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Nearly Half Of Older Patients Projected To Die While Waiting For Kidney Transplant
Forty-six percent of patients over age 60 currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant will die before they receive an organ from a deceased donor, reports an upcoming study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). "Our results emphasize the particular need to consider living donation as an alternative for some older patients or alternatively, the critical importance of navigating the steps to receive a deceased donor transplant as rapidly as possible," comments Jesse D. Schold, PhD (University of Florida, Gainesville).
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North Carolina Residents Should Urge Lawmakers To Continue Funding HIV Program, Opinion Piece Says
The North Carolina legislature has proposed to eliminate the HIV Medicaid Case Management program, which "provides crucial support to people living with HIV, helping them access medical care, medications and the support services needed to live healthier lives," Jacquelyn Clymore of the Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina and Beth Stringfield, member of the North Carolina AIDS Action Network, write in a Durham News opinion piece, adding, "We need to call legislators and let them know how important this program is to those living with HIV and ask them to return the program and its funding to the budget." They continue, "It is likely that additional budget cuts to HIV programs will be proposed, and we must speak out in support of state HIV prevention funding" (Clymore/Stringfield, Durham News, 6/13).
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Rampant Disease Osteoporosis: Under-diagnosed, Under-treated - Experts Call For Earlier Diagnosis And Therapy
"With a continuously ageing population the incidence of osteoporosis is steadily rising. This does not only pose problems to the individuals concerned but is also an enormous challenge for our societies" according to Professor Wolfhart Puhl, past president of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT). Prof. Puhl, of the Orthopē¤dikum Allgē¤u, Germany, who is in Vienna for the EFORT Congress, emphasized that the problem"s "dimension is frequently underestimated. Policy makers and funding agencies do not always consider this development sufficiently in their planning."
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New Research On Midwives' Role In Interdisciplinary Education Published In The Journal Of Midwifery & Women's Health

A series of articles in the July/August 2009 issue of The Journal of Midwifery & Women"s Health (JMWH) focuses on midwives" participation in the education of medical students and residents. This issue includes the results of a new national survey by Edie McConaughey, CNM, MS and Elisabeth Howard, CNM, PhD, which found that the number of midwives involved in medical education in the United States has tripled in the past 10 years. More recently, the growth of this model has accelerated secondary to the mandated decrease in resident work hours. The different models of midwifery practices involved in medical education are described. A variety of innovative interdisciplinary education initiatives are presented, including a multidisciplinary women"s health curriculum and interprofessional programs for medical, midwifery, and nursing students. The documentation and billing guidelines for midwives who are teaching residents and medical students are also reviewed. "Documenting the role of midwifery in medical education is important to understand current implementation and facilitate the coninued development of interdisciplinary models," said the issue"s guest editor, Diane J. Angelini, CNM, NEAņ€BC, EdD, FACNM, FAAN. "Additionally, these articles provide a starting point to further investigate outcomes in interdisciplinary education and identify strategiesthat optimize teaching and learning for all disciplines involved. Interdisciplinary education and practice benefit physicians, midwives-and ultimately-the women we serve." American College of Nurse-Midwives


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