Help in treating diabetes
Help in treating diabetes
PITTSBURGH -- The University of Pittsburgh Diabetes Institute has received a $10 million federal appropriation to improve access to care and provide a longer and better life for people with diabetes in western Pennsylvania. Interventions developed through this program will serve as a model for diabetes treatment for the Air Force.
There are 1.1 million people with diabetes in Pennsylvania, 720,500 diagnosed and 379,500 undiagnosed.
Lead poisoning seminar
YOUNGSTOWN -- A seminar, "Childhood Lead Poisoning: A Call to Action," will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 11 at the Chestnut Room in Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University. To register, call (330) 270-2855. The deadline is March 8. A free lunch and free parking in the Lincoln Avenue parking deck will be provided.
The luncheon speaker is Maria Rapauno of Alliance, of Healthy Homes in Washington, D.C. Other speakers include David Jacobs, director of the Office of Health Homes Lead Hazard Control, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Dr. Bruce Lanphear, director of Children's Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and Dr. Larry Frisch, medical director of the Mahoning County District Board of Health.
Bioterror research grant
ROOTSTOWN -- The Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine has received a $796,520 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to continue its research on better ways to detect fluid-borne microbes, such as bacteria or viruses.
Race and blood pressure
CLEVELAND -- Whites and blacks respond similarly to all common blood pressure drugs, according to a new study published in the March 2004 issue of Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association. The new study, which examined all clinical trials from the last 20 years, found that whites and blacks responded similarly about 90 percent of the time.
Lung screening study
YOUNGSTOWN -- St. Elizabeth Health Center, one of 30 sites nationwide to take part in the National Lung Screening Trial and Ohio's only site, has exceeded its goal of 1,000 by screening 1,048 participants in 11 months.