The National Association For Continence presented its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award to Deborah Myers, MD, the division director of urogynecology at the Alpert Medical School. Read more…
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NAFC Continence Care Champion named
Thursday, November 1st, 2012Barrier to hospice increases hospitalization
Thursday, November 1st, 2012New study shows, nursing Home residents with advanced dementia who have Medicare skilled nursing home care without any hospice care have a far greater likelihood of dying in the hospital and receiving aggressive treatments within weeks of death. Read more…
Barrington surgeon leads medical society
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012Edward Akelman, MD, professor of orthopaedics at Brown University, has been elected to head the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Read more…
Bullies more likely to have mental illnesses
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012In a new study, Dr. Frances Turcotte-Benedict from Brown University, reports that children with diagnosed mental illness are three times more likely to bully than children without disorders. Read more…
Diabetes Study Ends Early With a Surprising Result
Monday, October 22nd, 2012Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Warren Alpert Medical School, was surprised with the results of a study of whether diet and weight loss can prevent heart attachs and strokes in overweight people with Type 2 diabetes. Read more…
Hasbro Children’s Hospital Doctor Receives Award
Friday, October 19th, 2012Carole Jenny, MD, professor of pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School was presented with the award at the RIPHA annual meeting where she was honored for her long time work in preventing child abuse. Read more…
Progress in the Balance
Thursday, October 18th, 2012Eli Adashi, MD, MS and Eric Lee, BSc write about The President’s Global Health Initiative at midterm. Read more…
Rethinking medical school
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012Dr. Phil Gruppuso splits his time between research, seeing patients, and being associate dean of the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University. He discussed what has changed in the last five or 10 years. Read more…
IOM elects Donoghue
Monday, October 15th, 2012The Institute of Medicine, one of the National Academies of Science, announced today that John Donoghue, the Henry Merritt Wriston Professor of Neuroscience and Engineering, has been elected as a member. Read more…
Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute
Monday, October 15th, 2012Three philanthropic gifts made to the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute (NPNI), totaling nearly $600,000, will improve brain science in the state by supporting innovative research and establishing an annual lecture. Read more…