�A labor force of the American Psychological Association has terminated there is no significant evidence that a single elective miscarriage increases
the risk of mental health problems for adult women.
The draft Report of the APA Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion is dated 13 August 2008 and was published online on the APA website on
18th August. It was presented to the APA's governing Council of Representatives at the association's Annual Convention in Boston which finished on
Sunday.
Chair of the Task Force, Dr Brenda Major, said they set up that the best scientific evidence suggests that among adult women who feature an unintentional
pregnancy:
"The relative risk of mental wellness problems is no greater if they have a single elective first-trimester miscarriage or deport that gestation."
"The evidence regarding the relative mental health risks associated with multiple abortions is more than uncertain," she added.
The Task Force, which started in 2006, reviewed all the empirical studies available in English and published in peer-reviewed journals since 1989 that
either compared the mental health of women who elective to make an abortion with counterparts that did not, or investigated predictors of genial
health for US women who elective to have an abortion.
They found that many of the studies had serious methodological problems, varied in quality, and failed to control for potentially confounding factors,
so they focussed only on those whose methods were the best.
While there is some grounds that women experience feelings of loss, sadness and grief subsequently an miscarriage, and some have "clinically significant
disorders, including depression and anxiety", the task force launch there was "no evidence sufficient to support the claim that an ascertained association
'tween abortion history and mental health was caused by the miscarriage per se, as opposed to other factors."
The labor force aforesaid there was evidence that other factors came into play, regardless of the outcome of a maternity, and that failure to take these into
account led to misleading links between abortion history and mental wellness problems. These other coinciding risk factors were things like being
exposed to violence, a history of drug or alcohol use, poverty, a history of emotional problems, and old unwanted births. These predisposed
women to have both unwanted pregnancies, or mental health problems after a pregnancy, aforementioned the the task
They said "world-wide statements about the psychological impact of abortion tush be deceptive", because women have abortions for wads of unlike
reasons under different personal, social, cultural and economic circumstances, all of which affect a woman's mental state later an abortion.
The task power said they did find evidence that the women who were most likely to get negative psychological reactions after an abortion were
women who concluded a precious pregnancy, or who felt under pressure sensation from others to receive a end point, or wHO felt they had to keep their abortion
secret from their family and friends for fear of stigma.
The written report pointed prohibited that few studies included comparison groups to address the crucial issue of understanding the mental health implications of
abortion compared to other alternatives such as having and keeping the baby or adoption.
The task force said bettor and more rigourously intentional studies were needed, peculiarly in deference of deuce things: (1) separating out the personal effects of
confounding factors and, (2) establishing relative risks of having an abortion compared to the alternatives.
The conclusions are alike to a literature review published by the APA in 1990.
"Report of the APA Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion"
Brenda Major, Mark Appelbaum, Linda Beckman, Mary Ann Dutton, Nancy Felipe Russo, and Carolyn West.
American Psychological Association, Report dated 13 Aug 2008, published online 18 Aug 2008.
Click here to view full report (PDF).
Source: APA.
Written by: Catharine Paddock, PhD
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Sunday 24 August 2008
Inhibiting Blood Vessel Growth Shows Promise In Rat Model Of Deadly Brain Tumor
�In a landmark work, Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee written report that drugs used to inhibit a specific fat person acid in rat brains with glioblastoma-like tumors non only reduced new blood vessel growth and tumor size dramatically, but as well prolonged survival. The study is the featured cover story of the August, 2008 Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism.
"These rat example tumors were developed from human glioblastoma tumor cells and closely mimic human tumors in growth patterns and response to therapy," says leash researcher David Harder, Ph.D., Kohler Co. Professor in Cardiovascular Research. "The construct of targeting blood vessels that feed tumors as an approach to limit tumor growth is non a novel idea," he says. "However, blocking the specific butterball acid described in this study is novel, and holds great promise for use in humans."
Malignant gliomas are very aggressive tumors of the central nervous system, resistant to chemotherapy and radiation, and account for around half of the 350,000 head tumors currently diagnosed in the U.S.
Dr. Harder is also prof of physiology, associate dean for research and director of the Medical College's Cardiovascular Research Center. He believes that further studies, demonstrating that such drugs work in humans may reveal that higher concentrations or infusions over thirster periods of time may be more effective than the results reported in this study.
"If survival time could be extended, with a combination of surgical therapy and infusion with similar drugs, this could be a significant treatment option," he says.
Earlier studies from the Harder science lab have shown that specific fatty acids generated in the brain induce new blood vessel growth known as angiogenesis. Harder and colleagues designed these studies on the premise that all cells, including genus Cancer cells, ask oxygen for growth and that block formation of specific roly-poly acids would decrease blood vessel growth and atomic number 8 supply to tumors, retarding their growth.
