- CDC seeks comment on partner violence
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants comments on its use of state surveys on Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence for the National ......
- CDC won't ask inmates about domestic abuse
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants comments by July 3 on its state surveys concerning Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Sexual Violence (SV), ......
- Measure the Impact.
Research Web tools that provide opportunity for shared decision-making. In subtle but significant ways, the Internet has become part of the physician-patient relationship. Moreover, it ......
- Homicide comment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants comments by May 24 on the National Violent Death Reporting System, a new state-based surveillance system for ......
- U.S. solicits comment on children's justice
The Administration for Children and Families want comments by Dec. 10 on program reporting requirements for Children's Justice Act grants. The Program Instruction provides direction ......
- Physicians have limited time to provide quality
preventive care. (Industry Watch).
Physicians do not have the time to offer preventive healthcare services to their patients, according to a study by the Duke University Medical Research team....
- Feds Issue a Handy Chart of Preventive Tests
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today announced two new evidence-based checklists designed to help men and women understand which medical checkup tests ......
- New Preventive Services tool runs online and on PDAs
The US Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF), part of the DHSS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has released the Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) is ......
- Millions of Osteoporosis Sufferers Go Undiagnosed,
Stanford Study Finds.
STANFORD, Calif. -- Despite recent gains in the awareness and treatment of osteoporosis, millions of Americans who have the disease remain undiagnosed and untreated and ......
- Task force recommends more diabetes screening.
(News).
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that adults with high blood pressure or high cholesterol be screened for type 2 diabetes. The recommendation is ......
- Mental care comment
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration solicits comments by July 22 on the effectiveness of materials used in a project for Latina girls, ......
- Eugene Washington named new chair of UCSF Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1996--Eugene Washington, MD, MPH, MSc, UCSF professor and chief of obstetrics and gynecology at UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center, has been named ......
- Task Force Report Highlights Need for Accurate
Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.
Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers MAYWOOD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2003 Nymox (Nasdaq:NYMX) AlzheimAlert(TM) Product Helps Physicians in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease The need to improve the ......
- Drug abuse comment on cutting recidivism
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration solicits comments on its evaluation of the Project Rehabilitation and Restitution Program, which seeks to reduce recidivism and ......