January 17, 2012, 12:33 am
The international arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine has signed an agreement to help four public hospitals in Kuwait improve their standards and provide better treatment to patients.
The five-year agreement signed on Christmas Day with the Ministry of Health of Kuwait calls for Hopkins to provide the hospitals training and advice on patient safety, preventive medicine, nursing and health care policy. Focus areas will be trauma, orthopedics, rehabilitation, diabetes and obstetrics, pediatrics and telemedicine.
The hospitals they will work with are Amiri, Farwaniya, Jahra and Adan. Th
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January 13, 2012, 5:07 am
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Marisa Marinelli recalls the days when she couldnt get out of bed, the pain in her body so severe and her already thin frame rapidly deteriorating, as a distant memory. Since discovering a macrobiotic diet and yoga several years back, the former West Brighton resident believes in a way, shes cured herself of an incurable disease.
The 28-year-old has ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease that causes abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss and blood in the stool. Read more…
January 11, 2012, 4:29 am
Jan. 4, 2012 — Kids need to be kids, and that includes running and playing throughout the day. But, many preschools and child care centers are so focused on safety and academics that kids are not getting the activity they need to be healthy.
Many children in preschools and child care centers are spending most of their day — 70% to 83% — being sedentary. A mere 2% to 3% of their day is spent in doing “vigorous activities,” according to background information cited by a study from the journal
With as many as 75% of all preschool-aged children spending time in a child care setting, the implications are clear.
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions.
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January 7, 2012, 8:36 am
Everyone knows that Hollywood places a premium on being thin.
But in the celebrity universe, being overweight also can be a savvy career move – provided said celeb wrangles an endorsement deal to shed the excess poundage, and then successfully follows through.
Actress/author Valerie Bertinelli revived her career after hooking up with the Jenny Craig weight-loss program.
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December 31, 2011, 10:24 am
A screen grab of a video ad for Vanderbilt University Medical Center features Dr. Mia Levy (right), an oncologist.
from WPLN
Hospitals stepped up their advertising in 2011, and some newcomers to the national marketing game are academic medical centers. While the coast-to-coast commercials help attract faculty and students, they’re also aimed at getting more paying patients to travel for treatment.
The biggest spenders on advertising are, not surprisingly, the household names in medical care. Mayo Clinic, Mount Sinai and New York Presbyterian led the way for the first half of 2011.
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