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Research Digest: Medical and Emotional Intersection

Posted by admin | Posted on 27-10-2010

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Research Digest: Medical and Emotional Intersection

Outcomes of Heart Surgery Contrada, R., Goyal, T. M., Cather, C., Rafalson, L., Idler, E. L., & Krause, T. J. (2004). Psychosocial factors in outcomes of heart surgery: The impact of religious involvement and depressive symptoms, Health Psychology, 23 (3), 227-238. Richard Contrada and his colleagues reported on the relationship between religiousness and recovery from heart surgery. Their study was of a convenience sample of patients scheduled for heart surgery. The researchers assessed religiousness and other psychosocial factors among 142 patients about one week prior to surgery. Patients considered ineligible for the study were those who did not speak English or who had psychiatric conditions that would interfere with the interview. The majority of patients were male (81 percent or n = 115) and patients ranged in age from 32-88 (M = 64.9 years). Eighty-three percent of participants were white and 7.7 percent black, 4.9 percent Asian, 2.8 percent Hispanic. The majority of patients were married (76.8 percent), 6.3 percent divorced and 4.2 percent single (never married).

The majority (85.2 percent) underwent surgery on an elective basis. Length of stay ranged from three to 84 days (M = 7.47 days). Most patients identified themselves as Christian (83.8 percent). The majority of Christians were Catholic (52.8 percent of the entire sample); 28.2 percent identified themselves as Protestant and 2.8 percent identified as Eastern Orthodox. Other religions represented included Judaism (8.5 percent) and Hinduism (2.8 percent). Seven participants did not identify with a religion. Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians scored higher than the other participants on various measures of religious involvement. The researchers found evidence to support the hypothesis that religious involvement helps with adaptation to heart surgery. For example, in this study stronger religious beliefs were associated prospectively with shorter length of stay and fewer surgical complications. The effect on complications appeared to mediate the effect on length of stay. However, prayer frequency did not have an effect on length of recovery, and more frequent religious attendance was actually associated with increased length of stay. Age was associated with length of stay, with older patients staying longer, though this was mediated at least partially by risk of complications. Also, gender was an important variable, as the effects of religiosity (beliefs and attendance) on length of stay were stronger for women than men.

The varied findings are interpreted by the researchers as follows: religiousness can have a positive effect on health when religious beliefs and attendance reflect an “integrated pattern of religious involvement.” For others, strong religious beliefs may not be reflected in high attendance; still others may attend religious services regularly but not have strongly held religious beliefs. Post hoc analyses seem to support this interpretation of the data. The findings on prayer are also not consistent with extant literature on religious coping and may reflect on the question asked—about frequency of prayer—rather than use of prayer as a religious coping activity in general, or in relation to their surgery. Certainly, additional research is needed to shed light on the potential positive and negative effects of aspects of religiosity on various health outcomes. Timing of Puberty Graber, J. A., Seeley, J. R., Brooks-Gunn, J., Lewinsohn, P. M. (2004). Is pubertal timing associated with psychopathology in young adulthood? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43 (6), 718-726. Julia Graber and her colleagues studied the link between timing of puberty and onset of psychopathology in adolescence and young adulthood. Using data from the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project, Graber et al. report on Time 3 questionnaires. Of the 1,104 potential participants, 941 (85.5 percent) young adults participated, and 931 had information on timing of puberty that was relevant to the study.

The mean age was 24.2 years (SD = 0.6 years) and 57 percent were women (n = 539). The majority was white (89 percent), while three percent were Hispanic, 2.6 percent Native American, 2.6 percent Asian, and 1.1 percent black. Sixty-one percent of participants were single. Many experts assume that while timing of puberty may predict onset of pathology (that is, the earlier the onset of puberty, the greater the risk of pathology), the normal and late onset adolescents would simply “catch up” in rates of illness over time. This study did not find support for this assumption. For example, in this study younger women who reported going through puberty at an earlier age had higher rates of major depression, anxiety, disruptive behavior, and antisocial features. Perhaps not surprisingly, they also reported lower life satisfaction as young adults. Late maturing young women were more likely to complete college. Early maturation among males was not related to increased risk of pathology in adolescence or young adulthood. Early maturation did, however, place males at risk for poorer psychosocial functioning at mid-adolescence. Early maturers also reported higher rates of tobacco use.

This is certainly an important area for early intervention and prevention. As the researchers observe, the picture that forms for females is one of early maturing girls having greater conflict with parents, fewer social skills, and an overall decreased capacity to make good decisions and face the numerous social dilemmas of adolescence. Christian counselors will want to continue to be mindful that early maturers, especially females, are at greater risk for mental health concerns and may benefit from family therapy, social skills training, and interventions to improve problem-solving skills. Spinal Cord Injury Sherman, J. E., DeVinney, D. J., Sperling, K. B. (2004). Social support and adjustment after spinal cord injury: Influence of past peer-mentoring experiences and current live-in partner. Rehabilitation Psychology, 49 (2), 140-149. This is a cross-sectional survey study comparing the impact of two types of social support on adjustment after a spinal cord injury.

The two types of social support studied were past peer-mentoring and current live-in partner (spouse or significant other). Peer mentoring refers to a relationship with someone who has had a similar injury, responded successfully to his or her difficult circumstances, and serves as a mentor to the patient. Participants were recruited from a listing of those with spinal cord injuries through the rehabilitation department of a major university hospital. Forty-three percent of the potential participants (62 of 144) returned usable survey instruments. The measures included in the survey were the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique, Brief Symptom Inventory, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The average age at time of injury was 30.3 years (range = 10 to 85 years). Forty-two (67.7 percent) participants were male and 60 (96.8 percent) were white. Sixty-five percent reported that they were unemployed, and 47.5 percent reported living with a partner. About half (53.2 percent) of the participants reported having had a peer-mentor, and the majority (71.9 percent) of these had one mentor, typically making initial contact within six months of the injury. Interestingly, the majority (78.8 percent) of peer mentors was reported to be met informally rather than through an organized program.

The peermentoring experience typically concluded 10 years prior to the study. The researchers found that past peer-mentoring experience was associated with higher occupational activity and higher ratings on the measure of life satisfaction. Having a live-in partner was correlated with selfreport of greater mobility, economic independence and self-sufficiency. Sherman and colleagues conclude that peer-mentoring experiences are a helpful, complimentary intervention that provides much-needed social support to the person recovering from a spinal cord injury. Early intervention with a peer mentor appears to have a lasting and positive effect, and there may be benefit in developing more intentional contacts between mentors and those who sustain a recent injury. Depression and Back Pain Larson, S. L., Clark, M. R., Eaton, W. W. (2004). Depressive disorder as a long-term antecedent risk factor for incident back pain: A 13-year follow-up study from the Baltimore Epidemiological Catchment area sample. Psychological Medicine, 34 (2), 211-219. This is a study of the relationship between lifetime depression and incident back pain as reported over a 13-year period of time.

Larson et al. report on findings from the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, and specifically questions on depression and back pain taken from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. For this study data was available from 3349 respondents at baseline, 2747 respondents at Time 2, and 1771 respondents at Time 3 (a 13-year period of time altogether). The researchers conclude that back pain is not related to subsequent onset of depression (beyond reactive distress); rather, depression appears to be a risk factor for incident back pain. Back pain was not a short-term result of depression but a condition that emerges over a rather lengthy period of time (longer than one year). There is certainly a need for additional research to help us come to a better understanding of the relationship between back pain and depression. What we do know from prior research is that depression can certainly lead to a worsening of other medical conditions and can lead to the onset of various medical illnesses.

