Meharry Medical College

Perlin tapped for Meharry board

The Nashville Business Journal (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008

Jonathan B. Perlin has been named to the board of trustees of Meharry Medical College.

Marian Wright Edelman to speak at Meharry Medical College commencement

The Nashville Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008

Marian Wright Edelman has been named the commencement speaker at the May 17 graduation ceremony at Meharry Medical College.

Stream Online Medical Grand Rounds for Free

Clinical Cases and Images (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008

One of my daily reads, the hospitalist blog Notes from Dr. RW , has greatly expanded his excellent list of online Grand Rounds that can be watched for free via streaming video. Podcasts are also available. UTMB/JSC Aerospace Medicine Residency University of Washington Television (Health and Medicine) University of Nebraska University of Florida UC Davis UA Birmngham McGill Dartmouth-Hitchcock DAVE...

Old fashioned Grand Rounds

Notes from Dr. RW (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008

Not the medical blog carnival, but the traditional kind. More and more academic medical centers are archiving their presentations on the web. Here’s what I’ve found so far in Internal Medicine and related areas. UTMB/JSC Aerospace Medicine Residency University of Washington Television (Health and Medicine) University of Nebraska University of Florida UC Davis UA Birmngham McGill Dartmouth-Hitchcock...

The Rural Partnership Launches Revised Medical Residency Stipend Program, USA

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008

Tennessee primary care resident physicians have 25,000 new reasons to choose to practice in rural and underserved areas across the state.

The Rural Partnership Launches Revised Medical Residency Stipend Program

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

Tennessee primary care resident physicians have 25,000 new reasons to choose to practice in rural and underserved areas across the state.

• The Rural Partnership Launches Revised Medical Residency Stipend Program - Business Wire

Tony Rankin, MD, Elected President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008

As a young man and orthopaedic surgeon, Edward Anthony (Tony) Rankin, MD, was guided by his father and those who mentored him on the importance of service to his country and his profession. Today, Dr.

• Tony Rankin, MD, Elected President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Newswise

DR. SOPHIE WOMACK: 1954-2008: A wife, mother and leader, Womack's fingerprints are all over

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008

Dr. Sophie Womack was not the kind of person to lend her name to a cause without working to make it better. Womack's hands were on many causes, including reducing racial disparities in infant mortality rates, reducing sudden infant death syndrome cases and helping domestic abuse victims. Services are at 10 a.m.

Benefits of Medicare-Paid Mammography Lag for Black Women

Newswise (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008

When Medicare began paying for older women to undergo preventive mammograms in 1991, doctors expected breast cancer mortality rates to drop. Breast cancer deaths did decrease, but new research has unveiled a discrepancy: African-American women as a group do not benefit as much as white women.

Outstanding mentors and teachers honored at ORNL

ORNL News (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008

The U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have recognized outstanding ORNL staff for mentoring students and teachers in laboratory education programs and throughout the community.

Study: Obese Less Likely to Use Seat Belts

ABC News (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Researches say not all car models offer seat belts long enough to fit them.

Seat belt use goes down as body mass goes up, study says

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Like a lot of consumers, Paul McAleer focused on comfort when he recently went car shopping. Adjustable seats, a tilt steering wheel and extra height were all important.

Study: Obese less likely to use seat belts; not all car models offer longer options

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008

Federal standards that specify the length of auto seat belts date back four decades and only require that seat belts accommodate a 215-pound man.

Obese less likely to use seat belts

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Like a lot of consumers, Paul McAleer focused on comfort when he recently went car shopping. Adjustable seats, a tilt steering wheel and extra height were all important.

Lipid Sciences Announces Positive HIV Program Results

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 01/28/2008

Lipid Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIPD) announced today that it had demonstrated a positive therapeutic effect with the Company's proprietary delipidated autologous virus vaccine in SIV-infected non-human primates.