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Report On Contaminated Drinking Water At Camp Lejeune
Two chemicals - trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE) - found to have contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from the 1950s to 1985 have been linked to certain diseases and disorders, including various cancers. A new report from the National Research Council, Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune - Assessing Potential Health Effects, reviews scientific evidence about the potential adverse health effects that could occur after exposure to TCE, PCE, and other contaminants; recommends the usefulness of conducting additional studies on former residents of the base; and identifies scientific considerations that could help the U.S. Department of the Navy, under which the Marine Corps operates, set priorities on future actions. The report will be released at a 90-minute public briefing.
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Opinion Pieces Discuss Violence Against Abortion Providers, Future Of Profession
The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post recently published opinion pieces responding to the shooting death of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller. Summaries appear below.~ Suzanne Poppema, Los Angeles Times: "We must turn [Tiller"s] terrifying end into the beginning of a new era when doctors can save lives without risking their own," Poppema, a former abortion provider and current board chair of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, writes in a Times opinion piece. Poppema, a friend and colleague of Tiller"s, writes that the state and local police, the FBI, the state of Kansas and the federal government all "should have done more to protect" Tiller, who since the 1970s had endured bombings, a nonlethal shooting, harassment of his family and other threats. "We can all pay tribute to [Tiller"s] legacy by treating abortion providers as physicians, not pariahs, and by explaining and openly supporting their work as doctors," Poppema writes, adding, "Wherever women"s access to abortion is in danger, our government, our medical institutions and the public must step forward to protect it." She continues, "A show of strength and support will give courage to doctors who have the training to provide abortions but are afraid to use it." Poppema writes that Tiller "trained hundreds of doctors in abortion procedures," concluding, "We must erase fear as the reason young physicians won"t enter the field that George found so rewarding. ... We owe it to George to let them practice" (Poppema, Los Angeles Times, 6/6).~ Rozalyn Farmer Love, Washington Post: Deciding to terminate a pregnancy is "a very private, intensely personal decision," Farmer Love -- a University of Alabama-Birmingham third-year medical student studying obstetrics and gynecology -- writes in a Post opinion piece. Farmer Love writes that she was raised in a conservative Christian household and used to "believe that abortion is wrong," but now supports abortion rights and hopes to eventually provide abortion services as part of her ob-gyn practice. She adds that she formerly felt that abortion in the third trimester of pregnancy "crossed a line," but she "began to see late-trimester abortions in a very different light" while working in a research job in graduate school. In a case involving a fetus with a lethal congenital abnormality, Farmer Love says she learned how the woman and her partner "needed a caring and compassionate physician to help them through this dark moment, and if they chose not to continue the pregnancy, they also needed a physician who was both skilled enough and brave enough to provide them with the care they needed. They needed Dr. Tiller" (Farmer Love, Washington Post, 6/7).
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Developing Local Systems To Support Revalidation
The UK Revalidation Programme Board (UKRPB) has reviewed the strategy and timetable for developing local systems to support the introduction of revalidation for doctors. The Board expects that these systems will be in place in some parts of the country by 2011. The GMC is committed to a phased approach to introducing revalidation from 2011. This will mean starting where the systems needed to support revalidation are ready and fit for purpose.
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Empowering The Female Athlete: UPMC Sports Medicine Seeking Girls Ages 12 To 18 To Attend 'Total Package' Performance Training Conference

To bring together serious female athletes and teach them the latest injury-prevention techniques and enhance their mental training, nutrition, leadership and team-building skills, UPMC Sports Medicine is hosting Empowering the Female Athlete: ACL Injury Prevention and Beyond, June 14 to 19 at the Petersen Events Center, 3719 Terrace St., Oakland. Female athletes between ages 12 and 18 are invited to attend the conference, led by a range of UPMC experts who care for all types of patients, including scholastic and professional athletes. "This conference gives young women the opportunity to improve performance from every angle and will encourage them to use sports to succeed in other aspects of life," said Ron DeAngelo, M.Ed., A.T.C., CSCS, conference organizer and director of UPMC Sports Performance. "In addition to life skills, mental training and nutrition, a major portion of the conference will focus on injury prevention, especially ACL injury prevention, since girls are about five times more likely than boys to tear their ACL - which can lead to the loss of a season or even the end of an athletic career." Mr. DeAngelo will lead the injury-prevention and performance training aspects of the conference. Each day, participants will learn functional training techniques that can help decrease the risk of injury and even improve performance by strengthening the muscles that protect the ACL through a variety of movement patterns. In addition to ACL injury prevention, the performance training aspect of the conference will focus on strength training, flexibility, jump training, running mechanics, core training, and speed, agility and quickness training. To help participants prepare mentally for the challenges and demands of sports while balancing other aspects of life, Aimee Kimball, Ph.D., UPMC Sports Medicine"s director of mental training, will conduct daily mental training, leadership and team-building exercises. In addition, Leslie Bonci, R.D., UPMC Sports Medicine"s director of nutrition and a consultant to the University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates, among others, will lead sessions on the nutrition needs of young, active women. Also, a female professional from a sports-related field will give a keynote address each morning. Specific presenters and topics include: - "How proper training can lead to success," by Missie Berteotti, professional golfer, million-dollar LPGA tour winner and currently the teaching pro at St. Clair Country Club - "From athlete to orthopaedic surgeon," by Robin West, M.D., UPMC Sports Medicine orthopaedic surgeon, former competitive swimmer, medical team consultant to the Pittsburgh Steelers and head team physician for Pitt men"s basketball and CMU Athletics - "The link between bone health, nutrition and menstruation," by Jeanne Doperak, D.O., UPMC Sports Medicine primary care sports medicine physician, assistant team physician for the Pitt men"s basketball team and general physician for Pitt and CMU Athletics - "Gender Differences in ACL Injuries," by Susan Jordan, M.D., UPMC Sports Medicine orthopaedic surgeon and assistant team physician for the Pittsburgh Penguins - "Sports Medicine Issues in the Female Athlete," by Tanya Hagen, M.D., UPMC Sports Medicine primary care sports medicine physician, medical team consultant to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Passion and team physician for various organizations - "Common Hip Injuries in Female Athletes," by Vonda Wright, M.D., UPMC Sports Medicine orthopaedic surgeon and associate team physician for the Pitt football team The cost of the six-day conference is $299. The conference will begin with a pre-camp for parents and athletes from 4 to 6:30 p.m., Sunday, June 14, followed by daily sessions from 8 a.m. to noon, June 15 to 19. For more information, please contact Ron DeAngelo at (412) 432-3871. To register online, visit http://sportsmedicine.upmc.com and select "Our Events." The UPMC Center for Sports Medicine


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