What this study suggests, however, is that back pain can lead to the onset of depression over time, and this should be studied further. Perhaps, as the researchers suggest, this will lead to programs that include psychological interventions in the treatment of chronic pain. Pain,Well-Being,and Older Adulthood Bookwala, J., Harralson, T. L., & Parmelee, P. A. (2003). Effects of pain on functioning and well-being in older adults with osteoarthritis of the knee. Psychology and Aging, 18 (4), 844-850.Jamilial Brookwala, Tina Harralson, and Patricia Parmelee reported on 367 participants suffering from osteoarthritis (OA). Patients were recruited through local newspapers, rheumatology clinics, and primary care practices. To be eligible for the study they had to be over 50 years old and been diagnosed with either OA or degenerative joint disease. Potential participants were also screened for significant cognitive impairment, a life-threatening condition (e.g., cancer), rheumatoid arthritis, and language/hearing problems that would keep them from completing an interview.

The mean age of the group was 67.9 years (SD = 9.7 years) and 64% were female (n = 234). Seventy-three percent were white (n = 268) and 25% black (n = 99). About 50% of the sample was married at the time of the study. Bookwala et al. reported that greater OA-related pain was associated with depression, poorer physical functioning, and lower social functioning. In terms of a model, poor physical functioning was related to lower social functioning, and both of these were related to an increase in symptoms of depression and physical illness. Concerning psychosocial impact of OA-related pain, OA pain is related to both psychological and physical wellbeing. In this study physical and social functioning functioned as mediators of the relationship between OA-related pain and well-being.Web counselor plays a vital role for the welfare of society.

Higher OA-related pain was correlated with poorer perceived health. As the researchers suggest, these associations may lead to further research on what directly and indirectly links to mortality through perceived health. The path to intervention may be through services that enhance well-being, increase social participation and physical activities, and lead to favorable evaluations of one’s own health. Mark A.Yarhouse,Psy.D., is associate professor of psychology at Regent University, Virginia Beach,Virginia. He is co-author (with Lori A. Burkett) of the book, Sexual Identity: A Guide to Living in the Time Between the Times (University Press of America).

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Rice University – Medical Center Apartments

Posted by admin | Posted on 13-10-2010

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Rice University – Medical Center Apartments

William Marsh Rice University (commonly known as Rice University) is a private research university located in Houston, Texas, United States. The campus is located near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.

Rice enrolled 3,001 undergraduate, 897 post-graduate, and 1,247 doctoral students and awarded 1,448 degrees in 2007. The university is organized into eight schools offering 40 undergraduate degree programs, 51 masters programs, and 29 doctoral programs.

Rice is noted for its applied science programs in the fields of nanotechnology, artificial heart research, structural chemical analysis, and space science.

Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (SINST) – the nation’s first nanotechnology center Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN – promotes the discovery and development of nanomaterials that enable new medical and environmental technologies Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) – provides a resource for education and research breakthroughs and advances in the broad, multidisciplinary field of nanophotonics Rice Quantum Institute – organization dedicated to research and higher education in areas relating to quantum phenomena Rice Space Institute – fosters programs in all areas of space research Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB) – facilitates the translation of interdisciplinary research and education in biosciences and bioengineering Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology – dedicated to the advancement of applied interdisciplinary research in the areas of computation and information technology Baker Institute for Public Policy – one of the leading nonpartisan public policy think tanks in the country

Students that prefer to live of-campus usually choose to live in Houston Museum District due to the wide variety of museums and easy transportation. Apartments like Alta Lofts at Herman Park, Promenade at Herman Park, The Belmont make it possible to live a luxurious life at a low cost.

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How can medical colleges in India change your future?

Posted by admin | Posted on 30-09-2010

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How can medical colleges in India change your future?

AIIMS (All India institute of medical sciences) is one of the best medical colleges in India. It was started in 1956. It is a statutory body established by a Parliament Act. It imparts education in both under and post graduate medical programs. This institute has extended facilities for teaching students and performing research. Almost 42 medical disciplines are taught in this college. Its faculty publishes 500 publications each year. It also awards degrees in nursing in its college of nursing. AIIMs is an independent university and it awards degrees on its own. Its degrees are not related to any other university. It also provides nursing training to its students under the BSc. Hons. Stanley medical college is one of the top medical colleges in Tamil Nadu. The admission to this college can be gained through an entrance test which is held at any time during the months of March to May. For candidates residing in other states, admission can be gained through All India Premedical/Predental (AIPMPD) Test organized by CBSE. Almost 15-160 students are taken in by this college every year.

The most elite private medical colleges in India like Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Amity University (Bachelor and Master of Physiotherapy) have become famous all over the world for their level of services. These colleges are now recognized by the Medical council of India or MCI. This council controls the level of medical programs imparted by these students. The top courses that are awarded by these colleges are MD, BDS (Bachelor of Dental science) and MBBS.

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University provides medical education to its students in the form of courses like BHMS (Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery) and MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery). It is one of the top medical colleges in Delhi (NCR). The University has several affiliated colleges under which it provides such medical education. Some of them are Dr. B.R. Sur Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital and Research Centre and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. It also conducts a written exam (common entrance test) to be made eligible for admission to these colleges. The candidates who get high scores in this exam are then called for a counseling session.

Apart from medicine, this university also imparts education in pharmacy and nursing. Educational loans are also available to pursue such medical courses in private universities from leading banks.

The state of Karnataka has a high range of top quality medical colleges. It has a large number of colleges but the percentage of medical colleges is high. The main aim of the top medical colleges in Karnataka is to impart quality education to its students so that the professionals produced are fully qualified to work in the medical industry.

The Bangalore medical science college provides MBBS degrees apart from post graduate courses in surgery. The ability to get admission in this college consists of clearing the common entrance test apart from 50% marks in 10+2 with the candidate having subjects like physics, chemistry and biology. All the top medical colleges in Karnataka are now recognized by the All India Council of Technical Education. So, become a doctor for treating people.

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Tampa International Airport – china first aid splint – china medical crutch

Posted by admin | Posted on 22-09-2010

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Tampa International Airport – china first aid splint – china medical crutch

History

Tampa Bay was the birthplace of commercial airline service, when pioneer aviator Tony Jannus flew the inaugural flight of the St Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line on January 1, 1914, from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa using a Benoist Flying Boat the first scheduled commercial airline flight in the world using a heavier-than-air airplane.

Drew Field

Postcard from Drew Field

In 1928 the city completed the 160-acre (0.65 km2) Drew Field six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Tampa. The more popular Peter O. Knight Airport was opened on Davis Island near Downtown Tampa in 1935, where both Eastern and National Airlines operated until 1946.

The United States Army Air Force took over Drew Field during World War II and expanded and modernized the airport. The airfield was used by Third Air Force and renamed it Drew Army Airfield. Third Air Force used it as a training center by 120,000 combat air crews and flew antisubmarine patrols from the airfield. There was one accident in 1943 that killed five fliers. Despite this, Drew Field set a safety record for the Third Air Force in 1945 after 100,000 flying hours had been completed over a period of 10 months without a fatal incident. The aircraft operated included the B-17, C-47, AT-6, B-25, and others.

Tampa International Airport

After the hostilities, Eastern and National Airlines moved to Drew Field. The reason for the relocation was that the Peter O. Knight Airport was too small to handle the new Douglas DC-4, DC-6 and Lockheed Constellation prop-liners that were being placed into service. During this period the airlines were housed in the former Base Operations Building which was converted into a terminal.

