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Impact Of Childbearing On Women's Body Image Investigated
A psychologist who investigated the effects of childbearing on women"s body image will present her findings at the British Psychological Society"s Division of Counselling Psychology annual conference, held at the University of Warwick.
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Need For Studies On People With Weakened Immune Systems: Vulnerability To Flu And Response To Vaccination
An article published in the August edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases reports that additional research is required on the vulnerability to the new H1N1 flu strain of different immunosuppressed populations. The possible effectiveness and side-effects of future vaccines also need to be evaluated. The review is the work of Dr Ken M Kunisaki, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, USA, and University of Minnesota, USA, and Dr Edward N Janoff, Univeristy of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA.
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Links Between Gastric Bypass, Immune System Studied By MSU Professor
While the massive weight loss associated with gastric bypass surgery is beneficial, some patients may face malnutrition, poor wound healing and infection as their immune systems adjust to the extreme decrease in food consumption, according to a Michigan State University researcher.
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Nursing Workforce Solutions For 21st Century Health Care: How Do We Get There?

At a June 12 forum cosponsored by Health Affairs and the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), Health Affairs will release a series of papers on the future of the nursing workforce.÷  CCNA is a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.÷  The studies examine the current nursing workforce and implications for health reform and economic recovery.÷  Featured speaker Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) will kick off the event with the view from Congress.÷  At the forum, study authors and other experts will participate in armchair conversations, led by Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Susan Dentzer, to discuss how to enable the nursing workforce to best meet the future health care needs of Americans.÷  Implications for Medicare funding and other health policy issues will be considered.÷  WHAT: Forum to release and discuss new research on the future of the nation"s nursing workforce. WHEN: June 12, 2009 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Columbus Club Union Station, Washington, DC WHO: Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs Panelists include: - John Rother, Executive Vice President, AARP - Wendell Primus, Health Counsel to Speaker of the House - Linda Aiken, Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing - Peter Buerhaus, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Brenda Cleary, Director, Center to Champion Nursing in America - Dan Elling, Republican Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health - Susan Hassmiller, Senior Advisor for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Susan Reinhard, Senior Vice President and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute; Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America AARP


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