Health care professionals and patients must be aware of the amount of botulinum neurotoxin products administered to prevent the serious adverse events that have prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to change safety labels on products including Botox, urges Joseph McArdle, Ph.D., a professor at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Peter Wenger, medical director for Project Vaccinate, an immunization case management and community action initiative, is available to discuss the importance of vaccinations to infants during National Infant Immunization Week April 25-May 2, which highlights the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and the achievements of immunization programs.
Experts at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School's Autism Center are developing new chip technology that will help diagnose autism; directing a New Jersey population-based autism monitoring system; and expanding professional and community outreach and educational activities to revolutionize care for the estimated 67 million people affected by autism.
The executive director of the New Jersey Poison Information & Education System (NJPIES) at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School is available to provide comment on the FDA warning issued today on the consumption of products containing pistachios. Marcus, a professor of preventive medicine and community health, established NJ PIES, the state's poison control center, more than 20 years ago.
After a bitterly cold and snowy winter, many look forward to the warmer, breezy, sunny days of this new season, but along with the arrival of spring come the dreaded itchy eyes, scratchy ears and throat and sneezing, all symptoms of allergies. Dr. Catherine Monteleone, a board-certified allergist at UMDNJ, has tips for allergy survival.
A "catastrophe in the making," TB is a worldwide scourge, killing 1.7 million annually. America, with 13,000 cases each year, is not immune. TB, the leading killer of people with HIV, kills more people than any other infectious disease. TB disproportionately affects the elderly, low-income groups, health care workers and people who live in nursing homes, correctional facilities and homeless shelters.
The New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, one of the nation's premier providers of geriatric education, research and clinical services, has experts available to discuss the complex nature of Alzheimer's and the challenges of treating and caring for individuals affected by this devastating disease.
Experts from UMDNJ provide tips on everything from managing children's expectations and coping with grief and caregiver stress to how to take care of your feet during marathon shopping, eating well, dieting success and quitting smoking. Also included are tips for cancer prevention gifts for the holidays.
University pediatrician offers tips on treating cough and cold symptoms in children without using over-the-counter medications.
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