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New York Times Examines Trend Of Posting Childbirth Videos On YouTube
The New York Times on Thursday examined how thousands of women have posted videos on YouTube showing themselves giving birth. According to the Times, the women believe the videos help "demystify" childbirth by candidly presenting the process in a manner that pregnant women and their partners otherwise might not see. Along with YouTube, Web sites like Internet chat rooms and pregnancy blogs are helping to shift dynamics between pregnant women and their care providers, the Times reports. Eileen Ehudin Beard, an adviser for the American College of Nurse-Midwives, said, "The more information you have, the more s you have, the more informed you are, the better questions you ask." However, she added that the videos could have negative effects, particularly if they make women more fearful of childbirth. The childbirth videos are relatively controversial because of their graphic nature, which has challenged some of YouTube"s rules and raised issues of propriety. Victoria Grand, the head of policy for YouTube, said that nudity generally is banned from YouTube but that the site "make[s] exceptions for videos that are educational, documentary or scientific." Most childbirth videos on YouTube are age restricted to ages 18 and older. A majority of them show home births because most U.S. hospitals prohibit patients from recording births due to liability concerns, the Times reports. Although childbirth education classes have shown edited videos of births since the 1970s, the Internet and YouTube could change the way such classes are taught, according to Jeanette Schwartz, president of the International Childbirth Education Association. She noted that most videos currently used in childbirth classes are heavily edited and out of date, adding that the YouTube videos "create a wonderful opportunity to show free, real life, candid videos in a classroom setting." Eugene Declercq, a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, said, "A hundred and fifty years ago, women viewed birth on a pretty regular basis -- they saw their sisters of neighbors give birth." He said that changed with a trend toward hospital births beginning in the late 19th century. "But now, with YouTube, we"ve come back around and women have this opportunity to view births again," Declercq said (Wollan, New York Times, 6/11).
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Faculty Of Translational Medicine Boosts Support For Biomedical Researchers

A new Faculty of Translational Medicine has been launched to increase support for, and enhance collaboration among researchers as they search for new treatments and diagnostic tests for a range of diseases and conditions. The Faculty is based in the National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Center at Guy"s and St Thomas" hospitals and King"s College London. It is the Centre"s latest move to bolster the research efforts of clinicians, scientists, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and managers involved with the BRC. Through the Faculty, members can: * access training programmes, statistical advice and consultancy on clinical trial design * receive support for the use of cutting-edge technologies * run studies in dedicated clinical trials facilities * keep abreast of the latest developments in translational research * use the Faculty Re Centre (opening in autumn 2009) where they can find the research and governance advice they need in on place, hotdesking facilities and opportunities to network with others working in translational medicine Professor Graham Lord, Deputy Director of the comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre and Chair of its Training Committee said, "The new Faculty of Translational Medicine will underpin our exciting interdisciplinary programmes of research, and the investments we have already made in research posts, facilities and equipment, training schemes and fora to keep people abreast of developments both locally and further afield. "Our new Faculty will provide opportunities for members to interact and collaborate and to become leaders in translational medicine, thereby accelerating advances that will benefit patient care." Over 250 people from Guy"s and St Thomas" and King"s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, King"s College London and the Centre"s other partner organisations, which include Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry and St George"s Healthcare NHS Trust have been granted Faculty membership. All of these individuals are either actively involved in, or support the Centre"s translational research agenda which is focused on seven research themes and a number of cross-cutting disciplines*. Sharon Jones, a research nurse in dermatology and one of the new Faculty members said, "This new initiative is exciting for research nurses like me. The Faculty will offer the support and collaboration necessary to translate new information into actual patient benefit, in terms of gentler and more effective therapies and improved diagnosis and prognosis. The new clinical research facilities will enable us to care for research participants in a safe and dignified environment." Dr Katie Lacy, a Clinical Research Consultant within the BRC"s dermatology theme said, "The new Faculty will add support to an already flourishing research environment. My research involves investigating new potential treatments for malignant melanoma, a condition for which there are currently very few effective treatments once it has spread from the skin. The assistance provided by the Faculty will help me to ensure that scientific discoveries made in the laboratory can be developed as effective therapies that can be administered to patients as quickly as possible." Dr David King, Director, Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) at the National Institute for Health Research, said, "I welcome the establishment of the Faculty of Translational Medicine, which will support the BRC"s mission to drive innovation in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ill health and to translate advances in biomedical research into real benefits for patients." The work of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre is focused around seven key disease areas and a number of "cross-cutting" disciplines where Guy"s and St Thomas" NHS Foundation Trust and King"s College London have already established clinical and research strengths: Themes * Allergy and asthma * Atherosclerosis (heart disease and stroke) * Cancer * Dermatology * Immunology and infection * Oral health * Transplantation Cross-cutting disciplines * Genetics * Paediatrics * Imaging * Health and social care * Stem cell research * The Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Disease * Cell and molecular biophysics * Developmental neurobiology Andrea Ttofa King"s College London


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