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New York Times Examines Program To Help Orphans Survive 'Fragile Days Of Infancy'
The New York Times examines a program being offered at an orphanage in Tanzania that provides emotional and physical support for newborns and young children who are at a high risk of death after losing their mothers in infancy. "Africa is full of at least 50 million orphans, the legacy of AIDS and other diseases, war and high rates of death in pregnancy and childbirth," the newspaper writes. "With the numbers increasing every day, Africans are struggling to care for them, often in ways that differ strikingly from the traditional concept of an orphanage in the developed world."
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Abstinence-Only Sex Education Debate Has High Financial Stakes, Washington Times Opinion Piece Says
By proposing to reduce funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, "the Obama administration has reignited America"s sex education debate," Washington Times columnist Cheryl Wetzstein writes in an opinion piece. She says that the "usual answers" she receives from abstinence-only opponents when she asks about their criticism of the programs is that abstinence-only education "doesn"t work, it leaves kids ignorant about how to use birth control, it doesn"t serve gay kids, and (off the record) it"s just a return to the bad old days when unenlightened, sex-hating harpies ran sex education." According to Wetzstein, some proponents of abstinence-only programs believe that another factor -- which is "never mentioned" in the sex education debate -- "is how sexually active youth are part of the market for certain commercial sex- and disease-related products, and abstinent behavior reduces that market share."Wetzstein reports that she recently spoke with Pam Mullarkey, founder of Project SOS, who is "furious" that Presdient Obama"s budget proposal would reduce funding for abstinence-only programs and increase money for teen pregnancy prevention. Mullarkey claims that abstinence-only opponents "have spent so much money trying to destroy abstinence education" because "it directly costs them big bucks" if teens abstain. Wetzstein writes that she has "dim hopes for the survival of abstinence education as we"ve know it," concluding, "But should Congress decide to "follow the money," as Mrs. Mullarkey suggests, who knows what might turn up" (Wetzstein, Washington Times, 5/19).
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Drinking 22 Or More Units Of Alcohol A Week Increases Rates Of Hospital Admission
Men who drink 22 or more units of alcohol a week have a 20% higher rate of admissions into acute care hospitals than non-drinkers, researchers from the University of Glasgow have found.
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17 Of America's Most Promising Scientists Selected As 2009 Pew Scholars In The Biomedical Sciences

The Pew Charitable Trusts today named 17 early-career scientists as Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. Scholars receive a $240,000 award over four years to help support their work, which this year includes research related to cancer, Parkinson"s disease, birth defects and epilepsy. The Scholars also gain inclusion into a select community of scientists that includes Nobel Prize winners, MacArthur Fellows and recipients of the Albert Lasker Medical Research Award. Now in its 25th year, the Program has invested more than $125 million to fund over 460 scholars. The selection process for the Pew Scholars is rigorously competitive. Applicants must be nominated by an invited institution and must demonstrate excellence and innovation in their research. This year, 149 institutions were invited to nominate a candidate in basic biomedical research, and 111 eligible nominations were received. "Pew is thrilled to celebrate 25 successful years for the Biomedical Scholars program," said Rebecca W. Rimel, President and CEO of The Pew Charitable Trusts. "Not only does the program provide extraordinary scientists with the res to carry out significant research early in their careers, it also offers them the opportunity to exchange ideas and foster relationships during the annual meetings and various networking activities. These gatherings have often led to collaborations that have resulted in significant scientific progress." "The Pew Biomedical Scholars are a synergistic community whose connections are reinforced over the years," said Craig C. Mello, Ph.D., a 1995 Pew Scholar and a 2006 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, and the chair of the national advisory committee for the program. "I have no doubt that this immensely talented and diverse new class of Pew Scholars will have a major impact on biomedical research through their contributions as part of the Pew community and on science as a whole." The 2009 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences are: * Frank Alber, Ph.D. University of Southern California Computational biochemistry focused on higher-order DNA structure * Diana M. Bautista, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Neuroscience of touch and pain * Jon P. Boyle, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh Host-pathogen interactions that underlie Toxoplasmosis * Zev D. Bryant, Ph.D. Stanford University Biophysics, bioengineering of molecular motors * Jennifer G. DeLuca, Ph.D. Colorado State University Mechanisms of mitotic chromosome segregation * Patrick J. Paddison, Ph.D. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Stem cell and cancer biology * Joseph R. Pomerening, Ph.D. Indiana University Systems biology, cell cycle control * Nicholas J. Priebe, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin Visual neurobiology * Melissa M. Rolls, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University Neuron degeneration * Qing R. Fan, Ph.D. Columbia University Structural biology * Kevin A. Janes, Ph.D. University of Virginia Bioengineering, systems biology, cancer-cell biology * John K. Kim, Ph.D. University of Michigan Gene regulation by small RNAs * Alexander Meissner, Ph.D. Harvard University Epigenetic regulation of stem cells * Charles G. Mullighan, M.D. St. Jude Children"s Research Hospital Genetics and biology of acute leukemia * Joshua W. Shaevitz, Ph.D. Princeton University Bacterial biophysics * Ben Z. Stanger, M.D., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Developmental biology related to cellular growth * R. Grace Zhai, Ph.D. University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine Neuron protection and repair mechanisms Full biographies and information regarding the scholars" research, are available here. Emily Cheramie Walz Pew Health Group


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