Frieden is recipient of 2008 Roemer prize.
Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, New York City's commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is the winner of APHA's 2008 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work. The annual award recognizes a health professional who has demonstrated exceptionally creative and...

Possible MRSA, anti-TNF therapy link discovered.
PARIS -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections have been reported for the first time in patients with rheumatoid arthritis being treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors. In a poster presented at the annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Dr. Jack Lichtenstein noted that he had observed that several of...

Combating AIDS; Bush administration sets new standard.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Behind the noisy headlines about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rising costs of energy, and the approaching presidential election, the Bush administration has quietly been going about making good on an unprecedented commitment to combat the global scourge of AIDS. ...

Global perspectives on medical practice; In for the long haul: primary care in Honduras.
Feeling frustrated with the limits of some charitable care medical organizations, Dr. Jay Martin decided to start his own--a U.S.-based organization called Total Health. "I started the charity with the belief that primary care was a better way of helping the poor and that it could be...

Advanced practice bills--legislative update.
In March 2008, Governor Ritter signed three bills that will help end years of ineffective redundancy in health care delivery. Several of the statutes will not officially take effect until next January and July. The following information is offered as a guide to help guide your practice and patient...

amfAR Taps Bradley Jensen as New CFO.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-19 August 2008-amfAR Taps Bradley Jensen as New CFO(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has appointed Bradley Jensen as its new chief financial officer, amfAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost announced. Jensen comes to amfAR from the Global...

Guardian Technologies Expands Aurum Institute Relationship.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-11 August 2008-Guardian Technologies Expands Aurum Institute Relationship(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Guardian Technologies International announced further developments in its Agreements with the Aurum Institute for Health Research in South Africa. Based upon the broadly reviewed results of Guardian's product prototype for sputum analysis,...

New nurse's familiarity with city a plus.
Byline: Paula J. Owen FITHCBURG - If there is a major outbreak of a communicable disease, new Board of Health nurse Dorothy "Dotty" H. McNamara will have one of the most important jobs in the city. Mrs. McNamara, 49, has lived in Fitchburg all of...

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...

Guardian Technologies International Reveals New Developments in Its Health Research in South Africa.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-11 August 2008-Guardian Technologies International Reveals New Developments in Its Health Research in South Africa(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Guardian Technologies International announced further developments in its Agreements with the Aurum Institute for Health Research in South Africa. In a release the...