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Young Parents Helped To 'Know More' About Drugs And Alcohol
In the run up to National Tackling Drugs Week (8th-12th June), drug and alcohol services in Liverpool have gathered together to host "Know more" an event which will showcase a range of services that offer advice and support to young people and their families.
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Acura And King Receive FDA Complete Response Letter Regarding Acurox(R)
Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACUR) and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: KG) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for Acurox (oxycodone HC1, USP and niacin, USP) Tablets CII, an immediate release product intended for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain.
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Obama's Proposal To Redirect Abstinence-Only Funding Renews 'Culture-War Battle,' Washington Times Columnist States
President Obama is causing the "core culture-war battle" over sex education to "come full circle" by proposing to redirect funding for abstinence-only sex education to a new Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative that "rejects an abstinence-only approach," Washington Times columnist Cheryl Wetzstein writes. According to Wetzstein, Obama"s fiscal year 2010 budget plan "zeroed out" the Title V abstinence-only sex education grant program, set to expire on June 30, and the Community-Based Abstinence Education program. Wetzstein continues that groups supporting comprehensive sex education have "loathed Title V from its inception" because of its "prohibition on teaching teens how to use birth-control products (i.e., no condom demonstrations) and its eight-point definition that seemed utterly unrealistic to sex educators." For example, Title V"s definition said that the ""expected standard of human sexual activity"" was a ""mutually faithful, monogamous relationship in the context of marriage,"" which Wetzstein says she has "heard many times, was insulting to gay youth who couldn"t marry" and "insensitive to minority youth who grew up in neighborhoods where marriage was rare." Wetzstein asks, "What will happen to Title V?" She writes that opponents "are staying vigilant" and working to avoid "any last-minute, back-door revivals of this program." Groups that support abstinence-only sex education are "working the phones, too," Wetzstein reports. According to Wetzstein, Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association, noted that "[s]aving Title V will require some heavy lifting, but "it"s expired before and been retroactively renewed."" Wetzstein concludes that "we"ll soon see what happens with the new players in town" (Wetzstein, Washington Times, 6/23).
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University Of Queensland To Provide Ipswich Healthcare Boost With $2.5m Super Clinic, Australia

The University of Queensland will establish a $2.5million GP Super Clinic at Ipswich that will focus on key local health issues. The Australian Government has signed an agreement with the University to develop the Ipswich GP Super Clinic which will have a standard GP service for management of acute presentations complemented by a focus on chronic disease and mental health. The Ipswich GP Super Clinic, to be situated on the UQ Ipswich Campus, will be led by UQ"s Faculty of Health Sciences, one of the largest educators of health professionals in Australia. The Faculty"s Deputy Executive Dean (Academic), Professor Helen Chenery, said the GP Super Clinic would offer greater access to health services and provide a dynamic educational environment for the next generation of health professionals. The Super Clinic will provide services from a range of health professionals including general practitioners, nurses, psychologists and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists, dietitians, diabetes educations and podiatrists. "The Super Clinic will enable the Faculty to implement and evaluate innovative models of primary healthcare and conduct high quality research," Professor Chenery said. "Effective collaboration between health professionals provides the best care for patients. And by bringing together a wide range of health professionals, the Super Clinic will provide an excellent opportunity for interdisciplinary practice." The Super Clinic will also provide a key learning facility for student doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. Professor Chenery said UQ will be seeking to work closely with local providers and the community. "We are looking forward to developing the community partnerships that will be the foundation of this major facility and to working together to enhance the health of the Ipswich community," she said. She said the University had experience in establishing innovative models of care at Inala Primary Care, in Brisbane"s south. UQ is also partnering with the Moreton Bay Region community to establish a GP Super Clinic at Redcliffe, north of Brisbane. University of Queensland


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