(For more information, click here) The spirited competition which promotes research and osteopathic principles and practices is now accepting applications. Every year, during the MOA Scientific Convention, the SRE competition provides osteopathic medical students, residents, fellows and attending level physicians an opportunity to present their medical and scientific research to our profession. This event demonstrates the very [...]

Contact: Jason Cody, University Relations, Office: (517) 432-0924, Cell: (734) 755-0210, Jason.Cody@ur.msu.edu; Reza Nassiri, Institute of International Health, Office: (517) 353-8992, Reza.Nassiri@hc.msu.edu   EAST LANSING, Mich. — A group of osteopathic physicians and medical personnel from Michigan State University treated patients and delivered more than $10,000 in donated supplies during a four-day trip to Haiti earlier this month. Sponsored [...]

Contact: Jason Cody, University Relations, Office: (517) 432-0924, Cell: (734) 755-0210, Jason.Cody@ur.msu.edu EAST LANSING, Mich. — An initiative by Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine will dramatically increase the number of osteopathic physicians from Canada and help build the osteopathic profession north of the U.S. border.   Fourteen of the 316 entering students in the college’s class [...]

Contact: Jason Cody, University Relations, Office: (517) 432-0924, Cell: (734) 755-0210, Jason.Cody@ur.msu.edu; Reza Nassiri, Institute of International Health, Office: (517) 353-8992, Reza.Nassiri@hc.msu.edu EAST LANSING, Mich. — While global attention to HIV/AIDS remains strong, a lack of focus on prevention strategies is stonewalling health experts in many developing nations, specifically in the Caribbean.   By adopting a new approach to [...]

Our group is working to develop policies that will encourage employees to have their routine cancer screenings done.  We are working on an educational session regarding these screenings and we are having our insurance professional explain clearly the benefits that are provided to our employees.  Educational materials will be made available for the employees to [...]

(To read the whole article, click here) Are you having a difficult time keeping your New Year’s resolution for 2012? See how MOA Board of Trustees member, Dr. Robert G. Piccinini, provides tips on how to persist through your resolution all the way to December. The first of the year rings in another opportunity to set [...]

The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) released a new one-page flow chart showing the pathways to coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2014. This flow chart provides a high-level picture of the ways that people will obtain health coverage in 2014, assuming the Act is implemented as it exists today. The flow chart is [...]

Outstanding Resident of the Year Award Michigan osteopathic residents are the future of our state’s medical profession and Michigan is fortunate to have the largest number of osteopathic postdoctoral trainees in the country. Residents work long hours to complete their training. They are the lifeblood of many of our hospitals in Michigan. We are fortunate [...]

Our group is working to develop policies that will encourage employees to have their routine cancer screenings done.  We are working on an educational session regarding these screenings and we are having our insurance professional explain clearly the benefits that are provided to our employees.  Educational materials will be made available for the employees to [...]

The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan and its partners offer three awards for innovative treatment or prevention programs at its Lansing Champion of Hope Tribute Dinner. The awards are presented to programs in the areas of diabetes, cardiovascular disease (includes physical activity and nutrition) and kidney disease (includes dialysis and transplantation programs). Programs stimulating change, [...]