Work introduces unique XM radio station for doctors CHICAGO -- ReachMD is the first and only radio station developed by medical professionals for medical professionals. Established to help time-constrained health care providers stay informed and educated on the latest research and treatment protocols, ReachMD delivers innovative radio programming 24/7...
After more than a century of inequity, the American Medical Association AMA recently apologized for its history of racial bias and discriminatory practices regarding Black physician participation within the AMA. The apology was encouraged by the results of a study that began in 2005, in which the AMA, the...
WASHINGTON -- Urging U.S. employers, insurers and physicians to provide follow-up care for returning medical tourists, the American Medical Association AMA recognizes that Americans have the right to travel outside the U.S. for medical treatment, states the International Medical Travel Association (IMTA; www.intlmta.org), a global organization that represents leading health...
Dr. Robert Pugach, medical director of Pacific Coast Urology Medical Center was recently elected Vice Chair of the American Medical Association AMA Organized Medical Staff Governing Council at their June 14-15 meeting in Chicago, IL. Dr. Pugach previously served as Secretary and the Western States Caucus Chair of this...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If the recently concluded HBO series The Wire is arguably the most aesthetically accomplished fictional indictment of the decades-long war on drugs, there is no shortage of contenders for the most absurd bit of prohibitionist agitprop, from the unintentionally hilarious 1936 movie Tell Your Children (better known...
Graduate medical education directory; including programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, 2008-2009. American Medical Association. American Medical Association 2008 984 pages $78.00 Paperback R737 This educational directory from the American Medical association is design to assist medical students...
Association executives generally are not cast as the heroes in popular books or movies. Most people are hard-pressed to even figure out what an association executive is or does, let alone identify with them in literature or cinema. So it came as a great surprise to this career association executive...
WHO: Redi-Data, Inc. provides consumer, business and healthcare professional lists, lead verification, as well as comprehensive data processing and turnkey direct marketing services. WHAT:...
WASHINGTON AFP — The obesity rate among American children and teenagers may have stabilized after a dramatic rise in the 1980s and 1990s that has been described as an epidemic, according to a US study on Wednesday. The study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA,...
WALTHAM, Mass. -- NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NURO), a medical device company advancing patient care through the development and marketing of innovative medical device products that aid physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nervous system and neurovascular disorders and that provide regional anesthesia and pain control, announced...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AMERICAN SOCIETY periodically weathers decades-long storms of moral renovation set off by thunderclaps of Christian evangelism. Old spiritual and moral doctrines get reinterpreted in a new light, producing far-ranging, and not always welcome, political change. Scholars commonly refer to these tumultuous periods as "Great Awakenings." Historians...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Dina Lindenberg of the American Medical Association Foundation, +1-312-464-4193, Dina.Lindenberg@ama-assn.org ReachMD Satellite Radio XM Channel 157 to air awards ceremony synopsis CHICAGO, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association AMA Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards will be broadcast for the first time on ReachMD,...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Katherine M. Hatwell, Senior Public Information Officer of AMA Media Relations, +1-202-789-7419, katherine.hatwell@ama- assn.org Marks National Patient Safety Awareness Week CHICAGO,March 3/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --To help mark National Patient Safety Awareness Week, the American Medical Association AMA is calling on patients to be an active partner in...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Leah Dudowicz of the American Medical Association, +1- 312-464-4813 CHICAGO, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association AMA Foundation announced today the 47 recipients of the 2008 Seed Grant Research Program. Established in 2001, the program provides $2,500 grants to medical students, physician residents...
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam By Pope Brock Crown, 324 pp., $24.95 *** Getting older? Wrinkled? No vitality? Lacking in the sack? How about...
Bariatric Partners: New study reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that surgical weight loss can play a significant factor in controlling in Type 2 diabetes. HOUSTON -- An estimated three in every four obese people suffering from diabetes can be cured of the disease with...
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Dina Lindenberg of the American Medical Association, +1- 312-464-4193, Dina.Lindenberg@ama-assn.org CHICAGO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Murli Manohar, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, of Canton, Ohio, is a recipient of the 2008 Pride in the Profession Awards. Presented by the American Medical Association AMA Foundation, the award is...
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Dina Lindenberg of the American Medical Association, +1- 312-464-4193, Dina.Lindenberg@ama-assn.org CHICAGO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Viola Startzman, M.D. of Wooster, Ohio is a recipient of the 2008 Jack B. McConnell, M.D. Award for Excellence in Volunteerism. Presented by the American Medical Association AMA Foundation, the...
To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Dina Lindenberg of the American Medical Association, +1- 312-464-4193, Dina.Lindenberg@ama-assn.org CHICAGO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Joyce D. Kirkland Essien, M.D., M.B.A., of Atlanta, is a recipient of the 2008 Pride in the Profession Awards. Presented by the American Medical Association AMA Foundation, the award is...
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Dina Lindenberg of the American Medical Association, +1- 312-464-4193, Dina.Lindenberg@ama-assn.org CHICAGO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Subramaniam Balasubramaniam, M.D., a physician from Anaheim, Calif., is the recipient of the 2008 Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine. Presented by the American Medical Association AMA Foundation, the...
