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Obama Starts Interviewing Supreme Court Candidates
President Obama on Tuesday started interviewing potential Supreme Court nominees, the Wall Street Journal reports. Senior White House adviser David Axelrod on Tuesday said that the administration is looking for a candidate who will give the powerless and disenfranchised people "a fair shake." Conservatives have said that the nominee will inevitably be a "judicial activist" because Obama has said that he wants to nominate a candidate who can use past experience and empathy for the underrepresented populations to help guide court decisions.Obama has started calling Republican senators in an effort to prevent the "bruising battles" past Supreme Court nominations have encountered during the confirmation process, the Journal reports. Obama called Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Tuesday, which Cornyn said was a "nice gesture." Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) spoke to Obama last week. Coburn said, "I don"t know that it"s going to be contentious," adding, "A prudent man would say, "I"m going to have a couple of Supreme Court nominees. Maybe I want to defuse the thing, the first one, so I can do what I want to do (with) the second one."" Axelrod said that Obama has spoken to 15 senators from both parties (Weisman/Bendavid, Wall Street Journal, 5/20).
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In a major advance in obesity and diabetes research, Yale School of Medicine scientists have found that reducing levels of a key enzyme in the brain decreased appetites and increased energy levels.
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Study Offers First Look At Effects Of Genetic Copy Number Variation On Volatile Anesthetics
A study published in the July issue of Anesthesiology offers perhaps the first estimation of how genomic copy number variation (CNV) can influence anesthetic sensitivity and the magnitude of this influence.
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New Chair Appointed To The London Ambulance Service

Richard Hunt CBE, appointed as the new Chair of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Richard, who until recently was the International President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, has experience extending across the aviation, logistics, international oil, brewing and industrial sectors. Richard is a former Chief Executive of Aviance Ltd, part of the Go-Ahead Group plc, which handles logistic services at 17 UK airports. He was Chief Executive of EXEL Logistics Europe which is now part of DHL, and has also held director level roles with Brown and Tawse plc and Courage/Grand Met Brewing. Chief Executive Peter Bradley said: "We welcome Richard as our new Chair, and we are looking forward to working with him to ensure patients in the capital continue to get the best possible care from their ambulance service. "Richard joins us at an important time when we will be playing a key role in shaping healthcare services for Londoners, and as we progress towards foundation trust status". Commenting on his appointment Richard said: "I feel privileged to have the opportunity to work with an organisation that is so important to the well-being of Londoners. "The London Ambulance Service has come a long way in recent years, and I"m looking forward to carrying on the good work of my predecessor so that we continue to provide a high quality service for our patients". Notes The NHS Confederation represents more than 95% of the organisations that make up the NHS. Its members include the majority of NHS acute trusts, ambulance trusts, foundation trusts, mental health trusts, primary care trusts, special health authorities and strategic health authorities in England; trusts and local health boards in Wales; and health and social service trusts and boards in Northern Ireland. The Ambulance Service Network represents all ambulance trusts in England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Isle of Wight. It was established in January 2007 to provide a distinct voice for the ambulance service. The Network is part of the NHS Confederation. NHS Confederation


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