The CoxHealth Volunteer Services Department received the 2008 Missouri Association of Directors of Volunteer Services’ Award for Excellence for the Pamper Our Patients program, a one-on-one volunteer/patient program that is tailored to each volunteer’s specific interests, abilities and strengths.
St. John’s Clinic Strafford-Internal Medicine welcomes physician Anne M. Egbert, M.D., FACP. Egbert received her medical education from Ohio State University Read the rest of this entry »

Yet after several boom years for veterans, there are just barely enough services to care for their needs. And trouble is brewing.
“I anticipate we are going to have difficult times,” said James A. Adkins, Maryland’s secretary of veterans affairs.
At first caught unprepared, federal and state veterans departments have responded in recent years with a smorgasbord of new and expanded programs for tuition assistance and financial aid, employment counseling, Read the rest of this entry »

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Using a biologic agent to prevent flares could cut costs by more than half, according to a researcher
SAN FRANCISCO—Patients with lupus nephritis (LN) who experience renal flares incur nearly double the direct medical costs over one year compared with those who not have flares, data suggest.
“There is a need to keep people inactive in terms of renal flare and it is very costly to let them flare and there is room here to use an expensive Read the rest of this entry »

said today that they have donated $150,000 to
to expand clinical care and outreach for children with primary immunodeficiency, or PI.
“PI is a term that encompasses more than 150 diseases caused by an immune system that does not function properly,” the foundation and Talecris said in a press release.
“Early recognition and diagnosis of PI can save lives and improve health outcomes for children,” Raif Geha, M.D., chief of the division of immunology Read the rest of this entry »

A veteran of professional team sports video, Warner Home Video is getting off the couch and into workout mode with a series of new fitness DVDs.
The studio Dec. 16 will bow the first of four workout DVDs featuring separately “Dancing with the Stars” alum Lisa Rinna, and Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin, co-authors of the renowned best-selling tough love diet guide
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Lisa Rinna Dance Body Beautiful: Jive Jump, Ballroom Bump
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Beware of an extortion scheme by callers who falsely identify themselves as “FDA special agents” or other FDA officials, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Several cases have been reported of callers enticing consumers to purchase discounted prescription drugs by wiring funds to one of several locations in the Dominican Republic. No medications are ever delivered.
A subsequent call is received from a fraudulent “FDA special agent” Read the rest of this entry »

Drs. Moore and Miklos Offer Additional Advice on Complications Associated with the Procedure
Atlanta, GA (PRWeb) February 5, 2009 — Drs. Robert D. Moore and John R. Miklos, of the Atlanta Center for Laparoscopic Urogynecology and leading experts in
, offer advice regarding the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration's warning about the complications associated with the vaginal placement of surgical mesh in the repair of pelvic organ prolapse.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Young gay people whose parents or guardians responded negatively when they revealed their sexual orientation were more likely to attempt suicide, experience severe depression and use drugs than those whose families accepted the news, according to a new study.
The way in which parents or guardians respond to a youth’s sexual orientation profoundly influences the child’s mental health as an adult, say researchers at San Francisco State Read the rest of this entry »