National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants (NAHAC) Launched
BERKELEY, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants (NAHAC), the nation's first professional association for people working as healthcare and patient advocates, was launched today in response to the need for a professional ...Sokolove Law Launches Chinese Drywall Consumer Advocacy Hotline
NEWTON, Mass., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sokolove Law LLC, the leader in the reinvention of how people obtain legal services, today launched a telephone hotline to provide consumers with general information about the potential health hazards from the use of tainted Chinese-made drywal...Kaiser Permanente Calls for Health Policy Support and Community Advocacy to Curb Childhood Obesity
Healthy Environment and Communities Critical to Wellness Efforts LOS ANGELES, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente's presence this week at the National Childhood Obesity Conference in Los Angeles highlights the need for a comprehensive and multi-faceted approach to stop the health crisis...Leading Patient Advocacy Organizations United on Health Care Reform Principles
WASHINGTON, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forty-eight leading national patient organizations have called on President Obama and members of Congress to enact health care reform that guarantees effective and affordable health and long-term care coverage for all Americans. In a statement iss...Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Announces New Food Allergy Initiative Advocacy Steering Committee
Leading parent advocates from across the country join forces to advocate for more research funding to find a cure WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, as we continue to mark Food Allergy Awareness Week, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., member of the Board of Directors of the Food Aller...AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Voices Disappointment in Trial Result
Applauds Merck's Leadership and Calls for Reinvigorated Effort to Design and Test AIDS Vaccines NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) released the following statement from Executive Director Mitchell Warren about the an...More Gene Mutations Linked to Autism Risk
...escents. For more information, visit http://www.chop.edu . About Autism Speaks Autism Speaks is the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum dis...Urologist and Allergist Explore Link Between Allergies and Interstitial Cystitis
... Barbara Gordon, executive director of the ICA, an organization providing advocacy , research funding , and education to ensure early diagnosis and op... and lives of people living with interstitial cystitis. The ICA provides advocacy , research funding , and education to ensure early diagnosis and op...New Bisphenol A Study Is of Very Limited Relevance to Human Health
...ives better, healthier and safer. ACC is committed to improved environmental, health and safety performance through Responsible Care(R), common sense advocacy designed to address major public policy issues, and health and environmental research and product testing. The business of chemistry is a $689 billio...Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Cancer Research
...ticipating in total. Each team will have at least two members from patient advocacy groups to ensure that the perspective of the patients and survivors they re...ency; and nonprofit executive Ellen Ziffren. Representatives of 24 patient advocacy groups are members of SU2C's Advocate Advisory Council. SU2C was formally ...Johnson & Johnson Announces Support for Kohl-Grassley Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009
...vice and diagnostic companies publicly disclose on their web sites the grants made for professional education and the charitable contributions made to advocacy groups. These units register clinical trials and disclose results of clinical trials on www.clinicaltrials.gov . Johnson & Johnson companies a...Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells
...ents. For more information, visit http://www.chop.edu . About Autism Speaks Autism Speaks is the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum dis...Sustainable bioenergy project has global launch
...azil and the United States. An 11-person organizing committee will oversee the meetings with international representation from academic, environmental advocacy and research institutions (engineering.dartmouth.edu/gsbproject). "While there is a natural reluctance to consider change, we must do so since human...Equity concerns raised by congestion pricing can be addressed to make approach viable
... that equity issues can and must be addressed early on when designing a congestion pricing project," said Kathryn Phillips, who directs transportation advocacy in California for the Environmental Defense Fund. "A well-designed congestion pricing project can deliver clean air and less gridlock to everyone." ...NIH announces new program to develop therapeutics for rare and neglected diseases
