Majority of parents schedule child's first dental visit two years too late
...and gums, said John S. Rutkauskas, D.D.S., M.B.A., executive director of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Foundation. Gallup & Robinson conducted the Oral-B/AAPD Foundation Checkup on Childrens Oral Care study in conjunction with the AAPD Foundations Good Health Starts Here campaign. The two ...First-of-its-kind study of vascular dementia patients taking ARICEPT presented at AAGP meeting
...anguage-verbal skills, coordination, calculations, executive functions, motor control, functionality, abstraction, and judgment. Patients were also required to have neuroimaging evidence of cerebrovascular disease obtained by a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This 24-week, d...Wake Forest establishes Maya Angelou Research Center on minority health
... committee are Robert J. Brown, chairman and chief executive officer of B&C Associates Inc., an international p... Cisneros, San Antonio, Texas - Chairman and chief executive officer, American CityVista. Former secretary of Housing and Urban Development. ...$3 million gift from Purdue Pharma to support MGH Pain Program
...r in the field of pain," says Paul Goldenheim, MD, executive vice president, Worldwide Research and Development at Purdue Pharma. "We are pleased that Purdue Pharma can support and work closely with the hospital to continue advancing the understanding of pain treatment and management. Our mutual efforts to e...Study shows caregiver and patient costs rise as symptom severity increases in Alzheimer's disease
...are related to caregiving, said Dr. Howard Fillit, executive director of the Institute for the Study of Aging in New York City. Dr. Smalls study will help increase our understanding of the magnitude and sources of caregivers costs as Alzheimers disease progresses. Fillit said that the data might be especially ......ildren of Uganda, and Alexis Hefley, president and executive director of the Uganda Children's Charity Foundation. The Children of Uganda, a group of 18 orphans who serve as ambassadors for the 1.4 million children living in Uganda as orphans by AIDS and war, will present African music and dance 7 p.m. Feb. 8 ......anguage-verbal skills, coordination, calculations, executive functions, motor control, functionality, abstraction, and judgment. Patients were also required to have neuroimaging evidence of cerebrovascular disease obtained by a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This 24-week, d...Consortium aims to improve protection of human research subjects
... Health; and Dr. Angela Bowen, president and chief executive officer of the Western Institutional Review Board....Franklin Wagley Professor of biomedical ethics and executive director of the Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute at Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Alan Fleischma...New medical school model sets out to create more competent, caring doctors
...e of JAMA is an endorsing editorial written by the executive director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The endorsement makes it likely that Rochesters new definition of competence will be widely discussed at federal agencies, medical schools, and licensing boards interested in reduc...Study proves flu shot safe for asthmatics
...C at the University of Vermont, and ALA of Vermont executive director Robert Uerz urge children and adults with asthma who havent already received a flu vaccine this year to get one immediately. This study has proven definitively that the flu shot does not trigger asthma attacks even in the worst of asthmatic...Global Nursing Partnerships conference addresses international nursing shortage
...resource planners," explained Judith Oulton, chief executive officer of the International Council of Nurses. Although chief nursing officers and national nursing associations have met regionally over the past several years, the Global Nursing Partnerships Meeting will be the largest international gathering of ...Illinois researcher receives award for developing a better sunscreen
...es for sunscreen applications," said John J. Paro, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the C.P. Hall Company. Until recently, most sunscreens protected wearers only against UVB — the ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn. The newest sunscreens absorb or reflect the full spectrum of ult...NCEP issues major new cholesterol guidelines
...lier guidelines were issued in 1988 and 1993. An executive summary of the new guidelines, the "Third Report of the NCEP Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults," also known as Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III, appears in the May 16, 2001, issue of the Journal o...Six minority scholars selected for fellowship on health disparities
... valuable public good," said Jessie Gruman, Ph.D., executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Health. "But in dealing with whole populations, individual efforts are dwarfed by constant exposure to such powerful problems as poverty, inequality, substandard housing, blighted and unsafe neighborhoods......g stock options, and payments for directorships or executive roles. Suggests key terms, such as "family" be clearly defined. Seeks clear delineation of any allowable financial interest, such as mutual funds. Require disclosure to journals considering publishing related research, something only seven perc...... At Hauptman-Woodward, George DeTitta, Ph.D., HWI executive director and CEO, who also is a UB research professor, and Joseph Luft, HWI senior research scientist, will receive $1.75 million over the next five years for their work in crystal-growth methods and techniques. It will use a newly developed high-thr...Dana-Farber Cancer Institute opens Zakim Center for Integrated Therapies
.... The Center--named after Leonard P. Zakim, former executive director of the New England Anti-Defamation League--will offer only those clinical services that are safe and effective in enhancing the physical, emotional, and psychological health of people living with cancer. These services include acupuncture, ...GL701 (prasterone) significantly reduces lupus flares
...erapy," said James A.D. Smith, president and chief executive officer of Genelabs Technologies, Inc. "Genelabs recently completed its submission to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its New Drug Application (NDA) for marketing approval of its formulation of GL701, which will be marketed i...CDC funds will enable UNC-CH to help minimize domestic violence in flood areas
...d within six months of the flood, according to its executive director Pam Gonzales. Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $270,000 to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty and staff to continue and boost their efforts to help flood victims avoid such problems in Le......parameters," said Paulo Costa, president and chief executive officer, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. "Phase III data demonstrate that this new formulation has the potential to bring the majority of patients who require statin therapy to their treatment goals." For patients who have lipid disorders ...