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Close Relationship Between Past Warming And Sea-Level Rise
In a paper in Nature Geoscience, a team from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), along with colleagues from TÃøbingen (Germany) and Bristol presents a novel continuous reconstruction of sea level fluctuations over the last 520 thousand years. Comparison of this record with data on global climate and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels from Antarctic ice cores suggests that even stabilisation at today"s CO2 levels may commit us to sea-level rise over the next couple of millennia, to a level much higher than long-term projections from the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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Closely Supervised Foster Care Linked With Reduced Pregnancy Rates For Delinquent Teens, Study Says
Teenage girls with a history of delinquency who were placed in individualized foster care programs were less likely than their peers to become pregnant, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, HealthDay/Forbes reports. Teen girls in foster care have an elevated risk for pregnancy, according to HealthDay/Forbes. For example, an earlier survey of teens in three states found that nearly half of girls in the foster care system reported a pregnancy by age 19, according to David Kerr, an assistant professor of psychology at Oregon State University and lead author of the new study.For the study, researchers followed 166 girls ages 13 to 17 with court orders to receive treatment for criminal behavior in either specialized foster care or a group-care facility. The specialized programs, known as Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care, were created in the 1980s. Under the programs, foster parents who are trained in behavioral management provide one-on-one care to severely delinquent youths, and the parents receive consultation, support and crisis intervention services from program supervisors. One of the most important aspects of the program is that, unlike group care, the teens are isolated from other troubled youths. There are 51 such programs in the U.S.After two years, 26% of the girls in MTFC became pregnant, compared with almost 47% of those in group care, according to the study. The MTFC group also showed lower levels of criminal activity and arrests, and increased school engagement. Kerr said, "One of the most interesting aspects of this research is that the MTFC program was created to reduce crime, not pregnancy." He added, "It specifically targeted changing the girl"s environment: her home, her peers and her school experience. The focus was on giving her lots of supervision, support for responsible behavior, and consistent, non-harsh consequences for negative behavior" (HealthDay/Forbes, 6/17).
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MacroGenics And Lilly Achieve Targeted Patient Enrollment In PROTEGE, A Global Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial Of Teplizumab In Type 1 Diabetes
MacroGenics, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced that the PROTEGE trial achieved its targeted patient enrollment. The trial is a pivotal Phase 2/3 clinical study evaluating teplizumab, an investigational compound under development for the treatment of individuals with recent-onset type 1 diabetes.
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South American Health Ministers Gather In Argentina To Discuss H1N1 Preparedness

The health ministers of six South American countries gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday to "coordinate defenses against" the H1N1 (swine flu) virus which has killed nearly 200 people in the region," the AFP/Google.com reports. Ministers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay used the meeting to voice concern over the rapid spread of the H1N1 virus in their countries, which are now in the southern hemisphere"s winter months, and discuss ways to share supplies to help prevent the spread of the virus. The article includes the individual strategies being taken by some South American countries (7/15). Argentina"s health ministry on Tuesday reported that the number of deaths from the swine flu had reached 137, with a total of 3,056 officially confirmed cases. Argentina is now "second only to the U.S. in swine-flu deaths - passing Mexico, which this week reported its toll had risen to 124 dead, with 12,645 confirmed cases," the Wall Street Journal reports (Whalen, 7/15). Rwandan Health Officials Attempt To Ease Public Fear Over H1N1 In Country Rwanda"s Ministry of Health tried to ease the public"s fears over the country"s first confirmed report of H1N1, the New Times/allAfrica.com reports. Officials emphasized that the country has strong preparedness plans and that WHO data that shows the "majority of patients [infected with the H1N1 virus] experience mild symptoms and make a rapid recovery" (Nambi, 7/14). Pacific Region Populations At High Risk Of H1N1 Complications BERNAMA.com examines recent reports that populations living in the Pacific region may be at high risk from H1N1 complications due to a high number of people living with underlying medical conditions, such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes and asthma (7/16). WSJ Examines U.K."s Plans For H1N1 Vaccine Campaign "The medical establishment in Britain, the nation hardest hit by swine flu outside North America, is scrambling to roll out a large-scale vaccination program in an effort to protect its population against a virus that threatens to spread rapidly here in coming weeks," the Wall Street Journal reports. United Kingdom officials are debating whether to hire out contractors or have doctors administer free shots of the H1N1 vaccine to the country"s some 60 million residents. The newspaper writes, "Doctors would rather handle the shots themselves ò€¦ but as phone calls and office visits related to swine flu have jumped, they are concerned the extra work will overwhelm them unless they suspend some other routine care" (7/15). Guardian Profiles WHO Chief Margaret Chan In a profile piece on WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, the Guardian writes, "Swine flu is probably already much bigger than anyone knows. Ten days ago, only six countries in Africa had reported cases, but as Chan readily admits, this is rather misleading: until the WHO started sending out lab kits in early May, many developing countries had no means of testing for it. Furthermore, modeling suggests that swine flu has an attack rate of 30 percent - once it enters a country, the likelihood is 30 percent of citizens will catch it at some point." The piece includes comments from Chan contrasting the preparedness of wealthy nations to that of developing countries, her efforts to ensure developing countries have access to an H1N1 vaccine when one becomes available, and "the myriad other epidemics and crises currently demanding [Chan"s] attention" (Edemariam, 7/16). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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