Fertility worries common in young breast cancer survivors
...e Young Survival Coalition (YSC) an Internet-based advocacy group for young women with breast cancer. The mean age of the women who completed the survey was 35.8 years, and their mean age at diagnosis was about 33 years.Most of the women were within two years from diagnosis when they were surveyed. More than ...American Lung Association calls on governors and legislatures to stand up for public health
... combat tobacco use and addiction. In addition to advocacy efforts to help protect everyone's health the American Lung Association offers Freedom From Smoking for those who want to quit smoking as well as other education programs to prevent children from starting to smoke. More information and copies of the...Neurologists take on challenge of advocacy work
...alatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum provides formal advocacy training and leadership development to neurologists each year. The 2004 Forum prepared 30 neurologists from 16 states and three countries to serve as "Advocacy Leaders" on vital local, state and federal neurology issues. The new leaders worked w...Depression on College Campuses conference
...ent graduates who head mental health awareness and advocacy programs on campuses across the country will lead ...o help foster an idea exchange and to train future advocacy group leaders. The event will also feature mental health and neuroscience experts, and student couns...Texas nonprofit corporation launches vaccine information service
...of vaccines in the U.S. We are not an immunization advocacy organization but rather we are an immunization information service." Previous funding for NNii has come from a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and support from its affiliated organizations. NNii reviews the latest research on vaccine s...Study shows United States may have more pediatricians than it needs for the next 20 years
...by shifting the roles of some pediatricians toward advocacy in education, politics and/or public health. "The potential for redefining the traditional role of the general pediatrician to better serve the needs of children is exciting. The projected growth in the work force may open up new opportunities for pe...Activism prompts teen smokers to cut back on cigarettes, Stanford study finds
...regular smokers, those who engaged in anti-tobacco advocacy efforts significantly reduced their own cigarette ... with five randomly assigned to a new anti-tobacco advocacy curriculum and the other five to an existing curriculum on drug and alcohol abuse prevention. Junior...Top medical and scientific societies commit to providing free access to research
...scientific meetings, grants, educational outreach, advocacy for research funding, the free dissemination of information to the public and improvements in scientific publishing. The organizations also believe that publication fees should not be borne solely by researchers and their funding institutions beca...Drug companies are top health care lobbyists
...ged care organizations spent $31 million. Disease advocacy and public health organizations spent only $12 million. From 1997 to 2000, lobbying by physicians and other health professionals grew more slowly than lobbying by other organizations (10 percent vs. 32 percent). According to the study's author, Stev...Preschoolers lead growth of antidepressant use, study reveals
...is population. The second is the presumption that advocacy work to identify and treat depression among children and adolescents has begun to pay off. We realize that the use of antidepressants among youths is a critical issue that requires additional research to better understand."...SOS Rx: National medication safety group organized
Washington DC--The nation's oldest consumer advocacy organization today announced the launch of SOS Rx, a national healthcare coalition promoting the safe use of medications. The coalition, run by the National Consumers League, includes participation by more than 60 consumer and patient safety organiza...Personalized treatment goal of IU breast cancer study funded by $10 million DoD grant
...cy Network and the Young Survivors Coalition. Both advocacy groups played a role in determining which new drugs would be tested during the study. "The DoD Breast Cancer Research Program is pleased to support this innovative project by Dr. Sledge, his collaborators, and the Indiana University Medical Center t...VELCADE (Bortezomib) receives European marketing authorisation
...al Myeloma Foundation (UK). "The multiple myeloma advocacy community has campaigned tirelessly over the years for cutting edge treatments such as VELCADE to be made available to patients, this is a very proud day", he continued. The findings of a pre-specified interim analysis from an ongoing phase III trial...Negative side effects downplayed in prostate cancer treatment guides, U-M study finds
...t publicly available materials produced by patient advocacy groups, government organizations, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, universities and comprehensive cancer centers. Web sites were identified by reviewing national organizations, pharmaceutical companies and an open-ended Web search. ...Researchers explore gene treatment to obliterate HIV before it does damage
...ity to combat HIV. David Evans, an information and advocacy associate for Project Inform, a San Francisco-based national nonprofit working to end the AIDS epidemic, said, "Experiments of this type fall perfectly in line with Project Inform's agenda to refocus researchers toward a cure for HIV rather than inde...Highlights of June Journal of the American Dietetic Association
..., health promotion activities, health services and advocacy efforts that will enable women to adopt desirable nutrition practices for optimal health." "In general, good nutrition is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. That applies to gender as much as any other cultural, ethnic or genetic variables," said re...Doctors and patients call on politicians to save lives of cancer patients
... health ministries, policy makers, individuals and advocacy groups) to pursue measures now to implement the Resolution at the national level". Mr. Christian Ligensa, Vice President of BPS e.V and Steering Committee member of Europa Uomo, echoed the call of Prof. Smyth. Speaking on behalf of more than 15,000 p...Concerns about fertility affect treatment decisions in one-third of young breast cancer patients
... Survival Coalition (YSC), a breast cancer patient advocacy group, on their attitudes about fertility. Members were required to be premenopausal and age 40 years or younger at the time of breast cancer diagnosis. Fifty-seven percent of patients reported being very concerned about becoming infertile, regardle...American College of Chest Physicians announces new Critical Care Institute
... ACCP-CCI will develop and support educational and advocacy initiatives that focus on the specific challenges facing critical care professionals and patients and American medicine as a whole." In an initial meeting of the ACCP-CCI, members of the ACCP and AACN gathered with representatives from the Society of...The Gerontological Society of America confers 2004 M. Powell Lawton Award to Penn State's Zarit
... an older relative with dementia. His research and advocacy have been largely responsible for propelling caregiving issues into the national policy arena and mass media spotlight. The award is named in memory of M. Powell Lawton for his outstanding contributions to applied gerontological research. It also hon...