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Nine years ago, the University of Alabama at Birmingham had an aha moment: Create an undergraduate neuroscience major that would link the medical and university portions of UAB and produce...

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Reduce the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

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Newswise New Brunswick, NJ -- During Heart Month, the Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is promoting the importance of controlling high blood pressure, also called hypertension, in order to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and other related chronic disorders in adults. John B. Kostis, MD, a cardiologist and director of the Cardiovascular Institute, encourages men and women who may be at risk for high blood pressure to follow a healthy lifestyle and speak with their physician who can recommend antihypertensive treatment that provides protection against major cardiovascular-related events, such as heart attack and stroke.

Changes in blood pressure are part of the aging process, says Dr. Kostis. Although there are differences in cardiovascular risks between men and women, there is no difference in the response to treatment of hypertension with blood pressure-lowering medication, or high cholesterol with statins. Therefore these therapies should be used to reach target blood pressure, or cholesterol levels, respectively, to reduce risks of heart disease and improve long-term health regardless of gender.

According to Kostis, systolic pressure, measured while the heart is pumping, increases with age, while diastolic pressure, measured while the heart is at rest, steadily increases until around age 50 and then begins to steadily decrease. Generally, most persons up to age 80 should have a target blood pressure of 140 systolic pressure over 90 diastolic, while the target blood pressure for adults over the age of 80, who are in good health, is 150 over 90.

Although a change in blood pressure is true for both men and women, women experience a somewhat steeper rate of increase in systolic pressure between 40 and 60 years of age. However, Kostis emphasizes that men and women respond the same to antihypertensive treatment and benefit long-term from its protective properties.

In addition to following a healthy lifestyle, adhering to physician-prescribed medication to lower blood pressure and cholesterol has been shown to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack, and extend peoples lives, says Kostis. A healthy lifestyle includes avoidance of smoking, maintaining normal body weight and engaging in physical activity.

Kostis adds that younger adults who avoid tobacco use and follow a healthy lifestyle with low-fat, low-sodium diets and regular physical activity, may delay the onset of hypertension.

Kostis discusses the importance of treating hypertension and addresses the difference in cardiovascular health between men and women in a new video posted on Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Schools Youtube page at: http://youtu.be/mciFcu036ks.

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Med School co-founder Aronson remembered for humility

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Stanley Aronson, co-founder of the Alpert Medical School, died Jan. 28 at the age of 92, leaving behind a legacy of innovations and the admiration of countless colleagues and students.

After conducting groundbreaking research on the rare genetic disorder Tay-Sachs disease, Aronson co-founded the Med School in 1972 and served as its dean until 1981.

He created a medical school that was very unlike any other med school because of the values it established, said Fred Schiffman, professor of humanistic medicine, adding that the school has scientific rigor with a heart and soul.

After leaving his post as dean, Aronson turned his focus toward establishing the first hospice program in Rhode Island, which he continued to advise until his death.

His knowledge base was so wide-ranging, said Terrie Wetle, dean of the School of Public Health, who first met Aronson and his wife Gale when Wetle came to Providence in 2000. Sitting with him was like having a human Google, she said.

Wetle got to know Aronson more when her husband Richard Besdine, professor of geriatric medicine, served as the interim dean of the Med School from 2002 to 2005.

I found him to be the most knowledgeable on the largest number of things of any person Ive ever encountered in my life, Besdine said.

Aronson was also a prolific journalist, publishing more than 1,000 columns in the Providence Journal. His last column was published Jan. 26, just two days before his death. Ill miss reading his column in the newspaper, which I always enjoyed, Wetle said.

Aronsons colleagues and friends noted that despite his many achievements, he remained a humble scholar, friend and mentor.

This is not a man who put his accomplishments on his sleeve, said Jack Elias, dean of medical and biological sciences.

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New chief medical officer at Millard Fillmore Suburban undergoes baptism by fire

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Dr. David L. Pierce became chief medical officer at Millard Fillmore Suburban and DeGraff Memorial hospitals during the holidays and a nationwide flu epidemic.

Every hospital from Buffalo to Rochester was jammed for most of his first couple of weeks on the new job, and it was up to Pierce to help find the most effective ways to deal with the influx in Amherst and North Tonawanda.

Its like a baptism by fire the way you started, nurse leader Sue Huffer told Pierce earlier this week when he paid a visit to the medical/surgical unit on 2 East at Millard Fillmore Suburban.

He told her that he embraced the excitement and would work with staff in the coming months to improve efficiencies for the medical staff at the two hospitals.

Pierce, 42, a North Tonawanda native who lives in East Amherst, is glad to be in his new post after spending most of the last decade working as an emergency room doctor at Buffalo General and Erie County medical centers.

I loved working downtown but it didnt have the community feel it does here, said Pierce, who has worked in the Suburban emergency department for the last two years. He joins a Kaleida Health leadership team that he said is bent on improving patient-centered care as it helps reshape the regional health care system.

Heres a quick glimpse of the guy whos taking a big-picture look at medical operations at Suburban and DeGraff:

He started college at SUNY Fredonia State as an art major and shifted gears halfway through, after a cousin at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine suggested he volunteer for a summer in the ECMC emergency department.

He started medical school in Guadalajara, Mexico, and finished at New York Medical College near White Plains.

He did so well at a joint Harvard medical and business school health program several years ago that he now helps teach the program.

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