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Public Health Service tropical medicine fellowship Duke's International Center for Medical Research and Training in San Jose, Costa Rica. ... After retiring from his medical practice, he continued to work in public health as a visiting professor to the
March 2020
Gender gap increases women's heart risks
can change the course of a woman's health,” said Dr. ... She pointed to an April 2003 article in the American Journal of Public Health that found physicians would need to spend 7.4 hours every day on prevention in order to
November 2008
HIV prophylaxis means discussing sex, drugs with patients
For me, there is this secret public health piece that if you have less seroconversion, you are going to have less forward transmission, and that may impact the dynamics of the ... U.S. Public Health Service.
September 2014
CDC seeks more testing for ‘huge uptick’ in HCV incidence
November at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Chicago. ... And it was a cost-effectiveness analysis we did that indicates if we can get prices below $30,000, it would make public health sense to treat everyone.”.
January 2016
Calmer talk needed about mammography
J Womens Health. 2009;18:1403-12. Fletcher SW. Sounding board: Whither scientific deliberation in health policy recommendations? ... Presented at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia. Nov. 7-11, 2009.
February 2010
Asking right questions key to detecting abuse
repeatedly, said Christina Nicolaidis, MD, associate professor of medicine and public health at Oregon Health & Science University. ... Medical Association quickly countered by saying health care providers should continue screening those patients.
March 2009
Carrier screening makes risk-benefit analysis more complex
advocates, commercial testing companies, public health officials and insurers. ... population on a topic of this complexity. Second, extensive education of the public, health care providers and policymakers will be required to establish any effective
June 2008
Changes to Medicaid divide states, doctors
state-by-state basis,” said Sara Wilensky, PhD, JD, a professor in the School of Public Health and Health Services at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. ... Community health centers have been consistently receiving more funding over the
October 2013
ACP's new EVP/CEO talks burnout prevention, future focus
I got very involved around 2005 with the Pennsylvania group and [then got involved] with the Governor's Advisory Council and the Health and Public Policy Committee. ... A: We've done many position papers recently: the escalating cost of prescription drugs
September 2016
Sports internists treat players as patients
He has since moved back to OSU Sports Medicine to pursue public health initiatives that let him apply his experience with professional athletes to the community, and to encourage exercise in
October 2011