Bioterrorism topic of first new nationally broadcast public health grand rounds session
...g public healthissues will expand June 11 with the debut of the Public Health Grand Rounds series. Professionals from local and state health departments, hospitals, clinics,emergency management services, and managed care organizations will participate through liveinteractive satellite broadcasts to be bea...Who should have heart bypass surgery? New guidelines will help doctors, patients decide together
... go around one or more blocked arteries. Since its debut inthe 1960s, it has been performed millions of times in order to increase survivaland reduce symptoms such as chest pain. The Centers for Disease Control saysmore than 607,000 Americans had bypass surgery in 1997. The past decade has seen major devel...Ann Arbor chemist wins national award for drug discovery
...n 1985. Between his discovery and Lipitor's market debut in 1997, however, were 12 years of more work: first, to make the drug in pure form, then to scale up from laboratory to cost-efficient manufacturing. Only then came the decision to begin human clinical trials. Along the way were entire teams of chemi...Sixth annual child advocacy award dinner
...tudy Center public service announcement (PSA) will debut at the dinner. The PSA campaign includes television, print and radio spots sponsored by The Bear Stearns Charitable Foundation and created by BBDO New York. The campaign, which also features the tagline, "Giving Children Back Their Childhood," is pa...NYU Child Study Center to honor Larry Summers, President of Harvard and Ann Tenenbaum and Tom Lee
...ty Trust. In addition, the Child Study Center will debut a public service announcement campaign including television spots narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi is a strong advocate an advocate for child mental health issues and was honored by the Center at the Fifth Annual Child Advocacy Award Dinner in 20...Nursing homes register 41 percent drop in residents' pain
... quality improvement plans in place. The site will debut in 2006. "These results show that nursing homes can improve pain management," Teno said. "The key is to not only educate health care providers, but to change what they do. Only then can you make meaningful improvement." The rese...Country's first 'simplified maze' using new ultrasound technology is done at Northwestern Memorial
...ern Memorial Hospital is an outstanding partner to debut our HIFU technology to the United States," said Jane J. Song, President of St. Jude Medical's Atrial Fibrillation business. "Dr. McCarthy's renowned international reputation and vast experience in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, combin...New survey finds red dress symbol prompts women to take action to care for their hearts
...says NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. "The debut of the Red Dress Collection 2005 delivers an urgent reminder for women to care for their hearts and to take action against heart disease, still the number one killer of women." Two years after the launch of the Red Dress symbol by NHLBI, part of the ...