...king. To address these difficulties, TRND will seek a wide range of collaborations with academic researchers as well as partnerships with patient advocacy organizations, disease-oriented foundations and others interested in treatments for particular illnesses. TRND's leaders hope that the collaborations ...American College of Medical Genetics affirms importance of newborn screening dried blood spots
...lity protections. Statement of Support from Newborn Screening, Consumer advocacy and Public Health Officials: On April 6-7, 2009, the Regional Genetics and... laboratories, state legal representatives, academic institutions, consumer advocacy organizations and the relevant large federal agencies as well as clinicians...NIH Clinical and Translational Science Consortium grows to 39 members
... engineers and geneticists; partnering with researchers at minority institutions to enhance outreach to underserved populations, local community and advocacy organizations, and health care providers; creating best practices to improve clinical research informatics tools to analyze research data and manage...TGen helps promote cancer awareness for vast Navajo Nation
...'s vast Navajo Nation. The 2nd annual Fort Defiance Cancer Awareness and advocacy Conference, sponsored by the Arizona Myeloma Network, is planned 8:30 a.m.-... About the 2009 conference What: Fort Defiance Cancer Awareness and advocacy Conference. Where: Navajo Nation Museum, Arizona 264 and Postal Loop Road,...Empire State Stem Cell Board awards $12.7 million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine
...suffering from many devastating diseases." Dean Spiegel also noted his appreciation for Governor Paterson's leadership in this area and for his strong advocacy of stem cell research. To date, Einstein has received nearly $14 million from the Empire State Stem Cell Board. In January 2008, in its initial ro...Autism Speaks funds $5 million to studies on genetic and environmental risk factors for autism
... NEW YORK, NY (February 26,2009) Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, today announced that it has committed $5 million to investigate genetic and environmental risk factors for autism. The project will exp...States expand newborn screening for life-threatening disorders
...editorial published in Pediatrics and launched its advocacy efforts to require comprehensive newborn screening...result of years of intensive bi-partisan volunteer advocacy efforts led by March of Dimes chapters, nearly all...n screening. "It was only thanks to March of Dimes advocacy efforts that the hospital Giana was born in was pa...The Evolution of Human Aggression: Feb. 25-27 conference
...um on Violence, including experts who deal daily with domestic violence. The Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights advocacy promotes the understanding of human rights and encourages nonviolent conflict resolution and peacemaking. Founded in January 2006, the center is base...Touch Bionics appoints Head of Clinical Advocacy
Experienced industry professional hired to promote clinical awareness, support and partnerships in the U.S. BOSTON, MA and LIVINGSTON, Scotland, April 2 /PRNewswire/ - Touch Bionics, developer of the i-LIMB Hand, the world's first commercially available bionic hand with artic...Atherotech Taps Canyons Medical Center Director, Lipidologist as Chief Medical Officer
...n advanced lipid testing. Cobble succeeds James Ehrlich, M.D., who will continue to serve as a medical consultant to Atherotech while pursuing advocacy efforts for the early detection and prevention of heart disease. "We are honored to have such a respected and passionate champion of cardiovas...Video: New Way RA(TM) Talk Show Premieres Online for People Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
...taking charge of your health and two-way communication with a doctor. Laurie Ferguson, Ph.D. , Vice President of Research and Education at the advocacy organization CreakyJoints , who speaks about the effect of RA on relationships. Dr. Ferguson offers advice on how to take charge, build a support net...First U.K. Stem Cell Awareness Rally to Take Place in Manchester, England on August 9th, 2009
...ts available throughout the world. Stem cell advocate Darren Clarke is organizing the Manchester event. Mr. Clarke became involved in stem cell advocacy early in his daughter, Dakota's, life. At three years old, Dakota became the first child from Britain and Ireland to be treated for septo-optic dyspla...PhRMA Statement on AARP-White House Press Conference
... coverage and services. "Even though we have had policy disagreements in the past, this is an historic coming-together moment. AARP, the largest advocacy organization on behalf of American seniors, clearly recognizes the importance of innovative, cutting-edge medicines to the lives of patients everywher...Campbell Alliance Launches New Practice Area Focused on Medical Affairs
...ical affairs responsibilities, including the development of a medical affairs capability, medical science liaison deployment, management and training, advocacy planning, publication planning, key opinion leader management, phase IV strategy development, and other areas. For more information on the Medica...