Washington Health News (District of Columbia, United States)

A just-released IIHS report on the safety of SUV's failed to include vital life-saving information buyers should be given, says a public interest law professor who has successful brought legal actions related to vehicle safety

The real power of the CNPR Certification is that sales professionals learn to communicate with physicians and pharmacists. The CNPR certification was recognized for the award after a rigorous evaluation of the CNPR course’s usability and design.

The CNPR certification indicates that an individual has completed a pharmaceutical sales training program approved by the NAPRx and passed an industry examination. The CNPR Certification is geared for those candidates looking to enter the industry.

Former senior aide to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith joins growing bipartisan firm as Senior Vice President

One of Tigerlily’s main events, held on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., is called The Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on Capitol Hill and Congressional Reception.

The American Heart Association and CommonHealth ACTION talk health post-Huricane Irene, strategies to impact heart disease, and the Survey on the Aging on The Strategy Sessions Radio Show on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 11am EST.

Since 2004 NOKR has prepared the world for the unforeseen. Hurricane Irene could prove to be a major event post Tuesdays 5.8 Earthquake that rattled the Eastern Seaboard. Family and friends are the only thing that matter when tragic events unfold.

Cigarette companies claiming that it's unconstitutional to require them to advise the public with graphic health warnings seem to forget that this is exactly what happened more than 40 years ago

Vastra, a global wellness clothing company based out of Washington, DC, will open its online store on the 5th of August to launch a line of apparel and bedding based on the 5000 year old medicine system of Ayurveda.

UCSD Professor James Fowler, PhD, and CLARK Security Products President Susan Kuruvilla join other prominent speakers at The Forum 11, the Care Continuum Alliance annual meeting, Sept. 7 to 9.

A new study showing that people on vacation to the U.S. gain about eight pounds, more than when visiting any other country, helps confirm that the U.S. has an environment which tends to cause obesity -- fortunately, there are effective remedies

Author of "Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling the Myths and Discovering the Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama" says ad agencies need to wake up and listen

Strategic Partnership Provides Complimentary News Distribution for Care Continuum Alliance Members and 2011 Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors

Social Media and Public Affairs Experts Join Firm

On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] will announce what the new enhanced warnings on cigarette packs will look like. A very recent comprehensive report provides the best available information for the media and others.

New Coalition Formed to Advocate for Policies to Promote Continuing Medical Education

The National Association of Pharmaceutical Reps® (NAPRx®) is the United States largest trade association for sales reps, sales managers and sales trainers who work in the pharmaceutical industry. We are happy to provide a new 2011 salary survey.

Trademarked method of Pilates workouts and fitness programs to be offered at five-story studio in Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

The announcement by IARC that cell phones "might possibly"cause brain cancer, and that children might be at "particular risk," must be viewed in context with cancer and other risks from 2nd and 3rd hand tobacco smoke which are very well established

At a shareholders meeting today, McDonald's will consider a proposal to retire their mascot Ronald, someone who is a legal, public relations, and even religious liability, says the man behind two law suits against the golden arches.

Full-page ads in major newspapers around the country are demanding that McDonald's retire Ronald because of his role in the epidemic of pediatric obesity, a role which goes beyond enticing impressionable children and constitutes misrepresentation

More than 10% of doctors in a recent survey refuse to accept patients who are too fat. While some doctors decline to perform operations on patients who refuse to quit smoking, the two situations are different from a legal point of view, says expert.

The obesity epidemic has pushed Pepsi, the largest food and drink company in the U.S., into a strange new world of robots which can taste food like humans, to drinkifying snacks and snackifing drinks, and to resizing the salt on its junk food snacks

For people in the United States, mosquitoes can be a minor summer annoyance but for thousands of African children, preventing mosquito bites can be the difference between life and death.

We develop a strong partnership with each of our patients.

National Council on Interpreting in Health Care board election results

A new study shows that kids exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke have statistically higher levels of mental health problems, including "major depressive disorder," ADHD, and "conduct disorder," noted the man behind the nonsmokers' rights movement.

Some Members of Congress are apparently willing to force a government shutdown over a difference in proposed spending cuts of less than $30 billion, while both sides totally ignore a drain of almost $200 billion a year which could be slashed easily

The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) will present Mary Rynerson, Mara Youdelman, and EthnoMed with the NCIHC Language Access Champion Awards for 2011 on May 19, 2011 at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, LA.

In France, apparently for the first time, a nonsmoker has successfully sued her employer and won money damages for being exposed to tobacco smoke in the workplace. This victory follows a long string of successful legal actions in the U.S.

Rick Burdick and Arnab Ghatak Bring Years of Expertise to Global Nonprofit

The American Cancer Society in will host a special gospel benefit concert to bring awareness to cancer in the African-American community at the Historic Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D. C. Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) is disturbed by the brazen and wide-sweeping trend among health insurance companies to limit the scope of treatment benefits for eating disorders.

In a rally on Capital Hill on February 8th, Alternative Care Providers and advocates with Voice for HOPE met with Senators and Representatives of Congress in relaxed informational meetings and offering of services, not debates and anger.

Free teleseminar will teach participants to indulge their senses and get slim, healthy and sexy using the principles of sex.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are well behind us and, unfortunately that means that Food Banks and soup kitchens are once again low on food and volunteers. Additionally most of what gets donated to Food Banks is often the worst quality food.

Norwegian law students, as well as younger students from different countries, will be urged to use legal action as a weapon against public health problems such as smoking and obesity by a "Radical Law Professor" from the U.S.

Sibley Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Ohnmacht, R.N., M.S., M.S.N as Associate Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Director of Critical Care.

Donna de Varona, Lillian Greene-Chamberlain, Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Jessica Mendoza and Heather O’Reilly among athletes scheduled to appear, support achievements and participation of female athletes

Evans’ major responsibilities will include developing and overseeing clinical operations across all Sibley locations that provide cancer care to patients.

Women should be wary of routine policies that confine women to bed, increase risk for injury

Health communications agency showcases cross-platform usability with Sec. 508 compliance

2010 Offers New Hope for Groundbreaking Therapies

Dr. Andrew Carver, Podiatrist in Washington DC, provide foot and ankle services including shock wave therapy (plantar fasciitis), diabetic foot care, ankle arthroscopy and bunion surgery.

Sibley Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary C. Dupont, M.D., FACS as the director of its Center for Pelvic Floor Disorders. Dr. Dupont joined Sibley on November 1, 2010.

December 20, 2010, 2010 (Washington, DC)—Holistic Health Coach Alexis Logan will hold a free teleseminar on the “Top 3 Weight Loss Myths Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Goals”.

Although it admitted that "federal health care spending represents our single largest fiscal challenge over the long-run," the Deficit Reduction Commission ignored the largest and most easily controlled cause.

Only 500 yards from the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ, for the past 20 years, Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem, has not turned any mother or baby away because “there is no room.” The Hospital is known as "The Birthplace of Hope."

As more companies refuse to hire smokers - to save over $10,000/yr per employee, and because employing smokers sends the wrong message - the major argument in opposition doesn’t attack the practice, but bemoans that it will spread to the obese.

HillCo HEALTH CEO Marc Samuels and Alissa Pereira, Director, Healthcare Advisory and Public Policy Practice, join officials from U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in publishing an article in Cancer, November 8, 2010