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Signs Of Heart Damage Evident In Overweight Male Teens With Normal Blood Pressures
Even while their blood pressures are still normal, overweight male teens may have elevated levels of a hormone known to increase pressures as well as early signs of heart damage, researchers say.
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Fate Of Tiller's Clinic Expected To Be Decided This Week
The family of murdered Kansas abortion provider George Tiller is expected to decide this week whether his Wichita clinic will reopen, NPR"s "Morning Edition" reports. Tiller"s clinic is one of the few in the U.S. that performs abortions later in pregnancy, and many abortion-rights advocates are concerned whether women in need of abortions in the second and third trimester would be able to obtain care if it were not reopened. LeRoy Carhart, a Nebraska abortion provider who worked with Tiller at his clinic for four years, said that although it is a difficult time for abortion providers, he hopes that the family will reopen the clinic. "This is a job that we took, and we were well-aware of the risks when we started, as was Dr. Tiller," he said. Providing abortion services in the second and third trimester is "a service that"s so needed that it"s worth the risks," he added (Lohr, "Morning Edition," NPR, 6/9). Carhart also said that although no decision on Tiller"s clinic has been made, he "want[s] to assure the press and the women of America ... that we will somehow, somewhere continue to provide abortions later in gestation" (Duin, Washington Times, 6/9).According to Carhart, there are only about 10 providers in the U.S. who perform abortions in the second and third trimesters, including a few hospitals that do not advertise the services. "Morning Edition" reports that most women"s health care providers either are not trained or do not want to receive training to perform the procedure later in pregnancy. Providers who do tend to be older and face extreme pressure from antiabortion-rights advocates. Data from the Guttmacher Institute show that about 1% of all abortions performed in the U.S. occur after 21 weeks" gestation. Elizabeth Nash of Guttmacher said that 37 states have laws that limit access to abortion after a certain point in pregnancy, "usually around 24 weeks, which is at the end of the second trimester." She added that most of those states only allow abortions to save the life of the woman or if her physical health is in jeopardy. Pratima Gupta, an ob-gyn in California, said that she is concerned about what will happen to Tiller"s patients. Gupta said Tiller "had patients that were scheduled for Monday morning. What happened to those patients for the rest of the week, the rest of the month? Those patients are the ones who need us" ("Morning Edition," NPR, 6/9).
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Latest Arizona State University-Southwest Poll Reveals A Focus On Health-Care Issues
A majority of Southwesterners - 86 percent - think the U.S. health care system is in need of some reform, and more than half - 53 percent - indicate "a great deal of reform" is needed, according to the most recent Arizona State University-Southwest Poll.
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NACDS Retail Advisory Board Explores Social Networking Opportunities To Engage Consumers

The Retail Advisory Board (RAB) of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) met yesterday during the 2009 NACDS Marketplace Conference to discuss social networking opportunities within their businesses. A presentation by Pete Blackshaw, executive vice president with Nielsen Online Digital Strategic Services outlined how retailers and suppliers can use consumer-generated media, such as blogs, social networking pages, and message boards, to communicate company or product information, as well as build web forums for open communication between companies and their customers that are relevant and timely. Blackshaw shared insights with attendees about the growing utilization of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and other blogs and message boards as a new way of communicating with consumers. "We appreciate the Retail Advisory Board exploring this new medium, which is evolving into a critical communication tool for reaching the industry"s consumers and gaining a better understanding of consumer trends and interests," said NACDS President and CEO, Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE. The NACDS Retail Advisory Board is comprised of cross section of retailers and manufacturers. Its mission is to advise and provide recommendations to the NACDS Board of Directors on timely industry issues affecting the broad NACDS membership base, thereby promoting changes and enhancements that further increases NACDS" value to its members. In addition to the events at Marketplace, the Retail Advisory Board, its subcommittees and subcommittee workgroups each meet periodically throughout the year. National Association of Chain Drug Stores


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