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UAB Total Joint Replacement Research Collaboration Supported By New NIH Funding
Newly announced National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding will expand the reach of ongoing University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) research into a unique nanostructured coating to improve the performance and longevity of total joint replacement components. The broadened UAB research opportunity is funded by a four-year, $790,931 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant through the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
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Children's Physical Activity Increased By Parents' Endorsement Of Vigorous Team Sports
Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer, a new study says.
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Hair Loss Is Not Inevitable For Increasing Numbers Of Chemo Patients
A grant from breast cancer charity, Walk the Walk, worth approximately ÷£250,000, has seen the delivery and installation of 21 scalp cooling machines into St James"s Institute of Oncology, Leeds. These ground breaking machines can reduce or even prevent hair loss in patients undergoing chemotherapy.
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Nursing Workforce Solutions For 21st Century Health Care: How Do We Get There?

At a June 12 forum cosponsored by Health Affairs and the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), Health Affairs will release a series of papers on the future of the nursing workforce.÷  CCNA is a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.÷  The studies examine the current nursing workforce and implications for health reform and economic recovery.÷  Featured speaker Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) will kick off the event with the view from Congress.÷  At the forum, study authors and other experts will participate in armchair conversations, led by Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Susan Dentzer, to discuss how to enable the nursing workforce to best meet the future health care needs of Americans.÷  Implications for Medicare funding and other health policy issues will be considered.÷  WHAT: Forum to release and discuss new research on the future of the nation"s nursing workforce. WHEN: June 12, 2009 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Columbus Club Union Station, Washington, DC WHO: Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs Panelists include: - John Rother, Executive Vice President, AARP - Wendell Primus, Health Counsel to Speaker of the House - Linda Aiken, Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing - Peter Buerhaus, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Brenda Cleary, Director, Center to Champion Nursing in America - Dan Elling, Republican Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health - Susan Hassmiller, Senior Advisor for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Susan Reinhard, Senior Vice President and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute; Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America AARP


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