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New Law Requires Child Care Agencies To Post Consumer Safety Information, Kentucky USA
A new law requiring the state"s licensed child care centers to educate parents and caregivers about the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has taken effect, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) announced.

Houston Effort Seeks To Screen 15,000 Young Adults For HIV
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services, along with several community health agencies, over the next three weeks is seeking to test 15,000 young adults for HIV as part of an effort to commemorate National HIV Testing Day on June 27, the Houston Chronicle reports. To encourage people to participate, those who take the test and receive their results and one hour of HIV education will get free tickets to a local hip-hop concert. A similar effort last year tested 2,700 young adults in two weeks, and roughly 7,500 were screened over seven weeks in 2007. Combined, the 2007 and 2008 efforts identified about 50 people with the virus, according to the Chronicle (George, Houston Chronicle, 6/21).
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The global economic crisis has had a devastating impact on the world"s hungry. In the past year, approximately 100 million people have been added to the ranks of the roughly 1 billion people worldwide considered by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization to be undernourished, according to its report issued June 19, 2009.
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High-Grade Prostate Cancer Outcomes Treated With Combination Of Brachytherapy, External Beam Radiotherapy And Hormonal Therapy

UroToday.com - In the online edition of the BJU International, Dr. Richard Stock and colleagues from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York reported on their outcomes using combined radiotherapy approach to men with high-risk prostate cancer (CaP). The study cohort include 181 men with Gleason score 8-10 CaP treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), brachytherapy, and external beam radiotherapy (ERBT) in combination between 1994 and 2006. The study is non-randomized, single institution and retrospective. The ADT was for 3 months followed by brachytherapy and then 2 months later concomitant ADT and ERBT were delivered. The total ADT duration was 9 months. 103Pd was the isotope for all brachytherapy and most men received a dose of 100Gy with 45Gy ERBT. Median follow-up was 65 months and the Phoenix definition of PSA recurrence was used. The overall 8-year actuarial freedom from biochemical failure was 73%. In 36 patients with a biochemical relapse, the median time to PSA failure was 33 months with 53% failing within 3 years. The median PSADT was 2.7 months. Metastatic CaP developed in 22 patients and the 8-year freedom from distant metastases rate was 80%. The cancer-specific survival and overall survival at 8 years were 87% and 79%, respectively. In men experiencing PSA relapse, the 8-year CSS and overall survival were 53% and 51%, respectively. In multivariable analysis, only Gleason score and initial PSA significantly affected the development of biochemical failure. Toxicity from this treatment approach was not reported. Stock RG, Cesaretti JA, Hall SJ, Stone NN BJU Int. 2009 Jun 2. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08661.x Written by UroToday.com Contributing Editor Christopher P. Evans, MD, FACS UroToday - the only urology website with original content written by global urology key opinion leaders actively engaged in clinical practice. To access the latest urology news releases from UroToday, go to: www.urotoday.com Copyright © 2009 - UroToday Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today


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