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Miami-Dade County, Fla., Launches Campaign Promoting Routine HIV Testing
The Miami-Dade County Department of Health on Thursday launched a campaign called "Test Miami,"" which is designed to educate physicians, at-risk communities and pregnant women on the importance of routine HIV testing, the Miami Herald reports. ""A major emphasis of the campaign is to train and educate physicians, particularly in hospitals and other medical facilities,"" Evelyn Ullah, director of the Office of HIV and AIDS in Miami, said. As part of the campaign, over the next year, four area physicians will appear in advertisements and speak at forums to encourage medical providers to offer routine HIV testing. Florida is one of the states hardest hit by HIV/AIDS (Montes-Delgado, Miami Herald, 6/26). Separately, nonprofit groups and public health departments in Southwest Florida are offering free HIV testing as part of National HIV Testing Day (Freeman, Naples Daily News, 6/25).
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Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer, diagnosed in more than 50,000 new patients in the United States annually. While the rate of incidences continues to rise, survival rate has not improved and the race is on to find the genetic and cellular changes driving melanoma and to devise new means of detection and treatment. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have mapped chemical modifications of DNA in the melanoma genome, finding new markers that will help develop more effective treatment strategies to fight this disease.
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There Is Enormous Waste In The Production And Reporting Of Research Evidence
In a viewpoint published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet, Sir Iain Chalmers, of the James Lind Library, Oxford, UK, and Professor Paul Glasziou, of the University of Oxford, UK, debate on the unnecessary waste that exists in medical research. This misuse leads many reports to be of no purpose. If there is a lack of functional reports and if they are not easily accessible, research is of no help to patients or their doctors.
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ACOG Launches New Menopause Website

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has launched a new website devoted to women who are approaching or going through menopause to provide them with the necessary information they need to make informed decisions about their health. The ACOG-sponsored website can be found at http://pause.acog.org. The cornerstone of the website is ACOG"s award-winning consumer magazine, pause®, now in its twelfth year. "ACOG"s menopause magazine has experienced tremendous success since it began as a print magazine in 1997. The pause® website is the natural next step and is designed with the perimenopausal, menopausal, and postmenopausal woman in mind," said Isaac Schiff, MD, chair of the pause® Medical Advisory Board and chief of the Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Joe Vincent Meigs Professor of Gynecology at Harvard Medical School in Boston. "As the most trusted of information on women"s health, ACOG is excited to move into the digital age with a menopause-related website and the recent debut of pause® online, both of which offer expanded, reliable, and timely content." About 61% of adults have searched online for health information, and women are the largest segment of health seekers online. Nearly nine in 10 women have used the internet for health information, including finding doctors, seeking treatment options, and researching specific diagnoses. "Almost all women have questions about menopause. With an estimated 6,000 US women reaching menopause every day, ACOG hopes that with our online re we can help the millions of women looking for guidance as they navigate midlife health changes," noted Penelope Murphy, MS, director of ACOG"s Office of Communications and editor-in-chief of pause® magazine. "Another goal of ACOG"s is to help women become better advocates for their own health," said Gerald F. Joseph Jr, MD, ACOG president. "As women"s health physicians, we encourage our patients to become active participants in their own health care and to partner with their ob-gyn. The pause® website helps women be proactive about their health and keeps them up-to-date on important information they need in order to take charge of their health." The pause® website addresses issues such as hot flashes, sleep problems, urinary incontinence, depression, and osteoporosis. Women can also find health information on heart disease, hormone therapy, breast cancer, diet and nutrition, and exercise for the aging woman. Other features of the site include: - "Ask the Doctor"-frequently asked questions about menopause are answered by leading experts in ob-gyn - The latest guidelines for a wide range of medical conditions related to midlife health and information on how to reduce the risk of disease later in life - The different therapies available to ease menopause symptoms - Health statistics and facts - Practical strategies for getting and staying healthy - Related links that direct women to key res on a broad range of health topics related to menopause - Tips on how to prepare for a visit to the doctor - Important preventive tests and health screenings - Health news on current issues in women"s health American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)


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