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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Friday, May 9, 2008
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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Friday, May 9, 2008
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Health care for women includes the entire spectrum of a woman's life, not just pregnancy and childbirth. The weeklong event, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation's largest preventive care check-up event! Here is a directory to help you find Women's Health Week events in your area. See our monthly feature for more information on Women's Heath on NetWellness and beyond!
The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension is affiliated with the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth Medical Center. Experts from the Division of Nephrology answer user questions and write original content for NetWellness health topic Kidney Diseases.
The physicians of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at MetroHealth Medical Center provide comprehensive clinical care, which includes inpatient and outpatient consultation services for kidney, fluid and electrolyte, acid-base and hypertension disorders. The Nephrology group also manages an outpatient hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis population of over 300 patients.
Research and teaching are important divisional activities. The Division of Nephrology includes a nationally recognized research group, which is funded by multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health to pursue projects which range from defining genetic and molecular mechanisms of kidney disease to establishing optimum delivery of clinical care. In addition, division faculty participate in a number of investigator-initiated clinical trials. All members of the Nephrology Division are faculty members at Case School of Medicine, and teach kidney physiology, pathophysiology and clinical medicine to Case medical students.
Current NetWellness experts from the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension include: Mildred Lam, MD and Thomas Zipp, MD.
NetWellness welcomes Lucy Long, RN, BSN, CDE, ACCORD Clinical Coordinator of the Lipid Research Center at St. Vincent Charity Hospital an affiliated teaching hospital of the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Ms. Long helps adults with Type 2 diabetes manage their blood sugars, blood pressure and cholesterol issues and became certified as a Diabetes Educator this past year. She joins colleagues from the Ohio State University and University of Cincinnati to answer your questions in the Diabetes health topic area.
NetWellness welcomes Amanda Blake, BA, OCPS 1, Wellness and Prevention Specialist, JamesCare for Life, Kick It! Program at The James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University. Amanda brings her skills as a certified prevention specialist to the Smoking and Tobacco health topic area.
NetWellness welcomes Jennifer B. Manders, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine. Dr. Manders specializes in minimally invasive biopsy and surgical treatments for breast cancer. She will use her expertise to answer questions in the Breast Cancer health topic area.
As many as 4.5 million Americans suffer from the disease, which usually begins after age 60. There is, however, a small percentage of the population (less than 2%) suffering from Early Onset Familial Alzheimer's Disease. Melissa Barber, MS and Peter Whitehouse, MD of the University Memory and Aging Center at Case Western Reserve University explain this condition and why or why not to consider genetics testing. They are also available to answer your questions in the Alzheimer's Disease health topic area.
Two of the most common complications of pregnancy have emerged as possible indicators of increased risk of stroke. Gwendolyn Lynch, MD, of Case Western Reserve University explains who should be concerned with this topic and how to minimize your risk of pregnancy complications and stroke. Dr. Lynch is also available to answer your questions in the Stroke health topic area.
Why should you add more legumes to your diet? Another article from the Nutribyte series, Bonnie J. Brehm, PhD, RD, Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati, discusses why and how this food can be a great addition to any diet.
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.
NetWellness is a non-profit consumer health Web site that provides high quality information created and evaluated by health professions faculty at the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University, and The Ohio State University. Started in June 1995, NetWellness was one of the first health information sites on the Internet.
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