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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