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Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia announced his support for same sex marriage with a post of Facebook Monday.
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Roe v. Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the justices established a nationwide right to abortion.
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Justices open big term with new human rights case
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Delegates at a recent three-day national health summit organised by the Nigerian Medical Students' Association, NiMSA, list factors that may inhibit the country from achieving the health components of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals
The cancer scourge and its ravaging effects have long been a recurring decimal in the Nigerian health sector. Indeed, most Nigerian families have known the misery of losing loved ones to this deadly but all too often preventable disease. Yet, a larger proportion of the populace are not aware of or do not have the full knowledge of what the ailment known as cancer is all about, not to talk of the predisposing factors, symptoms, screening methods, treatment and preventive measures available.
This submission was made at the end of a three-day national health summit organised by the Nigerian Medical Students' Association, NiMSA, recently. The summit, which took place at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idiaraba, Lagos, was held in honour of Auwal Shanono, NiMSA's immediate past president who lost his life in the process of organising a similar event. During the course of the summit, which focused on the various forms of cancer and Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, awareness, according to Adeniyi Adetola, general secretary, NiMSA, it became obvious that a lot still needs to be done, if the country is to achieve the goal of combating diseases such as cancer, malaria and HIV/AIDS, as spelt out the MDGs.
According to a communiqué issued at the end of the summit, certain factors would be required to be in place, to meet the challenges and diagnoses of the different forms of cancer. One of these factors would be the installation of enough cancer screening centres across the country. Another requirement would be for these cancer-screening centres to be well equipped to meet the challenges of diagnosis and management of the disease.
NiMSA observed that these cogent requirements have sadly not been met. For instance, it emphasises the importance of certain drugs needed in the management of cancer. "These drugs and those needed as palliatives, especially Morphines, are not readily available," the communiqué noted. The summit also noted that the progress toward the actualisation of the MDGs has been slow and should this trend continue, the 2015 target might not be met.
Concerning the statistical/health indices available for the health-related MDGs, the association noted that it was not a true reflection of what obtained in reality. Mention was also made of the country's primary health care system and its inadequacies. The association said the country's primary healthcare system is at the moment "overburdened and constrained, thereby preventing it from meeting the actual needs of the general public."
The delegates also noted in the communiqué that there are daunting challenges inhibiting the training of doctors throughout the country at the moment. For instance, they expressed disappointment over the issue of non-accreditation of some Nigerian medical colleges, resulting in a lot of members "spending a huge chunk of their youthful life in school" with no prospect of practising medicine at the end of their training. The communiqué made it clear that medical students spend four-to-five years in a class with no hope of promotion to the next class, because of this issue on non-accreditation of their schools.
Besides, the students also listed what they described as huge differences in the training curriculum of medical education in Nigeria and other hindrances militating against qualitative education. One of these challenges is the non-availability of funds in the form of scholarships/grants to medical students. These are needed to help support medical training and to also enable medical students participate/attend conferences and trainings both locally and internationally. This is deemed necessary to ensure capacity building, which would in turn translate to the improvement of health care delivery in the country.
At the end of the summit, far-reaching resolutions were arrived at and these are listed below: That the business of creating awareness about cancer should be the duty of all stakeholders in the health sector, in order to supplement the efforts of the National Cancer Control Programme, non-governmental organisations and the student body (NiMSA) in fighting the scourge of cancer in our environment; and that all the drugs needed in the treatment of cancer should be made available, affordable and accessible, though not in the absence of the required regulation and monitoring to avoid their illicit use, especially those used in pain management such as Morphine.
Other resolutions are: that the federal government should further strengthen the National Health Insurance Scheme, to alleviate the out-of-pocket expenses of Nigerians and cancer patients in particular; the government should increase the number of cancer screening and specialist care/cancer research centres across the country, in order to better the lot of every Nigerian in the area of cancer diagnosis and treatment; and that the government should help revitalise the primary health system in Nigeria by investing more in it, in order to provide the necessary facilities and equipment needed to ensure good health care services is made available to the citizenry. NiMSA also wants government, as well as the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, to resolve pending issues of accreditation of medical colleges in the country by proffering definitive solutions to the lingering problem.