Trans Canada Airlines inaugurated international flights in 1950 and Drew Field was renamed Tampa International Airport. The airport’s second terminal opened in 1952 near the intersection of Columbus Drive and West Shore Blvd. The building, which was built for three airlines, was soon swamped. The Civil Aeronautics Board granted Capital, Delta, Northeast, Northwest and Trans World Airlines authority to fly to Tampa during the late 1950s and as a result created havoc at the undersized terminal. An annex was built east of the terminal to accommodate the new carriers.

Jet-powered operations began in 1959 when Eastern Air Lines introduced the Lockheed L-188 Electra. The following year National Airlines began turbojet service with the Douglas DC-8 jetliner. Flights to Mexico City began in 1961 with weekly service by Pan American.

Congestion became a serious problem at the 1952 Terminal when the airlines began to replace their piston powered equipment with larger jetliners. As a temporary measure the terminal was once again expanded to handle the growth in traffic.

The 1971 Terminal

During the early 1960s, the aviation authority began making plans to build a replacement terminal in an undeveloped site at the airport. Airport leaders chose the Landside/Airside design in 1965 after a careful study of different types of terminals.

Construction on the new terminal began in 1968 between the airport’s parallel jet-capable runways. When completed in 1971 the new jetport was highly praised by the press. Prior to its official April 15 opening, 60,000 people toured the new facility during a two day open house event. National Airlines Flight 36 from LAX was the first to arrive at the terminal. After touching down at 05:26 am the jet taxied to Airside E to disembark its passengers.

The people mover system (Airside E, right)

The airport’s people mover system was the first such system in the world. The original eight trains were built by Westinghouse.

The 227-foot (69 m) tall ATC control tower became operational on July 15, 1972 and at the time was the tallest in the United States (at 227 feet). The Host/Marriott Airport Hotel with its revolving rooftop restaurant got plenty of attention when it opened its doors on December 1973. The building’s features include triple-paned windows and sound-proof guest rooms.

Northwest and National Airlines brought the Jumbo Jet to the airport late in 1971 with the introduction of the Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10. This was followed by the introduction of the Lockheed Tristar a year later by Eastern Air Lines. National Airlines began trans Atlantic DC-10 service to Amsterdam and Paris in 1977. In 1991, Airside B closed following the demise of Eastern Airlines.

During the following decades, the airport was expanded and improved to handle more traffic and additional airlines. In 1996, Airsides C and D were remodeled. The interiors of both satellites were refurbished and the original Westinghouse shuttles were replaced with Bombardier CX-100 trains. During this time, all the airlines from both facilties were housed in Airside E. Upon completion of the renovations, the airlines returned to their original locations and Airside E was closed for good. The Landside Terminal was also remodeled numerous times during the 1980s and 1990s.

Both Delta Air Lines and US Airways opened maintenance bases at the airport to service their growing fleets. However, both bases closed following the September 11 terrorist attacks and the airline struggles that ensued. Alabama based Pemco World Air Services currently occupies the former US Airways hangar performing MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) services for several airlines.

Terminal, airlines and destinations

Aerial of TPA in 2004

The Ticketing Level at Tampa International Airport. The level received a makeover from 2000 to 2002.

Airside A

Airside C Interior (2008)

Airside E Interior (2008)

Airside F Interior (2008)

Tampa International Airport’s Landside/Airside terminal was the first of its type in the world. There is a central Landside Terminal where baggage and ticketing functions take place. The Landside Terminal is surrounded by four Airside satellites where airliner embarkment and disembarkment occur. Each Airside is connected to the Landside Terminal via an elevated automated people mover (APM) system which employs 16 Bombardier CX-100 Shuttle Cars. TPA was the first airport in the world to deploy a fully automated, driverless people mover system and is host to Bombardier Transportation’s longest-running APM system. The terminal was originally designed to limit the walking distance between the automobile and airliner to 700 feet (210 m); today, it has increased to about 1,000 feet (300 m), due mostly in part to the larger, more modern airside buildings which have replaced the original, smaller structures. The future of the Airport is certain to see continued growth and success. Many plans have been set in motion to expand as the Tampa Bay area continues to thrive.

Airsides

Today, there are four active airsides (A, C, E and F) with 62 gates. All were constructed after 1985 and all airsides include a food court and gift shop, and outdoor smoking patios. Airsides E and F contain duty free shops in addition to the regular gift shops to serve passengers arriving or departing on international flights. As of 2009, the security screening area in each airside is equipped with one “puffer” explosives walk-thru detection machine. A brief description of each airside and the airlines they occupy are listed below, including the major cities/hubs that each airline serves from TPA.

Airside A

includes gates 1-12 and 14-18

it was opened on March 16, 1995 and was designed by Continental Airlines

Airside C

includes gates 30-45

it was the last airside to be demolished and rebuilt from the ground up; it was reopened to passengers on April 19, 2005

Airside E

includes gates 62-75

it was the first airside to be demolished and rebuilt

the current fourteen-gate facility was designed for Delta Air Lines and was dedicated and opened to passengers on October 15, 2002

the facility includes one airline lounge: the Delta Air Lines “Sky Club”

Airside F

includes gates 76-90

it was opened on November 4, 1987 and was designed for international flights

the facility includes two airline lounges: the US Airways’ Club and the International Club which is used by British Airways passengers

the customs/immigration center is located on level 1

Airlines and destinations

Airlines

Destinations

Airside

Air Canada

Halifax [seasonal], Montral-Trudeau [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson

AirTran Airways

Akron/Canton, Asheville [seasonal; begins May 4] Atlanta, Baltimore, Dayton, Flint [seasonal], Grand Rapids [begins June 12], Gulfport/Biloxi, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh [seasonal], Rochester (NY)

American Airlines

Chicago-O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK, San Juan

British Airways

London-Gatwick

Cayman Airways

Grand Cayman

Continental Airlines

Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark

Continental Connection operated by Gulfstream International Airlines

Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Miami, Pensacola, Tallahassee

Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines

Cleveland

Delta Air Lines

Atlanta, Boston [seasonal], Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Detroit, Hartford/Springfield, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Salt Lake City [seasonal]

Delta Connection operated by Comair

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky [seasonal]

Delta Connection operated by Mesaba Airlines

Memphis [seasonal]

Frontier Airlines

Denver, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City [seasonal; ends April 18]

Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines

Oklahoma City [seasonal; ends April 18]

JetBlue Airways

Boston, New York-JFK, Newark, White Plains

Midwest Airlines operated by Republic Airlines

Milwaukee, Omaha [seasonal]

Southwest Airlines

Albany, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham (AL), Buffalo, Chicago-Midway, Columbus (OH), Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford/Springfield, Houston-Hobby, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Long Island/Islip, Louisville, Manchester (NH), Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, San Antonio, Washington-Dulles, West Palm Beach

Spirit Airlines

Atlantic City, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale

Sun Country Airlines

Minneapolis/St. Paul [seasonal]

United Airlines

Chicago-O’Hare, Denver, Washington-Dulles

US Airways

Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Washington-Reagan

WestJet

Ottawa [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson

Original airsides

The original TPA airsides were designed in the mid 1960s as four identical facilities. The concept was later scrapped for unknown reasons and the facilities were eventually built around the requirements of their then primary tenant airlines. Thus creating the four dissimilar facilities that stood from their opening in 1971 to 2000. Each airside building was three stories tall and included a minimum of ten gates, a cocktail lounge, snack bar, and gift shop. Each airside was maintained by the airline for which it was built until 1999. All of the facilities (except Airside B) were renovated in the early/mid 1990s but received no further modifications during their life span. All 4 of the original airside buildings have been demolished and either re-built or the space re-used as noted below.

