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Unisense FertiliTech A/S Receives CE Mark Of Approval For EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System
Unisense FertiliTech A/S announces that the EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System and EmbryoSlide(TM) tray have received CE approval as class IIa medical devices for use in IVF. Unisense Fertilitech A/S also received the DS/EN ISO13485:2003 and AC:2007 quality system certificate for production, installation and servicing of IVF incubators and related accessories.
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Race Disparities Plague Treatment And Outcomes In Health Care
CNN examines race disparities in health care during a 4-minute segment that is part of the station"s week-long focus on health care issues.
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Some Medical Providers Slow To Adopt Electronic Records, Prescribing
"Digital medical records could cut down on office visits," and maybe even health care costs, Marketplace reports. "But for doctors, going electronic could be complicated and expensive. And nothing at all like what they learned in medical school." Relatively few doctors have made the switch so far, though new government incentives, funded by the stimulus bill, could shift the industry into gear. The doctors who have pioneered e-health have confronted a newish industry with few standards. One recalled that his early adoption of the records in 2003 was "a disaster," though he is now touted as an example for other practices (Carroll, 7/20).
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Death Penalty And Mental Illness: Families Of Victims Speak Out At National Convention; "Double Tragedies" Report Released

For the first time, families of murder victims have joined with families of persons with mental illness who have been executed to speak out against the death penalty. Double Tragedies, a report being released today at a special session on the first day of the annual convention of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), calls the death penalty "inappropriate and unwarranted" for people with severe mental disorders and "a distraction from problems within the mental health system that contributed or even directly lead to tragic violence." The report calls for treatment and prevention, not execution. It is available online at http://www.nami.org/doubletragedies. The report, a joint project of NAMI and Murder Victims" Families for Human Rights (MVFHR), is based on extensive interviews with 21 family members from 10 states: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. "Family opposition to the death penalty is grounded in personal tragedy," said MVFHR executive director Renny Cushing. "In the public debate about the death penalty and how to respond in the aftermath of violent crime, these are the voices that need to be heard." "Most people with mental illness are not violent," said NAMI executive director Mike Fitzpatrick. "When violent tragedies occur they are exceptional, because something has gone terribly wrong, usually in the mental health care system. Tragedies are compounded and all our families suffer." The report identifies an "intersection" of family concerns and makes four basic recommendations: - Ban the death penalty for people with severe mental illnesses. - Reform the mental health care system to focus on treatment. - Recognize the needs of families of murder victims through rights to information and participation in criminal or mental health proceedings. - Families of executed persons also should be recognized as victims and given the assistance due to any victims of traumatic loss. At least 100 people with mental illness have been put to death in the United States and hundreds more are awaiting execution. NAMI


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