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06/01/21 WorkersCompensation.com Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) Administrative Director George Parisotto has appointed William E. Gunn to serve as a member of the Workers' Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee. William E. Gunn is presiding workers' compensation administrative law judge of DWC's Special Adjudication Unit at the Van Nuys district office. The appointment is effective June 1, 2021. William E. Gunn will fill the position designated for a presiding judge, replacing Anaheim Presiding Judge Jamie Spitzer, who was named Associate C...

The effectiveness of vaccine incentives like 'Vax-a-Million' The vaccination rate has increased in every county in Ohio since the lottery announcement, but does it deserve all the credit? Author: Will Ujek Updated: 2:50 AM EDT May 28, 2021 CLEVELAND — Abbey Bugenske gave every vaccinated Ohioan a reason to dream when she was announced as the first winner of the $1 million Vax-a-Million contest. "I was completely surprised when I got the call, and I still can't believe it," she said at a Thursday press conference. The Shaker Heights native gave everyone a glim...

She will lead NIH’s effort to promote diversity, inclusiveness, and equity throughout the biomedical research. enterprise.

Hines VA Hospital holds grand opening for Pacemaker Clinic James Doelling, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital Director, and Dr. Sandra Reynertson, Associate Chief of Medicine at Hines, cut the ribbon to Hines' new pacemaker clinic during a grand opening ceremony April 16. At 2,655 square feet, the clinic is nearly twice the size of the hospital's former pacemaker clinic. Courtesy of Malachi Shannon   Updated 4/19/2021 10:44 PM HINES, Ill. -- With the slice of a ribbon, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital's new pacemaker clinic officially opened its doors to veterans on April 16. Constructi...

Potential Blood Biomarker for TBI, and Mechanistic Link with Alzheimer’s Disease Identified April 15, 2021 Source: Moussa81/Getty Images Scientists headed by a team at the Harrington Discovery Institute have discovered a potential new approach to preventing brain nerve cells from deteriorating after brain injury. The team’s work, reported in Cell, demonstrated that traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces acetylation of the tau protein at sites that are also acetylated in human Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and revealed a potential mechanistic link between TBI and AD. The studies in ...