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Middle aged people who smoke, have high blood pressure or diabetes are far more likely to develop dementia in later life, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
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Tiller Murder Unlikely To Stall Abortion Debate In Kansas
Antiabortion-rights legislators in Kansas plan to push for harsher restrictions on abortion when the next legislative session begins in January 2010, despite increased tensions following the murder of abortion provider George Tiller, the AP/Indianapolis Star reports.According to state House Judiciary Committee Chair Lance Kinzer (R), the debate over abortion rights should continue in the state because some laws aimed at restricting abortion access are not being enforced properly. This year, Kinzer pushed legislation (S.B. 218) to strengthen the state"s restrictions on abortions performed later in pregnancy, but the bill was vetoed by former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D). Gov. Mark Parkinson (D) has said his views are "very similar" to those of Sebelius on abortion rights. On Monday, he called on advocates on both sides of the issue to tone down their rhetoric. Parkinson also has said that Kansas should aim to reduce unplanned pregnancies.State Rep. Tom Sawyer (D), who supports abortion rights, said he would like to see legislators take one year off of debating the issue, adding that he thinks this is unlikely. He said, "It"d be nice to have one session where we didn"t have to debate it," adding, "People who are adamant, who keep bringing up these issues, are going to keep bringing them up. I don"t think [Tiller"s murder] is going to slow them down."However, state House Speaker Mike O"Neal (R) said tensions over abortion rights "will calm down a great deal" in the coming months. He added, "All those issues are still there. As long as the parties on both sides behave themselves and not let the rhetoric get out [of] hand, I think we can stay focused on the issues." State Sen. Tim Huelskamp (R) said that abortion-rights opponents likely will focus in the short term on the Board of Healing Arts, which licenses and regulates physicians, and the courts. A criminal case against a Planned Parenthood clinic in Johnson County, Kan., is pending (Hanna, AP/Indianapolis Star, 6/5).
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Promoting Innovation And Leadership In The Allied Health Professions (AHPs)

The Allied Health Professions Leadership Challenge winners are East Midlands SHA, The Department of Health announced today. The AHP Leadership Challenges were designed around the commitments set out in High Quality Care for All to support leadership, at every level of the NHS and give AHPs the confidence to lead on innovation across health and social care. The challenges took place across England throughout April and May and the best performing team in each of the ten regions competed in the national final at the London Royal Horseguards Hotel, on 16-17 June. Chief Health Professions Officer, Karen Middleton said: "The Leadership Challenge events surpassed the two main aims I had for them. "The first was to raise the profile of leadership at SHA level and the second was to give AHPs some experiential learning so that they can start to feel more empowered and confident as leaders. "Good leaders enhance other people"s performance and that"s what AHPs do every day at a clinical level. "As a result of these events, AHPs have told me that they have already started instigating changes where they work." East Midlands, winning team Mark Baker, Lincolnshire Community Health Service, Physiotherapist said: "The challenge events have bought out skills most of us didn"t realise we had, and we can now re-evaluate our career paths to maximise those strengths." Rachel Clifton, United Lincolnshire NHS Trust, Physiotherapist, Respiratory Care said: "Every member of our team put in so much effort, but we"re no different from other AHPs out there - if we can win a leadership challenge, so can they." The event was also attended by NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson and , Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, David Behan. Department of Health, UK


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