Only children are significantly more likely to be overweight

Public release date: 17-Sep-2012
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University of Gothenburg

Children who grow up without siblings have a more than 50 percent higher risk of being overweight or obese than children with siblings. This is the finding of a study of 12,700 children in eight European countries, including Sweden, published in Nutrition and Diabetes. The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, was one of the participating universities in the study.

The study was conducted under the framework of the European research project Identification and prevention of Dietary and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS (IDEFICS), where researchers from various parts of Europe study diet, lifestyle and obesity and their health effects on children aged 2 to 9 years.

The study shows that only children have a more than 50 percent higher risk of obesity compared to their peers with siblings. The results were controlled for other influential factors, such as gender, birth weight and parental weight.

In the study, the children's measured BMI was linked to a parental questionnaire that included questions relating to the children's eating habits, television viewing habits and amount of outdoor play time.

- Our study shows that only children play outside less often, live in households with lower levels of education more often, and are more likely to have televisions in their bedrooms. But even when we take these factors into account, the correlation between singleton status and overweight is strong. Being an only child appears to be a risk factor for overweight independent of the factors we thought might explain the difference, says Monica Hunsberger, a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, who contributed to the study.

- The fact that only children are more susceptible to obesity may be due to differences in individual family environment and family structure that we were not able to measure in sufficient detail. To better understand the causality, a follow-up study of these families will start next year, says Lauren Lissner, a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.

Over 22 million children in Europe are estimated to be overweight. The study shows that obesity among children in general is three times more common in southern countries such as Italy, Spain and Cyprus than in Sweden and other northern countries.

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The article "Overweight in singletons compared to children with siblings: the IDEFICS study" was published in Nutrition and Diabetes in July.

Read more about IDEFICS: www.idefics.eu

Contact:

Monica Hunsberger, researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
+46 031 7866541
+46 0703-38 24 11
monica.hunsberger@gu.se

Lauren Lissner, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
+46 031-7866847
+46 0708-207343
lauren.lissner@medfak.gu.se

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Contact: Monica Hunsberger
monica.hunsberger@gu.se
46-031-786-6541
University of Gothenburg

Children who grow up without siblings have a more than 50 percent higher risk of being overweight or obese than children with siblings. This is the finding of a study of 12,700 children in eight European countries, including Sweden, published in Nutrition and Diabetes. The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, was one of the participating universities in the study.

The study was conducted under the framework of the European research project Identification and prevention of Dietary and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS (IDEFICS), where researchers from various parts of Europe study diet, lifestyle and obesity and their health effects on children aged 2 to 9 years.

The study shows that only children have a more than 50 percent higher risk of obesity compared to their peers with siblings. The results were controlled for other influential factors, such as gender, birth weight and parental weight.

In the study, the children's measured BMI was linked to a parental questionnaire that included questions relating to the children's eating habits, television viewing habits and amount of outdoor play time.

- Our study shows that only children play outside less often, live in households with lower levels of education more often, and are more likely to have televisions in their bedrooms. But even when we take these factors into account, the correlation between singleton status and overweight is strong. Being an only child appears to be a risk factor for overweight independent of the factors we thought might explain the difference, says Monica Hunsberger, a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, who contributed to the study.

- The fact that only children are more susceptible to obesity may be due to differences in individual family environment and family structure that we were not able to measure in sufficient detail. To better understand the causality, a follow-up study of these families will start next year, says Lauren Lissner, a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.

Over 22 million children in Europe are estimated to be overweight. The study shows that obesity among children in general is three times more common in southern countries such as Italy, Spain and Cyprus than in Sweden and other northern countries.

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The article "Overweight in singletons compared to children with siblings: the IDEFICS study" was published in Nutrition and Diabetes in July.

Read more about IDEFICS: www.idefics.eu

Contact:

Monica Hunsberger, researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
+46 031 7866541
+46 0703-38 24 11
monica.hunsberger@gu.se

Lauren Lissner, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
+46 031-7866847
+46 0708-207343
lauren.lissner@medfak.gu.se

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Contract issues in the Chicago teachers strike

Chicago teachers will resume walking picket lines on Monday after their union's delegates delayed a decision on whether to suspend their week-old strike. A proposed contract includes revised job security measures and revamped teacher evaluations. A breakdown of the issues on the table:

TEACHER EVALUATIONS: The union is particularly concerned about a new teacher evaluation system that eventually could be based up to 35 percent or more on students' standardized test scores. Teachers say that does not take into account external factors that affect performance, including poverty, violence and homelessness. They argue it could result in 6,000 teachers losing their jobs within two years.

JOB SECURITY: Worried that hundreds of schools could be closed in the next few years, the union has pushed for a policy to recall laid-off teachers when jobs open up anywhere in the district. The district says that could take away principals' legal right to hire the teachers they want. Instead, it has said that if a school closes, teachers would have the first right to jobs that match their qualifications at the schools that absorb the children from the closed school. The district also says it will guarantee interviews to tenured, highly rated teachers who are laid off. It says it will "aim to" fill 50 percent of vacancies with displaced teachers.

SALARY and BENEFITS: The school district has offered a 7 percent raise over three years with the option of a 3 percent raise in the fourth year. The proposed contract also preserves raises based on years of service. The average Chicago teacher salary is $76,000, according to the school district. Some teachers are upset that the contract does not restore a 4 percent raise promised in the last contract but canceled by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Teachers also could no longer be paid for sick or personal days they don't take.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/contract-issues-chicago-teachers-strike-184441076.html

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AP photographer beaten, detained in Belarus

MINSK, Belarus (AP) ? An Associated Press photographer was beaten and briefly detained Tuesday by plainclothes security officers in the Belarusian capital.

Sergei Grits was among eight journalists covering a protest by four opposition activists calling for a boycott of this weekend's parliamentary election when plainclothes security officers attacked them in downtown Minsk.

Grits said one of the men grabbed him by the neck from behind while another punched him in the eye, breaking his glasses and leaving a gash. They then pushed the journalists into a van without license plates and drove them to a police station, where they were held for two hours before being released without charges or explanation, Grits said. Police tried to delete images from their cameras, but some managed to save them.