Below is a brief description of the four original airsides and the airlines that occupied them throughout the years. The bolded airlines indicate the primary (anchor) tenants for each facility.

Airside B – former Gates 19-30 (1971-1991)

Airside B was a twelve-gate facility that was designed by Eastern Airlines and was the first original airside to shut down. The closure was the direct result of Eastern’s cessation of operations in 1991. There were preliminary plans to renovate and revive the airside during the early 1990s, but efforts failed and planning for Airside A commenced immediately in 1992. The airside was not rebuilt due to a lack of overnight parking for aircraft, the facility’s close proximity to one of TPA’s runways, and the need for a separate automated baggage sorting facility for Airside A (since Airside A could not accommodate a built-in facility due to its pre-2001 construction), and was eventually demolished in 2003.

Today an overnight aircraft hardstand and an automated baggage sorting facility for Airside A sit on the former site. The site could also one day house an intermodal center that would allow passengers to connect to various mass transit options, including Tampa’s proposed light rail system.

Airside C – Gates 31-41

Airside C was an eleven-gate facility designed by Delta Air Lines. The facility originally housed a customs/immigration center for arriving Air Canada and Pan Am international flights. The center was closed in 1987 and a Delta Crown Room was added. The airside was renovated (and its shuttles replaced) in 1996 but never received any further modification. By the late 1990s, Delta’s presence in Airside C was dramatically increasing, and so was the congestion and lack of gate space. The airline soon requested HCAA to build a new facility for them. Airside E was deemed inactive by 1997 and its future quickly went up in the air. In 1998, it was decided that Airside E be demolished and rebuilt for Delta. After a brief halt in construction due to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the new Airside E opened in 2002 and Delta immediately moved in. After much debate by the HCAA about whether to demolish or renovate the aging facility, Airside C was then slated for demolition and replacement in 2003.

Airside D – former Gates 46-55 (1971-2005)

Airside D was the last of the original airsides to close. The facility was designed by Northwest Airlines and was originally without some jet-ways until government airline regulation ended in 1978. The airside was renovated in 1996 (and its original shuttles were replaced). Northwest moved to Airside A in 1999 and United moved to the rebuilt Airside E in 2002. Airside D closed in May 2005 and its remaining tenants (AirTran, JetBlue, and Spirit) were relocated to Airsides A and C. The facility was demolished in May 2007 and the site is currently used as hard-stand aircraft parking, but will eventually be used for the Control Tower and Ground Radar relocation in preparation for the New North Terminal facility. An 8-10 Gate replacement facility may be built down the road depending on capacity needs, but is not likely until 2020 or beyond.

Airside E – Gates 61-70

The original Airside E was designed by National Airlines and boasted a slightly different layout from the other airsides. Its boarding gates were on the third level (as opposed to the second level in the other airsides). This was due to the fact that the facility was designed specifically for the DC-10. The first level was open to allow tugs to drive right through. This was due to the airsides close proximity to the taxiway. Airside E occupied National until its demise and takeover by Pan Am. Pan Am, in turn, occupied the facility until its own demise. Thereafter, the facility was renovated (in 1991) and Continental became its final major tenant. The facility was closed in 1995 after Continental’s new terminal (Airside A) opened. The airside was demolished in 2000 and replaced by its current facility.

TPA Airport Today

The airport control tower as seen from the parking garage.

Today, TPA Airport handles about 20 million passengers per year ) and improvements currently in progress will increase capacity to 25-million passengers a year. The airport’s car rental market is in the top five among all U.S. Airports. And the facility continues to receive consistent top-ranking reviews from numerous publications. A 2007 Zagat Survey ranked TPA the “Best Overall U.S. Airport” and in 2008 Cond Nast Traveler recognized TPA as the second-best airport in the world, just two-tenths of a point behind the first place winner. JD Power and Associates have also given TPA Airport consistently high customer satisfaction ratings over the years. Presently, the largest aircraft serving TPA is the Boeing 777.

At this time, new runway is being planned (17-35) to increase capacity in fair-weather conditions. In addition, a second Landside Airside Terminal will be built to the north of the current facility, allowing the airport to serve over 50-million passengers a year by 2025. Construction of this facility was originally slated to begin in 2010, with completion set to October 2015. However, the St. Petersburg Times reported on November 7, 2008 that the airport authority is no longer pursuing the original planned dates due to the current state of the US and global economies. The current struggle of the airline industry, including the recent merger by Delta and Northwest, has forced passenger levels to level off, and slowly decline at the airport. Additionally, with more possible airline mergers on the way, TPA Airport may not require drastic expansion for another five to six years. The revised start date of construction of the north terminal is now estimated at around 2015. According to the Tampa Tribune, passenger levels dropped by 14% in January 2009

The Marriott located adjacent of the parking garage.

Phase I of the economy parking garage was completed in November 2005. Phase II of the economy garage opened ahead of schedule in November 2005, bringing a total of 5,600 parking spaces.

Tampa International Airport covers an area of 3,300 acres (1,335 ha) at an elevation of 26 feet (8 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 9/27 is 6,999 by 150 feet (2,133 x 46 m) with an asphalt/concrete surface; 18L/36R is 8,300 by 150 feet (2,530 x 46 m) with an asphalt/concrete surface; 18R/36L is 11,002 by 150 feet (3,353 x 46 m) with an concrete surface.

For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2008, the airport had 279,183 aircraft operations, an average of 764 per day: 85% scheduled commercial, 14% general aviation and <1% military. At that time there were 90 aircraft based at this airport: 66% jet, 19% single-engine, 3% multi-engine and 12% helicopter.

Airport Amenities

Airport conveniences that are free of charge include passenger paging, wireless internet access, cell phone waiting lot with flight information, free first hour terminal parking, shuttle service from the economy garage, real-time flight information and travelers aid services. Other services include eateries located before passenger checkpoints, touch screen information kiosks, information about local events and outdoor smoking areas.

The logo

The logo represents the blue waters of Tampa Bay with a jetliner flying into a downtown Tampa sunset. It is known as the “Spirit of Flight”. The jetliner was modelled after those once used for supersonic transport — at the time the logo was created in the 1970s, it was during an era when it was thought that supersonic aircraft would replace conventional jets as a mode of air travel.[citation needed]

The color-coding system

Since its opening on April 15, 1971, Tampa International Airport has used a special color-coding system throughout the terminal complex. The Baggage Claim Areas and Ticket Counters are color-coded Blue and Red. Airlines are assigned a color depending on their location within the Landside Terminal Building. The airlines found in the south side of the terminal are color-coded blue. The carriers located in the north side are color coded red. The codes were also assigned names to assist color-blind patrons. The Blue side names are Neil Armstrong and Amelia Earhart. The Red side names are Igor Sikorsky and Chuck Yeager. The Long Term Parking Garage also uses the special color coding system. The four elevator cores have names and colors to make it easier for customers to remember where they’ve parked. Wright Brothers – Orange, Tony Jannus – Purple, Robert Goddard – Green and Charles Lindbergh – Brown. The Economy Parking Garage (EPG) is also split into two sections Purple and Gold. The newest phase, opened in time for the 2008 holiday season, will be Green and Orange. The EPG cores have no names at the present.

The Landside Terminal

The Landside Terminal was designed with convenience in mind. Express elevators and escalators keep passenger traffic moving smoothly, with few bottlenecks.