In their current study, Dr. Harder and colleagues compared three sets of rats with induced tumors, 2 groups victimization either one of two inhibitor drugs, 17-ODYA or miconazole, to block the fatty acid CYP epoxygenase and a control radical, receiving a placebo. Drugs were infused directly into the tumors over an extended period of time, using specially-designed miniature osmotic pumps and a very small burr hole in the skull. The pumps, similar to those put-upon in mankind, were interred just to a lower place the skin through a tiny incision.
Compared to the control group, tumor size in the drug-infused groups was rock-bottom by an average 50 to 70 percent, and survival time increased by five to seven years, equivalent to three to four months in footing of human survival.
"These pumps have been used in humans for other diseases and canful be designed for bringing of these drugs as well," says Dr. Harder. "We believe they tin be used to render drugs to block angiogenesis in complex human tumors such as glioblastomas."
Dr. Harder's co-investigators in this sketch were Debebe Genremedhin, Ph.D., associate prof of physiology, and Medical College postdoc fellows Drazen Zagorac, Ph.D. and Danica Jakovcevic, Ph.D.
The study was funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Administration.
Medical College of Wisconsin
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"These rat example tumors were developed from human glioblastoma tumor cells and closely mimic human tumors in growth patterns and response to therapy," says leash researcher David Harder, Ph.D., Kohler Co. Professor in Cardiovascular Research. "The construct of targeting blood vessels that feed tumors as an approach to limit tumor growth is non a novel idea," he says. "However, blocking the specific butterball acid described in this study is novel, and holds great promise for use in humans."
Malignant gliomas are very aggressive tumors of the central nervous system, resistant to chemotherapy and radiation, and account for around half of the 350,000 head tumors currently diagnosed in the U.S.
Dr. Harder is also prof of physiology, associate dean for research and director of the Medical College's Cardiovascular Research Center. He believes that further studies, demonstrating that such drugs work in humans may reveal that higher concentrations or infusions over thirster periods of time may be more effective than the results reported in this study.
"If survival time could be extended, with a combination of surgical therapy and infusion with similar drugs, this could be a significant treatment option," he says.
Earlier studies from the Harder science lab have shown that specific fatty acids generated in the brain induce new blood vessel growth known as angiogenesis. Harder and colleagues designed these studies on the premise that all cells, including genus Cancer cells, ask oxygen for growth and that block formation of specific roly-poly acids would decrease blood vessel growth and atomic number 8 supply to tumors, retarding their growth.
In their current study, Dr. Harder and colleagues compared three sets of rats with induced tumors, 2 groups victimization either one of two inhibitor drugs, 17-ODYA or miconazole, to block the fatty acid CYP epoxygenase and a control radical, receiving a placebo. Drugs were infused directly into the tumors over an extended period of time, using specially-designed miniature osmotic pumps and a very small burr hole in the skull. The pumps, similar to those put-upon in mankind, were interred just to a lower place the skin through a tiny incision.
Compared to the control group, tumor size in the drug-infused groups was rock-bottom by an average 50 to 70 percent, and survival time increased by five to seven years, equivalent to three to four months in footing of human survival.
"These pumps have been used in humans for other diseases and canful be designed for bringing of these drugs as well," says Dr. Harder. "We believe they tin be used to render drugs to block angiogenesis in complex human tumors such as glioblastomas."
Dr. Harder's co-investigators in this sketch were Debebe Genremedhin, Ph.D., associate prof of physiology, and Medical College postdoc fellows Drazen Zagorac, Ph.D. and Danica Jakovcevic, Ph.D.
The study was funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Administration.
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
Prana
Artist: Prana
Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic
Discography:
Cyclone
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Geomantik
Year: 1999
Tracks: 9
Spurned wife-turned-YouTube star defends videos
Friday 27 June 2008
Sigourney Weaver - Weaver Makes Bid For Space Travel
Actress SIGOURNEY WEAVER is begging Virgin tycoon SIR RICHARD BRANSON to let her be next celebrity to venture into space.
The Aliens star has been inspired by Branson's adventurous pursuits, including hot-air balloon flights and space travel under his Virgin banner.
And she admits that a rumour she was planning space travel actually inspired her to try it out for real.
Weaver says, "I'd love to go (to space). Sure, if I had the opportunity. I read somewhere that I was going... I apparently was on the passenger list. I was apparently on the invitation (from Branson)."
