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May 16th, 2012 
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Speak Up About Hearing Loss is a broadcast public service announcement (PSA) campaign that urges families to break through the silence and openly discuss untreated hearing loss among older family members. The campaign hones in on a particular finding from an AARP/ASHA poll [PDF] that showed nearly 70% of respondents would seek treatment for a [...]
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 11th, 2012 John Buck
May is Lupus Awareness Month — a time for everyone to come together to raise awareness of lupus, an unpredictable and sometimes fatal disease, and show support for the estimated 1.5 million Americans and at least five million people worldwide affected by the disease. As part of Lupus Awareness Month activities, World Lupus Day is [...]
May 7th, 2012 John Buck
National Nurses Week, May 6-12, provides an opportunity to recognize the multitude of ways the nursing profession contributes to the health of the nation. Since March 2010, the Affordable Care Act has given nurses and other healthcare professionals a historic opportunity to improve the health of millions of Americans. Through an array of provisions in [...]
Posted in Associations & Groups, Colleagues, Featured, Lab, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory, Specialties, Speech/Language/Hearing Tags: Affordable Care Act, American Nurses Association, Kathleen Sebelius, National Nurses Week No Comments » May 2nd, 2012 John Buck
After nearly 13 years of study and intense debate, a pair of new papers from the Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania have confirmed exactly how a once-popular class of anti-inflammatory drugs leads to cardiovascular risk for people taking it. It has been almost eight years since Vioxx® was withdrawn by Merck [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Featured, Lab, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Tags: COX-2, NSAIDs, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania No Comments »