"Such violence by police against a journalist peacefully going about his work is unacceptable and must be protested in the strongest possible terms," said John Daniszewski, AP's senior managing editor for international news. "We demand that the Belarus authorities look into the matter and take appropriate actions against the individuals involved."

Minsk police spokesman Alexander Lastovsky said he could not comment on the incident.

Belarusian authorities have shown little tolerance for dissent and media freedom under President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet nation of 10 million people since 1994. The United States and the European Union have imposed economic and travel sanctions on Lukashenko's government over its crackdown on opposition groups and independent news media.

The opposition activists who participated in Tuesday's picket have remained in custody, according to Valentin Stefanovich of Vyasna rights group.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-photographer-beaten-detained-belarus-162127416--finance.html

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'Games of Thrones' top creative arts Emmy winner

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The fantasy series "Game of Thrones" was the big winner Saturday at the creative arts Emmy Awards.

The HBO saga received a leading six trophies at the ceremony that recognizes technical and other achievements.

Among those honored were four TV series guest stars, including Kathy Bates for "Two and a Half Men" and Jimmy Fallon as host of "Saturday Night Live."

On the drama side, Emmys went to Jeremy Davies for his guest appearance on "Justified" and Martha Plimpton for her turn on "The Good Wife."

Among networks, HBO earned a leading 17 creative arts Emmys, followed by CBS with 13 and PBS with 11.

Emmys in 26 other categories will be presented Sept. 23 at a ceremony airing live on ABC.

Other winners at the creative arts Emmys included:

? Voice-over performance: Maurice LaMarche, "Futurama: The Silence of the Clamps," Comedy Central.

? Reality program: "Undercover Boss," CBS.

? Commercial: "Best Job," Procter & Gamble corporate brand.

? Animated Program: "The Penguins of Madasgacar: The Returns of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole," Nickelodeon.

? Nonfiction series: "Frozen Planet," Discovery Channel.

? Writing for a variety series: "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central.

? Music composition for a series (original dramatic score): "Downton Abbey: Episode 6," PBS.

? Music composition for a miniseries, movie or special: "Hemingway & Gellhorn," HBO.

? Choreography: "Smash," NBC.

? Casting for a drama series: "Homeland," Showtime.

? Casting for a miniseries, movie or a special: "Game Change," HBO.

? Casting for a comedy series: "Girls," HBO.

? Costumes for a miniseries, movie or a special: "Great Expectations (Masterpiece), Part 2," PBS.

? Costumes for a variety-music program or a special (more than one award possible): "Opening Ceremony of the XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011," ESPN; "The X Factor: Top 9 Elimination," Fox.

? Costumes for a series: "Game of Thrones: The Prince of Winterfell," HBO.

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Online:

http://www.emmys.tv

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/games-thrones-top-creative-arts-emmy-winner-032443776.html

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Political demands could "make or break" BAE-EADS merger

PARIS (Reuters) - Talks to create a new European defense giant enter a perilous political phase this week, with national concerns growing over security and jobs while BAE Systems and EADS look ready to scrap their $45 billion merger if governments make too many demands.

After the companies laid out basic proposals to create the world's biggest arms company twinned with jetmaker Airbus, it is the turn of British, French, German and Spanish governments to put forward demands in exchange for giving their backing.

Each is likely to have a shopping list of concerns ranging from German fears over jobs to French soul-searching over the loss of state influence or Britain's need to ensure the creation of a European supergroup does not dent BAE's strong U.S. sales.

While careful to avoid putting public pressure on nations that own the keys to any deal -- and that will also be its major customers -- defense industry sources have ruled out opening the door to protracted negotiations or a cascade of concessions.

A source familiar with the talks said the companies were ready to listen to European governments, but stressed that their responses could "make or break" the deal.

EADS and BAE declined to comment on the political factors involved in completing the merger.

However, EADS said the companies would reserve the last word on the deal for themselves after hearing governments' views.

"We are in good, advanced discussions with the governments concerned," a senior spokesman said.

"When we have their concerns and requests on the table, we and BAE will jointly look at them and determine whether they can be reasonably accommodated within the governance structure we have in mind."

ARMS SPENDING CUTS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that her government was studying the merger.

"We are discussing and evaluating the EADS-BAE merger plans and we are in discussions with others on this. We will give an answer within the deadlines," Merkel told a news conference.

The project to build a company 60-percent owned by Franco-German-Spanish EADS and 40-percent by BAE would make the world's largest arms firm ahead of Lockheed Martin and grant Europe an all-round aerospace player rivaling Boeing.

The aim is to cushion the company against cuts in defense spending and prepare for future global competition from Asia.

Under British stock market rules, the two companies have until October 10 to announce whether they plan to go ahead.

The task of securing political backing is delicate after details of the plan leaked last week and a certain amount of bluff is expected on all sides, but a source close to BAE said "discussions are progressive and ongoing".

In particular, negotiators must juggle BAE's red lines over French government involvement with France's determination to maintain a significant stake in a flagship industrial group.

British and French finance ministers may discuss the issue at informal talks in London on Monday.

EADS is tightly controlled by a shareholder pact linking the French state, which owns 15 percent, with Germany's Daimler and French media firm Lagardere.

"BAE has told EADS it will walk away if it cannot remove the voting block rights and have a normalized governance structure and normal shareholder rights," a source close to BAE said.

"SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP"

Weekend reports highlighted the risks to BAE's U.S. defense sales if France's role encroaches on the commercial dividends of Britain's "special relationship" with the United States, where EADS recently clashed with a defense lobby.

Britain's former First Sea Lord, Admiral Lord West, warned that the BAE-EADS deal would cost jobs and threaten Britain's security if it went ahead, according to The Times newspaper.

In France, the key question is whether French President Francois Hollande is ready to accept the full privatization of EADS after a previous Socialist government started the process by marrying state Aerospatiale to Lagardere in the late 1990s.

The prospect has triggered debate within the new Socialist government which has so far displayed a hands-on approach to industry by intervening to halt factory closures and save jobs.

If the plan is accepted, the French government and Daimler are expected to maintain a diluted stake of 9 percent in the new group with broadly the same rights as other shareholders.

