Medical Education

ABSTRACT Stroke survivors are at high risk for cardiovascular mortality which can be in part mitigated by increasing physical activity. Self-efficacy for exercise is known to play a role in adoption of exercise...

ABSTRACT This phenomenological study examined the experience of being the father of a child with severe cerebral palsy (CP). Participants were selected using purposive sampling. Two interviews were conducted with 6 English-speaking, biological...

ABSTRACT One aspect of successful aging is maintaining cognitive functioning, which includes both subjective cognitive functioning and objective cognitive functioning even in lieu of subtle cognitive deficits that occur with normal, nonpathological aging....

Byline: Julie Ann Grimm Santa Fe voters who have already made up their minds about the municipal election or who will be out of town on election day may begin to cast ballots...

BioDistrict New Orleans CEO James McNamara says he hasn't been paid since March, a revelation he shared to illustrate that his organization is broke. That's because the district has no regular income, although...

New Orleans is home to two medical schools, which have produced thousands of doctors and nurses spanning several generations. It's also where you'll find a school of dentistry, a college pharmacy program and...

Tokyo, Jan 24, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corp. (NEC) announced today that it will attend the Mobile World Congress 2012 at the Fira de Barcelona, Barcelona February 27 - March 1...

EDUCATION Christopher Frost was appointed academic dean of the school of arts and sciences at St. Joseph's College in Patchogue. Frost, who brings with him more than 25 years of experience, was previously...

A onetime South Jersey hospital executive is taking over as the chief operating officer of Cooper University Hospital, in Camden, the hospital said last week. Beginning Jan. 30, Adrienne Kirby will oversee the...

HEALTH CARE Halsey Mitchell Bagg was named assistant vice president of cardiology services for Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip. Bagg was most recently director of cardiac services for St. Elizabeth...

ACCOUNTING Michael J. Costa, a founding partner at the Garden City accounting firm Armao, Costa & Ricciardi, was granted the certified construction auditor designation from the National Association of Construction Auditors. To achieve...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Sapheon Inc. announced one year results in its first in-man safety trial of the Sapheon Closure System. At the one year mark, 100% of the great saphenous vein segments...

Crowdsourced ad directed by possibly the youngest professional in the history of Super Bowl ads WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Dannon Company announced today that the first-ever Super Bowl yogurt commercial will feature...

14 get a healthy start from Winthrop program Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola took a step toward improving cardiovascular health in the community with the launch of BetterU, a 12-week fitness and lifestyle-improvement program....

NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLDX) today announced that it will host a research and development day for the investment community on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 8:30 am Eastern Time....

LOS ANGELES -- Two leaders from the home furnishings industry will receive The Spirit of Life[R] Award, City of Hope's most prestigious philanthropic honor at the institution's 2012 Spirit of Life Award dinner...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned a rating of 'A-' to the following bonds of Orlando, Florida's community redevelopment agency (CRA or the agency): --$28.4 million tax increment revenue refunding bonds (Republic...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Results of two studies suggest that a new, investigational colorectal cancer screening test developed in a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Inc. of Madison, Wis., is highly accurate...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- When it comes to healthful eating, a picture may be worth 1,000 calories. MayoClinic.com now features a dozen slide shows on food and nutrition topics including how to plan healthy...