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Washington, D.C. Officials To Boost HIV Awareness Efforts
The Washington, D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA) will increase its HIV-related media efforts targeting those at risk for the virus amid a recent finding by the agency that 3% of the district"s residents are living with HIV/AIDS, the Washington Post reports. Mayor Adrian Fenty recently committed $500,000 annually for a five-year marketing campaign, Shannon Hader, director of HAA said. Advertising experts say that millions more would be needed in order for the agency to have an "effective" campaign, or that local media, billboard companies and the district"s Metro system need to provide more free advertising space, according to the Post. Next month HAA plans to announce a campaign targeting heterosexual couples that will encourage HIV testing (Fears, Washington Post, 6/2).

Growing Midwestern Clinical Research Organization Selects OmniComm Systems To Provide EClinical Solutions For Phase IV Studies
OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: OMCM), a leader in integrated electronic data capture (EDC) solutions for clinical trials announced that a growing US Clinical Research Organization (CRO) has selected OmniComm to provide eClinical solutions in connection with two of the CRO"s Phase IV studies covering approximately 27 sites and more than 700 subjects. Additional details were not disclosed. Phase IV studies take place after a drug has been approved for marketing and are designed to provide broader experience in evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the new medicine in larger numbers of patients, subpopulations of patients, and to compare and/or combine it with other available treatments.
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Early Switch From Cyclosporine To Sirolimus After Renal Transplantation Produces Sustained Improvement In Renal Function
BOSTON - Favorable 12-month outcomes are maintained through 30 months of follow-up when renal transplant patients are converted from a cyclosporine (CsA)-based regimen to a sirolimus (SRL)-based regimen three months post-transplant, according to results of the CONCEPT study announced here at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2009.
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Diabetes Amputees Converge On London's O2 Arena To Campaign For Better Foot Services

Diabetes UK is today bringing together 100 people, including 20 diabetes amputees, at the "Body Worlds and Mirror of Time" exhibition at London"s O2 Arena for a photo call to highlight the fact that diabetes causes 100 amputations a week in the UK. We are calling on hospitals and primary care organisations to adopt the recommendations set out in a new Diabetes UK/NHS Diabetes report, "Putting feet first". The report calls for primary care organisations to work with hospitals and community services to ensure people with diabetes have their feet examined at least once a year, to be told if their feet are "at risk", and what to do to reduce the risk of infection. The report also calls for people with diabetes admitted to hospital for any reason to have their feet examined, and protected, and if they develop any foot problems to have it assessed by a doctor, nurse or podiatrist within 24 hours. Diabetes is the leading cause of lower-limb amputation in the world and around 5,000 people with diabetes undergo leg, foot or toe amputations each year in the UK, equivalent to 100 a week. One in three people with diabetes do not realise that having the condition puts them more at risk of having an amputation. Up to 20 per cent (÷£600m) of the ÷£3bn the NHS spends on diabetes each year goes on treating foot problems in people with diabetes, and at least ÷£252m of this is spent on amputation. People with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are at risk of damage to the nerves (neuropathy) and blood supply (ischaemia) to their feet. Both neuropathy and ischaemia can lead to foot ulcers and slow-healing wounds which, if they become infected, can result in amputation. However, researchers estimate that between 49 per cent and 85 per cent of all diabetic amputations can be prevented. It"s important to remember that by keeping blood glucose, blood cholesterol and blood pressure under control people with diabetes can help to prevent complications associated with the feet. "Foot injuries or ulcers in people with diabetes need to be assessed as soon as possible by an expert team," said Bridget Turner, Head of Healthcare Policy at Diabetes UK. "The longer they are left untreated, the greater the risk of deterioration and loss of the limb, which has devastating effects on a person"s mobility and mood, reducing independence and causing disfigurement." Diabetes UK


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