THE WASHINGTON POST FEATURES ACPM LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The April 15 issue of The
Washington Post featured a letter-to-the-editor submitted by
ACPM President Michael Parkinson that clarified
the value of investing in prevention. ACPM submitted the letter
in response to an article authored by David Brown, "In the
Balance," which appeared in the April 8 issue of The
Post. Dr. Brown's article suggested that the role of
prevention may be overrated when considering the costs of such
practices.
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ACPM PERSPECTIVES
IN PREVENTION: HELPING PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
ACPM's latest Perspectives
in Prevention column, "Helping Patients with Asthma:
Focusing on the Source," was recently published on
Medscape/WebMD and featured in MedPulse. The column, jointly
authored by Dr. Eliza Humphreys, a member of the
ACPM Environmental Health Committee, and Dr. Gina Solomon,
explores the impact of the indoor environment on asthma and both
indoor allergens and non-allergic pathway triggers.
Through a partnership with
Medscape/WebMD, ACPM publishes four to five Perspectives in
Prevention columns each year on the Medscape Public Health
and Prevention (PH&P) homepage, including one article focused
on environmental health. The article is CME eligible and featured
in the MedPulse newsletter and throughout many other primary care
and subspecialty sites on Medscape. "Helping Patients with
Asthma: Focusing on the Source" can be viewed at http://www.acpm.org/perspectives.htm.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS STRUGGLE TO CURB TEEN
GIRLS' HIGH STD RATE
A paper recently presented by
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers at the
2008 National STD Prevention Conference in Chicago last month
demonstrated the high rate of sexually transmitted infections
among women. Previous studies have found similar rates; however,
this is the first population-based study looking at the overall
combined prevalence of several common STDs.
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