Native in Medical News

Culture May Help Raise Breast Cancer Death Rate for American Indians

... from breast cancer in American Indian and Alaskan native women are linked to cultural beliefs, not ... deaths in American Indian and Alaskan native women, and these women also have the lowest ... an impact on the fight against cancer. In some native languages, the translation for cancer is "the ...

The National Alliance for Caregiving and MetLife Foundation Honor Innovators Making a Difference in the Lives of Caregivers

... East Central Oregon in Pendleton, OR for native Caring , a native American Caregiver training conference that ... mental and social -- all key elements of the native American value system of care. This conference ...

Tiger Woods, Camilo Villegas & Mike Weir to Play at Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge to Benefit Native American Youth

... and promote youth sports and wellness within native American communities VERONA, N.Y., July 6 ... funding for the improved health and wellness of native American youth on Indian reservations nationwide. ... to improve both their own communities and native communities everywhere. It's through strong ...

Sizable Health Disparities Evident in Every State Between Women of Different Racial and Ethnic Groups

... Altman. American Indian and Alaska native Women Experience Some of the Greatest Challenges ... and ethnic groups, American Indian and Alaska native women had among the worst outcomes on many ... The percentage of American Indian and Alaska native women in serious psychological distress was ...

Prairie Island Indian Community Supports Fight Against Diabetes Locally and Nationally

... associated with diabetes. Type 2 diabetes among native Americans in the United States is 12.2% for those ... has reached epidemic proportions among the native American population and complications from ... is becoming more frequent in the population of native American youth. In an effort to support ...

Retirement Living TV Reveals: Sex Is The Real Fountain of Youth

... Therapy, Superfoods, Cancer and Enzymes Therapy, native American Healing and more. It also features ... Center. A look at native American healing that begins with a fifth ... WBH's show host participating in a traditional native American sweat lodge. " Whole ...

Native American Children are at Greater Risk for Clubfoot Recurrence

... Ill., March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- native American children who live in rural areas are at ... recurrence is significantly higher in the rural native American group than in any other group studied. ... we are not communicating well with the rural native American population. Our message is not geared to ...

The Merck Company Foundation Launches Five-Year Effort to Close Healthcare Disparity Gaps

... for diabetes -- African-American, Hispanic, and native American adults. The U.S. Department of Health ... as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, while native American youth aged 10-19 are more likely than ... the death rate for non-Hispanic whites, while native Americans are disproportionately more likely to ...

Unbound Medicine Announces Download Support for iPhone(TM) and iPod(R) Touch Devices

... Nursing Central(TM) Released as First native Application CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 14 ... ) The first native iPhone application to become available on the ... care information I was looking for." Adding native application support for Apple's iPhone and iPod ...

pMDsoft Releases Native Charge Capture Software for iPhone

... enter billing information quickly. pMDsoft's native application is the first charge capture software ... pMDsoft's application is the first native iPhone charge capture software on the market, so ... new platform - that's why the company created a native application that's specifically optimized to run ...

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Selects Orion Health's Rhapsody Integration Engine for Full-scale Application Integration and Monitoring

... nation, providing health care to 18 remote Alaska native communities scattered over an area about the size ... SEARHC is a consortium of 18 remote Alaska native communities in Southeast Alaska, many with no ... quality health services in partnership with native people. SEARHC board representatives are selected ...

ATS Medical Announces First Commercial Implants of the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis in the United States

... valve that preserves the sinuses and restores native valve stress distribution and physiologic flow to ... that is nearly indistinguishable from a healthy native aortic valve. All three patients have been ... sino-tubular junction. No other valve mimics the native valve in this manner. By maintaining this ...

ATS Medical Announces FDA Approval of the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis

... any other replacement valve. Mimicking the native aortic valve's function as a tubular ... reproduces the functional characteristics of the native aortic valve. This novel design results in a ... valve that is characteristic of a normal, native aortic valve. With more than six years of ...

Mii amo Honors Winter Solstice With Traditional Native American Celebration December 18-21

... 21. Activities include a series of traditional native American ceremonies facilitated by ... from Alberta, works closely with a variety of native American tribes to educate Enchantment Resort ... Learn about the program and receive a special native American blessing ...

