NCCC Announces Health Courses and KU Med Trauma Level 1
Neese County Community College opens several health courses including Medication Aide Update at Anderson County Hospital Garner, Certified Medication Aide Update at Ottawa, EMT at the Ottawa campus, Restorative Aide for CNAs, and CN Aide classes at Presbyterian Manor Lawrence with varying fees and credit hours. KU Med trauma program in Kansas City earns Level 1 designation. team features surgeons, emergency physicians, nurses and specialists enabling rapid treatment in the first hour.
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Neese County Community College
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett
Ottawa
Presbyterian Manor
Lawrence
KU Med
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
American College of Surgeons
Michael. Moncure
KU Med Center to design statewide health program for Kansans
KU Med Center will design and implement a statewide health education and prevention program for low income Kansans under a contract with SRS. The program uses 500000 in federal Medicaid funds matched by the center and will expand from southwest Kansas to Wyandotte County and statewide.
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KU Med Center
Herald
Kansas University Medical Center
School of Medicine
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
KUMC
Governor
Public Health Improvement Commission
Edwin Fenner Jr
Drph
Governor’s Commission
Fenner
Ann Polich
KU School of Medicine
Kansas
Garden City
Federal
Transplants Offer Hope Against Autoimmune Diseases
A preliminary Lancet study reports seven patients with systemic lupus who received their own immature stem cells show immune repair and remission years after treatment. Researchers from Northwestern University Medical School note health improvements but caution that long term cures are not yet proven.
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London
Lancet Medical Journal
Northwestern University School of Medicine
Chicago
Dryness disease Sjogren's draws NIH attention in 1990s
The National Institutes of Health convenes a major meeting to improve recognition of Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease causing dryness that can progress to joint, organ, and nerve damage. Research spans eye lubricants, artificial salivary glands, and hormone, tissue engineering, and drug trials with Enbrel, thalidomide, and testosterone eye therapy in development.
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Washington
Sjogren
Sherlock Holmes
National Institutes of Health
Elaine Alexander
San Diego
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc
Stanley Pillemer
NIH
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Katherine Hammitt
Hammitt
Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation
David Sullivan
Harvard Medical School
Allergan Corp
Bruce Baum
Alexander
Arena Pharmaceuticals
Public restrooms grip shows New York muddies hygiene standards
A survey across five U.S. cities finds only 49 percent of New York riders wash with soap after using restrooms, with Chicago 83 percent and San Francisco 80 percent. Overall 67 percent wash, while women lead men. 95 percent say they wash in a telephone poll. The study urges better hand hygiene to curb illness.
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Toronto
U.S
New York
American Society For Microbiology
New York City
Grand Central
Penn Stations
Microbiology Society
Judy Daly
Primary Children’s Medical Center
Salt Lake City
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Navy Pier
Chicago
Braves
Atlanta
New Orleans
Experts urge public panel to oversee genetic research
Washington AP reports experts warn that altering human genes to create perfected future generations is dangerous and cannot be permitted now. The AAAS panel calls for a public oversight committee as somatic gene modification targets living humans while inheritable modification raises risks of birth defects and lethal problems in animals.
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Washington
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Theodore Friedmann
University of California
San Diego
Friedmann
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