Kaiser Permanente Lauds Gov. Schwarzenegger's Health Reform Focus on Preventive Medicine, Healthier California.
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente today applauded Gov. Schwarzenegger's commitment to a healthier California, joining the governor at a capitol press conference focusing on the preventive medicine components of his health care reform proposal. "From our decades of experience in integrating prevention and health...

Stanford University Researchers: Use of AIDS Test Can Prolong Life.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-29 September 2008-Stanford University Researchers: Use of AIDS Test Can Prolong Life(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com A simple test given to HIV/AIDS patients in southern Africa could extend their lives by nearly a year and save health-care costs at the same time, according to...

The government of girth.
ABSTRACT The current preoccupation with body weight in western cultures is arguably unprecedented. The obesity crisis has engaged not only health communities, but numerous other public and private organisations, and, in so doing, has created moral alarm as well as a medical crisis. This paper examines the...

Research and Markets Adds Report: Complementary and Alternative Medicines in the United States 2008.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-23 August 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: Complementary and Alternative Medicines in the United States 2008(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Complementary and Alternative Medicines in the United States 2008" report to its offerings. ...

Collins backed by board; Medical school seeks chancellor.
Byline: Lee Hammel BOSTON - A search committee yesterday unanimously recommended that Dr. Michael F. Collins, interim chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, be given the job permanently. Dr. Collins was named interim chancellor as well as senior vice president for...

Disordered breathing takes a toll on nighttime BP.
People with sleep-disordered breathing were less likely to experience a normal nighttime decrease in systolic blood pressure and were at increased risk of adverse cardiac and other outcomes, according to a new prospective study. Data from a previous study showed that most people experience a 10%-20% dip...

Perioperative anticoagulation management.
Background The perioperative management of patients on warfarin and/or antiplatelet medications is a difficult clinical issue that affects approximately 250,000 patients in North America annually. The recent American College of Chest Physicians guidelines update aims to balance the risk of thromboembolic events associated with interruption of therapy...

Disordered breathing takes toll on nighttime BP.
People who have sleep-disordered breathing are less likely to experience a normal nighttime decrease in systolic blood pressure, and they are at increased risk of adverse cardiac and other outcomes, according to the results of a new prospective study. Most people experience a 10%-20% dip in their...

Teaching the teachers: ABT's new National Training Curriculum.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Franco De Vita tells a packed group of attentive ballet teachers the story of a former young student of his who was shaped like a miniature Michelin man. He took her seriously (despite some major doubts in the beginning) and always gave her proper attention...

Immigrant Families in Contemporary Society.
Immigrant Families in Contemporary Society Edited by Jennifer E. Lansford, Kirby Deater-Deckard, and Marc H. Bornstein, The Guilford Press, New York, 2007, 336 pp., $40. As the parent of second graders and as a family physician who sees a large number of refugees...