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May 15th, 2012 
John Buck
The Weight of the Nation documentary series and public awareness campaign by the cable network HBO, launching this week, features National Institutes of Health research showing how obesity affects the country’s health and how interventions can turn the tide against obesity and its complications. The network, in consultation with NIH and other major health organizations, [...]
Posted in Associations & Groups, Featured, Professions, Specialties 
Tags: Diabetes, HBO, NIH, Obesity, Weight of the Nation 
No Comments » May 14th, 2012 John BuckNational Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. It brings together communities, businesses, government, health organizations, and other groups in an effort to promote women’s health. The theme for 2012 is “It’s Your Time.” National Women’s Health Week empowers women [...]
May 14th, 2012 John BuckThe New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA) honored several recipients at its annual convention recently. The Association’s honors are awarded to members who have distinguished themselves as leaders in the professions of Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology and/or in the discipline of Communication Sciences and Disorders. “These professionals are some of New York State’s finest and [...]
Posted in Associations & Groups, Colleagues, Specialties, Speech/Language/Hearing Tags: NYSSLHA No Comments » May 14th, 2012 John BuckThe American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) continues to express its deep concern about the ongoing shortage of parenteral nutrition (PN) multi-vitamins. Multi-vitamins are a critical parenteral nutrition component; shortages of this drug in the past have been associated with serious illness and death. “The shortage issue with PN multi-vitamins is serious. We [...]
May 14th, 2012 John BuckSandra Rome, RN, MN, AOCN, a clinical nurse specialist in hematology and oncology at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the UCLA School of Nursing. She is among seven nurses recognized for their inspiring efforts to transform the nursing profession and to raise public awareness of [...]