Robert E Cook Honors College Women In Medicine

... said Sully, 29, a 2000 IUP graduate and native of Homer City, PA. "Now that I have ... direct feedback," said Niederbracht, 26, a native of Germany. Now pursuing a medical degree at the ... said Phillips, 24, a 2006 IUP alumna and native of Loretto, PA. "I have always been ...

Statement By Robert McSwain, Acting Director, Indian Health Service, Regarding National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2008

... March 20, 2008 marks the second annual National native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day gives us another ... HIV services. If the status quo remains in our native population, prevalence will continue to increase ... HIV/AIDS within our health culture. National native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day also gives us the ...

Next Step(R) Institute of Integrative Medicine, Inc. Takes Wellness to a New Level With 2008 Series of Wellness Weeks

... Therapies -- Medication -- Meditation -- native American Healing -- Naturopathic Medicine -- ... to seven therapy horses and a traditional native American Sweat Lodge. The organization's partner ... the best of modern and Eastern medicine, with native American healing practices and holistic ....

NOVADAQ's SPY System to be Featured During Live Broadcast of Robotic Surgery

... to visualize blood flow through the grafts and in native tissue. Adequate blood flow in the graft and native tissue may prevent the need for repeat surgery ... PINPOINT endoscopic system for visualizing native tissue fluorescence which allows surgeons to ...

National survey shows minority children experience multiple disparities in health care

... Latino, African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander, native American or multiracial. Other demographic ... in the past year. Additionally, Latino and native American children were more likely to be ... more prevalent among African-American, native Americans and multiracial children; Native ...

HHS Secretary Leavitt Signs Agreement With Canada to Improve Indigenous Health Care Delivery and Access

... to health services for American Indian and Alaska native people of the United States, and the First Nation ... care services and overall health promotion for native communities in the United States and Canada." ... health advocate for American Indian and Alaska native people. It works with tribal and urban programs ...

Statement by ADA President Mark J. Feldman on the Native American Full Access to Dental Care Act

... more dentists into the Indian Health Service and native American tribal areas, where too many people lack ... care that most Americans take for granted. "The native American Full Access to Dental Care Act (H.R. ... agency responsible for American Indian and Alaska native health care. Under current law, those loan ...

Zix Corporation Reports Another Record-High Revenue Quarter as Company Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

... Alter- Income based Recurring native Tax Non-GAAP GAAP Comp. Items ... Alter- Income based Recurring native Tax Non-GAAP GAAP Comp. Items ...

1 in 7 Low-Income Preschoolers Is Obese

... of the country, it is still increasing among American Indian and Alaska native children. Among these children, the prevalence of obesity has gone up ... according to the report. As a matter of fact, American Indian or Alaska native children had the highest obesity rates in 2008, at 21.2 percent, followed ...

Two Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Award

... bioinformatics to be used by high-school science teachers. Malik, a native of India, received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from ... her broad-based experience in nutritional and genetic epidemiology. A native of Germany, Peters received her master's and doctoral degrees in nutrition ...

ATS Medical Announces Participation in the Joint Meeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease and Heart Valve Society of America

... is the only aortic valve that preserves the sinuses and restores native valve stress distribution and physiologic blood flow. The ATS 3f Aortic ... line. Simulus products assist the surgeon in repairing a patient's native heart valve as an alternative to replacement. Continuing ATS Medical's ...

Adenoviral vector specifically targeted to EphA2 receptor in pancreatic cancer cells

... To further increase the specificity of this vector, binding sites for native adenoviral receptors, the coxsackie and adenovirus receptor (CAR) and ... of the ablated adenoviral vector. They found that ablation of native cellular binding sites reduced adenoviral transduction at least 100-fold. ...

The Sanford Project Announces International Research Team

... includes: Paul Burn, PhD Broin Chair, The Sanford Project A native of Switzerland, Dr. Paul Burn serves as the Broin Chair for The Sanford ... the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in LaJolla, CA. The Russian native has formal training as a medical doctor with doctorate thesis in ...