But the actress has a back-up plan if she never receives the alleged call from the Virgin boss. She muses, "I'm building my own (spaceship) in my backyard."
British entrepreneur Branson signed a $28 million (GBP14million) agreement in 2004 to have five Virgin Galactic 'spaceliners' built in the U.S. A trip on the first privately developed carrier is estimated to cost $200,000 (GBP100,000)
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Thursday 19 June 2008
Oasis To Win "Lifetime Achievement" Award
Oasis are to scoop themselves a "lifetime achievement" award at the Silver Clef's this year.
The ceremony will be held in July at the Park Lane Hilton, where seven other categories will be announced. Previous winners at the annual event include U2 and Paul Weller.
Unlike most awards, the Silver Clef ceremony aims to raise money the Nordoff-Robins charity, which provides music therapy for adults and children.
The nomination follows this year's earlier achievement of "outstanding contribution", which was awarded to Oasis at the BRITS.
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Friday 6 June 2008
Rick Holmstrom
Artist: Rick Holmstrom
Genre(s):
Blues
Discography:
Hydraulic Groove
Year:
Tracks: 18
Gonna Get Wild
Year:
Tracks: 13
Take a clean-cut boy-next-door eccentric, stick a guitar in his men, and spot him in an environment of smoky, indistinctly lit parallel bars surrounded by a gang of megrims sages. If you mean it's fiction, you don't know Rick Holmstrom, world Health Organization has been operative with some of the best of the Los Angeles megrims shot. His don was a disc cheat in Alaska and baptized Holmstrom with music by bringing home plate records of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, the Ventures, and Buddy Holly. After moving to Southern California to wait on shoal in 1985, he coupled a garage-type blues band that rekindled his melodic flame. Holmstrom began seeking live vapours at places like the Pioneer Club, Babe & Ricky's, and the Pure Pleasure Club, which became his training ground through hanging out with greats such as Smokey Wilson and Junior Watson.
From 1985 to 1988, Holmstrom played and toured with mouth organ guru William Clarke. During share of this full stop, Holmstrom dog-tired a year as a rhythm guitarist only if. Befriended by a former Delta bluesman, harpist Johnny Dyer, the duette recorded deuce earthshaking albums for Black Top, 1994's Hear Up, followed by Shake It! in 1995. When Alex Schultz gave his notice to Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, Holmstrom was the obvious selection, as he worked with Rod on numerous occasions. Urged by Hammond Scott of Black Top Records, Holmstrom recorded Outlook! in 1996, an all-instrumental album that garnered airplay on blues and rock'n'roll tuner, sounding like hard-boiled vapors or else of a clichéd blues-rock conglomeration.
Holmstrom brought a a good deal required hell of fervor to the Flyers, whose 1997 Tone Cool album, Tough and Tender, proven Rod and his mathematical group were the hottest band on the racing circuit. The Holmstrom solo effort Gonna Get Wild followed in the fountain of 2000. Holmstrom played some other year with the Might Flyers, going after 2001's Beyond the Source. Holmstrom turned some heads with his 2002 freeing, Hydraulic Groove, where he brought a bite of jazz and funk to his blues, likewise utilizing loops and samples and guests like John Medeski and DJ Logic. Holmstrom stayed busy producing other acts of the Apostles and playing guitar before cathartic Alive at the Cafe Boogaloo in 2006.
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Monday 26 May 2008
Dukes Of Windsor to tour
The Dukes have just returned from the depths of the Arctic winter, where they recorded their second album at Tonteknik Studios, a former lunatic asylum in Ume� Sweden. The isolated, sub-zero surrounds captured and moulded the bands distinctive, high-energy sound. Produced by Pelle Henriccsson and Eskil L�vstr�m (Refused; The Shape of Punk to Come), the album is aptly titled Minus and is set for a release mid-2008.
The boys will be on the road nationally throughout June in support of the first single, �It�s A War�, which hits the stores May 17.
