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Today - December 16, 2011, Loma Linda University

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Thanksharing inspirational program draws close to 1,000 from surrounding communities
-- Loma Linda summit encourages community planning around health
-- Prayer in a School of Pharmacy classroom
-- LLU Children's Hospital receives grant from The UPS Foundation
-- Naomi Florea receives Spiritual Life Service award
-- Sterile processing saves lives every day
-- Ribbon cut for School of Dentistry's dental hygiene program in Palm Desert
-- 5+5+0=10: School of Pharmacy celebrates 550th white coat student
-- Enrollment soars in School of Allied Health Professions
-- Respiratory care team wins national championship
-- Student's South Sudan experience …

Health And Wellness Using Occupations To Explore Internal Motivators For Change, Shayal Ram, Susan Macdermott, Becki Cohill, Karen Park

Fall 2020 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

The purpose of this capstone project was to create an occupation-based program that could be integrated into the lifestyle patterns of adults to potentially assist reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The number of Americans living with AD is expected to grow up to 16 million by 2050 (Smallfield & Heckenlaible, 2017). The risk for developing the disease could be reduced through lifestyle modifications (Hussenoeder & Riedel-Heller, 2018). Using occupation as a means for health promotion and disease prevention is an emerging area for occupational therapy practice (AOTA, 2014). This capstone sought to increase awareness of internal motivators that …

Alumni Journal - Volume 82, Number 4, Loma Linda University School Of Medicine

Alumni Journal, School of Medicine

Features:
10 | A Life Well Lived - A look at the work of Dr. Heath Rowsell '54
16 | Todd Westra Takes Charge - Dr. Todd Westra '96 manages operations at the new Ontario Vineyard Medical Center
18 | Scheer Memorial Hospital - Celebrating 50 years of service in Nepal

News:
5 | New Executive Director
7 | School of Medicine News
28 | Alumni Activities
30 | In Memoriam

Regulars:
4 | Editorial
6 | The President's Page
9 | The Dean's Page
32 | They Walked These Halls
36 | Placement Ads

An Appreciation Of Ralph Marvin Steinman (1943-2011), Carol L. Moberg

Steinman and the Nobel Prize

Posted with Permission.The Rockefeller University Press J. Exp. Med. Vol. 208 No. 12 2337-2342 www.jem.org/cgi/doi/10.1084/jem.20112294

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 13 No. 6 (November/December 2011), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

Oncology, Volume 56, Number 11-12, November - December 2011, Sarah Bronson, Zach-Bryan Bogannan-Tutt

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Transoral Laser Microsurgery for Laryngeal and Oropharyngeal Tumors: A minimally invasive surgery for treating cancers of the larynx and oropharynx has cute rates similar to those of open surgery and radiation therapy in selected patients.
• Exploring Causes of and Treatments for Neuropathy in Cancer Patients: Among the most troubling side effects of cancer treatment in some patient is chronic chemotherapy neuropathy syndrome, in which tingling, numbness, and pain in the hands and feet persist long after the completion of treatment
• Prostate Cancer Screening: Patient should understand the purpose and limitations of the prostate-specific antigen test
• HOUSE CALL: Smoking Cessation: Medications …

Today - October 28, 2011, Loma Linda University

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Mission globe dedication following annual Loma Linda University convocation ceremony
-- School of Pharmacy grant may have ended - but outreach continues
-- Upcoming summit to encourage community planning around health
-- Occupational therapy professor fills textbook void by writing her own
-- Four School of Public Health faculty summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2011
-- From student to pharmacist to preceptor to corporate manager
-- Family Fun Day encourages exercise for 200 community children and adults
-- Allied health recycling program helps Haitian orphans
-- The hidden war of child welfare
-- 'Emotional Health & Wellness' …

Chironian Fall/Winter 2011, New York Medical College

The Chironian

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Elizabeth Blackwell, Md Nation's First Female Physician, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster highlights British-born Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) and important years for Jefferson Medical College and women (1849, 1850, 1869, 1891 and 1894.

United States Medicine, Women And Jefferson Medical College, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster with timeline from 1824 to 2008 highlighting contributions to Medicine by women in the United States and Jefferson Medical College.

Leah Lowenstein, Md Nation's First Female Dean Of A Co-Ed Medical School (1981), Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster highlighting Leah Lowenstein, MD the nation's first female Dean of a co-ed medical school. Though last to admit female students, Jefferson Medical College was the first co-educational medical school to appoint a woman as dean.

Flexner Report: Medical Schools Are Evaluated, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster highlighting the Flexner Report, Jefferson Medical College and contributions of women including Lolita Pannell, PhD, Sonia Schorr, Elizabeth M. Bogardus, MD, Vera (Easling) Dettweiler, MD and Evelyn D. Schmidt, MD.

