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Don't Forget Your Condoms At Swansea Pride, Says Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) Cymru is reminding visitors to Swansea Pride (Saturday 27th June) not to put their sexual health at risk by getting carried away with the party mood.

Study Links Recurrence Of Abnormal Cervical Cells To Age, Treatment Type
Older women, women with a higher grade of precancerous cells and women who undergo a freezing procedure known as cryotherapy to remove abnormal cervical cells are at a higher risk than other groups that the problem cells will return or develop into cervical cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Reuters reports. For the study, Joy Melnikow of the University of California-Davis and colleagues compared 37,000 women who were treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia -- abnormal cervical cells -- from 1986 through 2000 with 71,000 women who had no history of abnormal cervical cells.The researchers found that the risk of cervical cancer and recurrence of medium to severe degrees of CIN was highest for women who were older than age 40, who had been previously treated for severe CIN or whose abnormal cells were treated using cryotherapy. The women underwent cone biopsies a surgical procedure to remove abnormal cells were least likely to have a recurrence of CIN. According to Melnikow, recurrence was most likely to occur within the first six years after treatment. Melnikow said that women who have been treated surgically have higher risks of bleeding and preterm labor. Therefore, younger women who are planning to become pregnant might prefer cryotherapy, she said, adding that younger women"s "risk of recurrence is lower, and a recurrence can be treated again" (Steenhuysen, Reuters, 5/12).
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Obesity And Diabetes Reduced By Common Allergy Drug In Mouse Model
Crack open the latest medical textbook to the chapter on type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes, and you"ll be hard pressed to find the term "immunology" anywhere. This is because metabolic conditions and immunologic conditions are, with a few exceptions, distant cousins.
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Action Needed Now To Stop NHS Wales Becoming Unsafe For Staff And Patients - Says British Medical Association Cymru Wales

Doctors" leaders are warning that unless urgent action is taken to plug the gap in the shortage of middle grade doctors, the NHS in Wales could become unsafe both for staff and patients. The problem has been highlighted most recently within Hywel Dda NHS Trust, where 62 posts remain vacant. But this situation is by no means isolated to Hywel Dda, with Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Trust having had to move some specialist services because they were inadequately staffed and similar problems are also affecting North Wales too. Dr Richard Lewis, Welsh Secretary of the BMA says: "We are facing unprecedented levels of a lack of middle grade and junior doctors right across Wales, which is clearly unacceptable to both our members and people needing hospital treatment and this does not look like changing in the immediate future. "There are a variety of reasons for this shortage, one being that Wales does not top the list of places where many junior doctors desire to work. Also, changes to the rules regarding immigration have caused problems with recruitment across the whole of the UK, not just Wales. "The high level of middle grade and junior doctor vacancies means that consultants are left picking up the pieces where there are gaps in rotas. This is compromising consultants" ability to deliver routine daily work and there is no evidence that hospitals are adjusting services to take these shortfalls into account. Inevitably, the rates of work being undertaken cannot be sustained with the current levels of staffing. Hospital managers really need to address this now, working with clinical colleagues. "These problems come as no surprise however to us at the BMA, having predicted that these shortages would happen at some point. That is why we have, for some time now been trying to meet with representatives from the Welsh Assembly Government, to see how we can work together, drawing on the experience of front line doctors, especially juniors, to look for some solutions to the situation. "BMA Cymru Wales has also worked in partnership with the Wales Deanery for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, to produce a DVD for students, giving an invaluable insight into medical training here. "The aim of the video is to promote Wales as a primary destination to study medicine and to attract more junior doctors to apply, to complete their postgraduate training here. However, the positive effects of this will not be seen immediately. "The initiative to provide free accommodation for F1 doctors has been welcomed by BMA Cymru Wales and has had some impact. Yet, we believe far more effort should have been put into anticipating and planning for the current shortages, especially the impact of the European Working Time Directive which has been known about for more than 13 years! Whilst it is very late in the day, BMA Cymru Wales urges the Welsh Assembly Government and employers to focus on the actions we have been highlighting for some considerable time. We do not believe sufficient, co-ordinated efforts to recruit and retain doctors to Wales has been made. "While in the short term, we have to have contingency plans put in place as soon as possible to ensure the safety of both NHS staff and patients, we need far more sustainable solutions if NHS Wales is to deliver and maintain the quality and capacity of services the people of Wales deserve." British Medical Association Cymru Wales


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