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Tiller Murder Prompts Abortion Providers To Re-Evaluate Protective Measures, Security
The recent murder of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller has prompted other providers nationwide to reassess their need for protective measures against violent actions from opponents of abortion rights, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. In the days following Tiller"s murder, many clinic officials nationwide said that they had contacted law enforcement and examined their existing security measures. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder also ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to provide security to several clinicians and facilities. According to the AP/Chronicle, violence against abortion providers in the 1980s and 1990s forced many to take various precautionary measures in and around their clinics, while some underwent training to protect themselves.Kate Michelman, former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said the election of former President George W. Bush, an abortion-rights opponent, helped alleviate some violence against abortion providers. However, she said that she believes Tiller"s murder might indicate the situation is changing during the first months of President Obama"s administration. Obama has rejected abortion-rights opponents" calls for restrictions on the procedure and also reversed the "global gag rule," or "Mexico City" policy.Michelman said, "Historically, when those who oppose a woman"s right to decide are frustrated politically, they get more violent," adding, "I have been thinking about this ever since the [Obama] election." She said that some providers will remain fearful even though she believes clinics are now safe. "In the end ... if someone is out to get you and they are determined and have a chorus encouraging them, ... there"s not much you can do to stop them," Michelman said. Provider LeRoy Carhart, who provided abortion services at Tiller"s clinic, said that people who commit violence against abortion providers should be charged with hate crimes (Hanna, AP/San Francisco Chronicle, 6/3).
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Inhaled Growth Hormone Safe For Children Deficient In This Key Protein
A multi-center clinical trial led by a Riley Hospital for Children endocrinologist has found that inhaled growth hormone (GH) is well tolerated by children with GH deficiency and that this easy-to-use method can, over a one-week period, safely deliver GH to the blood stream. In addition to having implications for those who need GH, this first pediatric study of administering it through the lungs may also help researchers interested in using this convenient method for effectively delivering other types of medications to children.
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Afinitor(R) (everolimus) Recommended For Use In The European Union For Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
Novartis has received a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) supporting European Union (EU) approval of everolimus for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC)3, the most common type of kidney cancer4.
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Health and Safety Executive Warns Employers About The Safety Of Equipment After Worker's Hand Is Damaged By Rotating Blades, UK

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers to ensure they assess the safety of equipment and ensure that it is sufficiently guarded after an employee"s left hand was severely damaged by the rotating blades of a valve that forms part of the extraction system in a metal recycling process. HSE prosecuted JBM International Ltd, of Kingsilver Refinery, Hixon, Staffordshire, for its failure to make a suitable risk assessment of the safety of those operating the part of the process using the rotary valves of the dust extraction unit. The company was also charged with not ensuring that effective measures were taken to prevent access to dangerous parts of the machinery which had been in use for more than a decade. JBM was fined a total of ÷£5,000 and ordered to pay costs of ÷£2,614 by Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates" Court (on 19th May, 2009) after the company pleaded guilty to the two charges of breaching health and safety legislation. HSE brought charges against the company under Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and Regulation 3(1)(a) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 following its investigation into an incident that occurred, on 27th September 2008, on the company"s premises. A 34-year-old employee was investigating a possible blockage to the dust extraction unit by removing the collection bag and reaching up with his left hand to the exit opening of the extraction unit"s rotary valve when his hand was severely damaged by the blades. Speaking after the case, HSE investigating inspector Ian Williamson, said: "Being able to easily access moving parts of the machine represented an obvious danger which meant that it was reasonably foreseeable that an injury could occur whilst reaching into the opening. The machine had been in operation for 10-15 years yet it had evidently not been subjected to a suitable risk assessment because it had not been engineered in any way to protect operatives. ""It is important for companies to ensure that they have fully considered all the risks their employees may face when using any equipment and the injuries could have been much worse." Notes Regulation 11 (1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 states: "Every employer shall ensure that measures are taken which are effective - (a) to prevent access to any dangerous part of machinery or to any rotating stock-bar; or (b) to stop the movement of any dangerous part of machinery or rotating stock-bar before any part of a person enters a danger zone." Regulation 3 (a) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 states: "Every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of - the risks to the health and safety of his employees to which they are exposed whilst they are at work;" Approved Code of Practice and Guidance "Safe Use of Work Equipment - Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998" ISBN 978-0-7176-6295-1 obtainable from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2WA Tel: 01787 881165 Fax: 01787 313995 Website: http://www.hsebooks.co.uk Further information on risk assessments can be found on HSE"s website at http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/index.htm Health and Safety Executive


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