Nigeria: NOA Urges Nursing Mothers On Essential Family Practices
[Daily Trust] Umuahia -The Abia State Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr. Ngozi Uduma has called on communities, especially nursing mothers to imbibe Essential Family Practices (EFP) so they would not contact disease through unhealthy living. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 3, 2017 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Psoriatic Arthritis Review / CV Effects of Caffeine / Florida Family Practice Opportunity (FREE)
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Check out today ' s selections from NEJM Group:NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Review: Psoriatic arthritis occurs in up to 30% of … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - March 12, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Evaluating and treating mammalian bites - Rasmussen D, Landon A, Powell J, Brown GR.
Mammalian bites, typically from dogs, cats, or humans, are a common presentation in EDs and family practice settings, and patients present with varying degrees of complexity. Injuries can range from local to systemic, including aggressive bacterial infecti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 23, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Tom Frazier Joins UAMS Orthopaedic Clinic (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. G. Thomas Frazier has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock as a hand and upper extremity surgeon. He specializes in hand and microsurgery and has a special interest in joint replacement of the hand, wrist and elbow, and joint arthroscopy for the elbow and wrist.
Frazier will see patients at the UAMS Orthopaedic Clinic on Shackleford Road in Little Rock.
Frazier earned his medical degree at UAMS, where he also completed his residency in orthopedic surgery and a fellowship in hand and microsurgery. He has been practicing in Little Rock for 28 years.
Carole Farmer has been named administr...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 13, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
How to go from idea to commercialization: Interview with Dr. Marie Johnson, Founder of AUM Cardiovascular
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them!
More than a decade ago, AUM Cardiovascular founder Dr. Marie Johnson was a doctoral student when tragedy struck her and her family. Her husband, Rob, passed away suddenly at the age of 41. He had blockages in his coronary arteries including a ruptured plaque in the left anterior descending artery supplying a large part of the heart muscle.
At that time, Dr. Johnson had been working on a prototype device to listen to heart sounds a...
Source: Mass Device - February 2, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: Blog johnson medsider Source Type: news
Driving and dementia: efficient approach to driving safety concerns in family practice - Lee L, Molnar F.
OBJECTIVE: To provide primary care physicians with an approach to driving safety concerns when older persons present with memory difficulties. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: The approach is based on an accredited memory clinic training program developed by the Ce... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 27, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Mentor mother support for mothers experiencing intimate partner violence in family practice: a qualitative study of three different perspectives on the facilitators and barriers of implementation - Loeffen MJ, Daemen J, Wester FP, Laurant MG, Lo Fo Wong SH, Lagro-Janssen AL.
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is highly prevalent and associated with physical and mental health problems. Mentor mother support is a low threshold intervention in family practice consisting of support by non-professionals trained to support ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
St. Bernards Adds Timothy Dow to Trumann Clinic (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Timothy Dow has joined St. Bernards First Care Clinic-Trumann as a family practice physician.
Originally from Ozark, Dow earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Tulsa and completed a family practice residency at Oklahoma University Tulsa Family Practice.
Dow practiced in Trumann from 1985-88 and subsequently in Bristow, Oklahoma, De Queen and Jonesboro. For the last two years he has seen patients at Talihina Community Clinic in Talihina, Oklahoma.
Dr. Aaron S. Wenger has been named director of the Division of Hospital Medicine in the College of Medicine’s Department of...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - January 9, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Conway Regional Breathes Easily with Pulmonologist Ladly Abraham (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Ladly Abraham, a pulmonologist, has joined the medical staff at Conway Regional Health System. He has more than 15 years of experience in the practice of pulmonology and sleep medicine with Pulmonology Associates PA in Little Rock. He holds a medical degree from Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India.
Lauren Blansett, an advanced practice registered nurse, has has joined Conway Regional Health System. She is in practice at Greenbrier Family Medicine with Dr. James Fulmer and Jarrod Jerry. Before becoming an APRN, Blansett worked as a registered nurse at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock for five years. She has...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 28, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CARTI Doctors Highest-Paid on Nonprofits List
The highest-paid nonprofit physicians in Arkansas can be found at CARTI Inc. in Little Rock.
Of the top six positions on this year’s list of the highest-paid nonprofit employees ranked by total compensation, four are occupied by CARTI physicians.
CARTI’s Dr. Brad Baltz topped the list with total compensation of $2.3 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2015. Arkansas Business used nonprofits’ latest IRS Form 990s filed with Guidestar.org to compile the ranking.
St. Vincent Medical Group’s highest-compensated doctor, Ali Krisht, received $1.7 million. Krisht’s specialty is neurosurge...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 21, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - November 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mf205 at duke.edu Source Type: news
63rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean to open in Cairo
2 October 2016, Cairo – Tomorrow, ministers of health and high-level representatives of the 22 countries and territories of WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region and health partners are attending the 63rd session of the Regional Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. The Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean is WHO’s decision-making body in the Region. It meets in October each year to formulate regional policies to protect public health and respond to common public health threats.
H.E. the Minister of Health of Kuwait Dr Ali Saad Al-Obeidi, the chairman of last year’s session, will inaugurate the meeting. H...
Source: WHO EMRO News - September 29, 2016 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
63rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean opens in Cairo
3 October 2016, Cairo – Ministers of health and high-level representatives of the 22 countries and territories of WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region and health partners are attending the 63rd session of the Regional Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. The Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean is WHO’s decision-making body in the Region. It meets in October each year to formulate regional policies to protect public health and respond to common public health threats.
H.E. the Minister of Health of Kuwait Dr Ali Saad Al-Obeidi, the chairman of last year’s session, inaugurated the meeting. His address was...
Source: WHO EMRO News - September 29, 2016 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Physician leases space in New Ridge Health Plaza for family practice
A local physician plans to open a family medicine practice in the New Ridge Health Plaza near 21st Street North and Ridge Road.
Dr. Michael Scheve has signed a lease for a 4,100-square-foot space in that development, at 2135 N. Ridge Road, and plans to open St. Gianni Family Medicine next month. That practice will be in suite 400.
With the lease, New Ridge Health Plaza will be fully occupied.
Cook Construction LLC is the contractor for the build out of the space.
Austin Kinzle, president and… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 27, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josh Heck Source Type: news
AtlasMD adding fifth physician
AtlasMD Concierge Family Practice is adding its fifth physician next month.
Dr. Shawn Wadsworth will start seeing patients in early October at the clinic’s west Wichita location, 7570 W. 21st Street North.
Wadsworth will be the first doctor of osteopathic medicine for Atlas. Physicians with that designation typically are specially trained in the nervous and musculoskel etal systems and bring a holistic approach to treating a patient, believing that the parts of the body work collectively to influence… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 22, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Josh Heck Source Type: news
