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VIDEO: Lifestyle changes reduce diabetes risk
Date: November 03, 2009
Dr. Richard Arakaki is principal investigator
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. Click FULL STORY to read more and for a video link to the Honolulu Advertiser's interview with one of the study participants.
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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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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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ICE CREAM SUNDAES LAUNCH GIVING CAMPAIGN
Date: September 10, 2009
Students enjoy their sundaes
Students, faculty and staff enjoyed ice cream served up by Dean Jerris Hedges last month, as he helped kick off the medical school's 2nd Annual Internal Giving Campaign.
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JABSOM ALUMNI GATHER IN 2ND ANNUAL RECEPTION
Date: August 13, 2009
ALL SMILES: Hannah Lam, Dr. Toan Lam and Dr. Jeffrey Akaka
JABSOM MD alumni in town from as far away as New York gathered on Saturday afternoon, July 18 for the second annual MD alumni reception hosted by the Dean’s Office and the JABSOM Alumni Association.
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JABSOM GERIATRICS PROGRAM NATIONALLY RANKED
Date: August 13, 2009
The Geriatrics Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine is ranked 16th in the nation, according to the July issue of US News and World Report.
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