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Endocrine Society opposes legislative efforts to prevent access to medical care for transgender youth Apr 15 2021 The Endocrine Society opposes legislative efforts that do not conform to medical evidence and clinical practice to prevent transgender and gender diverse adolescents from accessing gender-affirming medical care. Arkansas passed a law April 6 prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors, the first law of its kind in the United States. Seventeen other states have introduced or are con...

Article by Wendy Wilson CEng MIChemE Wendy Wilson provides a final update on the status of actions from IChemE’s Member Engagement Survey IN 2019, all members were invited to take part in a survey that was commissioned by Trustees and Congress to understand your priorities and views of IChemE’s performance. The findings informed IChemE’s Strategy 2024 document, and the progress of the actions being taken following your feedback were reported in issues 937/8 and 944. I wanted to provide a...

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Australian Medical Association Doctors have a legitimate interest in advertising their medical services; however, inappropriate advertising practices have the very real potential to harm both individuals and the wider community. In recently updating its policy on advertising and public endorsement by doctors, now referred to as the Position Statement on Advertising and Public Endorsement 2020, the AMA’s Ethics and Medico-Legal Committee (EMLC) concluded that the line between appropriate and i...

Account name: SAFCEI Account Number: 076659410 Sacred People, Sacred Earth: Multi-faith Day of Climate Action – 11 March 2021 On 11 March, grassroots people of diverse religions are coming together around the world for the biggest-ever faith-based global day of action to sound the alarm for climate justice.  A global, multi-faith coalition of established and emerging climate leaders in faith communities – across 14 countries – has come together to create an ambitious statement “Sacred ...

Prescriptions of psychiatric drugs are soaring - but are sadness and grief being confused with depression? 6 February 2021 • 6:00am "A person’s feelings are “medicalised” – framed as something for which you need to “get help”. And usually, these days, it’s with drugs."  Credit: Illustration by Lisa Sheehan Five years ago my medical records read like a psychiatry textbook. Stressed and unhappy after the sudden end of my marriage in 2010, I stopped being able to sleep. My GP told...

REC Seeks Partners for Expanded Broadband Services Fredericksburg, Va. – Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) knows how important increasing access to retail broadband service is to its member-owners. The Cooperative continues to actively seek partnerships to utilize its infrastructure and rights-of-way to expand broadband internet service in its 22-county service area. As REC moves closer to establishing some of the first partnerships, the Cooperative also faced a major setback to its pla...

Push for 30 and 40km/h limit on all Victorian streets Alex Rae A healthy walking advocate charity, Victoria Walks, is campaigningto introduce reduced speed limits across Victoria and the widening of current school zones. The key targets are shifting the current 50km/h speed limit on local streets down to 40km/h, and from 40km/h to 30km/h in "busy pedestrian areas", such as shopping strips. The group states that there is research showing two-thirds of all Victorians want lower s...

M v H ( private law vaccination) [2020] EWFC 93 MacDonald J granted a specific issue order authorising the administration of vaccinations to two children, ages 6 and 4 in accordance with the NHS vaccination schedule. In doing so he considered the role of the court in this area, the application of the principles set out in Re H (A Child: Parental Responsibility: Vaccination) [2020] EWCA Civ 664 in private law disputes, the use of expert evidence and the approach to proportionality under Artic...

AMA Position Statement on Social Determinants of Health 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to prioritise efforts to close the gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians, AMA President Dr Omar Khorshid said today. Releasing the AMA Position Statement on Social Determinants of Health 2020, Dr Khorshid said that pandemic-related job losses, economic disruption, and social isolation are disproportionately affecting poorer, disadvant...