Reporters seeking background information about Vice President Cheney's treatment for atrial fibrillation are welcome to contact the UVA Public Relations office to arrange an interview with J. Michael (Mike) Mangrum, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, and director of the Atrial Fibrillation Center at the UVA Health System. A transcript of Afib FAQs and video of Dr. Mangrum are posted with this release.
The S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah announced today that Professors Amos Guiora, who served for 19 years in the Israel Defense Forces, and Chibli Mallat, a longtime peace activist and candidate for the presidency of Lebanon, are available to provide informed commentary and analysis on the Israeli-Palestinian summit, which begins Tuesday, Nov. 27 in Annapolis, Maryland.
Dr. Sara Kirk is a former registered dietician and an expert on the management and prevention of obesity. The new Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research is with Dalhousie's School of Health Services Administration and she points to a huge body of literature that says we need to look at the culture and the environment to get to the root causes of obesity.
Looking for an expert on holiday travel, shopping, diet and health issues? Tulane University faculty are available to comment.
Ron Mitchell, a political scientist at the University of Oregon, is part of an initiative promoting interdisciplinary action through his role in DISCCRS, an National Science Foundation-funded project.
The following University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) experts are available to discuss topics related to the holidays, from safe on-line shopping tips to holiday stress.
Media experts from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) sound off on the 2008 presidential candidates. Topics include: women as serious presidential candidates; voters and affluent politicians; the role of exit polls; religion and the election; Mormonism and the presidency.
Nearly a quarter of Canadian adults reported that they, or a member of their family, had experienced a preventable medical adverse event. Health researchers funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) on infection control and patient safety are available to speak about their project and how their work will make a difference in Canadian hospitals.
Tom Kelly, director of the Office of Sustainability at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss Bill Clinton's new initiative with Wal-Mart to make sustainability efforts more affordable for cities.
Mindy Brashears, director of the International Center for Food Industry Excellence at Texas Tech University, can speak about issues involving food safety and E. coli O157:H7.
The UN recently passed a landmark resolution designating World Diabetes Day an official United Nations Day to be observed each year beginning in 2007. Among the serious health problems facing millions of diabetics are Diabetic Foot Infection (DFI) and onychomycosis (commonly known as nail fungus). For those covering this news, MacroChem makes available Robert J. DeLuccia, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Vice Chairman of the Board of MacroChem.
Schools have a tendency to close for the entire week after a shooting incident but it would be better if they remained open. At the very least they should be open for counseling, says a psychologist who has written four books on school crises and served on counseling teams after the shootings at Littleton, CO and Red Lake, MN.
E-mail spam frustrates computer users every day. A nationally renowned cybersleuth and veteran consultant to the FBI warns against the threat of spam.
The U.S. Department of Education plans to release 2007 national and state mathematics and reading scores for the National Assessment of Education Progress on Tuesday. Indiana University mathematics education expert Peter Kloosterman conducts research involving NAEP results and can discuss the latest results.
National elections in Greece are scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 16, just weeks after the deadly fires in southern Greece that killed dozens of people and injured many others.
In the wake of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, America is asking tough questions about its gun laws. But at the same time, Americans are also asking if stricter gun laws will really lead to less violence. Maria Kefalas, Ph.D., sociologist and director of Saint Joseph's University's Institute for Violence Research and Prevention is not convinced that it's the guns that equal violence.
Brian Quigley, Ph.D., director of counseling & psychological services at Marymount Manhattan College, is available for comment on the role of college counseling centers, particularly in the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy.
Gregg Lee Carter, professor at Bryant University and a scholar of guns in America, calls Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-hui a "poster child for the failure of gun control" in the United States. "Everybody who wrote the Brady Law and the Gun Control Act of 1968 did so with the intention that someone like Cho never obtain a firearm," says Carter, "and he got two of them without any trouble."
Friends and family members of college students should provide a listening ear regarding students' fears and concerns about the Virginia Tech tragedy, says a Purdue University expert who studied how college students coped with 9/11.
In the wake of the April 16 fatal shootings at Virginia Tech, several Central Michigan University faculty members are available to speak about the events from various perspectives.
A psychologist who has written four books on school crises and consulted at Columbine and Red Lake and a criminal justice professor who teaches one of the few courses on mass and serial murder, comment on the Virginia Tech shootings.
Many of the paperless computerized voting systems adopted in wake of the "hanging chad" presidential election controversy in 2000 have the potential to create more problems than they solve. According to Eugene Spafford, director of CERIAS, the technology may cause a debacle reminiscent of the 2000 election.
Should ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro die or relinquish power, Cubans will experience a traumatic loss of the nation's most charismatic and controversial leader, according to a Cuba researcher at UMass Boston.
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