EADS has clashed with Germany in the past over defense priorities but Berlin's most immediate priority is likely to be securing guarantees over Airbus jobs following a recent row.

Financial Times Deutschland reported that EADS had offered unspecified guarantees to win German backing, but some analysts say German officials are playing for more time over the deal.

Doubts have been raised over whether a "special" anti-takeover share to be issued to Britain, France and Germany would be legal given the large civil content in the group.

GOLDEN SHARES

EU rules only allow national security assets to be governed by golden shares, but EADS appears confident it has found a watertight system after doing the groundwork during previous inconclusive efforts to shake off its rigid shareholder pact.

Besides the special share, no investor will be allowed to control over 15 percent, a majority of the board must be European residents and key sovereign technology such as the British and French nuclear deterrents will be ring fenced.

"It is a binary discussion: either it goes along these lines, or the deal fails," said a source close to the deal.

Other prickly questions yet to be resolved include precise board composition and the location of company headquarters.

EADS Chief Executive Tom Enders has upset Germany by moving central operations from Paris and Munich to Toulouse, next to Airbus. But even supporters of the move acknowledge it is doubtful that France's aerospace capital would fit a global defense company with strong reliance on U.S. defense markets.

Enders and BAE counterpart Ian King, meanwhile, are talking to investors to try to shore up confidence in the plan.

EADS shares recovered more than 2 percent on Monday after a 15-percent three-day drop when the proposal surfaced last week, but many investors question the logic of the deal.

"Given the obstacles to real consolidation of the European industrial base, considerable synergies are unlikely," said RBC Capital markets analyst Rob Stallard.

Monday's share prices continued to value the groups in line with the proposed 60-40 split, suggesting at least some investors have priced in the probability of the deal going ahead.

(Additional reporting by Rhys Jones, Simon Meads, Blaise Robinson, Sophie Sassard, Noah Barkin, Stephen Brown, Foo Yun Chee and Arno Schuetze, editing by Peter Millership)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/political-demands-could-break-bae-eads-merger-115605217--finance.html

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Mayer To Yahoo!: You Can Have Any Cellphone You Want, As Long As It?s Not Blackberry

Excuse the belated chortle here but it bears noting that Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!, seems to have pushed the old maxim of a "new broom sweeps clean" all the way into the darkest recesses of Yahoo. To wit, consider the note the BI found from Mayer to her staff.

We have a very exciting update to share with you today - we are announcing Yahoo! Smart Phones, Smart Fun! As of today, Yahoo is moving off of blackberries as our corporate phones and on to smartphones in 22 countries. A few weeks ago, we said that we would look into smartphone penetration rates globally and take those rates into account when deciding on corporate phones. Ideally, we'd like our employees to have devices similar to our users, so we can think and work as the majority of our users do.

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Kylie Minogue and Ashley Cole get flirty on Twitter

Cheryl Cole's cheating ex-husband struck up a relationship with the pint-sized Aussie at the GQ Awards last week and the pair have now been trading compliments online.

Still musing over Kylie's fine physique, the Chelsea footballer tweeted: 'Wow @Kylieminogue is hot in that video, spinning around, love the 90's'

Undeterred by his tainted past, Kylie quickly quipped back: 'Hah! It was the golden 2000! Nice to meet you at GQ Awards:)'

But the flirty banter has not washed well with fans.

One tweeted: 'Oh that tweet Ashley Cole sent to Kylie Minogue is so creepy. And she replied, which just makes it worse.'

Another added: 'I think I just saw Ashley Cole flirting/tweeting Kylie Minogue. Dude should stay in his lane. '

But if Ashley is fishing for more than a few cheeky exchanges, he'll be disappointed to learn the Love At First Sight singer and her boyfriend Andres Velencoso were spotted leaving the Little House restaurant in Mayfair just a few nights ago.

Maybe Ash is just looking for a confidence boost, however, after it emerged Cheryl is moving on with backing dancer Tre Holloway.

The Under The Sun singer recently admitted that Ashley's popularity is bound to take a nose dive when her upcoming tell-all book hits shelves.

Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, Cheryl revealed she had told her ex about the autobiography so that he could arrange to flee the country when it is released.

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Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/912028-kylie-minogue-and-ashley-cole-get-flirty-on-twitter

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MLS Preview from The Sports Network (ET)

Montreal (12-14-3) at Chicago (14-8-5), 8:30 p.m. The Chicago Fire have flown under the radar for the much of the season, but they will have the opportunity to retain second place in the Eastern Conference for at least a few more days when they welcome the Montreal Impact to Toyota Park on Saturday.

Chicago has accumulated 47 points through 27 games, one point better than third-place Red Bull New York. As long as Chicago matches New York's result on Saturday, the Fire will find themselves holding down second place until at least Wednesday when the Red Bulls host Sporting Kansas City.

The Fire earned a 2-1 victory at Toronto FC on Wednesday to climb three points shy of first-place Sporting ahead of the weekend action. It was Chicago's fifth win out of six league games.

"Any point on the road at this time of the year is great," said Chris Rolfe, who bagged what turned out to be the game-winner at BMO Field. "I don't think we played well enough though.

"I think we have a lot of things that we need to address from this game in both boxes, offensively and defensively, because going forward, as the season gets a little bit tighter and we get into the playoffs we are not going to create the same number of chances and if we give up the chances the other team is going to punish us for it."

Chicago will buoyed by returning home to Toyota Park for back-to-back games against Montreal and the Columbus Crew. The Fire are 9-2-2 at home this season, winning their last four matches at the venue.

But Montreal will be highly motivated to pick up points on the road.

The Impact are hoping for a playoff berth in their first season in Major League Soccer, sitting three points shy of a spot in the postseason. They are running out of time though; Montreal will have just four more matches to make up the difference in points after Saturday's tilt at Chicago, but other playoff-hopefuls hold the edge with more games in hand.

Along with Chicago, the expansion club is among the leaders in the form table. Montreal enjoyed a five-game winning streak in which it outscored opponents 12-2, but that run was snapped last time out when the club fell to Columbus 2-1 at Crew Stadium.

"There are five games to go," said Patrice Bernier, who has been a massive piece to Montreal's success of late. "You obviously don't want to stumble now, but in no way do we think it puts us out of the picture."

