News Briefs
News Briefs
Breast cancer risk assessment introduced
AstraZeneca, of Wilmington, DE, which pioneered work site breast cancer screening for its female employees, has added breast cancer risk assessment to its early detection activities. The model being used is an assessment developed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
"Because women are the fastest growing segment of our work force, we recognize that the workplace is an important site for disseminating health information about breast cancer," says Lynn Tetrault, vice president, human resources.
The NCI risk assessment tool allows physicians to calculate a woman’s personal breast cancer risk over a five-year period and over her lifetime.
For more information, contact: AstraZeneca, 1800 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19850. Telephone: (302) 886-3000.
New wellness guide introduced
The American Society for Safety Engineers (ASSE), Des Plaines, IL, has introduced a new publication, Promoting Employee Health: A Guide for Worksite Wellness, Second Edition, by Rebecca Cogwell Anderson, PhD. The 104-page guide provides safety and health professionals, human resource managers, and general corporate managers with the tools to develop, promote, and evaluate a health promotion program.
Contents of the guide include planning your program; behaviors related to health and wellness; personal health assessments; risk factors; health screening programs; and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Copies of the guide are available for $16.95. To order the publication, contact ASSE’s customer service department at: (847) 699-2929. Request order #4374.
HealthQuest Online garners award
Three months after it was launched, Mayo Clinic HealthQuest Online has received a Gold Award for excellence by the Health Information Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer health information programs and materials.
The service, offered to businesses and member organizations, helps users take a proactive approach toward improving their health through behavioral change, health risk assessments, and health lifestyle planning. Among the first companies to deploy the service are Dow-Corning, General Mills, Intel, and Lucent Technologies.
For more information, contact: Mayo Clinic News Bureau, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905. Telephone: (800) 430-9699. Web site: www.mhqprodinfo.org.
Women’s Health has new CEO
Kevin L. Blank has been appointed president and CEO of Women’s Health USA, an Avon, CT-based company offering management and clinical services, self-care programs, and Internet programs targeting women.
"This addition to Kevin’s responsibilities, comes at a time when we’re taking the company in exciting new directions in the area of Internet connectivity," notes Robert E. Patricelli, chairman of Women’s Health USA. The company’s self-care, In Vitro Sciences and physician-related businesses will all report to Blank.
For more information, contact: Donna E. Porritt, Women’s Health USA, 22 Waterville Road, Avon, CT 06001. Telephone: (860) 678-3471. Web site: www.womenshealthusa.com.
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