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Researcher Works To Help Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes
Starr County, Texas, sits on the Texas-Mexico border along the banks of the Rio Grande River. Populated largely by Mexican Americans, it is a rural county where some of the residents live in colonias, unincorporated areas with no city services. The county seat, Rio Grande City, is home to approximately 15,000 people. Scratch the surface and Starr County has one surprising distinguishing feature: one of the highest prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes in the entire country, and the highest diabetes death rate in Texas.
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Protecting Against Obesity And Atherosclerosis By Blocking A Muscle Growth-Limiting Hormone
Knockout of myostatin, a growth factor that limits muscle growth, can decrease body fat and promote resistance against developing atherosclerosis, or "hardening" of the arteries, according to a new study conducted in mice. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society"s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Needle Exchange Programs Needed To Prevent Spread Of HIV, Letter To The Editor Says
"Despite making strides in addressing HIV/AIDS, we have not reached all individuals and communities with the full range of prevention tools needed to reverse the epidemic," Jirair Ratevosian, chair of the American Public Health Association International Health Section"s Advocacy and Policy Committee, writes in a Washington Post letter to the editor. Ratevosian continues, "Congress has a chance to help by lifting the ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs," adding, "Such programs do more than just distribute clean syringes; they link people into the health care system and drug treatment programs." Ratevosian also discussed support of needle exchange programs by several national health organizations and concludes, "It is imperative that effective approaches to preventing HIV be accessible without delay" (Ratevosian, 7/24).
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American Dental Education Association Releases Statement On Professionalism In Dental Education

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) has released a Statement on Professionalism in Dental Education for the academic dental community. Aligned with existing codes of ethics and conduct within the dental education and dental practice communities, the Statement helps to define expectations for professional behavior in dental education institutions. It includes the values and behaviors that should guide students as they enter the dental and allied dental professions and faculty and administrators as they continuously improve their educational programs. "The ADEA Statement on Professionalism in Dental Education reflects ADEA"s commitment to promoting ethical behavior throughout the dental education community," said ADEA President Ronald J. Hunt, D.D.S. "The guidelines will help institutions develop and enhance their own codes, based upon a shared understanding of professionalism and academic integrity." Promoting ethical behavior throughout education and practice is among the most important challenges facing dental education today. In March 2008, the ADEA House of Delegates created an ADEA Task Force on Professionalism in Dental Education and charged it with the development of an ADEA Statement on Professionalism in Dental Education. The Task Force, comprised of members of all seven ADEA Councils, worked to identify and clarify those personal and institutional values and behaviors that support academic integrity and professionalism in dental education and are aligned with the existing values and codes of the dental, allied dental, and higher education professions. Those values are competence, fairness, integrity, responsibility, respect, and service-mindedness. It was also recommended that "real-life applications" of these values be developed so the concept of professionalism is more easily understood and applied by individuals and institutions. ADEA hopes that the Statement stimulates broad discussions about professional behavior in dental education, provides guidance for individual and institutional behavior within dental education, and in doing so supports professionalism across the continuum of dental education and practice. American Dental Education Association


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