| State officials take over chimp sanctuary amid health concerns | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:00:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | SAN ANTONIO The Texas Attorney General's Office has seized control of a primate sanctuary in a monthslong fight over the care of seven retired research chimpanzees living at the facility. Authorities arrived unannounced at Primarily Primates' 75-acre compound yesterday. An official with the A-G's office says the facility had "health and hygiene issues" and there was evidence that several hundred thousand dollars in charitable donations had been mismanaged. But an attorney representing the facility says the operation's financial records are in good shape and the animals were well cared for. The chimps were used for cognitive research at Ohio State University and were transferred to the 28-year-old Primarily Primates under a 300-thousand dollar contract earlier this year.... | |
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| | | Longer lives bad for our health: research | | Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:07:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | TONY EASTLEY: While Australians on average are healthier and living longer than ever before, a new report shows the extra years gained may be troublesome healthwise. The research published today by the Institute of Health and Welfare says long life will create challenges for health authorities. Australians are living up to two years longer than they were in 1988, but for women only six weeks of that time will be spent free of a disability. Annie Guest reports. ANNIE GUEST: The report examined changes in life expectancy and quality of life between 1988 and 2003. On average, non-indigenous men gained two years of life and those born in 2003 can expect to live to 77. Women continue to live longer but their gain was half that.... | |
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| | | Research ethics requirements compromising quality of health research | | Posted Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:00:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | Current research ethics requirements are compromising the scientific quality of health research, warn senior doctors in this week's British Medical Journal. Many ethics committees now insist that researchers approach only people who respond positively to a letter from their doctor informing them about an opportunity to take part in research - that is, people must opt in to being contacted by a researcher. But the ethical benefits of this approach are not proved and it can lead to low response rates, wasted resources, and research of limited validity, argue Professors Jenny Hewison of Leeds University and Andy Haines of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They believe that some kind of trade-off between confidentiality costs and health benefits is unavoidable, and call for public debate about what it means to protect patients' interests.... | |
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| | | International Association For Dental Research Presents Awards & ... | | Posted Tuesday, July 04, 2006 4:56:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | As part of the Opening Ceremonies of its 84th General Session & Exhibition, at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, the International Association for Dental Researchl presented numerous prestigious awards and fellowships. Details follow: * IADR Distinguished Service Award Presented to Chong-Pyoung Chung (Seoul National University, South Korea), this prestigious award was established by the IADR Board of Directors for a member who has not served as an IADR Officer but who has performed outstanding service to the Association or distinguished service over a period of time. Dr. Chung joined the IADR in 1981 and was instrumental in establishing the IADR Korean Division. The award, supported by the J. Morita Co., consists of a plaque and travel expenses to the IADR General Session in Brisbane.... | |
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