Level 1 (Baggage Claim) contains all inbound baggage facilities and baggage belts. The Blue Rental Car facility was relocated from its crammed Bag Claim location, to a consolidated facility beneath the long term parking garage in 2002. On November 15, 2006 a new Red Rental Car facility and garage opened adjacent to the Marriott. In late 2008, renovation of the Baggage Claim began and will continue well into 2009. Improvements include new baggage carousels and an inbound baggage screening system.

Level 2 (Ticketing) contains all ticketing/check-in functions. The level also contains a Charter desk reserved for flights that do not normally utilize TPA. The Ticketing area received a major renovation/expansion in 2002.

Shopping/circulation area on the Transfer Level

Level 3 (Transfer Level) includes the airside shuttle stations and a shopping area known as the Airport Galleria. The airport Marriott Hotel is adjacent to the main terminal. Tampa’s facilities are almost entirely housed in the public access main terminal. The facilities are mostly operated and run by three airport retail companies – HMS Host, Stellar Partners, Bay Area Concessions and OSI Restaurant Partners.

There are two food courts on level 3, operating on opposite sides of the building. The Galleria also features TGI Friday’s, the first airport Carrabba’s, diverse shopping attractions, such as a Ron Jon Surf Shop, Brookstone and Harley-Davidson. There is also an outdoor smoking/observation patio located where the Airside B shuttle bay once stood.

Level 3 has undergone numerous major renovations. The main building was renovated in 1997. Shuttle bay expansions were constructed in 1986 for Airside F, 1994 for Airside A, 2001 for Airside E, and 2004 for Airside C. Future expansion plans include a relocation of the shuttle bay for Airside E by 2012, and, if the plans for a light rail system in the Tampa Bay area come to fruition, a light rail station could be constructed at the current Observation Deck location. The airport also has plans on building a north terminal complex in addition to the existing complex by 2020.

Service building

When the airport opened its doors in 1971, the Service Building went into operation as well. It housed the very first Communications Center, Police dispatch, employee cafeteria and maintenance locker rooms. The building is located across from the Red Baggage and Ticketing levels. It was primarily intended to house mechanical equipment such as the chiller plant and electrical transformers. Since then it has been expanded to two levels which was in the original design in 1968. Today it houses the original facilities with the addition of offices, rental car counters, badging and a receptionist desk. The Police department/Lost & Found has a lobby on level two (ticketing level) for walk-in lost & found requests.

Parking facilities

Currently, over 20,000 parking spaces are available at the airport. These spaces are split between the Short Term Parking Garage, the Long Term Parking Garage, and the Economy Parking Garage. As of right now, there is an ongoing expansion of the Economy Parking Garages which is in its second phase of construction. Also, the SunPass Plus program, first introduced at Orlando International Airport, is being implemented at TPA in stages. In early 2009, the Economy Parking Garages began using the program, in which customers can use their SunPass transponders to pay for parking. The program was expanded to the Short & Long-Term garages during the summer of 2009. In addition, TIA also provides “self-serve” lanes in which customers can pay with their credit card instead of waiting in line for the cash lanes.

Short term parking garage

Levels 4-9 of the Landside Terminal Building house the short term parking garage. The garage was built with the airport complex in 1971 for added passenger convenience. Originally three levels, the garage was expanded in 1982 to six levels and contains 3,612 spaces.

Long term parking garage

Long term parking was originally a large lot sitting on what is today, the present-day long term parking garage. The garage was built in several phases from 1990 to 1997 after increased passenger traffic swamped the parking lot beyond capacity. A monorail (situated on Level Five of the garage) connects passengers to and from the short term parking garage (Level Five) and the Landside Terminal. The garage can hold a total of 7,635 spaces on six levels.

Economy parking garage

On November 1, 2005 phase I-A of the garage opened to the public and then on May 19, 2006 phase I-B opened. The garage is 8,043 spaces large and is divided into two color-coded sections – purple and gold (yellow). There is also a surface lot and overflow lot for use during the holidays. A free shuttle service takes passengers to the terminal drop-off twenty-four hours a day. Construction began in early 2008 on phase II which will be an exact copy of the first phase.

Cell phone waiting lot

Cell phone waiting lot flight display

In an effort to decrease congestion within the Landside Terminal, particularly the baggage claim areas, a cell phone waiting lot was built alongside one of the remote overflow lots. It includes two large four panel flight status boards, showing real-time arrival information. This allows awaiting family members and friends of arriving passengers to wait in their vehicles until the passenger calls. Then the arriving passenger(s) can be picked up curbside at the Landside Terminal without creating curbside congestion problems. The lot has restrooms, WiFi, recorded CCTV surveillance and around-the-clock police patrols. Construction began in early 2008 to expand the cell phone waiting lot and was completed in November of that same year. The lot contains approximately 125 striped spaces.[citation needed]

Monorail

The monorail was installed in 1991 when the new long term parking garage was built and opened on December 16. It was the first of its kind in the world to include six driverless, electrically propelled cars that are completely computer controlled. The system was also the first to have active switches and it is monitored from the airport’s communications center. There are four long term stations. Monorail circles the long term parking garage and connects to the short term garage via an elevated bridge to stop at four additional stations. Monorail is free to use and runs twenty-four hours a day except for a once-a-week maintenance shut-down in the overnight hours. Bombardier Transportation maintains the system by contract and the Aviation Authority owns it.

Future Intermodal Center

Plans are currently in the works for the construction of an intermodal facility located on airport premises. This would allow passengers to better connect to the number of proposed bus routes by both HART and PSTA. In addition, a light rail system is being planned for the Tampa area, with a link to TPA Airport from Downtown Tampa and the WestShore district .

Public art program

The Airport’s public art program was established in 1998 to enhance the traveling public’s experience and to bring forth Florida’s history and culture. A committee selects the art through a jury process.

Permanent exhibits:

Landside Terminal Level 3 at the observation deck includes paintings, sculptures, glass art and mixed media presentations. Various artists contributed.

Airside E boasts a collection of seven WPA (Works Projects Administration) murals which were originally painted in the 1930s and restored for display. These originally adorned the Peter O. Knight Airport until 1965. Artist is George Snow Hill.

Landside Terminal Level 2 has a collection of copper, nickel, silver and bronze alloy suspended Pelicans and a mangrove tree sculpture. Original to the airport when it opened in 1971 the collection is known as “The Meeting Place”. The mangrove tree is 15 feet (4.6 m) tall with a flock of 22 life-sized pelicans all in copper roosting and circling around. Pelicans are also “flying” above the escalators. Artist Roy Butler of Plantation, FL.

Landside Terminal Level 2 near the United ticket counters is a presentation of 28 Cirkut images (A type of Kodak camera). They are 20.8 x 10 feet (3.0 m). The photographs depict the unique history of social and urban growth of Tampa, FL and the west coast. Included are a team photo of the New York Yankees (1927) and a 1922 Gasparilla Invasion. Artist: Brothers Al and Jean Bugert

Blue Side Baggage Claim includes artwork by Elle Terry Leonard and Josh Johnson above the marine exhibit.

Airport Chapel level 3 of the Main Terminal has the first ever commissioned artwork of glass art adorning the entryway door and interior. Artist Yvonne Barlog.

Richard J. Frank’s watercolor on paper “Off Doolin” hangs in the shopping arcade of the landside Terminal.

