[OPLINLIST] What's New on NetWellness

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What's New on NetWellness- September 2, 2004

Allergies - September's Feature

With the arrival of fall comes a change in what may trigger your allergies.
While the season may change, NetWellness and our Allergy experts are here to
answer your questions.

Department of the Month - Neurology, the University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine

The University of Cincinnati's Department of Neurology, founded in 1947, has
a history providing the highest quality care to its patients. Under the
current leadership of Joseph P. Broderick, MD, the department's faculty of
more than 40 adult and pediatric neurologists and PhD neuroscientists has
attained top 10 national status in research funding from the National
Institutes of Health. In addition to general neurology the department
provides specialists in stroke, epilepsy, headache, neuromuscular diseases,
Parkinson's disease/movement disorders, and pediatric neurology. The
Department of Neurology provides a highly respected and well rounded
residency training program as well as post residency fellowship programs in
cerebrovascular disease, stroke, epilepsy, and pediatric neurology with a
focus on pediatric epilepsy.

Department faculty serve as experts in several NetWellness topics, including
Brain Attack/Stroke, Epilepsy, and Myasthenia Gravis. The department takes
great pride in its many research, clinical, and educational programs, all
focused on the guiding philosophy that "the patient is the most important
person".

New Expert in Alzheimer's disease

NetWellness welcomes Melissa Barber, Sc.M, CGC, an Adjunct Clinical
Instructor and Research Genetic Counselor, at the University Memory and
Aging Center of the Department of Neurology at Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine. Melissa looks forward to answering your
questions in the Alzheimer's disease area of NetWellness.

Heart Disease in Diabetics - New Article

The number of Americans with Diabetes and heart disease is growing at an
alarming rate. William T. Abraham, MD, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at
the 
Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute of the Richard M. Ross Heart
Hospital at The Ohio State University has contributed a new article on this
topic titled "Preventing Heart Disease in Diabetics Takes Special Effort."

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - New Article

The first new guidelines for the treatment of this disease in 14 years have
been developed. "New Guidelines for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients"
has been contributed by Clara D. Bloomfield, MD, William G. Pace III
Professor of Cancer Research in the Department of Hematology and Oncology at
the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the James Cancer Hospital & Solove
Research Institute at The Ohio State University 

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