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AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., today applauded the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for choosing Sheldon Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H., vice president for health sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and CEO of the VCU...
By: Judith S. Palfrey, MD, FAAP, president, American Academy of Pediatrics "The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) congratulates pediatrician and medical geneticist Alan Guttmacher, MD, FAAP, on his appointment to serve as the new director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of...
American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz issued the following statement applauding the House Education and Labor Committee for approving the Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act. "This legislation reauthorizing federal childhood nutrition programs is...
AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following comments today on President Obama's recess appointment of Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., as the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): "Dr...
The American Diabetes Association applauds today's introduction of Special Diabetes Program legislation in the U.S. Senate. The bill (S. 3058) would reauthorize the Special Diabetes Type 1 Program and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians for 5 years. Each program would receive $200 million...
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) hails the Senate's procedural vote that allows the Senate to move forward with its proposed healthcare reform plan. The plan includes a wide range of provisions that would help ensure older adults access to quality, cost-effective care, and make the Medicare...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) praises a new report, Caregiving in the U.S. 2009, which offers a revealing portrait of the nearly one-in-three American adults who serve as a family caregiver. The study is based on interviews with 1,480 caregivers chosen at random and offers a...