Ticket Level/Red Baggage Claim Tapestries were hand-made by twenty women from Phumalanga, Swaziland in Africa. Each is 34 feet (10 m) by 8 feet (2.4 m) and depict familiar Florida nature scenes. They serve two purposes. The first is to provide eye-pleasing decoration and the second is to provide a sound absorption method.

Red Baggage Claim Aquarium tile collage by E. Joseph McCarty.

Main Terminal Level 3 “World Traveler” glass vase. Uses the graal and overlay technique by Duncan McClellan.

The Airport also has a collection of rotating work and exhibits on loan in addition to the permanent collections. They include the exhibit at Airside A security screening and the gallery in the arcade to the Marriott Hotel.

Airside C includes: (totaling over million)

Spiraculum, a collection of twenty-six mosaic floor medallions at the shuttle lobby by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel.

Final Boarding Call, an 11 ft (3.4 m) by 17 ft (5.2 m) Oil painting on Belgium linen by Christopher Still. It’s located at the TSA checkpoint.

q, a 90-foot (27 m) long sculpture of cut-out figures. It depicts travelers from different time periods and forms a timeline of advances in airline travel.

Barnstormer, an eight foot tall silicon bronze statue of a pioneer pilot. It weighs more than 1,000 pounds and sits atop a 4-foot (1.2 m) high cement pedestal. Artist: Harrison Covington

Orange Blossom, an aluminum sculpture by Stephen Robin. The fragrant flower blooms in the spring and is Florida’s state flower. This sculpture is 13 ft (4.0 m) by 9 ft (2.7 m) by 5 ft (1.5 m) and weighs about 1,300 lb (590 kg).

One Buc Place

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ team headquarters were adjacent to the airport from their inception in the 1976 to 2006, when they moved to a new facility at the former Tampa Bay Center. It is located just across the street from their home field, Raymond James Stadium, and close to the airport.

Accidents and incidents

In 1943, five people were killed when their B-26 crashed on a flight from Avon Park to Eglin field. The pilot attempted an emergency landing at Drew Field and overshot the runway. Two others on board survived. This occurred one hour after an A-24 flying out of Drew Field crashed in Mullet Key near St. Petersburg, a bombing range at the time. The pilot ditched the plane and lived but the gunner bailed out and drowned.

On June 27, 2009, US Airways flight 1241 underwent a rough landing causing the front tire to blow. Subsequently the blown tire caused the landing gear to collapse. None of the passengers or crew on board reported any injuries. However, television pitchman Billy Mays was on this flight and was hit on the head, possibly by falling luggage out of the overhead compartments, during the rough landing; he was found dead the following morning. No evidence of interior or exterior head trauma was discovered during the autopsy.

Medical Marijuana Has Been Legal For Years

Posted by admin | Posted on 09-09-2010

Category : Region V

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Medical Marijuana Has Been Legal For Years

Medical Marijuana Has Been Legal For Years

California was the first State to approve Medical Marijuana in 1996, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had cleared the use of Medicinal Marijuana in 1986, as the pill form of Marinol. Marinol contains the active ingredient in Marijuana known as

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and is considered to be, Medical Marijuana. Marinol is primarily used in association with chemotherapy for Cancer patients, alleviating nausea and vomiting. The “Pill” is also used to assist with loss of appetite by AIDS patients.

Why then did the medical community and FDA, give recent proponents of the leafy plant such static regarding legalization? First of all, Marijuana would have been the FDA’s first (and only) drug approved with a smoking delivery system for medicine. The FDA has long considered the similarities of Tobacco and Marijuana too unsafe for the general public. Tars, 400 plus chemicals burning, poor delivery, difficult to regulate, and difficulty in administering doses, were impassable hurdles facing clearance. To show that they aren’t such a harsh agency, the FDA points to their acceptance of Morphine and the opiate family.

The FDA may have to dig deeper in their acceptance hearts, as the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research has concluded an interesting study. From August 2004, to May 2005 at the University of California San Francisco, smokeless delivery was examined. The primary objective was to evaluate the use of a vaporization system (The Volcano) as a smokeless delivery system for inhaled Marijuana. The results were positive, and a two thumbs up green light has ushered in a new era in the consumption of Medical Marijuana.

Santa may be hauling a lot of extra weight on his sled this year, in the form of Vaporizers.

Waksman and the Course of Medical History

Posted by admin | Posted on 19-08-2010

Category : Region I

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Waksman and the Course of Medical History

Selman Waksman changed the course of medical history while investigating how soil microbes defended themselves against invaders. He and coworkers isolated twenty-two new defensive compounds produced by soil microbes and in the process discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. For his discovery of streptomycin, Waksman received the 1952 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

Selman Abraham Waksman was born on July 22, 1888, in Priluka, near Kiev, Russia (now the Ukraine). After graduating from the Fifth Gymnasium in Odessa, Russia, in 1910, Waksman immediately immigrated to the United States. In 1911 he enrolled at Rutgers University, where he received a B.S. in 1915 and an M.S. in 1916, both in agriculture. While at Rutgers, Waksman worked with Jacob G. Lipman, another Russian immigrant, whose primary research interest was soil microbiology. After receiving his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1918, Waksman returned to New Jersey to begin work as a microbiologist and as a part-time instructor at Rutgers. He was appointed professor of soil microbiology at Rutgers in 1930, a position he held until his retirement in 1958. He also established a lab to study marine microbiology at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in 1931.

Although Waksman was involved in many areas of soil microbiology, it was his interest and expertise in the life-and-death struggles between soil microbes that eventually led to a cure for tuberculosis. In 1932 the American National Association against Tuberculosis asked Waksman to investigate earlier reports that the tubercle bacillus, or the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, was rapidly destroyed in soil. Waksman confirmed those reports and concluded that the tubercle bacillus was probably killed by other bacteria present in the soil. He proposed that the soil bacteria defended themselves by producing an unknown substance that destroyed the tubercle bacillus. He also coined the term “antibiotic” for substances produced by one microorganism that suppress the growth of another.

Waksman and his collaborators grew a batch of a soil microorganism called Actinomyces griseus and isolated their first antibiotic from the brew in 1940. They called it actinomycin, after the species of microorganism from which it was isolated. In 1942 they isolated streptothricin. Like actinomycin, it was too toxic to use in humans, but unlike actinomycin, it destroyed the tubercle bacillus. Encouraged by these discoveries, Waksman continued to test, or screen, other soil microbes for their ability to produce antibiotics with activity against the bacteria that caused tuberculosis (now known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis).

Waksman and his colleagues screened more than 10,000 different soil microbes before they isolated streptomycin in 1943. Streptomycin was what they were looking for: It destroyed the tubercle bacillus and was safe enough to test in humans. Subsequent clinical trials proved that streptomycin cured several types of tuberculosis and that it was safe enough to prescribe for a variety of gram-negative bacterial infections. Even after sixty years, streptomycin continues to be used in the battle against tuberculosis and other life-threatening infections. Waksman died on August 16, 1973, and is buried in a churchyard in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Cha Medical Gruop(representative: Kwang Yul Cha) Will Bring Hope to Incurable Disease Treatment

Posted by admin | Posted on 17-08-2010

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Cha Medical Gruop(representative: Kwang Yul Cha) Will Bring Hope to Incurable Disease Treatment

College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University(Representative : Kwang Yul Cha M.D) & CHA Medical Group’s biotechnology venture business, CHA Biotech(Board of Director: Kwang Yul Cha) was established for the development of cell therapy using stem cell that is so-called the “Flower of the Medical Science” in September 2000. CHA Biotec, led by Kwang Yul Cha, is now promoting to form large-scale stem cell institute in both U.S and Korea by building CHA Medical Stem Cell Institute organized of 180 professionals focusing on stem cell treatment and cord blood deposit and transplantation. CHA Medical Group led by Kwang Yul Cha M.D will start constructing ‘CHA Institute’ in 2009 at Pangyo Techno Valley and it is scheduled to open in 2010.

