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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Heart disease affects all of us, regardless of age, gender or ethnicity. According to the Centers for Disease Control, heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States. In our monthly feature, you can find information all about the heart: how it works, symptoms of heart attack, special information for women and how to stay healthy. Let NetWellness help you love your heart.
The Nisonger Center at The Ohio State University was founded in 1966 as an interdisciplinary program of the Ohio State University. The United States Administration on Developmental Disabilities has designated Nisonger Center a "University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)." As such, it is part of a network of 60 University Centers of Excellence. Each state has at least one UCE. Nisonger Center clinics and services are led by professionals who have between 10 and 30 years experience, and its academic faculty are recognized experts in their fields.
One aspect of the Center's mission is to expand knowledge on developmental disabilities by engaging in world-class scientific research. The Center's Research Unit on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) is a group of professionals engaged in pharmacological, psychiatric, behavioral, nutritional and alternative research in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders, ADD/ADHD, and other childhood disorders. Research at RUPP is aimed at evaluating scientifically the safety and efficacy of psychotropic medications as well as treatment outcomes.
NetWellness experts who are affiliated with the OSU Nisonger Center in include Michael G. Aman, PhD, Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry and Director of RUPP; L. Eugene Arnold, MD, MEd, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry; Eric Butter, PhD, Behavioral Treatment Specialist; Patricia H. Cloppert, BSFS, Faculty Parent Advocate; Daniel Coury, MD, Medical Director, Professor of Pediatrics; Sherry R. Feinstein, MS, Program Director; Luc Lecavalier, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology; Paula C. Rabidoux, PhD/CCC-SLP, Coordinator, Speech Language Pathology; Yaser Ramadan, MD, Child Psychiatrist/Director, Dual Diagnosis Clinic; and Susan Thompson, MSN, CPNP, Research Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
Adding to our growing content in the area of Lung and Respiratory Diseases, we have opened a new forum dedicated to Pulmonary Fibrosis. Also called Interstitial lung Disease, Pulmonary Fibrosis causes scarring of the lung. James N. Allen, Jr., MD, Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine at The Ohio State University has written an informative Overview on this topic. Along with Dr. Allen, the following faculty from the OSU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care are also available to answer your Pulmonary Fibrosis questions: Nitin Y. Bhatt, MD, Assistant Professor; Ruthann Kennedy, APRN, Clinical Practice Manager; Clay B. Marsh, MD, Professor, Division Director; and Mark D. Wewers, MD, Professor.
Huntington's Disease is now recognized as one of the more common genetic disorders. This devastating, degenerative brain disorder profoundly affects the lives of entire families: emotionally, socially and economically. Sandra K. Kostyk, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director of the Huntington Disease Center of Excellence and George W. Paulson, MD, Medical Advisor and Consultant, Movement Disorders Division, both of the Department of Neurology, College of Medicine at The Ohio State University have written an Overview and are available to answer your questions to help you better understand and cope with this disease. Be sure to visit our new Huntington's Disease forum.
M Joyce Dienger, DNSc, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, College of Nursing of the University of Cincinnati joins other experts at NetWellness' Women's Health Center.
What Is Bird Flu? by Glen F. Aukerman, MD, Professor, OSU Center for Integrative Medicine, Department of Family Medicine , College of Medicine at The Ohio State University will help you stay informed about the spread of avian influenza - or Bird Flu.
Check this link regularly for up-to-date information. You'll easily find the link on our homepage.
Karen Kutoloski, DO of the MetroHealth Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Center, Assistant Professor, Case School of Medicine, joins NetWellness to bring timely information about heart disease to you. She is actively involved with the Go Red for Women movement sponsored by the American Heart Association and has authored a new article on Heart Disease in Women.
Thomas Murphy, MD, FACP, FACE, Director of the Division of Endocrinology at MetroHealth Medical Center, Associate Professor, Case School of Medicine, has joined with NetWellness to bring you information on Thyroid Diseases. This topic offers NEW original NetWellness features entitled: Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Goiters: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment; Nodules: Testing and Possible Results; Diagnosis of Thyroid Conditions; and Treatment For Overactive Thyroid.
As we near our tenth year on the internet, we are gathering anecdotes about how NetWellness is helping our users meet their health information needs. Do you have any stories or experiences you would like to share? If so, please use our Feedback feature to tell us about them.
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