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Washington Post Column Examines Issues Surrounding Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
"When a Supreme Court nominee such as Judge Sonia Sotomayor comes before the Senate for confirmation, she is promised a full, fair hearing," yet "every nominee"s path is booby-trapped by the history of previous confirmation battles," Washington Post columnist David Broder writes. Broder examines prior confirmation hearings, noting that the "[o]ne thing that may make it harder to forget the partisan and ideological battles of the past is that President Obama found reasons to oppose" Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito while he was in the Senate.During Roberts" confirmation hearing, Obama said that although he was "sorely tempted to vote for Judge Roberts," he had issues with Roberts in cases where "precedent and rules of construction" are insufficient and where justice "can only be determined on the basis of one"s deepest values." Obama added that the rights of women and minorities are dependent on cases in which "the critical ingredient is supplied by what is in the judge"s heart." Obama said Roberts" record on women"s rights and other issues was not strong enough to quell doubts about Roberts" "deepest values."Broder continues, "Based on the Obama precedent, the White House can hardly complain if Republicans push beyond the question of Sotomayor"s qualifications and examine her values -- and her biases." He concludes, "Someday, the Senate may again be satisfied to examine only professional credentials, recognizing the uncertain dynamics of a nine-person bench," but while past precedents survive, "that is not likely" (Broder, Washington Post, 6/4).
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Following The Dietary Guidelines May Slow Heart Disease In Women
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) provide guidance to promote health and reduce risk of chronic diseases. However, what evidence is there that following the DGA optimizes health? Is this advice useful for individuals already in poor health? To study these questions, researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and Wake Forest University devised a statistical model that assessed adherence to the DGA and then related it to progression of atherosclerosis in women. Their results can be found in the July 2009 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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New Plans To Improve Eating Disorder Services In Wales

Two new specialist teams will be set up to improve diagnosis, care and support for people with eating disorders in Wales, Health Minister Edwina Hart officially announced. The new teams - for North Wales and South Wales - will comprise of specialist clinicians and work closely with existing services such as GPs surgeries, social services, child and adolescent mental health services and community mental health teams. Additional funding has been allocated to deliver this plan. ÷£0.5 million will be available this year for the recruitment of additional staff and extra training. After that, ÷£1 million will be available every year to sustain and develop services. The plans, developed in consultation with health professionals and patients, will: - simplify access to specialist eating disorder services by providing a single point of entry and standardising criteria for referral to other services; - enhance joint working by staff and services to tailor support to individuals living with eating disorders; - provide specialist clinical staff to support and train other health professionals to recognise and manage treatment for people with eating disorders; and, - provide access to a range of evidence based therapies that will be offered on an individual or group basis to patients and their families. In addition, the Assembly Government has provided ÷£5,000 for the development of an electronic course on eating disorders for primary care workers. The new plans will complement work already underway to improve mental health services across Wales, including new units for people requiring specialist in-patient care. Today, the Minister opened the new Child and Adolescent Mental Health centre in Abergele. Mrs Hart said: "Prompt diagnosis and treatment is essential in providing support and care for people with eating disorders. This will lower the risk of their condition worsening and improve the outcome for individuals. "Providing earlier specialist support will reduce the need for patients to access in-patient services, but where this is needed, more services will be available to support them and enable them to recover and live more independently sooner. "A great deal of work and investment is already underway across Wales to improve facilities and services for people living with mental health conditions. This plan will build on this work and focus services for a small, but extremely vulnerable group of patients, who until now have not had the level of care and support that they so desperately need. "Local Health Boards will now be collaborating to set up the new regional teams and start to recruit and train new staff shortly." The new Eating Disorders Framework is available on the Welsh Assembly Government website Welsh Assembly Government website. The electronic course for primary care workers on eating disorders in available on the Postgraduate Deanery website at: http://gp.cardiff.ac.uk/eat1.htm Welsh Assembly Government


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