Impact head coach Jesse Marsch highlighted some of the things that he thinks will be the difference heading into the final stretch of the regular season.

"Late in games, you see now, especially down the stretch, that a lot of these games are determined in the last 10 to 15 minutes," he said. "And important games are often like that. That's why the fitness has got to be important, but also the tactical adjustments and awareness of what, late in games, it's going to be like."

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/14/3003280/mls-preview-from-the-sports-network.html

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US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration was caught by surprise by the ferocity of the Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ambassador and three other Americans. Now it is bracing for another potential eruption of violent demonstrations in parts of the Muslim world after Friday's weekly prayers ? traditionally a time of protest in the Middle East and North Africa.

Angry demonstrations over an anti-Islam video already have occurred in Egypt and Yemen, and officials theorize that well-armed Libyan extremists hijacked a similar protest in Benghazi, where several Libyan security guards also were killed. The U.S. put all of its diplomatic missions overseas on high alert, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered an explicit denunciation of the video as the administration sought to pre-empt further turmoil at its embassies and consulates.

"The United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video," she said before a meeting with the foreign minister of Morocco at the State Department. "We absolutely reject its content and message."

"To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible," Clinton said. "It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage."

U.S. officials said they suspect that the attack at the Benghazi consulate, which had also been the target of an unsuccessful attack in June, may have been only tangentially related to the film.

They also stressed there had been no advance warning or intelligence to suggest a threat in Libya that would warrant boosting security, even on the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"As we did with all of our missions overseas, in advance of the September 11 anniversary and as we do every year, we did evaluate the threat stream and we determined that the security at Benghazi was appropriate for what we knew," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

The intelligence leading up to the attacks will be examined to "see if there was any way of forecasting this violence," as in any violent incident, House Intelligence Committee member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said in an interview Thursday. But he said the focus now "has to be on finding out who is responsible and bringing them to justice."

President Barack Obama, speaking a campaign event in Golden, Colo., also vowed that the perpetrators would be punished.

"I want people around the world to hear me," he said. "To all those who would do us harm: No act of terror will go unpunished. I will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America."

As of Thursday morning, there was no intelligence indicating that what happened in Benghazi was planned, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the investigation into the attack. Intelligence officials said they believe it's more likely that the attack was "opportunistic or spontaneous," with militants taking advantage of the demonstration to launch the assault. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation publicly.

There is also no evidence that the attack was tied to 9/11, one of the officials said. But the Libyan-based militant group Ansar al Sharia is the leading suspect for carrying out the violence, possibly with help from al-Qaida's main African-based offshoot, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. The officials said it may be hard to determine definitively which group was responsible, because many militants are members of both.

Libyan officials arrested an unspecified number of militants suspected of taking part in the attack and they were closely monitoring others to see whether they are linked to a group.

Despite the belief that the militants who hit the consulate did so separately from the protests over the film, U.S. officials are deeply concerned that extremists may take advantage of non-violent demonstrations to copycat the Benghazi raid, or that otherwise peaceful protesters may be incited to attack because of the video, particularly on Friday.

It's virtually impossible to predict when a crowd might form and turn violent, according to retired U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte, who served as chief of mission at five posts, including Iraq, and is a former director of national intelligence.

"These things can be mobilized on the spur of the moment, set off by a spark," especially in places such as Egypt and Libya where the ruling strongmen have just fallen, Negroponte said Thursday. "When you get rid of authoritarian regimes, there's little or no institutional framework left. ...That's why there's disorder and chaos" that is so easily hijacked, he said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday denounced the violence, and also the provocative video. "Nothing justifies such killings and attacks," Ban said in a statement, adding that he condemns "the hateful film that appears to have been deliberately designed to sow bigotry and bloodshed."

Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood called for demonstrations after Friday prayers as did authorities in Iran and the Gaza strip. Large protests were expected in Baghdad and Iraq's second-largest city, Basra, as well as Amman, Jordan. Israel was stepping up security in anticipation of demonstrations after Muslim prayers.

The White House said it was prepared for more protests but stressed that any violence would be unjustified.

"It is important to note that as these protests are taking place in different countries around the world, responding to the movie, that Friday, tomorrow, has historically been a day when there are protests in the Muslim world," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters in Colorado. "And we are watching very closely for developments that could lead to more protests. We anticipate that they may continue."

While rejecting the content of the video, Clinton stressed that no matter how offensive it is, the film cannot be used as an excuse for violence like that seen in Egypt, where a mob breached the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Wednesday, and in Yemen, where demonstrators tried to storm the embassy compound in Sanaa on Thursday.

"There is no justification, none at all, for responding to this video with violence," Clinton said. "We condemn the violence that has resulted in the strongest terms. ... It is especially wrong for violence to be directed against diplomatic missions. These are places whose very purpose is peaceful: to promote better understanding across countries and cultures."

She then reminded foreign governments that they have a responsibility to protect embassies.

Around the world, U.S. missions issued warnings to Americans about demonstrations that could turn violent. More than 50 embassies and consulates have released such alerts since Wednesday, the State Department said.

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Suspected anti-Islam filmmaker questioned by Feds

By Samantha Tata, NBCLosAngeles.com

The man purported to be the filmmaker behind an inflammatory anti-Islam video being blamed for sparking violent unrest in the Middle East and beyond was escorted by deputies from his Cerritos, Calif.,?home shortly after midnight Saturday morning, NBCLosAngles.com reported.

Media and law enforcement had been staking out the home at the end of a cul de sac in the Southern California city for about 48 hours when the man emerged wearing a coat, hat, scarf and glasses.

According to property records, the home is owned by Nakoula Besseley Nakoula.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore confirmed to NBCLA Friday night that Nakoula was taken in to the Cerrito?s sheriff?s station for interviewing by federal probation officers.

'Entirely voluntary'
Whitmore said they were assisting the federal officers who want to find out whether he has violated any federal probation.

Whitmore added that Nakoula agreed to the interview prior to the deputies arriving at his home and that the move was "entirely voluntary."

At least seven reported killed in regional protests over anti-Islamic video

Deputies in two marked cars and one unmarked vehicle pulled up to the home around midnight, according to witnesses.