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House on track to pass budget plan with deep cuts
WASHINGTON — A familiar budget plan to sharply cut safety-net programs for the poor and clamp down on domestic agencies performing the nuts-and-bolts programs of the government is cruising to passage in the tea party-flavored House.
The Republican measure is advancing to the finish line in the House as the Senate starts a lengthy slog toward passage of a rival budget measure. It takes a sharply different view, restoring automatic cuts to agency budgets and increasing taxes by $1 trillion over the coming decade.
The dueling budget plans are anchored on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum in Washington, appealing to core partisans in the warring parties gridlocked over persistent budget deficits. President Barack Obama is exploring the chances of forging a middle path that blends new taxes and modest curbs to government benefits programs.
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Illegal immigrants may have to wait 10 years for green card
(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Illegal immigrants may have to wait about a decade before receiving a green card under an immigration bill being crafted by a group of senators from both parties.
The details are still being negotiated, but "the process is likely to be in the range of 10 years," said Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., during a meeting on Capitol Hill with Spanish-language reporters and others.
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The pair - who play on-off lovers Liam Murphy and Bianca Scott on the Summer Bay soap - went public with their real-life romance at the Australian X Factor final on Monday night, The Daily Telegraph claims.
A source told the newspaper: "They looked very, very cosy and were obviously enjoying each other's company at the finale. They have worked with each other this year but what was a friendship has ignited into something else."
Meanwhile, show insiders told the publication that the duo are "very happy" together.
On screen, Liam and Bianca became a couple earlier this year, but matters were complicated when Bianca's ex-boyfriend Vittorio arrived in town and she was forced to choose between them.
Whitehead and Gormley's fellow cast members Luke Mitchell (Romeo Smith) and Rebecca Breeds (Ruby Buckton) are also an item in real life.


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Happy Valentine's Day (I Burnt Your Tupperware!)
To go out to eat or to stay in? It was a hard decision.
I am a nightmare to go out to eat with because of my gluten allergy, asking the waiter for dozens of substitutions and tweaks. For this reason, Jesse and I rarely go out to eat and often cook together instead. We decided to do the same this Valentine's Day.
We both got dressed up and went grocery shopping for our items. He planned the main course, I planned dessert. As far as the appetizer, it is always just understood that we will have prawns. It is a throwback to when I lived on the coast in England and we made the most delicious prawns in butter every night for dinner.
It was after 9 until we got cooking but we cranked * the music and got to work and proceeded to eat for the next three hours.
First, there were the essential prawns:
Then, Jesse whipped up lamb chops that were one of the best meat experiences I have had up to this point in my life.
And for dessert, a Primal Chocolate tartlet that was too rich for words.
We (read: I) had an eventful time making it. Never leave tinfoil bits on dark chocolate then place them in the microwave. Happy Valentine's Day, I burnt your tupperware!
Anyways, needless to say, we had a ball making gorgeous food and eating for hours. I LOVE to be training long distances again because I am back to having the metabolism and food consuming ability of an adolescent boy.
The festivities continued to this evening. Jesse was horrified as he made a wisecrack about Bubba's Shrimp Shack last night that I had never seen "Forest Gump". So tonight we sat down with a box of chocolates and strong coffee and watched it. Yes, I realize we eat enough sweets to create an early onset of diabetes but I would like to think about it as fuelling for our weekly cross country ski trek tomorrow.
I am so happy to be on Reading Week break. It feels like I can breathe again.
*So one of my very close friends happens to be dating this ridiculously talented musician. I am just throwing a plug in for him because I bought his newly released album this week and have it on repeat. He is doing frequent shows in this area and I would encourage you to go hear him! Or at least buy his album. Support good music!!!