WHO: -- Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH, Dean, UCLA School of Public Health -- Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP, Executive Director, American Public Health Association -- Robert Pestronk, MPH, Executive Director, National Association of County and City Health Officials -- John Prescott, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges -- Daniel M. Sosin, MD, MPH, FACP, Acting Director, Coordinating Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response WHAT: A Congressional staff briefing, entitled "H1N1 Influenza: Is the Workforce Adequately Prepared," is being sponsored by the Association of Schools of Public Health. Co-sponsors of the briefing are the American Public Health Association, the Association of American Medical Schools, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the National Association of County and City Health Officials. Speakers will focus on the status of the current workforce and the efforts needed to sustain workforce capacity in order to respond to emerging infectious diseases. WHERE: The Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 215, 100 E. Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 1:00-2:00 p.m. WHY: The recent H1N1 flu outbreak served to be a genuine test of our national public health system"s ability to respond and communicate effectively to the public about an emerging threat. While there is general agreement that this is a mild outbreak, there is still the potential for a more virulent disease outbreak to occur in the fall. Assuring that there is a sufficient number of competent and trained public health professionals is essential to the nation"s ability to respond. About the Association of Schools of Public Health ASPH represents the 40 Council on Education for Public Health accredited schools of public health (SPH) and promotes the efforts of SPH to improve the health of every person through education, research and policy. Based upon the belief that "you"re only as healthy as the world you live in," ASPH works with the government and other professional organizations to develop solutions to the most pressing health concerns and provides access to the ongoing initiatives of the SPH. Accredited SPH train the majority of public health professionals. These schools have a combined faculty of over 9,600 and educate more than 22,000 students annually. Association of Schools of Public Health


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