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LIFESTYLE CHANGES CAN REDUCE DIABETES RISK
Date: October 30, 2009
Hawaii study prinicpal investigator Dr. Richard Arakaki
The University of Hawai‘i Center of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) has 55 participants who have been in a ten year trial. Results, reported in the prestigious British medical journal THE LANCET , show lifestyle changes can reduce the rate of diabetes.
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VIDEO: MULTI DISCIPLINE CLINIC & TRAINING CENTER OPENS IN HILO
Date: October 30, 2009
An exam room in the new Hawaii Island Family Health Center
A first-of-its kind for Hawai'i medical clinic and training center for health professionals celebrated its grand opening in Hilo on October 24. Click Full story to access Video Links to the clinic opening ceremony. Click FULL STORY to read more and see video coverage of the opening!
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JABSOM Partnership to promote weight loss gets more funding
Date: October 29, 2009
Hawaii leads nation in overweight
The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD),
a part of the National Institutes of Health, awards a two-year
planning grant totaling $600,000 to study obesity-related disparities
among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Rates of obesity for Native Hawaiians, Whites, and Filipinos in Hawaii are 39 percent, 19 percent, and 17 percent, respectively. By comparison, approximately one in three people living in the United States is considered obese.
*Click here to read a story about Dr. Kaholukua's Pili Ohana project partnership, in the Honolulu Star- Bulletin.
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VIDEO: Hawai'i Island Family Health Center Blessed
Date: October 24, 2009
A first-of-its kind for Hawai'i medical clinic and training center for health professionals celebrated its grand opening in Hilo on October 24.
Click the play button above to see a video from Big Island Weekly.
*Click here to see an interview with JABSOM's Dr. Lucy Bucci, from Tim O Bryan at Bigislandvideonews.com
*Click here to see a report featuring Dean Hedges from Hawaii247.org
The Hawai‘i Island Family Health Center is the culmination of several years of effort by island residents and federal, state, and local governments to address a critical shortage in health professionals available to the Big Island’s citizens.
The clinic is staffed by a unique combination of doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners and pharmacists. They include faculty from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, the UH Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, and the UH Hilo Baccalaureate Nursing Program, The UH Hilo College of Pharmacy. Along with the Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation’s Hilo Medical Center, they are serving patients in the community, while also training future medical professionals to serve in a rural health setting.
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STIMULUS FUNDS FOR UH MEDICAL RESEARCH
Date: October 21, 2009
Masters in Science student Brittany Sato at JABSOM
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) joined the nation’s medical schools and teaching hospitals Oct. 21 in thanking the Obama administration, Congress, and American taxpayers for the medical research funding included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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STIMULUS FUNDS FOR UH MEDICAL RESEARCH
Date: October 21, 2009
Masters in Science student Brittany Sato at JABSOM
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) joined the nation’s medical schools and teaching hospitals today in thanking the Obama administration, Congress, and American taxpayers for the medical research funding included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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JABSOM STUDENTS HELPING DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS
Date: October 12, 2009
JABSOM students help pack relief supplies
Aloha Medical Mission (AMM) and medical students of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) packed medicines and medical supplies that were sent to help the victims of the recent disasters, including a tsunami in American Samoa and storm-generated flooding in the Philippines.
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JABSOM STUDENTS HELP SEND DISASTER RELIEF
Date: October 07, 2009
Medical student Gloria Tumbaga (center) helps lead a disaster assistance drive
Aloha Medical Mission (AMM) and medical students of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) packed medicines and medical supplies that were sent to help the victims of the recent disasters, including a tsunami in American Samoa and storm-generated flooding in the Philippines.
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TSUNAMI ADVISORY ISSUED FOR HAWAII: STAND BY FOR MORE
Date: October 06, 2009
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) issued a Tsunami Advisory for the State of Hawaii effective 12:18 p.m. HST. The advisory is based on a 8.0 moment magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Vanuatu Islands region at 12:03 p.m., October 07, 2009. The event is being evaluated by the PTWC. If a tsunami threatens Hawaii, earliest time of wave arrival is 6:50 p.m. HST today. II. COMMENTS: A Tsunami Advisory is issued for a locale when a tsunami warning has been issued for another region of the same ocean, but does not, at this time, warrant watch or warning status. PTWC will continue to monitor the event and provide updates. As conditions warrant, the Tsunami Advisory will either be continued, upgraded to a watch or warning, or cancelled.
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