‘CHA Group Stem Cell Institute’ has not only research facilities such as stem cell institute, GMP grade sterile culture room which can make the medicines, cord blood bank, immunity vaccine institute, artificial internal organ institute but also life science school, medical school to train professionals. After Stem cell institute is completed, it will be equipped with Lab to Patient System which can pursue clinical demonstration at Bundang CHA Hospital immediately from latest research. And it is expected to joint research with the world’s leading research institute in the stem cell institute. They planned to promote cooperating with the world’s famous stem cell institute such as UCLA(University of California at Los Angeles), Columbia University, Alabama State University , Rice University, University of Southern California, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Harvard University McLean Hospital etc.

And few months ago, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University (representative: Kwang Yul Cha M.D) held “The 5th Pacific Rim Society for Fertility and Sterility” in Dynasty Hall, Seoul Shilla Hotel from June 9th~10th to conquer the low birth late, inviting the world’s foremost scholars in the field of sterilization and reproductive medicine. ‘The 5th Pacific Rim Society for Fertility and Sterility’ held by CHA Medical Group(Representative : Kwang Yul Cha) is hosted by three leading institute; The Korean Society of Fertility & Sterility, The Korean Society of preservative reproductive medicine, and The Korean Society of Developmetal Biology. Nationally and internationally well-known authorities on the field of Sterilization and reproductive medicine from Korea, United States, and Japan announced their papers and about 500 participants from Thailand, India, Vietnam and Nepal enlighten the conference.

At first day of the conference, representative Cha Kwang Yul read the paper ‘Slush Nitrogen Ovum Freezing method’ that received ‘The Best Paper Award’ from ‘World Society for Reproductive Medicine’ and the head manager of Stem Cell Institute, Hyung-Min Jung made presentation over embryonic cell and was greeted enthusiastically by the participants. The survival rate of ovum is about 50 percents when applying the Existing Ovum Freezing Method. On the other hand, Slush-Nitrogen Ovum Freezing Method raise the survival rate to over 90 percents that it initiated the way to activate the ovum bank.

Stem Cell Production Capacity: CHA Medical Group(representative: Kwang Yul Cha) created total 12 Human Embryonic Stem Cell and under the admission of the International Stem Cell Deliberate Council, CHA Medical Group(representative: Kwang Yul Cha) is planning to produce over 100 embryonic stem cell that are able to apply clinical demonstration using human supporting cell, serum and non-serum culture medium at GMP within 10 years.

World known cytogenesis capacity & ability: CHA Medical Group(representative: Kwang Yul Cha) is the first to success in recovering the damage of cranial nerves by transplanting the mice’s embyonic stem cell into alive one’s brain. Developed differentiation technology by using neuron, vascular Endothelial, Cartilage Cell, Endocrine Cell, and Heart muscle cells.

Gene Manipulation in Human embryonic stem cell: By developing technology that can induct specific gene into Human Embryonic Cell CHA Medical Group achieved cytogeny technology in specific cell, Human Embryonic Stem Cell production, medicinal screening method, Tumor Suppressor Technology, and interpreting the function of the specific gene.

Gene Therapy ability: Found cancer cell suppressor protein and enzyme gene called ‘mHAUSP’ that operates the cancer-suppressing activity. Now researches on therapy and clinical test on progressing.

Artificial organ production ability: By Utilizing embryonic stem call and adult stem cell developed biodegradable tissue, instestine and Scaffold, Researches on three-dimensional artificial tissue and intestine production is in advance.

Leading the Cell Therapy Product market using stem cell: If applied-technology such as cytogenesis and cell therapy utilizing embryonic stem cell is practically use, size of over 600 billion won market will be created. To treat specific diseases(Leukemia, Diabetes, urinary incontinece, stroke) cell differentiation inducement and establishing stem cell lines bank using Embryonic Stem Cell and Adult Stem Cell is promoted.

Researches on Sterility & Stem Cell Security is guaranteed by running ‘Human Ovum Freezing Bank: ‘Slushed-Nitrogen Ovum Freezing Method’ has survival rate over 90 percents and pregnancy rate is over 65%, too. The method described above is known as world’s best technology that has similar reproduction ability to general ovum. CHA Biotech (Board of Director:Kwang Yul Cha) became the leader of this field by steadily executing safe and moral stem cell and medical treatment on sterility by running freezing bank.

CHA Regenerative Medical Institute, awarded the grant “Patient-Specific Stem Cell Production”: Awarded the grant related to patient-specific stem cell production using somac cell reproduction from WIRB in June, 2006. Using Human ovum Freezing Bank, developing patient-specific stem cell production and treatment technology is their aim.

==Who is ”Kwang-Yul Cha”?==

Kwang Yul Cha is certified Obstetrics and Gynecology by College of Medicine, Yonsei University-Board. He is the president of Infertility Medical Center, CHA General Hospital, Chancellor of the College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University and Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. College of Medicine, Columbia University. Kwang Yul Cha Published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

※About Kwang Yul Cha, MD, PhD

-MD, Yonsei University School of Medicine

-PhD, Pochon CHA University College of Medicine

-Reproductive Endocrinology Specialist

-Fellowship, USC

-Visiting Professor, Columbia University School of Medicine

-Chancellor, Pochon CHA University (present)

-CEO, CHA HEALTH SYSTEMS, Inc. (present)

-Chairman, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (present)

-Director, CHA RMI (present)

-Co-Director, CHA Stem Cell Institute, Pochon CHA University College of Medicine (present)

-80 international papers and 200domestic papers, 15 books, 3 patents

Best Medical Schools in World

Posted by admin | Posted on 12-08-2010

Category : Region V

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Best Medical Schools in World

Going to medical school is not an easy job. On your behalf, it requires a serious commitment and an involvement on all levels of the person, intellectual,financial and emotional. What is cost of medical education, the cost of obtaining a medical degree can be 0,000 at the most including living expenses. In fact, the average medical graduate accumulates as much as 0,000 in debt.

Medical school ranking is very important aspect for medical and health related students. In World, there are lot of medical schools which are known for world-class facilities, top-notch faculty and numerous research publications. However, there is no medical school, famous or not, who has a monopoly on providing an unbeatable medical education. Basically medical school ranking is separated into two lists.
1- best medical schools in terms of research
2-best medical school in terms of primary care

In Research category we have schools which show capacity to invest in and produce medical knowledge while primary care refers to the training of medical students regarding precisely that treating and caring of patient and primary care.

Before actually sharing the list of medical schools here it is important to mention that it is possible that some excellent medical schools may be missing in this list. You should keep in mind that it’s a matter of ranking and what characteristics are used to make it. It does not mean that if a school is ranked low in this medical schools list, the doctors coming from these schools are not good and qualified.

Here are the lists of best medical schools in World and United States, for research and primary care separately.

