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Five New Board Members Join The Health Project WASHINGTON, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, The Health Project announced the call for applications for its 2013 C. Everett Koop National Health Award, a recognition presented to organizations that implement and rigorously evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs. The application, which is due by 5:00 pm EDT on Friday, May 24, 2013, is now available and can be accessed online at www.TheHealthProject.com....
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, February 25, 2013, C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD, passed away at the age of 96. "We will miss Dr. Koop dearly, but his notable contributions to public health and health promotion will live on," said Dr. Ron Goetzel, president and CEO of The Health Project. "The Health Project Board Members offer Dr. Koop's wife, children, family and friends our sincere condolences. America lost an important figure in public health." Dr....
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Dr. C. Everett Koop, a pioneer in helping to change the attitude about smoking in the US, died at the age of 96 on Monday. The former surgeon general was well known for his emphatic warnings about the dangers of smoking, as well as his push to fight AIDS. According to the New York Times, when Dr. Koop first took office back in 1981 under President Ronald Reagan's command, 33 percent of Americans smoked. When he left, that number had...
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) community is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr. C. Everett Koop. Dr. Koop served as CHOP's surgeon-in-chief from 1946 to 1981, before taking on the role of U.S Surgeon General. A pioneer in the field of pediatric surgery, Dr. Koop's contributions include advances in complex surgical procedures, such as the separation of conjoined twins, establishment of the nation's first newborn...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) All of us at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids are deeply saddened to learn of the death of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. Dr. Koop was a giant in the fight against tobacco and continues to inspire us today with his challenge to create a smoke-free society in the...
Statement of Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., executive director WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "With heavy hearts, we pay tribute to our friend and colleague, C. Everett Koop, M.D., ScD, who passed away today. He was 96. "When you look back at the last 75 years, it's impossible to bring up our nation's greatest heroes and not mention the contributions of Dr. Koop. He had three careers. First he was a trailblazer who led the effort to found the specialty of...
CHOP, a pioneer in neonatal care, established the nation's first surgical ICU for newborns and infants in 1962 PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is celebrating 50 years of caring for critically ill infants in the Harriet and Ronald Lassin Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit (N/IICU) with an anniversary event today. CHOP established the nation's first surgical neonatal intensive care unit in 1962 under the leadership...
State is enjoying a $4.2 million reduction in claims after just three years MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time, a state employee health management program has been named a winner of the C. Everett Koop Award National Health Award, which includes stringent requirements for demonstrating health improvements and cost savings. HealthFitness applauded today's announcement by Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman that the State of Nebraska wellness program,...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rapidly rising health care costs, coupled with an epidemic increase in obesity rates have led forward-thinking businesses to institute health promotion and wellness programs that can simultaneously improve their workers' health and reduce company spending. To recognize organizations for efforts that produce documented health improvements and cost savings, The Health Project announced the winners of its 2012 C. Everett Koop...
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sean P. David, M.D., Ph.D., SRI research physician and director of the Translational Medicine program in SRI's Policy Division, has been selected as the 2011-2013 James C. Puffer, M.D./American Board of Family Medicine Fellow at the Institute of Medicine. David was selected from an outstanding group of nominees because of his accomplishments in family medicine, and specifically his work on smoking cessation and...