Angry protests have been held in countries such as Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Lebanon over the 15-minute video posted on the Internet called "The Innocence of Muslims.?

Clashes near the US embassy continued in Cairo while in Sudan, British and German embassies were both targeted. The violence continued for a second day in Yemen, with protesters burning American flags. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

On Wednesday, an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya fatally wounded 14 people, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, two former Navy SEALS who were providing security for Stevens, and information management officer Sean Smith.

U.S. officials are also probing the possibility that Wednesday?s attack was planned by militants and timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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The film's mystery producer has been said to go by the pseudonym Sam Bacile.

Nakoula reportedly requested deputies step up patrols around his home Wednesday after media descended on the area. At the time, Whitmore told reporters there had been no disturbance or crime.

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Two attorneys were?escorted into the home?earlier Friday. They were the first people to enter the home in days

A federal grand jury indictment in February 2009 charged Nakoula in an alleged bank fraud conspiracy. The indictment accused him and others of fraudulently obtaining the identities and Social Security numbers of bank customers at Wells Fargo and withdrawing $860 from bank branches in Cerritos, Artesia and Norwalk.

Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons confirmed that Nakoula served a year in jail after pleading guilty to possession of meth with the intent to manufacture in 1997.

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Find My iPhone Leads To Arrest Of Suspects In Atlanta Armed Robbery Case

Apple's iPhone has had its crime-fighting?capabilities?detailed before, but a new story today out of Atlanta (via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) has its Find My iPhone feature helping to catch two suspects in an armed robbery case. After five women were held up at gunpoint near the Biltmore Hotel last night in the Georgia state capital, police tracked one of their stolen iPhones to an apartment and nabbed the suspects. A tipster tells us that police used Find My iPhone to track the device, the service that Apple makes available to iCloud users who also own iPhone, iPod touch, Mac and iPad software. Find My iPhone has helped in arrests a number of times in the past, including in an armed robbery case reported by the L.A. Times last November.

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AP Interview: Japan nuke probe head defends report

TOKYO (AP) ? The head of a major investigation into Japan's nuclear disaster is defending his report against criticism that his panel avoided blaming individuals and instead blamed elements of the nation's culture.

Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a doctor who headed the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, said he sticks with his view that the catastrophe was "Made in Japan," underlining collusion among the regulators and the utility that had set off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. He said his panel intentionally stopped short of naming individual culprits.

"No one takes responsibility in Japan, even those in positions of responsibility," Kurokawa told The Associated Press this week at his commission office in Tokyo. "This is unique to Japan, a culture that stresses conformity, where people don't complain."

People are complaining, however, about the commission's report, not only for lacking specifics on responsibility but for making statements on Japan's culture that appeared in the English-language version of the document but not the Japanese version.

The 641-page report, released in July, compiled interviews with 1,167 people and scoured documents obtained from nuclear regulators and Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that operated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

A devastating March 2011 tsunami set off by a 9.0 magnitude quake destroyed backup generators and sent Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant into multiple meltdowns and explosions. About 150,000 people were evacuated from a 20-kilometer (12-mile) no-go zone. Fears remain in Fukushima about cancer and other sickness from radiation.

The independent panel of 10 experts, including a lawyer, former diplomat and chemist, was appointed by the legislature. It is a style of investigation common in Western nations but was unprecedented in Japan.

The panel's report has drawn criticism from Japanese and overseas critics.

"One searches in vain through these pages for anyone to blame," Columbia University professor and Japan expert Gerald Curtis wrote in an opinion piece submitted to The Financial Times. "To pin the blame on culture is the ultimate cop-out. If culture explains behavior, then no one has to take responsibility."

Tatsujiro Suzuki, vice chairman of the government Atomic Energy Commission, which promotes nuclear technology, was critical of the differences between the English and Japanese versions of the report. He said it appeared to be putting on one face to the Japanese people, while presenting another abroad.

The preface of the English version said, "What must be admitted ? very painfully ? is that this was a disaster 'Made in Japan.' Its fundamental causes are to be found in the ingrained conventions of Japanese culture: our reflexive obedience; our reluctance to question authority; our devotion to 'sticking with the program;' our groupism and our insularity," he wrote in the English version.

The passage wasn't in the Japanese message. But Kurokawa said he made similar points in other parts of the report in Japanese.

He said he wanted to reach a global audience by pointing to the longtime practice of handing plum jobs to retired bureaucrats, the half-century domination by a single party, and elitist employees taking lifetime jobs for granted as a peculiar "mindset" that fosters irresponsibility, slow decision-making and dubious governance.

"I didn't want to say it, but it is 'Made in Japan,'" Kurokawa said. "This is about Japanese culture and values. There is nowhere else quite like that."

Tokyo prosecutors recently accepted a request by a group of lawyers to carry out an investigation into criminal charges of professional negligence against regulators and the nuclear plant's management. If prosecutors move ahead, their power to subpoena records, raid offices and question officials would be far greater than that of Kurokawa's panel.

Kurokawa said such an investigation was welcome as a sign of a "healthy democracy." He said his six-month investigation offered plenty of fodder for a criminal inquiry. He said it showed that bureaucrats brushed off evidence of tsunami risks that had been clear as far back as 2006, and that representatives from international watchdog groups took travel money from the utilities. He said it may not have the names, but the dates and circumstances are there so all the investigators have to do is check, he said.

Japanese media have reported that prosecutors waited for Kurokawa's report before deciding to take up a criminal investigation. The report's finding that the accident was preventable and manmade made it more likely the prosecutors would investigate.

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Nikon D600 DSLR: Full-frame at its lowest price

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Nikon has?announced the D600, a full-frame DSLR camera for professional and enthusiast photographers that, while expensive, is far cheaper than its competition.

At $2,100, it's no impulse buy, but it has perhaps the most coveted feature in digital photography: a full-frame sensor. This means that the image sensor in the camera is roughly the same size as a frame of 35mm film, as compared with the much smaller sensors in consumer DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, and point-and-shoots.

A full-frame sensor allows more light to be captured, lets lenses show the full range of angles they are billed to show (on the popular APS-C sensors, a lens labeled 35mm is more like 50mm), and generally provide a photography experience that's closer to the film cameras of yesteryear.

