[OPLINLIST] What's New at NetWellness - June 2006

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What's New at NetWellness - June 2006

June's Feature: Home Safety Month

According to the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
(NCIPC), unintentional injuries are a leading cause of death for
Americans of all ages, regardless of gender, race, or economic status.
Many more of us sustain nonfatal unintentional injuries (more than 27
million people in 2003). The physical and emotional effects of these
injuries can be extensive and sometimes life-changing.  Visit our
homepage feature this month and join NetWellness and the Home Safety
Council in recognizing June as Home Safety Month.  You'll find lots of
ideas for reducing injuries and making your home a safer place.

Department of the Month:   Community Dentistry

The featured department for this month is the Department of Community
Dentistry at the School of Dental Medicine at Case Western Reserve
University.  Experts from Community Dentistry answer user questions and
write original content for NetWellness health topic Preventive
Dentistry.

The Department of Community Dentistry is the link between the School of
Dental Medicine and the Cleveland Community.  The department has several
programs which involve health services, education, and research and are
a resource for graduate students studying dental care systems. These
programs have as their goal the protection and improvement of the oral
health of individual patients and of the community at large. Faculty
members of the department have research programs of their own and teach
and serve on committees of graduate students from various departments of
the University (Community Health Nursing, Epidemiology, Nutrition).

One of the major undertakings which the Department of Community
Dentistry also has underway is an ongoing program involving all four
years of dental students in the placement of dental sealants on all 2nd
and 6th graders permanent molar teeth who attend the City of Cleveland
Public Schools. This program involves referrals to dentists for
additional care, education of teachers, public school students, parents,
and dental students.

The School of Dental Medicine also provides a wide ranging clinical
service program housed within the School. (It maintains its own "dental
hospital"). This program provides service to 55,000 patients a year and
includes all of the dental specialties. It provides a laboratory for
study of all of the management issues that typify an ambulatory setting.

Current NetWellness experts from the Department of Community Dentistry
include: James Lalumandier, DDS, MPH, Stephen Wotman, DDS, Suchitra
Nelson, PhD, Kristin Victoroff, DDS, Kristin Williams, DDS, MPH, James
Houston, DDS, and Catherine Demko, PhD.

Amputation: New Topics and Experts!

Over 140,000 amputations are performed each year in the United States,
and many are a result of vascular disease. The Amputation health topic
addresses a wide variety of topics, such as how to lessen the chance of
amputation, prosthetic devices, and rehabilitation after the surgery.
NetWellness has four experts, all from the College of Medicine at The
Ohio State University, who are participating in this forum: Brian L.
Bowyer, MD, Sports Medicine Center, Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation; Jean E. Starr, MD, Division of General Vascular Surgery,
Department of Surgery; Joel Mayerson, MD, Columbus Children's Hospital,
Department of Orthopaedics; and Blair Vermilion, MD, Division of General
Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery.

Breast Cancer: New Experts!

NetWellness welcomes Jean T. Stevenson, MD, FACE and Zeina Nahleh, MD to
the breast cancer health topic area. Dr. Stevenson is a surgeon in the
Division of Surgical Oncology at the Cancer Care Center at MetroHealth
Medical Center, and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Assistant
Professor of General Medical Sciences (Oncology), both in the School of
Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.  In 2005, Dr. Stevenson
received the Community Outreach Award from the Cancer Care Center at
MetroHealth Medical Center. Her work in the community focuses on
overcoming barriers to breast cancer screening among Latin American and
African American women.  

Dr. Nahleh is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology and
Oncology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the College of
Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. She is also the Director of
the Breast Oncology Program at the university. Her clinical and research
interests include breast cancer (including breast cancer in males),
cancer prevention, and endocrine malignancies.  

Dr. Stevenson and Dr. Nahleh join colleagues from The Ohio State
University and the University of Cincinnati to answer your questions in
the Breast Cancer topic area.  

Dentistry: New Expert!

NetWellness welcomes Alfredo Hernandez, DDS, MS, who is an Associate
Professor at the School of Dental Medicine at Case Western Reserve
University.  Dr. Hernandez maintains a practice focused on cosmetic
dentistry and fixed, removable and implant prosthodontics. His research
interests include ceramics, polymers, and implants.  He joins colleagues
from the Ohio State University to answer your questions in various
Dental and Oral Health topic areas. 

Eye and Vision Care: New Expert!

NetWellness would like to welcome Jeffery M. Schafer, OD, from the
College of Optometry at The Ohio State University to the Eye and Vision
Care topic area. Dr. Shafer is an expert in contact lenses.

Women's Health: New Article!

Women need to be aware of the different health and nutritional concerns
that they face. Sharron Coplin, MS, RD, LD, from the Department of Human
Nutrition, College of Human Ecology at The Ohio State University,
addresses these important topics in an article called "What nutrition
and health issues do women need to pay special attention to?"

Diet and Nutrition: New Article!

Is chocolate really that bad for you? A new article by Bonnie J. Brehm,
PhD, RD, from the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati,
discusses how we can eat chocolate and still have a heart-healthy diet
in her article "Chocolate: A Forbidden Food... Maybe Not!"

About NetWellness

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.