Experts Available

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Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System have three health care reform experts available to the media whose study found that the cost of caring for the uninsured population who will gain coverage through the Affordable Care Act of 2014 can be reduced by almost half once the act is implemented.

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Virginia Commonwealth University has experts available in pediatric obesity, psychology, medicine and fashion to discuss a variety of topics including healthy eating, physical activity, lifestyle programs and strategies, trends and causes related to childhood obesity during the month of September.

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Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., internationally known expert on infectious disease, says that a federal declaration of a health emergency is a standard procedure that frees up resources and gets health care professionals focused to fight an infectious disease like swine flu.

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Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., internationally known expert on infectious disease, is available for comment on swine flu and can talk to the implications for the nation of a potential epidemic, a global pandemic and how epidemics have been handled historically.

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Virginia Commonwealth University has an expert available for comment regarding the significance of fasting during Lent, food traditions and overindulgences during Mardi Gras, and the significance of Easter eggs and candy.