First Female Students Admitted To Jefferson Medical College, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster highlighting the first female students admitted to Jefferson Medical College in 1961. On June 6, 1960, the Board of Trustees voted to admit women to Jefferson Medical College. The first woman accepted was 21-year-old Nancy Szwec who also won a scholarship.

Loma Linda University Dentistry - Volume 22, Number 2, Loma Linda University School Of Dentistry, Michael Meharry, Sean Lee, Yiming Li

Articulator (Dentistry Journal)

Contents:

8 | What Creates Success?
14 | Spring Mend
18 | Alumni Student Convention
30 | Student Research Success
35 | Commencement 55
38 | Quest for Whiter Teeth
61 | Ellis Jones: Cartoonist Emritus

Integrative Health Studies Newsletter, Ciis

Integrative Health Studies Newsletter

This is the Fall 2011 issue of the Integrative Health Studies Newsletter at CIIS.

Medicine + Health, Fall 2011, George Washington University, School Of Medicine And Health Sciences, Office Of Communications And Marketing

Medicine + Health Magazine

No abstract provided.

Com Outlook Fall 2011, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

No abstract provided.

The Lli Chronicle Volume 2 Number 8, Nova Southeastern University

Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Growing South Dakota (Fall 2011), College Of Agriculture &. Biological Sciences

Growing South Dakota (Publication of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences)

Page] 2 Adapting for the Future: South Dakota 4-H Efforts Move Forward
[Page] 5 Regional Transitions: Eight Extension Centers to Open in October
[Page] 6 College News [Page] 8 Making a Difference with Research: Ag Experiment Station Aids Industry & Economy
[Page] 10 Pig Potential: South Dakota's Swine Industry Offers Economic Opportunity [Page] 13 New Department Debuts: Natural Resource Disciplines Join Forces
[Page] 14 Autumn in the AIr: Grab Your Blue and Gold and Visit Campus
[Page] 16 iGrow Evolves: Usability And Content Are Being Enhanced
[Page] 18 Collection Effort: Despite Budget Cuts, Private Funds Allowed for Growth [Page] 21 …

"It's Like We're Grasping At Anything!", B. Mastel-Smith, Melinda Hermanns

Faculty Posters

This poster was presented at the National Gerontological Association Annual Conference, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Celebrating A Legacy Of Mission, Loma Linda University

Scope

In this issue . . .

2 | Answering the call to serve
For more than a century, medical missionaries from Loma Linda University have served humanity in distant locales

4 | On the front lines in Africa
A young family serves at a remote hospital in Central Africa’s Tchad

8 | Pediatrician to a nation
Loma Linda alumna cares for the children of Laos— with her own hands and those pediatricians she helps to educate

13 | ‘Honey, let’s move to Africa’
A Loma Linda alumna and her husband consider Malamulo Hospital

16 | Breakthrough in breast cancer treatment …

We Are… Bridging Medicine And Science Vol. 1, Issue 1, Fall 2011, Marshall University Biomedical Sciences

We Are... Bridging Medicine Science

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School Of Medicine, Professional Enhancement Newsletter, Fall 2011, Darshana Shah

Professional Enhancement News (PEN)

Fall 2011, Volume 3, Number 2

Hss Alumni News Fall 2011, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

• A Time for Change by Olivia Roberts
• Semester Conversion
• Discovering Your Strengths
• A Message from the Chair by Dr. Joan Rocks
• Updates from the Majors

Hss Departmental Developments Fall 2011, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

• Get the Scoop on ShareBacAPac Service Learning Project
• Ohio Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention Update
• Otterbein University Athletic Training Staff and the Team Physicians who received the Athletic Directors Award
• Updates from the Majors

What's Happening: October-November, 2011, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

The Lli Chronicle Volume 2 Number 7, Nova Southeastern University

Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Oncology, Volume 56, Number 10, October 2011, Bryan Tutt, Sunni Hosemann

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Treating Cancer in Pregnant Patients: Pregnancy is usually a joyous, hopeful time; a cancer diagnosis can be devastating. When pregnancy and cancer occur together, they present special challenges for patients and physicians. Fortunately, these challenges often can be overcome by a multidisciplinary approach to treatment
• Compass: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Stage IIIA-Many factors affect treatment sequences
• HOUSE CALL: Understanding Cancer Risk and Risk Factors: Your risk factors might affect your need for cancer screening

Today - September 30, 2011, Loma Linda University

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Loma Linda University Medical Center delegation called to the White House to share ideas on health outcomes
-- Mahmoud Torabinejad, most cited endodontic journal author
-- Camp Good Grief special victims program helps adolescents refocus and rebuild after a murder or suicide in the family
-- First 15 dental hygienists graduate from joint LLU/SRRSH program in China
-- Contrary to earlier findings, excess body fat in elderly decreases life expectancy
-- Students invite community to help Horn of Africa by attending forum fundraiser
-- Safety coordinators learn about disasters
-- Innerweave: The Wholeness Story
-- Drayson …

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 13 No. 5 (September/October 2011), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.