The D600 has 24 megapixels, a 3.2" 640-by-480 LCD, a moisture-sealed magnesium-reinforced body, and generally all the features photographers expect in a high-end DSLR. In a pleasant surprise, its viewfinder offers 100 percent coverage, meaning what you see through it is exactly what will be captured; less expensive cameras often have less than 90 percentcoverage, making framing shots with precision more?difficult.

Its nearest relatives are Canon's new and popular 5D Mark III and Nikon's own D800, but the 5D goes for at least $1,000 more (its MSRP is $3,499) and the D800 for a bit less than that. The D600 doesn't have all of their features, and includes a few questionable ones (a "Scene" mode on the dial that is extremely unlikely to be used by people buying $2,100 camera bodies), but it will likely be popular nevertheless?? as a second camera for a photographer used to working in full-frame, the price can't be beat.

The camera should be available on Sept. 18 worldwide, and will come with a?24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 VR zoom for an extra $600.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.

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Triggertrap brings its auto shutter release powers to Android with new application

With Google's mobile OS claiming a whopping 68 percent of the world's total smartphone marketshare, it's almost a requirement for companies to expand outside of that other well-known platform. Naturally, the Kickstarter-funded Triggertrap has taken note of this and is now announcing that its automatic shutter release creation will be available on Android starting today. Unlike on iOS, however, the Triggertrap Mobile application won't have a free version on Google Play (or Amazon's app store), so users will have to shell out $5 for the app in order to get started -- of course, that's on top of the $30 for the must-have dongle and matching cable. Triggertrap's expected to be showing off the new Android app at Photokina next week, and you know we'll be sure to bring you a demo to help you decide if it's indeed worth pulling the trigger.

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Experts say fake bomb used in Calif. bank robbery

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) ? Bomb squad experts concluded Tuesday that the suspicious box an armed bank robber left at a Moreno Valley bank was a fake bomb.

The robbery occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. at a Chase branch in Moreno Valley when two bank employees were arriving to work. The man, who wore a military-type mask with cargo pants and black boots, forced the employees inside the bank and demanded cash, said Deputy Albert Martinez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

The man stole an undisclosed sum of money and fled after taking an employee's vehicle that was later found two blocks away, Martinez said.

The suspect left behind an object on a coffee table that resembled an explosive device, but it was determined that it was not an explosive, Cpl. Angel Ramos said.

No arrests have been made and no injuries have been reported.

Last week, two men abducted the manager of an East Los Angeles bank and strapped what turned out to be a fake bomb to her in a scheme to rob a Bank of America Corp. branch.

Martinez said it's not known if the two robberies are connected.

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New players, new approaches to ranking colleges

U.S. News & World Report may still be the 800-pound gorilla of college rankings. But with a formula that rarely changes, the latest edition ? out Wednesday ? looks pretty much the same as a decade ago, with very few exceptions.

More interesting are a pair of newer players to the rankings game. Both have shortcomings, but both produce a top-colleges list that looks somewhat different from the magazine's (where Princeton and Harvard share the top spot, just like last year). And neither relies on information provided by the colleges themselves; more and more schools have been caught fudging the numbers they give to U.S. News.

More broadly, the new players offer data intriguing even to those who don't buy the idea that colleges can be ranked like their football teams.

The first, now in its second year, comes from a company called Parchment.com, whose main business is serving as electronic middleman between students at 7,500 high schools and the colleges where they send transcripts. But through a college search function, the site has collected valuable and otherwise hard-to-come-by data: It knows the names of the colleges where 200,000 students nationwide applied, got accepted, and chose to attend.

Ranking automobile companies is fairly straightforward; each basically makes as many cars as it can sell and the results are clear enough. But college is often a two-way selection. The most prestigious ones have limited slots and regularly turn down business. So Parchment looks at what the customers with options choose.

The "Student Choice" rankings ? based on a model developed by economist Caroline Hoxby about a decade ago ? make no effort to measure a college's "inputs" such as average freshman SAT scores. They do nothing to measure "outputs" like learning outcomes or alumni salaries.

Instead, they reveal only the collected wisdom of students choosing among multiple colleges. If, for example, 75 out of 100 students accepted to both Yale and the University of Virginia choose Yale, then Yale moves up relative to Virginia in the model. The choices of every student are played out in a kind of gigantic computerized tournament, and eventually the results settle into ranking similar to how chess players are ranked.

The list that emerges contains many of the familiar names, with Harvard, Stanford and Yale on top (few students accepted to those schools choose others instead). But distinctive colleges with a particular mission fare well, like the Air Force Academy, which comes in No. 10.

The system has weaknesses. The pool of students is large but somewhat weighted regionally. But it does some things others can't. To the extent students reward value, the rankings do, too (tuition-free Cooper Union in New York City scores an impressive 43rd). And it allows schools of all sizes to be ranked on the same list, unlike U.S. News, which separates national universities and liberal arts colleges. That's helpful because in practice, students are often choosing between a big and a small school, said general manager Brent Pirruccello, who helped create the rankings. Amherst College, No. 2 on the U.S. News liberal arts list, is the top liberal arts school in the Student Choice rankings, at No. 9 overall.

The second new system, which debuted Monday, focuses on the other end of college ? alumni satisfaction. Until now, individual colleges have surveyed their alumni, but surveying enough people across colleges to compare the results has been too complex.

A new company called The Alumni Factor is trying, claiming it's surveyed and interviewed 42,000 alumni of 450 colleges over the last four years, and is now publishing the results on 177 well-known schools where it says it has enough data to be statistically reliable (at least around 200 alumni per school). The surveys try to pin down objective results on 15 attributes. Among them: intellectual and social development, friendships made and even overall happiness of graduates. Other attributes are purely financial, such as percentage of graduates earning over $150,000.

A generic ranking blending the survey results in those 15 category equally also produces some interesting results: Well-respected but not widely famous Washington & Lee University in Virginia finishes No. 1, followed by Yale, Princeton, Rice and ?another surprise ? the College of The Holy Cross in Massachusetts. Some well-known names do less well. Harvard, for instance, scores spectacularly in the financial success categories, but relatively poorly on indicators like overall happiness and whether alumni would recommend the college to others. Overall it's 37th, between Carleton College in Minnesota and Vanderbilt.

