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ACOG Issues Revision Of Labor Induction Guidelines
Revised guidelines on when and how to induce labor in pregnant women were issued by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). The guidelines provide physicians with guidance regarding which induction methods may be most appropriate under particular circumstances, as well as the safety requirements, and risks and benefits of the different methods. ACOG"s Practice Bulletin "Induction of Labor" is published in the August 2009 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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MRSA Present In One In Four Nursing Home Residents In The UK
MRSA is a major problem in nursing homes with one in four residents carrying the bacteria, a study by Queen"s University Belfast and Antrim Area Hospital has found.
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Bill Would Allow Federal Funding For Needle Exchange Programs
House Democrats on Friday as part of a spending measure to fund the Departments of Labor and HHS for fiscal year 2010, "unveiled legislation to lift a ban on federal funding for needle-exchange programs, a shift to try to reduce [HIV infections] but one that will probably spark a fight," Reuters/Boston Globe reports (7/11). The ban has been included in the annual spending bill in previous years. House Appropriations Committee Chair David Obey (D-Wis.) said, "Scientific studies have documented that needle exchange programs, when implemented as part of a comprehensive prevention strategy, are an effective public health intervention for reducing [HIV] infections and do not promote drug use" (Reuters, Pelofsky, 7/10). "The move is in keeping with a pledge [President] Obama made during the primaries to remove the prohibition on such funding, although the ban was carried in his budget request this year," CQ Today reports (Wolfe, 7/10). However, "Republicans are girding for a fight over the ban and lawmakers could try to restore it as the legislation moves through the House during the next two weeks," according to Reuters (7/10). The bill also addresses sex education and "appears to continue Democrats" slow march away from funding abstinence-only sex education," CQ reports (7/10).
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British Medical Association Scotland Calls For An End To The Ridiculous Pricing Of Alcohol

Doctors leaders called for an end to the ridiculous pricing of alcohol for off sales in light of findings from the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS). The survey shows that 52% of 13 year olds and 82% of 15 year olds have had at least one alcoholic drink and that shops and off-licences were the second most common for purchasing alcohol. Dr Peter Terry, Chairman of BMA Scotland said: "When alcohol is cheaper than bottled water, we have to worry about what message we are sending our children. "Alcohol costs our economy around ÷£1 billion every year, but the human cost is much higher. One death every six hours in Scotland is caused by alcohol. "There is no single solution to Scotland"s alcohol problem, but evidence shows that there is a direct relationship between the price of alcohol and the amount consumed. BMA Scotland supports the introduction of minimum pricing to stop retailers from selling alcohol at very low prices." British Medical Association


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