NEW YORK CHAPTER GALA 2008 PHOTOS
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Dr. Georges J. Casimir presents a bright vision for the future of the AMHE and announces the creation of HAMPAC, the Haitian-American Medical Professional Political Action Committee. If you were unable to attend the 2008 AMHE gala and wish to read the president's speech, click on the link below
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AMHE Convention 2008
Bus Instructions
Monthly free breast and cervical cancer screenings for women over
40,
scheduled for July 12th. Please note that we have also added a
free take home test for colorectal cancer for women 50 and over and
for their partners as well. Please
click on the link for additional
details.
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Few Aware of Stroke Warning Symptoms
Can You Name 5 Stroke Warning Symptoms? A New Survey Shows Most People Can't
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Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed?
Study Shows Many People Who Are Told They Have the Disorder Don't Meet Standard Criteria
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Cancer Stem Cells Created With New Technique
ScienceDaily (Apr. 2008) — With a bit of genetic trickery, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have turned normal skin cells into cancer stem cells, a step that will make these naturally rare cells easier to study
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www.downstate.edu/SIPID
Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D. Lead Author of Insomnia Study
A study on "Insomnia Symptoms in a Multiethnic Sample of American Women," by Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D. et al. appears in the January 2008 issue of Journal of Women's Health. Georges Casimir, MD, and Ferdinand Zizi, MBA, also collaborated on the article.
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The Origin of Aids
Watched this video today.
Nanotechnology, Biomolecules And Light Unite To 'Cook' Cancer Cells
ScienceDaily (Jun. 2008) — Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light.
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First Gene Therapy For Heart Failure Offered In Clinical Trials
ScienceDaily (Jun. 2008) — Could injecting a gene into a patient with severe heart failure reverse their disabling and life-threatening condition? Physician-scientists are setting out to answer that question in a first-ever clinical trial of gene therapy to treat severe heart failure.
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Stem Cell Researchers Give Old Muscle New Pep.
ScienceDaily (Jun. 19, 2008) — Old muscle got a shot of youthful vigor in a stem cell experiment by bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, setting the path for research on new treatments for age-related degenerative conditions such as muscle atrophy or Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
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The FDA recently approved the use of aripiprazole (Abilify) in combination with antidepressant medication for the treatment of major depression in adults. Although a variety of agents have been used in efforts to augment the effect of antidepressants, this first approved adjunct is likely to increase this use of atypical antipsychotics.
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When newborn cells are transplanted onto "skeleton" of adult heart, it becomes pumping organ in the lab
14 Jan
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Haitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary
(HCEBD)
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