Alumni Factor (a subscription site that will charge either $3.95 or $5.95 per month depending on access level) then adds a feature even rankings critics will probably like: It will let users generate their own rankings, using sliding scales on its website to give various factors more or less weight. Students who care mostly about money can tilt the formula's emphasis toward the financial outcomes and Harvard moves up from 37. But tweak the dials to indicate you care more about happiness and less about money, and it falls to No. 82 (some of the sorting options aren't yet available on the website).

Still, Alumni Factor has at least one big problem. Despite a promise of transparency, it says little about how it finds the people it surveys and how it questions them, other than to offer assurances the methods are vetted by a Georgia Tech statistician.

Executive editor and CEO Monica McGurk did offer a few details in a telephone interview, such as the minimum of about 200 alumni surveyed per school. Also, she said the questions cover so many issues that respondents don't realize they're being surveyed about their college experience, so they won't cheerlead for their alma mater.

But McGurk said she couldn't provide more details without compromising the method's objectivity. Without knowing how the company finds the alumni, there's no way for outsiders to judge if they're really tapping a representative group, or one that's, say, more financially inclined and successful than the average graduate (the company hopes to sell some of the information back to colleges themselves).

All of which is to say, the rankings game may not be getting much more credible, but it is getting more interesting. Students who (wisely) take the horse-race aspect with a grain of salt nonetheless have some interesting new data to explore in their college search.

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Society of Interventional Radiology hails affirmation of specialty's role in patient care

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Interventional Radiology now a primary specialty in medicine; ABMS recognizes unique IR skill set with the new Dual Primary Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology

FAIRFAX, Va.The Society of Interventional Radiology hailed the Sept. 11 decision by the American Board of Medical Specialtiesthe organization that has oversight of the 24 recognized medical specialty boardsto approve the American Board of Radiology's application for a new Dual Primary Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology. With this approval, ABMS and its member boards confirmed the benefit to patients of the unique interventional radiology skill set comprised of competency in diagnostic imaging, image-guided procedures and periprocedural patient care.

"Support for the Dual Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology by ABMS is a seminal event in the history of interventional radiologyand one that will benefit future patients by providing well-trained minimally invasive image-guided specialists," said SIR President Marshall E. Hicks, M.D., FSIR, who represents the national society of nearly 5,000 doctors, scientists and allied health professionals dedicated to improving health care through minimally invasive treatments. "The Society of Interventional Radiology applauds ABR for its dedication and hard work in advancing the specialty and the interventional radiology skill set, a unique combination of interpretive and procedural skill, accompanied by corresponding clinical expertise," said Hicks, the head of the division of diagnostic imaging at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

"This is an important step in the formalization of the interventionalist's clinical role. Recognition of the interventional radiologist's imaging, technical and periprocedural patient care competencies speaks directly to the specialty's focus on patients, innovation and advanced image-guided techniques," said John A. Kaufman, M.D., FSIR, a past president of SIR and director of the Dotter Interventional Institute in Portland, Ore. "First and foremost, future patients will benefit from this," said Kaufman, who chaired the SIR/ABR task force that has been developing the certificate since 2005.

The new Dual Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology will be the fourth primary certificate for ABR and the 37th overall in the United States. A primary certificate is different from a subspecialty certificate as it designates a unique and distinct area of medicine, rather than an area of focus within an existing specialty.

"Since the early 20th century, board certificationa form of professional self-regulationhas assured the public of the qualifications of medical professionals," said Gary J. Becker, M.D., FSIR, ABR executive director. "Only rarely does the house of medicine acknowledge the importance of a new primary specialty certificate in fulfilling these responsibilities. ABR supported the creation of this primary certificate based on the need to ensure that future trainees acquire the requisite combination of clinical, procedural and interpretive skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of interventional radiology. The interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology certificate ensures that board-certified interventional radiologists are trained and qualified to deliver the highest level of care available today, and it demands that this same quality be made available to all future patients," he added.

"ABR is pleased to offer this new certification and notes its importance to patients, the public and the profession. The addition of the interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology certificate to the other primary certificates offered by ABRDiagnostic Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physicsrounds out a full range of ABR primary certification services in diagnostic, therapeutic and image-guided procedures, as well as periprocedural clinical care," said ABR President James P. Borgstede, M.D. "I would like to acknowledge the vision, leadership and commitment to quality patient care of ABR past presidents N. Reed Dunnick, M.D., and Bruce G. Haffty, M.D., who helped to guide the application and approval process. Finally, ABR notes that a very positive and productive collaboration with SIR on this important endeavor made the new certificate possible," he added.

"The interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology certificate will help ensure that all patients in the country continue to receive high-quality, consistent, diagnostic, procedural and clinical interventional care," said Jeanne M. LaBerge, M.D., FSIR, an ABR trustee and interventional radiologist at the University of California, San Francisco. "The recent approval of the interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology certificate formalizes this belief and gives 'specialty' status to the field of interventional radiology while maintaining its intimate and necessary relation to diagnostic radiology," said Matthew A. Mauro, M.D., FSIR, an SIR past president and ABR trustee. "The elevation of interventional radiology to a 'specialty' level with its own distinct residency program places interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology on the same level as surgery, pediatrics and internal medicine in the ABMS hierarchy. This ABMS vote is much more than a superficial clerical actionit is one that initiates a formalized enhanced training program that will benefit patients across the country and serve as a model throughout the world," added Mauro, professor and chair, department of radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

"Securing the interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology certificate took tremendous effort by many individuals and support from many societies," said Kaufman. Organizations that support the certificate besides ABR include the American College of Radiology, American Osteopathic College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Association of Program Directors in Interventional Radiology, American Association for Women Radiologists, American Society of Neuroradiology, Association of University Radiologists, Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research, Radiological Society of North America, Radiology Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Society for Pediatric Radiology, Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery and Society of Vascular Medicine.

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More information about the Society of Interventional Radiology, interventional radiologists and how to find an interventional radiologist in your area can be found online at www.SIRweb.org.

