More than an apple a day

Article Abstract:

Preventive medicine has several benefits for physicians, health insurance companies and patients. Medical research has validated the concept that preventive medicine, such as immunization, does help reduce incidence of illness. Also, managed care insurers consider preventive medicine as a benchmark of medical quality. Patients benefit from improved health and reduced medical costs for treating illnesses. However, some physicians are uncertain about how to implement preventive health services; several resources are discussed.

HEALTH SERVICES, Health Problems Prevention, All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Analysis, Practice, Physicians, Medical professions, Preventive medicine, Medicine, Preventive

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Surgeon leads community's race against breast cancer

Article Abstract:

Surgeon Dava Gerard has devoted as much attention to enlightening the public about breast cancer as she has to eradicating the disease in the operating room. In 1992 Gerard was instrumental in organizing the Orange County, CA, version of the Race for the Cure footrace, administered by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The event, sponsored in part by the Orange County Register, attracted 5,000 registrants and generated $225,000.

Social policy, Study and teaching, Breast cancer, Women surgeons, Gerard, Dava

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