For children of divorce, what happens after their parents split up may be just as important to their long-term well-being as the divorce itself.A new study found that children who lived in unstable family situations after their parents divorced fared much worse as adults on a variety of measures compared to children who had stable post-divorce family situations.

The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health has announced unding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for 764 health research projects across Canada, totalling over $298 million. Minister Clement was joined by Dr. Patrick McGrath, a member of CIHR’s Governing Council, Dr. Po-Yin Cheung, a neonatologist and CIHR-funded researcher from the University of Alberta, and Luis and Oksana Delgado from Edmonton, whose 22 month old son Adrian received medical care from Dr.

The joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, on which significanteffort has been focused, is damaging health systems and distortinghealth financing, writes Roger England, Chairman of theHealth Systems Network, in a View & Review feature released onMay 9, 2008 in BMJ. As a result, he believes thatUNAIDS should be closed down immediately. He writes that the amount spent on HIV in comparison the amount spenton other diseases in disproportionate.

UroToday.com - Contemporary teaching is that the quality of life of patients with invasive bladder cancer undergoing a radical cystectomy and neobladder is superior to that of patients undergoing an ileal conduit. In this study, the authors evaluated the morbidity, survival, and quality of life in elderly patients with invasive bladder cancer undergoing a radical cystectomy who received an orthotopic neobladder or an ileal conduit.

CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc., an Atlanta- based company dedicated to developing and delivering unique extracellular matrix (ECM(TM)) biomaterial technologies that harness the body’s innate ability to repair damaged cardiovascular tissue, announced that the company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its CorMatrix ECM(TM) for Cardiac Tissue Repair, which utilizes the company’s proprietary ECM Technology(TM).

UroToday.com - A study by Nemett, et al evaluated the implementation of an osteopathic of manual physical therapy to children with dysfunctional voiding. This type of therapy has been proven to be successful in adult women. The group did a trial of manual physical therapy based on an osteopathic approach in children they followed for dysfunctional voiding.

UroToday.com - Not all harmonic shears are created equal - surgeon beware.These researchers compared the new generation Harmonic Ace device to the older generation Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel LCS-K5 (Ethicon Inc, Cincinnati, OH). They found the newer-generation Ultracision to have significantly higher tip temperatures, take longer to reach peak temperatures and maintain blade hyperthermia for a longer period of time after activation compared to the older-generation Ultracision.

UroToday.com - In the online version of the International Journal of Cancer, Dr. Sara Strom and associates evaluate the association between saturated fat intake and biochemical failure among men who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP).

UroToday.com - In the online version of Urology, Dr. Kaplan and associates at Fox Chase Cancer Center report on residual prostate cancer (CaP) after radiotherapy (RT) in men undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy for bladder indications. Between 1990 and 2007, 21 patients had a cystoprostatectomy for cancer (19), radiation cystitis (1) and rectal cancer (1). A total of 17 had external beam RT and 4 had brachytherapy.

UroToday.com - The pilot study and ongoing clinical experience indicates the vital importance of patient compliance if an improved outcome is to be gained from use of the Fastsize penile traction device. During the time of the study, other patients at the study site were being treated with intralesional Verapamil injections, a more aggressive treatment modality, with the expectation that superior outcomes would be achieved.