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Columnist Discusses Recent Findings On Teenage Condom Use, HIV Prevention
"In the past few months, we"ve experienced near hysteria over swine flu and almost constant media attention to scares about tainted food," syndicated columnist Marie Cocco writes in the Oregonian, adding, "These are genuine health hazards - but they aren"t necessarily deadly, nor do they affect nearly as many people in the United States and around the world as does AIDS." Cocco discusses a recent finding by researchers from Columbia University and the Alan Guttmacher Institute that links a drop in condom use among teenagers "in part to waning public concern about transmission of HIV." She writes, "The clear increase in the proportion of teenagers using condoms came during years when public health and media messages about the dangers of HIV were at a height." Cocco continues, "You can argue, based on hard data, that when it comes to teenagers and sex, good policy and genuine leadership get better results than moralizing or ignoring signals that an upsurge in HIV infections may emerge" (Cocco, 7/2).

Better Access To Info And Dialogue With HCPs On Sexual Issues For Rheumatology Patients
Patients with rheumatic diseases want more information and better communication with healthcare professionals on the sexual issues related to their conditions, according to the results of a new study presented recently at EULAR 2009, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Staggering Cost Of Vision Loss In Canada Underscores Urgent Need For Vision Health Plan, Says New Report
Vision loss costs Canadian society a staggering $15.8 billlion per year - significantly higher than previously estimated, according to new research study released on June 23, 2009, by CNIB and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS). The study"s proponents say these costs, which are expected to increase dramatically in the years ahead, underscore the urgent need for Canada to develop a comprehensive national vision health plan.
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Aunty Beve Takes Out Prestigious Essay Prize

The winner of the Medical Journal of Australia"s Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition for 2009 is Beverley Spiers, a Justice Health Aboriginal Health Worker and Education Officer, based at Cessnock Corrections Centre, New South Wales. Known by many as "Aunty Beve", Beverley is a respected Elder of the Darkinoong community, and has been an Aboriginal Health Worker in the criminal justice system for 27 years. Her essay, entitled Antecedents of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal offenders in New South Wales prisons, describes a single day at Cessnock Corrections Centre, during which she and a Justice Health nurse screened 88 offenders for markers of kidney disease. In an essay filled with good humour and suspense, she outlines the process. "I headed into the prison-yards - "Calling all Kooris!" I"d kick that Koori grapevine into gear fast to get the word out. The bait was a Koori-coloured red, yellow and black water bottle. One each. It wasn"t much, but then most of these guys have almost nothing." "D-Day arrived. By 7.30am I was already in the yards as the wings were emptying for breakfast. We rallied the Kooris to win the bet as soon as methadone parade was over. We had 66 for sure, and others signing on, as the transports arrived with more offenders." But the project had a serious side: many of those screened in this and several other prisons showed signs of kidney disease, hypertension and diabetes. A tireless advocate for the health needs of Aboriginal people in prison, she concludes her essay with a plea for both education and access. "For the many Aboriginal people locked in prison - especially those also locked in their self-destructive rituals of negativity, resentment and blame - experience shows that the process of health education in prison is only likely to start when they are targeted, brought together and encouraged into the caring hands of Justice Health"s wonderful Health Centres, with their specially trained and enthusiastic Aboriginal Health Workers." The Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition runs yearly and is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are working or studying in a health-related field. For more information about the competition, see here winning essay is published in the 18 May issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. Medical Journal of Australia


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