ANA Board of Directors endorses a set of standards for APRN Regulation to improve access to safe, quality care by advanced practice nurses.
July 1, 2008 At its June Board meeting in Washington, DC., the American Nurses Association (ANA) Board of Directors endorsed a seminal document beneficial not only to the 240,000 Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in the United States, but to the entire nursing profession and to the...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Announces Recipients of 2008 Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction.
Brinker Award is highest award of merit from the nation's leading breast cancer advocacy organization. DALLAS, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Two researchers who translate math into better patient care and one scientist focused on stopping breast cancer in its tracks are this year's winners of the Komen...

UniCare Health Plan Offers Training to Medical Community To Help Combat Obesity in Kansas.
Innovative seminar and Body Mass Index workshop will provide physicians, nurses and medical assistants valuable educational tools and resources KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the 2007 Kansas Youth Risk Behavior survey, 11 percent of high school students were obese and, more than half...

MEDICAL MEMOS.
COLUMN: MEDICAL MEMOS Dr. Matthew S. Turner has joined UMass Memorial Medical Group and UMass Memorial Medical Center as a pathologist. He is also assistant professor of pathology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Jordan Eisenstock has joined the UMass Memorial Medical Group...

Photos: Heads Up, Parents: Get to the Bottom of Winter Diaper Rash.
Leading pediatric dermatologist explains prevalence of winter diaper rash COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- For the parents of the millions of diaper-clad babies, the winter months can mean cute little red outfits, cute little red button noses, and not-so-cute and oh-so-painful little red bottoms. Most don't...

Medtronic Appoints Francine Kaufman, M.D. to Key Executive Role.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-29 November 2008-Medtronic Appoints Francine Kaufman, M.D. to Key Executive Role(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Medtronic, Inc. announced that Francine Kaufman, M.D., has been named as vice president of Global Medical Affairs, for the Diabetes business. Reporting to Chris O'Connell, president of...

Critically Acclaimed 'The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting' Entered into Competition for Pulitzer Prize.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The critically acclaimed "The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting," (Hall of Fame Press) by Dan Doyle, with Deborah Doermann Burch, has been formally submitted into competition for a Pulitzer Prize in the category of non-fiction. The entry has been made by a group of...

Pediatric academy doubles vitamin D recommendation.
BOSTON -- All children should get at least 400 IU of vitamin D daily, either through dietary intake or supplementation, beginning within days of birth and continuing through adolescence, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics. This advice doubles the organization's previous vitamin D...

Let's reexamine the treatment of URIs.
The data from three studies should prompt us to reexamine our approach to the management of upper respiratory infections in children. Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend antimicrobial treatment for children with upper respiratory symptoms lasting longer than 10-14 days or for those with severe...