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Breast Cancer Radiation Guidelines Called Positive Step
The new medical consensus statement on accelerated partial breast irradiation is an important step toward defining patient selection criteria and highlights the importance of targeting radiation, said two of the nation"s leading APBI physicians.
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Proposed California Budget Cuts To State HIV/AIDS Programs Will 'Cost Lives', Opinion Piece Says
"California will not be saving money," in its proposal to cut funding from HIV/AIDS programs, including the state AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Ken Owens, member of the Inland Empire HIV Planning Council and former member of the Desert AIDS Client Committee, writes in a Desert Sun opinion piece. He adds, "Instead, it will have more people looking for places to live and needing more state services because they are sick, need welfare funds and state healthcare." Owens continues, "Their plan of balancing the budget will surely cost lives if HIV/AIDS funding is cut" (Owens, Desert Sun, 6/18).
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Possible Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency, Alzheimer's Disease And Vascular Dementia
There are several risk factors for the development of Alzheimer"s disease and vascular dementia. Based on an increasing number of studies linking these risk factors with Vitamin D deficiency, an article in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer"s Disease (May 2009) by William B. Grant, PhD of the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center (SUNARC) suggests that further investigation of possible direct or indirect linkages between Vitamin D and these dementias is needed.
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Child Safeguarding One Of The Most Important Priorities For The NHS

Commenting on the report, she said: "Despite the progress many NHS organisations have made, and the commitment of individuals working in the health service, there is clearly much more that can be done to make sure children are protected properly. "Central to the improvement of child safeguarding is the creation of a culture that empowers staff to put the safety of children at the heart of what they do. "Leadership is the starting point in culture change and all boards of NHS trusts should ensure that best practice and the necessary frameworks for child safeguarding are followed. This means promoting a culture of questioning amongst staff and learning the lessons from both this report and other organisations" safeguarding arrangements. "It is absolutely vital that NHS trust boards are connected to what is going on in all parts of their organisations. Giving adequate time to specialist professionals working in safeguarding services and having the correct and up-to-date training systems in place for all staff are essential to ensure health workers are able to make the right call on incredibly tough and important decisions. "As part of this, we also agree with this report"s recommendation to ensure all GPs have the necessary skills and training. PCTs, in particular, have a role in working with local practices to ensure the provision of the best level of child protection services, at that vital point of contact for families with the NHS and other children"s services." The NHS Confederation


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