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Saint Barnabas Medical Center Is Only Hospital In New Jersey To Offer Clinical Trial For The Treatment Of Recurrent Chest Wall Breast Cancer
Some patients who suffer from recurrent cancer at the chest wall now have another option. The Radiation Oncology Department at Saint Barnabas Medical Center is one of a few hospitals nationwide to participate in a study which combines the use of the heat-sensitive chemotherapeutic agent ThermoDox® with microwave hyperthermia, or heat.
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Examines Effects Of Maternal Mortality On Infants In Tanzania
The New York Times on Thursday examined the effects of maternal mortality on infants in Tanzania, many of whom live in village orphanages after their mothers" deaths. The article is the last in a three-part series on pregnancy- and childbirth-related deaths in the country. The Times reports that 250,000 women die annually during pregnancy or childbirth in Africa as the result of bleeding, infection, high blood pressure, prolonged labor and botched abortions. Although many of these problems can be treated or prevented with basic obstetrical care, Tanzania has too few physicians, nurses and drugs -- and is short on equipment, ambulances and paved roads -- to address the issue. Women who die during pregnancy often are survived by their infants. The newborns do not have access to breastmilk, and formula and baby food are not widely available in the country. To avoid malnutrition and infection, the infants often are taken to orphanages that can provide basic care until they reach age two or three, and then they are returned to their extended families. The article profiled an innovative program at the Berega Orphanage that is being widely replicated in Africa. The "program is designed to meet the infants" emotional as well as physical needs," by having "teenage girls from their extended families living with [the infants] at the orphanage," the Times reports. The girls -- known as "bintis" in Swahili -- learn how to take care of the infants and are then better able to take care of them when they return to their villages. Ute Klatt, a German missionary and nurse who has been the director of the orphanage for 10 years, explains that "the families weren"t visiting, and it was hard to reintegrate the children." With the bintis, "the children grow up more normally, as they might at home," she said (Grady, New York Times, 6/25).
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Souring Economy Spurs A Surge At Free Clinics
Free clinics throughout the Washington area report a surge in patients, a trend that is "expected to continue in the worsening economy," The Washington Post reports. At the Arlington Free Clinic, for example, "applications to see a doctor have more than doubled in a year. In Reston, a similar clinic has seen 40 percent more patients in 10 months."
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New Research Into Treatment Availability For People With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, UK

OCD-UK, the leading national charity for people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with the support of a grant from Comic Relief has announced a year long research project to understand and evaluate if treatment guidelines have had a positive impact on providing treatment for people with OCD across the UK. In 2005 the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) launched a set of guidelines for the identification, treatment and management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In general, healthcare professionals in the NHS are expected to follow NICE"s clinical guidelines for the treatment of the illness. OCD-UK Chief-Executive Ashley Fulwood commented. "Since 2005 these guidelines have been freely available to Primary Care and Mental Health Trusts, yet despite this we are receiving complaints on a daily basis from individuals claiming that they still can not access the correct form of therapy". "This research will provide us with the hard evidence about which Trusts are adhering to the treatment recommendations from NICE, and which have still yet to implement them some 4 years later. People with OCD deserve access to the correct form of treatment today, not tomorrow." OCD-UK intends to measure services now, and use the data collated to ensure the government"s current initiative to Improve Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) has a significant benefit to the OCD community as it is fully rolled out over the next 3 years. Results of this research will be shared with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the Care Quality Commission (formerly Healthcare Commission). For more information about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder people visit the OCD-UK website at http://www.ocduk.org It is our belief that everyone affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder should receive the most appropriate and the highest quality standards of care, support and treatment. Our objective is to make a positive and meaningful difference in the everyday lives of people affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, by providing accessible and effective support services and by campaigning for improved access and quality treatment and care for people with OCD. We believe it is vital that every person affected by OCD receives the highest quality of treatment and care that they are entitled to and deserve. OCD-UK


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