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Showcasing Our Role as Medical Interpreters

ayamasak wrote 12 hours ago: I recently attended ASL Medical Interpreting – Basic Skills (recently renamed as Foundations o … more →

Tags: medical interpreter, language, Culture, UMHS, Bridging the Gap, UMHS Interpreter Services, interpreter services, patient, Care Providers

Avoid Distractions

Lindsay wrote 6 days ago: As the school year comes to an end, we are all reminded of our accomplishments. We all have much to … more →

Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ypsilanti Middle School, Ypsilanti Public Schools, Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools, RAHS, ann arbor public schools, Willow Run Community Schools, Lincoln Consolidated Schools, Ypsilanti High School

Summary from IMIA Lifelong Learning Webinar Series: Cultural Influences in Organ Donation

portadav wrote 1 week ago: When dealing with organ/tissue donations, it is important to understand both the dynamics and the pr … more →

Tags: medical interpreter, UMHS, interpreter, imia, UMHS Interpreter Services, care provider, health, Education, patient

Connections & Similarities - Observations from a Spanish Interpreter

Lindsay wrote 2 weeks ago: A few months ago, I was invited me to take a class, ASL Medical Interpreting – Basic Skills (r … more →

Tags: medical interpreter, language, Culture, UMHS, Bridging the Gap, Medical Terminology and Body Systems, Medical Interpreting for Spanish Speakers, sign language, UMHS Interpreter Services

Michigan Study: Grapes Reduce Heart Failure Associated with Hypertension

MOM Delicious wrote 2 weeks ago: A new study appearing in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistrydemonstrates that grapes are able to … more →

Tags: Health and nutrition, Media and Public Relations, Antioxidant, dietary fiber, Quercetin, Resveratrol, ellagic acid, Grape, MOM Delicious

Teenage pregnancy increased risk for obesity .1 comment

zedie wrote 2 weeks ago:  According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, researchers have deter … more →

Tags: Medicine, obesity, united states, birth weight, Teenage Pregnancy, national health nutrition examination survey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chang

Could This Be One Answer To Surviving Allergic Reactions That People May Otherwise Not Survive?3 comments

USA PRESS STAFF wrote 2 weeks ago: Mast cells are involved in allergy. Allergies such as pollen allergy are related to the antibody kno … more →

Tags: Allergy, Life, Children, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Children and GMO, michigan university, Airway, kaiba

Federal Health Care Reform A Focus On Mackinac

mfusinski wrote 2 weeks ago: MACKINAC ISLAND (WWJ) - National health care reform is creating some buzz on day one of the Mackinac … more →

Tags: 2013 Mackinac Policy Conference, Daily J PM, health, Local, News, Politics, Radio.com - News, Syndicated Local, Syndication

Foundations of Medical Interpreting

Lindsay wrote 3 weeks ago: Previously called ASL Medical Interpreting – Basic Skills, this is a two-day, 15-hour course f … more →

Tags: medical interpreter, UMHS, ASL Medical Interpreting - Basic Skills, ASL Medical Interpreting, UMHS Interpreter Services, Deaf Community, Medical Terminology, interpreter services, Medical

New UM, St. Joseph Mercy Collaboration Offers Ann Arbor Area Specialized Geriatric Care

Matt Roush wrote 3 weeks ago: ANN ARBOR — In a joint effort to improve health outcomes for the region’s older adult pa … more →

Tags: Tech, Technology Report, ann arbor, St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, Ace, Geriatric Care, UM-SJMAA Acute Care for Elders

BMC surgeon named president of American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.

bostontrauma wrote 1 month ago: Boston Medical Center’s chief of surgery has been elected president of the American Association of E … more →

Tags: Boston Trauma, Boston Medical Center, Boston Trauma, BMC, BU School of Medicine, department of surgery, Surgery, Chief, Gerard Doherty

Becoming a More Competent Medical Interpreter

rgalin wrote 1 month ago: On Saturday, April 20, the Michigan Translators/Interpreters Network (MiTiN) organized a workshop ti … more →

Tags: medical interpreter, UMHS, Medical Terminology, interpreter services, Education, Medical, mitin, Michigan Translators/Interpreters Network, Differential Diagnoses

Call for Artist Exhibition Proposals, University of Michigan Health System Galleries1 comment

mariekazalia wrote 1 month ago: CALL FOR ENTRIES – GIFTS OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM –  bringing the wo … more →

Tags: Calls to Submit, ann arbor michigan, Colleges and Universities, Education, Michigan, National Science Foundation, united states, University of Michigan

Licorice Root for Hyperpigmentation and Acne Scars (Topical Use)

matchateabat wrote 1 month ago: Many people use special black licorice soaps for skin lightening due to the presence of glabridin (G … more →

Tags: herbalism, Alternative Health, Skin Care, acne, Health 2, Shopping, liquorice, extract, Hyperpigmentation

Allergies and Asthma1 comment

abbymoler wrote 1 month ago: May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AA … more →

Tags: Family History, Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools, RAHS, Well-Child Exam, UMHS, nurse practioner, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Asthma, Allergy

Bridging the Gap - Summer 2013 Course

Lindsay wrote 1 month ago: Bridging the Gap, created by The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP), is the leading, nationa … more →

Tags: ann arbor, ann arbor michigan, bilingual, Bridging the Gap, Communication Skills, Cross Cultural Health Care Program, Culture, Education, ethics

Great Expectations3 comments

nancyquay wrote 1 month ago: Parents are often referred to as ‘expecting’ when a baby is on the way. Plenty of meaning in that ph … more →

Tags: Gender, Transgender, Transition, gender variance, Comprehensive Gender Services Program, gender identity, transgendered, UMHS, destination gender

154th Health Research Report 03 MAY 20132 comments

Vitamin and Herb Stores wrote 1 month ago:   Health Research Report 154th Issue Date 03 May 2013 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano www.vit.bz www.you … more →

Tags: Health Research Reports, Newsletters, health, Grape, Diabetes mellitus type 2, high density lipoprotein, adipose tissue, analgesic, Metabolic syndrome

154th Health Research Report 3 MAY 2013

Ralph Turchiano wrote 1 month ago:     Health Research Report 154th Issue Date 03 May 2013 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano www.vit.bz … more →

Tags: Health Technology News, health, united states, Diabetes mellitus type 2, Grape, Boston, Metabolic syndrome, adipose tissue


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