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Houston Effort Seeks To Screen 15,000 Young Adults For HIV
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services, along with several community health agencies, over the next three weeks is seeking to test 15,000 young adults for HIV as part of an effort to commemorate National HIV Testing Day on June 27, the Houston Chronicle reports. To encourage people to participate, those who take the test and receive their results and one hour of HIV education will get free tickets to a local hip-hop concert. A similar effort last year tested 2,700 young adults in two weeks, and roughly 7,500 were screened over seven weeks in 2007. Combined, the 2007 and 2008 efforts identified about 50 people with the virus, according to the Chronicle (George, Houston Chronicle, 6/21).
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ViraCor Laboratories Launches Ultrasensitive JC Virus Test
ViraCor Laboratories, the leader in molecular diagnostic testing for infectious diseases, announced the launch of a new ultrasensitive molecular test to detect JC Virus in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). The second JCV test to be developed in ViraCor"s laboratories, the ultrasensitive JCV PCR test can accurately detect the virus in a patient sample with as few as 25 viral copies per milliliter of sample.
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Risk Of Frailty In Older Women Dependent On Multisystem Abnormalities
A study published online ahead of press in the Gerontology Society of America"s Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences reports that the condition of frailty in older adults is associated with a critical mass of abnormal physiological systems, over and above the status of each individual system, and that the relationship is nonlinear. This research is the first evidence that frailty is related to the number of abnormal physiological systems, rather than a specific system abnormality, a chronic disease, or chronological age. It suggests significant alterations in system biology with aging, and underlying frailty. Clinical implications are that prevention and treatment may be more likely to be effective if any given intervention improves multiple systems, not just one.
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More Progress Still To Be Made On Mental Health

Commenting on the final biennial report from the Mental Health Act Commission released by the Care Quality Commission, Mental Health Network director Steve Shrubb said: "While the Commission rightly acknowledges that often very vulnerable people are looked after effectively and with care, we know there is more to do to make this the norm across all services. "The commission is also right to highlight the high number of community treatment orders and we agree that we need a more detailed understanding of how they are being used. "The Mental Health Network has been calling for some time for the mandatory training and accreditation scheme for all staff who may be engaged in restraint practices to be set up as soon as possible. "We are also working with the department of health among others to develop an acute pathway declaration which will set out the kind of support people can expect along with a national plan to implement it." Notes The Mental Health Network represents the majority of mental health trusts. It was launched in spring 2007 to provide a distinct voice for providers of NHS mental health services. The NHS Confederation


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