About the Society of Interventional Radiology

Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. They offer the most in-depth knowledge of the least invasive treatments available coupled with diagnostic and clinical experience across all specialties. They use X-ray, MRI and other imaging to advance a catheter in the body, such as in an artery, to treat at the source of the disease internally. As the inventors of angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent, which were first used in the legs to treat peripheral arterial disease, interventional radiologists pioneered minimally invasive modern medicine. Today, interventional oncology is a growing specialty area of interventional radiology. Interventional radiologists can deliver treatments for cancer directly to the tumor without significant side effects or damage to nearby normal tissue.

Many conditions that once required surgery can be treated less invasively by interventional radiologists. Interventional radiology treatments offer less risk, less pain and less recovery time compared to open surgery. Visit www.SIRweb.org.

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Society of Interventional Radiology

Interventional Radiology now a primary specialty in medicine; ABMS recognizes unique IR skill set with the new Dual Primary Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology

FAIRFAX, Va.The Society of Interventional Radiology hailed the Sept. 11 decision by the American Board of Medical Specialtiesthe organization that has oversight of the 24 recognized medical specialty boardsto approve the American Board of Radiology's application for a new Dual Primary Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology. With this approval, ABMS and its member boards confirmed the benefit to patients of the unique interventional radiology skill set comprised of competency in diagnostic imaging, image-guided procedures and periprocedural patient care.

"Support for the Dual Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology by ABMS is a seminal event in the history of interventional radiologyand one that will benefit future patients by providing well-trained minimally invasive image-guided specialists," said SIR President Marshall E. Hicks, M.D., FSIR, who represents the national society of nearly 5,000 doctors, scientists and allied health professionals dedicated to improving health care through minimally invasive treatments. "The Society of Interventional Radiology applauds ABR for its dedication and hard work in advancing the specialty and the interventional radiology skill set, a unique combination of interpretive and procedural skill, accompanied by corresponding clinical expertise," said Hicks, the head of the division of diagnostic imaging at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

"This is an important step in the formalization of the interventionalist's clinical role. Recognition of the interventional radiologist's imaging, technical and periprocedural patient care competencies speaks directly to the specialty's focus on patients, innovation and advanced image-guided techniques," said John A. Kaufman, M.D., FSIR, a past president of SIR and director of the Dotter Interventional Institute in Portland, Ore. "First and foremost, future patients will benefit from this," said Kaufman, who chaired the SIR/ABR task force that has been developing the certificate since 2005.

The new Dual Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology will be the fourth primary certificate for ABR and the 37th overall in the United States. A primary certificate is different from a subspecialty certificate as it designates a unique and distinct area of medicine, rather than an area of focus within an existing specialty.

"Since the early 20th century, board certificationa form of professional self-regulationhas assured the public of the qualifications of medical professionals," said Gary J. Becker, M.D., FSIR, ABR executive director. "Only rarely does the house of medicine acknowledge the importance of a new primary specialty certificate in fulfilling these responsibilities. ABR supported the creation of this primary certificate based on the need to ensure that future trainees acquire the requisite combination of clinical, procedural and interpretive skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of interventional radiology. The interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology certificate ensures that board-certified interventional radiologists are trained and qualified to deliver the highest level of care available today, and it demands that this same quality be made available to all future patients," he added.

"ABR is pleased to offer this new certification and notes its importance to patients, the public and the profession. The addition of the interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology certificate to the other primary certificates offered by ABRDiagnostic Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physicsrounds out a full range of ABR primary certification services in diagnostic, therapeutic and image-guided procedures, as well as periprocedural clinical care," said ABR President James P. Borgstede, M.D. "I would like to acknowledge the vision, leadership and commitment to quality patient care of ABR past presidents N. Reed Dunnick, M.D., and Bruce G. Haffty, M.D., who helped to guide the application and approval process. Finally, ABR notes that a very positive and productive collaboration with SIR on this important endeavor made the new certificate possible," he added.

"The interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology certificate will help ensure that all patients in the country continue to receive high-quality, consistent, diagnostic, procedural and clinical interventional care," said Jeanne M. LaBerge, M.D., FSIR, an ABR trustee and interventional radiologist at the University of California, San Francisco. "The recent approval of the interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology certificate formalizes this belief and gives 'specialty' status to the field of interventional radiology while maintaining its intimate and necessary relation to diagnostic radiology," said Matthew A. Mauro, M.D., FSIR, an SIR past president and ABR trustee. "The elevation of interventional radiology to a 'specialty' level with its own distinct residency program places interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology on the same level as surgery, pediatrics and internal medicine in the ABMS hierarchy. This ABMS vote is much more than a superficial clerical actionit is one that initiates a formalized enhanced training program that will benefit patients across the country and serve as a model throughout the world," added Mauro, professor and chair, department of radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

"Securing the interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology certificate took tremendous effort by many individuals and support from many societies," said Kaufman. Organizations that support the certificate besides ABR include the American College of Radiology, American Osteopathic College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Association of Program Directors in Interventional Radiology, American Association for Women Radiologists, American Society of Neuroradiology, Association of University Radiologists, Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research, Radiological Society of North America, Radiology Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Society for Pediatric Radiology, Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery and Society of Vascular Medicine.

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More information about the Society of Interventional Radiology, interventional radiologists and how to find an interventional radiologist in your area can be found online at www.SIRweb.org.

About the Society of Interventional Radiology

Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. They offer the most in-depth knowledge of the least invasive treatments available coupled with diagnostic and clinical experience across all specialties. They use X-ray, MRI and other imaging to advance a catheter in the body, such as in an artery, to treat at the source of the disease internally. As the inventors of angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent, which were first used in the legs to treat peripheral arterial disease, interventional radiologists pioneered minimally invasive modern medicine. Today, interventional oncology is a growing specialty area of interventional radiology. Interventional radiologists can deliver treatments for cancer directly to the tumor without significant side effects or damage to nearby normal tissue.

Many conditions that once required surgery can be treated less invasively by interventional radiologists. Interventional radiology treatments offer less risk, less pain and less recovery time compared to open surgery. Visit www.SIRweb.org.

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