LOHAS Announces Final Program Line-up Including Speakers from Wal-Mart, Coca Cola, MINI, Facebook Causes, Saatchi & SaatchiS, Gaiam and eBay

... National Geographic explorer Wade Davis discussing the deterioration of native people's indigenous wisdom; and eBay's Amy Skoczlas Cole evaluating the ... Planet Green, Ogden Publications, Mohawk Group, Ingeo, Hess Natur, native Energy, Wellness Water, Planeterra, Eco Bags, Recycle Your Mat, Pet ...

ATS Medical Announces Participation in the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Meeting

... is the only aortic valve that preserves the sinuses and restores native valve stress distribution and physiologic blood flow. The ATS 3f Aortic ... product line. Simulus products assist the surgeon in repairing a patient's native heart valve as an alternative to replacement. Continuing ATS Medical's ...

AMA Foundation Names Minority Scholars Award Recipients

... these groups, which include African American/Black, American Indian, native Hawaiian, Alaska native and Hispanic/Latino. "We are pleased to recognize the accomplishments ...

INTERMACS: Total Artificial Heart Bridge-to-Transplant Rate 2x Higher at 6 Months Than BiVADS and LVADs

... This eliminates complications caused by a dying heart including right native heart failure. According to INTERMACS, 8% of BiVAD patients and 10% ... assist device. Total Artificial Heart patients are not subject to right native heart failure because the dying heart ventricles have been removed. ...

Traylor Joins LocumTenens.com as Medical Director-Psychiatry

... Georgia native Brings Impressive Credentials to Physician Recruiting Firm ... Organization of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, among other honors. A native of Thomaston, Georgia, Traylor earned his medical degree from the ...

Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Hires New CEO

... David Mechtenberg recently passed the torch to Jim Suver, a California native with a rich history of healthcare leadership in the state. Suver, who ... David Mechtenberg recently passed the torch to Jim Suver, a California native with a rich history of healthcare leadership in the state. Suver, who ...

New research reveals how cranberry products prevent urinary tract infections

... the model surface. "Cranberries, one of only three species of fruits native to North America, has a long history of medicinal food use. native Americans used the fruit for the treatment of bladder and kidney ailments ...

Studies evaluate the anatomy and stability of ACL reconstruction with different techniques

... have demonstrated improved movement and stability with restoration of the native anatomy of the knee. However, the surgical technique to achieve the best ... anteromedial portal drilling technique allowed for better restoration of native ACL anatomy and knee stability compared to conventional transtibial ...

FDA Clears New Immune Response Claim for the CryoValve(R) SG Pulmonary Human Heart Valve

... for the replacement of diseased, damaged, malformed or malfunctioning native or prosthetic pulmonary valves. The valve can be used in conjunction with ... The CryoValve SG is then surgically implanted in place of the removed native pulmonary valve. A PRA screen is used to identify allosensitized ...

Study confirms persistence of diversity problems in academic medicine

... as black, Hispanic (Mexican American and mainland Puerto Rican), or native American. They sent surveys by mail to both majority and minority faculty. ... Americans 3.8 percent, Hispanics 2.9 percent, Asians 18.6 percent, and native Americans 0.8 percent of the overall faculty. The survey, which ...

David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic Special Airing Sunday, January 25th on NESN

... proudly hosted the inaugural David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic in David's native Dominican Republic at the Sanctuary Cap Cana December 4th-7th, 2008. The ... The goal of this fund is to heal as many children as possible in his native country in all critical care aspects, as well as partner with children's ...

First Americans Arrived on 2 Separate Paths

... Study may explain linguistic and cultural differences of native peoples THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic evidence ... place, it could help explain the wide linguistic and cultural diversity of native Americans, the researchers said. More information The U.S. ...

Car key jams teen drivers' cell phones

... is Born The new invention began with Curry, a Salt Lake City native who graduated from the University of Utah with an accounting degree and ... idea of blocking cell phone usage via a vehicle ignition key. Zhou, a native of Liuzhou, China, joined the University of Utah faculty in early 2007. He ...