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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
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Hemochromatosis is probably the most common disease you've never heard of . . It is a common blood disorder that is easy to treat, but low on the list of suspected diseases when patients have vague symptoms. Characterized by iron overload in the blood, it could be the culprit for such otherwise unexplained symptoms as fatigue, joint pain, and infertility issues. Over time, the toxic effects of the excess iron can lead to damaging diseases like diabetes, congestive heart failure, and endocrine system problems. NetWellness Experts on this topic include Eric H. Kraut, MD, Subha V. Raman, MD, MS, FACC, and Mark Wurster, MD, all from the Ohio State University, College of Medicine. For more information on this topic go to the NetWellness' Hemochromatosis topic.
The Department of Urology is affiliated with the Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland. Experts from the Department of Urology answer user questions and write original content for NetWellness health topic areas including Urinary Disorders, Urinary Tract Cancers, Prostate Cancer, Incontinence, and Impotence.
The Department of Urology's mission encompasses education, clinical care, and research. Educational activities of the residency program are directed at instructing the trainee in the assessment and management of urologic diseases. Clinical care addresses primary and advanced urologic care and provides the trainee with a broad experience preparing them for the practice of urology. Research activities conducted by members of the department are ongoing in many areas and ample opportunity for resident participation exists in clinical studies and bench laboratory research. Residents completing the training program in the Department of Urology at Case are able to perform independently in a variety of settings in either private practice or academic urology.
At the Department of Urology, all aspects of diagnostic and surgical urology are available for both pediatric and adult patients. Special programs include pediatric urology, urologic oncology, neurogenic bladder, spinal cord injury, renal lithiasis and lithotripsy, infertility, impotence, female urology and incontinence. Special diagnostic outpatient services that are available through the department include, cystoscopy, cystometrics and urodynamics, prostate ultrasonography and biopsy, and erectile dysfunction evaluation. For additional information on the Department of Urology, please call 216-844-3011.
Current NetWellness experts from the Case Department of Urology include: Martin Resnick, MD, Alan Seftel, MD, Stanley Althoff, PhD, and Donald Bodner, MD.
NetWellness welcomes Barbara Morrison, PhD, CNM, FNP, Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Morrison teaches nursing students about childbearing, childrearing, and caregiving research training. She also runs research programs on mother-infant relationships and health outcomes, Kangaroo Care, breast feeding, and young developing families (supporting new parents and their infants). Dr. Morrison has been funded to do research on skin-to-skin care for breastfeeding difficulties post birth, interruptions to the breastfeeding process the first postpartum day, and antenatal lactation education for high-risk African American mothers and mother's milk feedings after birth. Dr. Morrison will be answering questions about Breast Feeding and Women's Health.
NetWellness welcomes Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD as a new expert in Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Whitehouse specializes in neurology with an interest in geriatrics and neuropsychology and a focus on dementia. He is an internationally-known researcher and author on Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Dr. Whitehouse organized a worldwide group of 300 researchers striving to improve regulatory drug guidelines. He is editor-in-chief of Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders: An International Journal, and editor of Dementia, a definitive reference on geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychology and neurology.
The term "brain attack" sounds serious, and that's exactly how it should sound. It's a term now often used for what is more commonly referred to as a stroke. This serious medical condition occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted, and brain tissue dies. Patients experiencing brain attack can be affected in a number of ways, including such lifelong disabilities as paralysis, loss of speech, loss of memory - and even death. For more information, check out the Stroke topic or go directly to "Brain Attack/Stroke Overview", a new contribution from Joseph P. Broderick, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati and Dennis Landis, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosciences , School of Medicine , Case Western Reserve University.
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