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New Endograft Introduction System Enhances Physician Control During Minimally Invasive Treatment For Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
In a development aimed at improving patient outcomes, physicians treating thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) will now experience a new level of control while placing endografts during thoracic endovascular repair procedures. With the launch of Cook Medical"s new Z-TRAK PLUS™ Introduction System, physicians are provided with improved maneuverability for controllable device orientation and deployment of the Zenith® TX2™ TAA Endovascular Stent Graft compared to earlier Cook delivery systems.
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AIDS Treatment Activists Push UNAIDS And WHO To Meet Commitments To Reduce HIV In Women And Newborns
In a dramatic meeting today at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, members of the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) and AIDS-Free World met with the leaders and approximately 100 staff members of UNAIDS and WHO to present ITPC"s latest Missing the Target report, Failing Women, Failing Children: HIV, Vertical Transmission and Women"s Health, which identifies the failure of the international community in preventing vertical transmission (also known as prevention of mother-to-child transmission or PMTCT).
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Experts Support National Public Reporting Of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Five organizations representing the nation"s experts in infectious diseases medicine, infection prevention in healthcare settings, and public health and disease prevention announced their support for a provision requiring national reporting of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates, which is contained within the healthcare reform bill introduced by leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Study Advises Chinese Government To Change Fuel In Millions Of Households

Scientists in China are recommending that the Chinese government consider phasing out the direct burning of traditional chunks of coal in millions of households. It suggests that the government substitute coal briquettes and improved stoves for cooking and heating to help reduce the country"s high air pollution levels. The recommendation stems from one of the first scientific studies showing that this approach is effective in improving air quality, including a 98 percent reduction in air pollution from tiny, inhalable particles of coal soot. Their study is scheduled for the July 15 issue of ACS" Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal. In the new study, Yingjun Chen and colleagues note that government officials have said for years that coal briquettes and improved stoves with better ventilation may cut emissions, but few scientific studies have tested this claim. Millions of homes in rural China and other parts of the world burn raw coal chunks in small, low-efficiency stoves for cooking and heating. Studies indicate that emissions from incomplete coal combustion in these stoves contribute significantly to China"s serious air pollution levels - among the highest in the world. The scientists compared emissions between traditional and improved stoves using either raw (unprocessed) coal chunks or coal briquettes. The briquettes consist of coal powder and clay and are molded into multihole columns. They found that burning briquettes in well-ventilated stoves dramatically reduced black carbon emissions by 98 percent and other emissions by more than 60 percent. The study concludes that this approach can bring about "explicit benefits in environment and health, together with possible gains in climate stabilization." "Deployment of Coal Briquettes and Improved Stoves: Possibly an Option for both Environment and Climate" FULL TEXT ARTICLE CONTACT: Yingjun Chen, Ph.D. Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research for Sustainable Development Chinese Academy of Sciences Yantai, Shandong Province China Michael Woods American Chemical Society


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