Friday June 6, Annandale Hotel - Sydney, NSW
$10.00 + Booking Fee, $12.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sale tickets available from www.dukesofwindsor.com.au Oztix - www.oztix.com.au phone 1300 762 545; Ticketek � www.ticketek.com.au phone: 132 849; Venue Box Office � www.annandalehotel.com.au phone: 02 9550 1078
Saturday June 7, Ding Dong Lounge - Melbourne, VIC
$10.00 + Booking Fee, $12.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sale tickets available from www.dukesofwindsor.com.au Oztix - www.oztix.com.au phone 1300 762 545; Ticketek � www.ticketek.com.au phone: 132 849; Moshtix � www.moshtix.com.au phone: 1300 438 849
Sunday June 8, The Pier Hotel (Peli Bar) - Frankston, VIC
$10.00 + Booking Fee, $12.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sale tickets available from www.dukesofwindsor.com.au Oztix - www.oztix.com.au phone 1300 762 545
Friday June 13, The Producers Bar - Adelaide, SA
$10.00 + Booking Fee, $12.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sale tickets available from www.dukesofwindsor.com.au Oztix - www.oztix.com.au phone 1300 762 545; Ticketek � www.ticketek.com.au phone: 132 849; Venue Tix � www.venuetix.com.au phone 08 8225 8888
Thursday June 19, Newport Hotel (Culture Clash Thursday�s) � Fremantle, WA
$10.00 + Booking Fee, Door Sale TBC
Pre-sales tickets available from Bocs Ticketing � www.bocsticketing.com.au phone 08 9484 1133; 78�s � www.78records.com.au 08 9322 6384; Moshtix � www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX
Friday June 20, Players Bar � Mandurah, WA
$10.00 + Booking Fee, Door sale TBC
Pre-sales tickets available from Bocs Ticketing � www.bocsticketing.com.au phone 08 9484 1133; 78�s � www.78records.com.au 08 9322 6384; Moshtix � www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX
Saturday June 21, Capitol (Amplifier/Death Disco Saturday�s) � Perth, WA
$15.00 + Booking Fee, 0.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sales tickets available from Bocs Ticketing � www.bocsticketing.com.au phone 08 9484 1133; 78�s � www.78records.com.au 08 9322 6384; Moshtix � www.moshtix.com.au 300 GET TIX
Thursday June 26, Coolangatta Sports Bar, Coolangatta � QLD
FREE ENTRY
Friday June 27, The Wharf Tavern, Maroochydore � QLD
FREE ENTRY
Saturday June 28, The Chalk Hotel, Brisbane � QLD
FREE ENTRY
The boys will be on the road nationally throughout June in support of the first single, �It�s A War�, which hits the stores May 17.
Friday June 6, Annandale Hotel - Sydney, NSW
$10.00 + Booking Fee, $12.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sale tickets available from www.dukesofwindsor.com.au Oztix - www.oztix.com.au phone 1300 762 545; Ticketek � www.ticketek.com.au phone: 132 849; Venue Box Office � www.annandalehotel.com.au phone: 02 9550 1078
Saturday June 7, Ding Dong Lounge - Melbourne, VIC
$10.00 + Booking Fee, $12.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sale tickets available from www.dukesofwindsor.com.au Oztix - www.oztix.com.au phone 1300 762 545; Ticketek � www.ticketek.com.au phone: 132 849; Moshtix � www.moshtix.com.au phone: 1300 438 849
Sunday June 8, The Pier Hotel (Peli Bar) - Frankston, VIC
$10.00 + Booking Fee, $12.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sale tickets available from www.dukesofwindsor.com.au Oztix - www.oztix.com.au phone 1300 762 545
Friday June 13, The Producers Bar - Adelaide, SA
$10.00 + Booking Fee, $12.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sale tickets available from www.dukesofwindsor.com.au Oztix - www.oztix.com.au phone 1300 762 545; Ticketek � www.ticketek.com.au phone: 132 849; Venue Tix � www.venuetix.com.au phone 08 8225 8888
Thursday June 19, Newport Hotel (Culture Clash Thursday�s) � Fremantle, WA
$10.00 + Booking Fee, Door Sale TBC
Pre-sales tickets available from Bocs Ticketing � www.bocsticketing.com.au phone 08 9484 1133; 78�s � www.78records.com.au 08 9322 6384; Moshtix � www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX
Friday June 20, Players Bar � Mandurah, WA
$10.00 + Booking Fee, Door sale TBC
Pre-sales tickets available from Bocs Ticketing � www.bocsticketing.com.au phone 08 9484 1133; 78�s � www.78records.com.au 08 9322 6384; Moshtix � www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX
Saturday June 21, Capitol (Amplifier/Death Disco Saturday�s) � Perth, WA
$15.00 + Booking Fee, 0.00 Door Sale (If Available)
Pre-sales tickets available from Bocs Ticketing � www.bocsticketing.com.au phone 08 9484 1133; 78�s � www.78records.com.au 08 9322 6384; Moshtix � www.moshtix.com.au 300 GET TIX
Thursday June 26, Coolangatta Sports Bar, Coolangatta � QLD
FREE ENTRY
Friday June 27, The Wharf Tavern, Maroochydore � QLD
FREE ENTRY
Saturday June 28, The Chalk Hotel, Brisbane � QLD
FREE ENTRY
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