Hartford Institute sponsors SNAPP initiative to bring best practices to non-geriatric nurses
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...ill be available at themeeting. In addition, press conferences will be held every day on veryattractive topics, from Monday to Wednesday. If you would like to attend the meeting, or to receive advance embargoedreleases by e-mail (approx. 10 days prior the congress), please send an e-mailto ERS99EK@cedos.int.ch...The Niemann Pick C Lesion and the role of intracellular lipid sorting in humandisease
... intellectual climate similar to that of theGordon conferences will be fostered and speakers will be very much encouraged toreveal and discuss recent unpublished findings. (4) Individual sessions willhave one keynote speaker who will review the field and act aschairperson/moderator for the additional speakers of...Visionary physician pioneers alternative clubfoot treatment
...a similar class in Indiana and at upcoming medical conferences in 2000. The Ponseti Method for clubfoot treatment is a non-surgical procedure that begins with the orthopaedist's understanding of foot anatomy mechanics. The technique involves manual manipulation and straightening of the foot and the application ...1999 American Heart Association 72nd Scientific Sessions kit memo
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...workshops and seminars every year. The Institute's conferences have brought together leading researchers and practitioners from all over the world on a variety of topics. Through such educational activities, the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis has maintained its reputation as an internationally recognize..."Dutch Nobel Prize" for three researchers
...ternational periodicals and arranges international conferences and workshops. Professor Postmas research is expected to explore new areas, with the aim of increasing our understanding of the mechanisms which cause disorders of the airways. She aims to promote close collaboration with immunologists and patholo...Screening the controversy continues
...that current evidence being presented today at the conferences special day-long session on screening strongly supported its effectiveness. He said that it was also vital to appreciate that the value of national screening programmes lay not just in their ability to detect breast cancer at an early stage, but also...New journal series will educate physicians about medical errors
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...Nightline host Ted Koppel will moderate two of the conferences seven panel discussions, including the opening nig...nson, past chairman/CEO of CNN News and one of the conferences three program chairs. "This event is designed to help everyone involved in the process more reliably...Panel calls for greater attention to cancer patients' pain, depression, and fatigue
... http://consensus.nih.gov . Statements from past conferences are available at the same Web site, or by calling ...ealth. NIH has conducted 116 consensus development conferences and 22 state-of-the-science (formerly "technology assessment") conferencesaddressing a wide range of...Sutter Health announces plan to deploy Bridge MedPoint error-prevention system
Sutter Health will hold news conferences this morning in Sacramento (10:30 am PST) and San Francisco (9:30 am PST) to announce it will deploy the Bridge MedPoint TM patient safety system. Deployment is part of a major technology initiative designed to make each of Sutter's 26 hospitals "a ...Fran Visco receives Frances Williams Preston Award from Vanderbilt University
...resents NBCC at several national and international conferences and serves on many committees. She is an honors graduate of St. Joseph's University and the Villanova Law School, where she was editor of The Villanova Law Review and chair of the Women's Law Caucus. In 1993, President Clinton appointed Visco...Thanksgiving menu stuffed with healthy choices
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... conference. ACS ProSpectives is a series of small conferences for senior-level industry scientists. Each confere...ons by its foremost researchers. Attendance at the conferences is limited to 200 or fewer to facilitate easy interaction among the speakers and those attending. Fr...C-reactive proteins: Should everyone be tested?
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