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Single Dose Palonosetron Prevents Emesis Induced By Chemotherapy In Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients
New data presented at the EHA (European

California Advocates, Lawmakers Raise Concern Over Governor's Cuts To HIV/AIDS, Health Care Services
There is growing concern among California HIV/AIDS advocates "that the Golden State will reverse course and see spikes in new HIV cases after Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week further slashed the state Office of AIDS budget in order to deal" with a more than $20 billion deficit, the Bay Area Reporter reports (Bajko, 7/30). David Brinkman, executive director of the Desert AIDS Project in Palm Springs, which provides services to people living with HIV in the area, said, "This is the worst-case scenario cut. It"s going to cut, possibly eliminate [HIV] education" (Brambilla, Desert Sun, 7/29).
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Increased 'Dialogue' Needed In Black Community About HIV/AIDS, Opinion Piece Says
"HIV/AIDS has literally become a state of emergency in the [b]lack community and our leaders, organizations and institutions can no longer afford to remain silent," Lisa Fager Bediako, project coordinator for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation"s ACT! Against AIDS Leadership Initiative, writes in the Florida Courier. She continues, "Over the past three years that I have been involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and advocacy, one thing has become apparent: the crucial need for expanded dialogue about HIV/AIDS within the [b]lack community." Bediako writes, "In order to reach a larger audience, we need to have hard conversations, creative outreach and committed support from leadership organizations and media outlets," concluding, "We cannot afford to ebb and flow our conversations of HIV/AIDS while this preventable disease continues to devastate our community" (Bediako, 7/10).
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DVIF&G's SEEDS Program Provides A "Link To Life" For Cancer Patients

In a few weeks, Delaware Valley Institute of Fertility & Genetics (DVIF&G) will celebrate our first successful birth as a result of our SEEDS® program. SEEDS® (Semen, Embryo & Egg Depository & Storage) is a six-year-old program that provides cancer patients, both male and female, with the technology and services required to help preserve their fertility. When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, it is crucial to consider how the cancer itself and the subsequent treatments will impact fertility. Whether or not the cancer affects the reproductive system directly (as in the case of cervical or testicular cancer), radiation and chemotherapy treatments can have serious consequences on future fertility. DVIF&G"s team of experts works quickly with the oncology team to carefully craft a plan that safeguards the patient"s reproductive potential through the SEEDS® program. DVIF&G coordinates the extraction and freezing (cryopreservation) of oocytes from the female patient, freezing of sperm from the male patients, and developing and freezing embryos for the couple through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or in vitro maturation (IVM). IVM, with its brief course and minimal exposure to hormonal stimulation, is an ideal treatment method for fertility preservation in female patients. "I believe that it"s important for anyone facing a cancer diagnosis to have this "link to life" - something to hold onto during the difficult period of cancer treatment," says Dr. George Taliadouros, director of the SEEDS® program at DVIF&G, "and the SEEDS® program at DVIF&G can help these patients retain something as important as their ability to someday have a family." The six-year-old SEEDS® program has started to see its patients realizing their dream of having families after battling cancer. Their "link to life" that seemed distant five years ago during cancer treatment is now a reality. Delaware Valley Institute of Fertility & Genetics


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