Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
...Rowe and Robert L. Kahn, authors of the critically acclaimed best-seller, Successful Aging. Sen. Reed, who serves on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, noted that the Bi-Partisan Commission on the Future of Medicare would be submitting its final report in less than nine months. "Therefore, this is......ine Award. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including Quarantine! East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892 (Johns Hopkins Press), and The Practical Pediatrician: The A to Z Guide to Your Child's Health, Safety and Behavior (Scientific American Books/W.H. F...New life-saving heart attack medication identified
...ed a proven dose of captopril (a dose based on the acclaimed SAVE trial) as the comparator. Based on data drawn from 931 centers in 24 different countries, the comparative analysis showed that valsartan was as good as captopril in reducing the risk of death and other major cardiovascular events. Patients takin...World AIDS Day program shows how AIDS affects its smallest victims in AIDS Orphans: Lost Childhood
...an village in a World AIDS Day special narrated by acclaimed actress Angela Bassett. AIDS ORPHANS: LOST CHILDHOOD, premiering December 1 at 8 PM ET/PT. With horrible living conditions and little food to eat, these children must forego their childhoods and live as adults on their own. ...Rising young psychiatry researchers receive prestigious international award
...ital, USA (schizophrenia). An independent panel of acclaimed psychiatry experts reviewed a total of 24 submissions from around the world. "Deciding on the winners was a difficult task considering the outstanding quality of the applications received," commented Professor Gary Sachs, Harvard Medical School, USA...National Chemistry Week celebrates health and wellness in Washington, D.C., area
...of exercise, which will be lead by internationally acclaimed health instructor, Harold Sanco. The students also will test artificial urine samples using a dip-and-read test to see if glucose is present, and make glitter slime to observe how the gooey physical properties of mucus trap allergens. Tuesday, Oct. ...Landmark survey reveals asthma in children remains significantly out of control in the United States
...lable disease," said William Sears M.D, nationally acclaimed author, pediatrician and associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine. "We need to help parents recognize that proper asthma control means children are symptom-free all or most of the time. Par...Prentiss Foundation awards $5 million to University Hospitals
...crisis team, at Rainbow, to the already nationally acclaimed psychiatry programs at University Hospitals, children and adolescents in Northeast Ohio will finally have easy access to the cutting-edge mental health care that they need and deserve." "We are deeply honored and grateful for this generous gift from...Northwestern Memorial chosen to be featured in first-ever mini-med school TV airing on PBS
...l of Medicine. Dr. McCarthy is an internationally acclaimed cardiac surgeon recently recruited to NMH from the Cleveland Clinic to help build the Northwestern Cardiovascular Institute and launch NMH into a new era of heart care. "Participating in this show was an amazing opportunity not only for NMH, but fo...