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A College Conference on Birth Defects, the first program of its. type designed ■ ’ specifically for students and faculty of a pri-vate college in Minnesota,. will be held Nov. 9 at the College of Saint Teresa.The daylong program of general conferences and workshops is being offered by the college I and the Minnesota chapters of [ the National Foundation-Mareh! of Dimes.t ' • - . ' . • / •• •EACH PRIVATE college hiMinnesota is invited to send five9 4. The co nference has been call-• * * ' m * • r ked to increase awareness ofbirth defects and their prevention.' .Birth defects are saic to be the second greatest killer In America with 650,000 lives lost each year and the lives of 15 million Americans affected y birth defects.Conference goals are to demonstrate the wide effect that a medical, problem can ’have on society, teach now aspects of medical science and encourage interest in the story of life sciences. ■The day’s program will beginwith breakfast at 7:30 a,m. Aft-A . # • * ker registration participants willbe welcomed by Sister Mi JoyceRowland, CST president.The remainder of the day will be devoted to general sessionsand workshops.Speakers will be Dr. aroslav Cervenka, associateprofessor at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry; Dr. Mitzy Duxbury, director of nursing education for the National Foundation March of Dime:.; Ann Ferguson, chairman of the Region 10 Developmental Disabilities Planning Council; Ora Gates, special assistant in the hf 1th education office of the Minnesota Public Health Department; Dr. H Gordon, consulting . physician in the surgical department of medical genetics at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.; Dr. ’ Stanley Graven, professor of pediatrics in the University of Wisconsin School of Medidns and co-director of the South-Central Region of the Wisconsin Perinatal Center; Betty Holey, nutritionist in the Minneapolis HealthDepartment; Dr. Richard King, instructor in the department of4 r • r • I m m * Vmedicine of the University of■ » 1 *. ‘ ■ * ' ■Minnesota School of Medicine and the university’s Division, ofHums in and Ora! Genetics, and Dr. Elizabeth W. Reed, co-director of research for the Minnesota Genetics League.GENERAL ; conferences will be on:©Perinatology— Considered will be new efforts In the care of human birth based on the concept of total care of pregnancy, from the time of conception through the postnatal period.• Treating Families with Genetic Diseases — rate focus will be on genetic counseling.• The Nurse’s Role — The
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Winona Daily News
Winona, Minnesota, US
Thu, Oct 24, 1974
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