Best 10 medical schools (primary care)

1. University of Washington
2. Oregon Health & Science University
3. University of California San Francisco
4. Mich. State U. Coll. of Osteopathic Medicine
5. University of Minnesota Duluth
6. University of California San Diego
7. University of New Mexico
8. University of Wisconsin Madison
9. University of Iowa (Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver)
10.University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Best 10 medical schools (research)

1. Harvard University
2. Johns Hopkins University
3. Washington University in St. Louis
4. Duke University
5. University of Pennsylvania
6. University of California San Francisco
7. Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons
8. Stanford University
9 University of Michigan Ann Arbor
10. Yale University

The most prestigious medical school in the United States is probably the Harvard Medical School.It was founded in the eighteenth century. This school has produced Nobel Prize winners, spearheaded the development of the most modern technologies and pioneered breakthroughs in almost every aspect of medicine health and science. It is said that their acceptance rate is very low (round about 5%) and students need an average MCAT score of 11.7.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is another excellent research medical school. It was founded in 1893, it also boasts of the same honors and qualifications like Harvard medical school. Another top medical schools are Duke Medical School and Stanford University.

You can find out more about the Best Medical Schools as well as much more information on everything to do with online medical health schools and programs at http://www.healthonlinedegree.com

Medical Electives in Nepal / Health Internship in Nepal

Posted by admin | Posted on 12-08-2010

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Tags: Electives, Health, Internship, Medical, Nepal

Medical Electives in Nepal / Health Internship in Nepal

MEDICAL / HEALTH INTERNSHIP IN NEPAL/ MEDICAL ELECTIVES IN NEPAL

Volunteer Society Nepal aims to mobilize medical students and volunteers with health backgrounds in rural places where people do not have access to any health institutes, as the government is not able to provide adequate health services. On the other hand, rural Nepali people are often reluctant to go to the hospital and other modern health services because of orthodox thinking, superstition and other cultural influences. Some of the Nepali people may visit a witchdoctor when they are suffering from an illness. Therefore, it is possible that they die without getting the benefit of modern medication. VSN is playing an active role in linking people in rural areas with volunteers from the west and health volunteers within the country who are really eager to serve the many unprivileged people in Nepal.

Volunteers will mainly be involved in following three activities:-

(1) Working in the Health Post/ Clinic/ Hospital in Nepal Medical/ Premedical students will be assigned to clinics, sub-health posts, hospitals and other health institutions. These are either run by the government or a local community in both rural and urban settings. Health students will work with health assistants, doctors, nurses or some combination within. Your daily work will include helping to perform the health staffs’ job. It will also involve researches of common diseases and health issues. Students will get the opportunity to learn about the basic medication system in Nepal. The work will be daily, 3 to 5 hours, 6 days a week.

The Health institutions provide health services to the poor and marginalized people in the community and volunteers will observe and practice following activities:
• Health Post Based Activities
1. General daily clinic
2. MCH
• Family planning (Temporary devices)
• Immunization
• Ante-natal and post –natal clinics
• Health education
• Health post based normal deliveries
• Immunization
3. Pharmacy
4. Simple surgeries
5. Community oral health Clinic
6. Nutritional Rehabilitation center
7. Health Post based nutrition follow up
8. TB Clinic
1. Maternal and Child Health Care
• Immunization
• Under 5 health screening
• Antenatal care
• Postnatal care
• Normal home and health post based delivery
• Identification and referral of high risk pregnancy

2. Family Planning Services
• DMPA
• COC Pills
• Norplant
• Condom distribution

3. General OPD Services
• General clinic
• Pharmacy
• Dressing and injection
• Minor surgery
4. TB dots clinic
• Identification
• Counseling
• Treatment
• Follow up

(2) Health Camps in Nepal
Part of volunteer’s program will be deployment to work in health camps for a predetermined amount of time: 1 day to 3 days. (Volunteers will work with their Nepali experience medical personnel. The students’ responsibilities are to distribute medicine and consult with citizens about health-care.
Through this Health camp, poor and marginalized people in the community will be provided general health services and students will observe and practice following activities:

Community Health Camp
• Examining patients
• Providing general medicines
• Identification and referral if needed
• Immunization
• Education on oral hygiene
• DMPA, COC Pills, Condom distribution
• Heath post based follow up

(3) Health and Sanitation Awareness
Volunteers will be mainly involved in teaching about proper health-care and sanitation and will work with youth clubs, women groups and other local organizations. In addition, they will provide HIV/Aids awareness, First-Aid information to the local people in rural villages and thereby providing them with a practical life-skill. Similar educational lectures will be given to children, by Groups, in government schools, lasting from several days to a week in duration. Again, the Groups’ major focus will be to educate and mobilize community groups who can then pass the information onto the community at large.

Following activities will be organized
Community and School Based health program Activities
• HIV/Aids awareness
• Community health education activities
• School health education activities
• Anti smoking program
• Oral health education
• Reproduction health and sexual education
• First aid training and FA box distribution

Others
Apart from, learning and experiencing health related issue, students will get a maximum benefit:-

• Developing work experience in a marginal society and third world country
• Developing their personal and life skills
• Developing a deep understanding of the Nepali people, their language, and their various cultures
• Making a contribution to the ongoing development process of Nepal
• Enjoying such opportunities as taking part in local festivals, weddings, farming, and visiting different areas in local villagers

Visit at http://www.vsnepal.org
For details and reservation please contact at vsnnepal@ntc.net.np Application instructions:

To make reservation, please forward

+A brief resume
+A photo scanned small sized
+A cover letter mentioning the program of choice, duration of stay and arrival date

To
Mr. Sugandha Shrestha
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Volunteer Society Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mailing Address:-
Volunteer Society Nepal
P.O.Box : 8975 E.P.C. : 1589
Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone No:
(+977)1-2040353
(+977) 9851009342

Top Medical Colleges: There’s More to Medicine Than Grey’s Anatomy

Posted by admin | Posted on 11-08-2010

Category : Region V

Tags: Anatomy, Colleges, Grey's, Medical, Medicine, More, than, There's

Top Medical Colleges: There’s More to Medicine Than Grey’s Anatomy

Medicine is one of the most respected and in-demand fields, with a large number of students aspiring to join a reputed medical college and become a good doctor one day. However, the road to becoming a licensed doctor is grueling and requires dedication and commitment, besides good education. The United States has several good colleges that offer the best curricula in medicine.

Top medical colleges in the US are also known for their excellent training techniques and internship programs. Admission into a top college in the USA is dependant on the candidate’s score in undergraduate exams, besides one’s performance on the Medical College Admissions Test or the MCAT. Students with a science background tend to perform better in the entrance examination.

Top Medical Colleges: Ensure a Flourishing Career

Medicine is a vast field and incorporates several specialization areas, such as Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Radiology, Pathology, Oncology, Gynecology, Anesthesiology and Cardiology, among others. Medical courses in all the top colleges involve four years of study, followed by three to eight years of internship and specialization, depending on the area selected by the student. The top medical colleges also provide their students the opportunity to work as a doctor or a researcher in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and various other health organizations.

Most universities in the US accept the American Medical College Applications Services application from students. The form is available online and needs to be accompanied by a college transcript, recommendations from several people and a personal statement. Admission into any of the top medical colleges in the US ensures that the students get excellent theoretical and practical knowledge, essential for a flourishing medical career. A superb curriculum and excellent teaching methods are the main qualities that determine a college’s ranking. Devotion and diligence are very important for pursuing a medical career. Long hours of study and concentration play an important role in getting a medical degree.

Good colleges exist in almost all the US states. However, the following universities were the top rankers in a latest list compiled by U.S. News:

Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins University
University of California – San Francisco
Washington University in St Louis
Duke University
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
University of Washington
Yale University
Columbia University
Stanford University
University of California – Los Angeles

For comprehensive information regarding the best medical colleges and courses available in the US, visit www.topeducationguide.com. This site offers the most comprehensive and current information on various educational streams.

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