RSVP 3/28 telecon: Is equal coverage for mental health possible?
WHAT: ... On Thursday, March 30, the New England Journal of Medicine will publish the results of the most comprehensive study to date on the costs associated with parity in mental health insurance benefits for federal employees. The study was led by University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry professor Howard Goldman, MD, PhD. ... ... On March 28, in an embargoed media tele...New survey indicates preemie parents uninformed about RSV prevention
Although premature infants are at increased risk of hospitalization due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), nearly one half of parents of premature infants are not aware of preventive medicine that can help protect their babies from RSV, according to a recent Internet survey from the National Perinatal Association (NPA). With premature births at a record high of one in eight births each year...RSVP: Telecon on Hurricane Katrina Survivor Initiative - Jan 5
... Harvard Medical School, through a grant by the National Institute of Mental Health, will recruit 2,000 survivors of Hurricane Katrina to create the Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group. The group will provide ongoing information to policy-makers to help monitor the pace of recovery of the more than two million families whose lives were disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, with a strong emph...New RSV treatment for at-risk infants under study
A new, enhanced-potency onoclonal antibody designed to keep the sniffles from turning into a devasting illness in at-risk babies is under study at the Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center.... ...The international study compares MEDI-493, a monoclonal antibody already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat respiratory synctial virus, or RSV, to the more potent M...Leading experts discuss how to protect premature infants against RSV, a potentially dangerous virus
Media advisory... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...More than 500,000 premature infants are born each year in the United States, approximatel...