Boston, April 3, 2014, -– The Tufts Medical Center Board of Trustees announced today that it has voted unanimously to appoint Michael Wagner, MD, FACP as President and CEO of Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children on a permanent basis. Wagner, a nationally respected physician executive and health care thought leader, has held the title of Interim President and CEO since September 2013. He had previously served as President and CEO of the 550-member Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization and Tufts MC’s Chief Medical Officer.
Picture of Dr. Michael Wagner (from TMC’s Facebook page).
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Dr. Michael Wagner Named President and CEO of Tufts Medical Center in Permanent Capacity
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Let’s Move — Surprise Video from the White House
Hi everyone,
To mark the fourth anniversary of the launch of Let’s Move!, I asked you to show me how you move.
I wanted to see all of the fun, creative things you’re doing in your homes, schools, and communities to get kids excited about eating healthy and being active.
First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks announcing proposed revisions to the Nutrition Facts label during a “Let’s Move!” event in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 27, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
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Petition Calls WHO to Investigate Doctor Killing Incidents in China
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Feb. 25, 2014, — A change.org petition to World Health Organization (WHO) titled Please investigate doctor and nurse beating/killing incidents in China was started earlier today. It calls WHO to help Chinese government identify root causes and find solutions to the violent confrontation between patients and doctors at many hospitals in China. It cited a couple rent such incidents in the petition.
Military police was brought on site after Dr. Wang Yunjie was killed in a hospital in Oct. 2013 in Wenling, Zhejiang province last year.
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“Latest Cancer Updates from John Hopkins” – WeChat Post Based on Email Hoax
By David Li, bostonese.com
I read the Chinese version of the “CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS” Email when a couple of my friends shared an article on WeChat, a popular social media mobile app. The article had 16 cancer prevention suggestions in both English and Chinese. It was published on Feb. 10, 2014 on WeChat public platform by Health Must-Read (健康必读).
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Deaths from Car Accidents Hit Five Year High in N.H.
By David Li, bostonese.com
Nashua, N.H., Jan. 23, 2014, — An early morning crash on Jan. 18 claimed lives of two year people. Colin Ross, 23, of Hampton Falls and Stacy Walsh, 22, of West Newbury, Mass. passed away Ross lost control of the 2002 Honda Accord, and hit a utility pole. Policed cited alcohol and speeding as possible cause of the crash.
Picture from accident scene in Derry, N.H. on Dec. 31, 2013.
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ACMA to Host Boston Asian Health and Community Service at Lunar New Year Gala
Dear Friends,
Happy Lunar New Year – Year of Horse! It’s a special time to celebrate, to connect in, and to serve, this community of ours, for the harvest from the past, and the success and glory yet to come! As our proud tradition, the American Chinese Medical Association (ACMA) will present our 4th annual Boston Asian Health and Community Service (BAHA) on February 1st, 2014. In the past years, many have heard from top clinicians from local hospitals at this event, talking about important topics in healthy living and common disease areas. This year, there will be one-on-one consultations with more of these successful and experienced doctors to discuss one’s own health and concerns, with open access, at no cost, in the beautiful language of Chinese!
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University of Utah Biologists Reveal Ultrafast Recycling of Neurotransmitter-Filled Bubbles
Salt Lake City, Dec. 4, 2013 –- University of Utah and German biologists discovered how nerve cells recycle tiny bubbles or “vesicles” that send chemical nerve signals from one cell to the next. The process is much faster and different than two previously proposed mechanisms for recycling the bubbles.
Prof. Jorgensen (left) and Dr. Watanabe, authors of the Nature paper (From University of Utah News Center).
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History of the Association of Chinese Geneticists in America
By Andrew TL. Chen, PhD, FACMG; Huanming Yang, PhD
The Association of Chinese Geneticists in America (ACGA) is a non-profit (501C) organization formed by a group of American geneticists of Chinese ethnicity but its membership is open to individuals of all races and ethnicity. Incorporated in the State of Georgia in 1987, ACGA is supported by membership fees and donations. The Association facilitates the interaction between the American genetics community and their colleagues in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Current and former presidents and board of directors in the 2012 annual meeting: left to right–Wai-Yee Chan, Chris Yun Fai Lau, Stephen TS Lam, Lydia P. Chen (Andrew’s wife), Andrew T Chen, Hongyu Zhao, Min-Xin Guan, Harold Chen, Bai-Lin Wu, and Huanming Yang.
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Dr. Hangming Yang Receives Distinguished Career in Science Award at 2013 Bridge Medical Summit
By David Li and Dongyu Chen, bostonese.com
Nov. 8, 2013, — Started two years ago by doctors and researchers at American Chinese Medical Association (ACMA), Bridge Medical Summit (BMS) has become a new Fall tradition in Boston’s medical district. This year’s BMS has been successfully held at Boston Children’s Hospital on Oct. 26. With focuses on Medical Education, Cancer Prevention & Screening, Genetics and Proteomics as well as Healthcare Issues in the US and China, BMS III has interpreted complicated medical language into presentations and speeches that could be understood by the public.
Group picture at evening reception.
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Lihong Wang Wins NIH Highly Competitive Transformative Research Award
Cancer researchers have been limited by current imaging technology in their ability to detect not only structure and function of tumors, but also tumor cell circulation. A technology proposed by Lihong Wang, PhD, at Washington University in St. Louis, may hold the key to reaching this goal.
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