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HIV/AIDS Advocacy Group Calls For Condom Use In Los Angeles County Adult Film Industry; County Response To HIV Cases Questioned
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) on Thursday called on Los Angeles County health officials to require that condoms be used in the adult film industry or shut down production in light of a recent report that a number of people at the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIMHF) clinic have tested positive for HIV since 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports. The group also criticized the county"s response to cases of HIV in the adult industry. Michael Weinstein, president of AHF, said, "L.A. County public health officials have been asleep at the switch with regard to monitoring HIV and STD prevention and testing in the region"s porn industry." Other questions have been raised regarding the county"s role in the notification of partners of those who test positive for HIV, according to the Times (Los Angeles Times, 6/19).
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Lobbyists Swarm Around Health Reform Activity
NPR began a series of reports on the health care lobbyists who attend Congressional sessions as part of their campaign. Richard Miller, a "longtime lobbyist for the American Chiropractic Association, says it"s important that the chiropractors keep on top of the health care overhaul legislation - and also take pains to make sure that senators and staff see them doing that, because the chiropractors are small dogs in a big fight." President Barack Obama "certainly sees Washington"s lobbyists as an obstacle to change. He"s tried limiting their access to the executive branch, but that runs into the constitutional question." Lobbying is on the rise: "Between 1998 and 2008, the number of registered lobbyists on health care more than doubled, to 3,627, according to the Center for Responsive Politics." Spending also increased: "Organizations lobbying on health care spent $484.4 million in 2008, more than two and a half times the spending in 1998." The project includes an interactive panoramic photo of lobbyists in the Senate HELP Committee hearing room and asks readers to help identify the players (Overby and Seabrook, 6/25).
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Study Investigates DNA Of Sleep
A new study at the University of Leicester aims to investigate the DNA of sleep. The research in the renowned Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester is being carried out by Ms Mobina Khericha and Dr Eran Tauber. It represents a new approach to study the genetics of sleep. Using fruitflies as models the researchers aim at understanding the genetics of sleep and identifying genes involved in this process.
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New Results In Fight Against Blindness Revealed

The CARMA Study Group, representing leading researchers at Queens University, Belfast and the Waterford Institute of Technology will unveil the results of a 5 year project into age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on Friday, 19th June at 2pm in the Radisson Hotel, Belfast. AMD is the leading cause of blindness in the Western world*1. The CARMA study is the first high quality study on nutritional supplementation with carotenoids in patients with early AMD. Our results show that the intake of the CARMA supplement has preserved the quality of macular pigments. According to the outcomes of the study, the macular pigment of participants who were assigned to placebo, declined steadily, whereas a modest increase in the macular pigment of the intervention group was observed. Beneficial effects on visual function were observed with increasing levels of serum lutein in CARMA study participants. Prof. Dr. Usha Chakravarthy, who coordinated the study is Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at The Queen"s University of Belfast and is consultant in the Ophthalmic Division in the Royal Hospital Belfast. Dr. Stephen Beatty is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a special interest in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery (Category II) at the Waterford Regional Hospital and Whitfield Clinic and works as an Associate Lecturer at the Waterford Institute of Technology. He is founder and director of the Macular Pigment Research centre in Waterford. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease, which can cause blurring of central vision by its effects on the macula which is the central part of the retina. Patients with late AMD retain peripheral vision but cannot use central vision such as reading, watching TV, driving or recognising other people÷´s faces all of which become impossible. "AMD cannot be cured yet, but our present state of knowledge suggests that a high intake of lutein and zeaxanthin can have a positive impact on the prevention of the disease. Therefore, the eye- specific carotenoids are a central topic in AMD research", Dr. Stephen Beatty stated. "The results of the CARMA study show, that a daily intake of 12mg lutein and zeaxanthin together with Co-antioxidants, preserves the quality of the macular pigment and had beneficial effects on visual performance and morphological progression of the disease ", Dr. Beatty continued. The CARMA Study Group


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