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Franklin Square, one of Philadelphia’s five original public squares laid out by William Penn in his original plan for the city, is just 1/2 block from campus. You can take a break from studying and play a round of miniature golf or ride the carousel!
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Space is still available for the TUSPM free Summer Internship from June 3-10, 2011. The application deadline has been extended to May 2. If you cannot attend this session, a free 3-day Winter Internship Program from January 3-6, 2012 is the next session (application deadline is November 18, 2011). A 2012 Summer Internship Program will be offered from June 1-8, 2012. Apply now for any of the sessions.
TUSPM will host an Open House in November 2011 and spring of 2012. The program will include talks on the profession; a tour of our facilities; information about admissions, financial aid and our curriculum; post-graduate opportunities; and a question and answer session with a panel of physicians and students. Please check our website periodically for the dates.
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Jinsup Song, DPM, PhD, James Furmato, DPM, PhD, and Kendrick Whitney, DPM, of TUSPM, in collaboration with Dr. Howard Hillstrom at the Hospital for Special Surgery, completed a research project funded by Stride Rite Corp-oration. They performed struct-ural shoe-testing and gait evaluation of 26 early walkers between the ages of 9 to 24-months to evaluate perform-ance of their next generation of baby shoe technologies. This study was conducted over a two year period. It was the most in-depth research on children’s feet ever conducted.
The study focus was to under-stand the development of a child’s feet as they begin to walk. They also wanted to determine if shoe flexibility had an impact on the children’s gait during different phases of development. It was deter-mined that a baby’s first step could have a profound impact on a child’s gait for the rest of their lives.
During this study it was deter-mined that placing children in proper fitting, ultra-flexible shoes results in less stumbles and falls when the children are learning to walk. It was also determined that the shoes outsole, rounded edge and natural shape provided a higher level of sensory feedback as the child’s feet came in contact with the ground.
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Though he is known for his masterpiece “Mona Lisa”, Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop, an exhibition from Milan, brings to life dozens of the inventions of the 15th century Renaissance man. The exhibit includes a mechanical lion, a robot knight, a self-propelled cart, a mechanical bat, a multi-cannon gunship and many other models. “Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop” runs through May 22 at The Franklin Institute.
The Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts takes place April 7 - May 1. The festival has over 100 performances throughout Philadelphia in the area of circus arts, dance, food, fashion, music, education and much more. A major highlight is the FIFA Street Fair on April 30, which will transform Philadelphia into a Parisian street fair with French street vendors and performers, a giant ferris wheel and a breathtaking routine by La Compagnie Transe Express which will be performing 100 feet in the air.
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The Schuylkill River in Philadelphia is the place to be for rowing in the U.S. Philly is proud to host numerous regattas such as the Dad Vail Regatta, the largest collegiate regatta in the U.S., Stotesbury Cup Regatta, the largest high school regatta in the world, the Schuylkill Navy Regatta, the Independence Day Regatta, the largest summer club regatta in the U.S., and the Philadelphia Youth Regatta. Get your row on and attend one of the regattas in Philly!
Want to walk over 42-acres of Victorian gardens to view more than 1,300 animals? The Philadelphia Zoo is the place to do this. It is the first and oldest zoo in the US and opened in 1874. Last year the Zoo welcomed over 1.2 million visitors. Not only can you visit all of the animals but you can go on safari, attend the outdoor concert series, overlook the City from the hot air balloon, paddle in a Swan Boat, or ride a camel.
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Baptist Temple on Main Campus.
The Temple Performing Arts Center, formerly the Baptist Temple, on TU’s main campus is Philadelphia's newest venue for arts, events and ideas. Upcoming events include the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro de Cuba, Temple University Wind Symphony (featuring the Canadian Brass), iPalpita Orchestra and the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus.
President Ann Weaver Hart has appointed Larry R. Kaiser, MD, as Senior Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, Dean of Temple University School of Medicine and Chief Executive Officer of the Temple University Health System. His appointment is effective no later than April 1, 2011.Kaiser is currently President and Alkek-Williams Chair of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
(UTHealth), Professor of Surgery and a Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery.
"Dr. Kaiser brings a wealth of experience as a distinguished surgeon, faculty member and medical leader in Philadelphia and Houston. We look forward to working with him to assure a bright future for Temple Health through his leadership of the School of Medicine, the Temple University Health System and all aspects of the clinical, educational and research enterprise," said Hart.
Asthma Associated with Increased Risk of Diabetes, Heart Disease
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that asthma affects approximately 24.6 million people in the United StatesAccording to a new population-based study presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), asthma appears to be linked to an increased risk for developing diabetes and heart disease.
"Asthmatics have a more allergy-prone immune environ-ment, which has a delicate balance with a counter-
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regulatory one which underlies proinflammatory conditions such as coronary artery disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel syndrome," explained Young J. Juhn, MD, MPH. "Thus one can hypothesize that there may be an inverse relationship between asthma and these proinflammatory conditions."
During the study period, a total of 2,392 asthmatic subjects and 4,784 subjects without asthma were enrolled, of which 57% were male and 98% were Caucasian. Researchers calculated age and gender-adjusted incidence rates of inflammatory bowel syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes and coronary artery disease by using medical index codes. Researchers found that asthma was associated with the increased risks of developing diabetes and heart disease but not inflammatory bowel syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.
While it’s important for clinicians to be aware of the increased risks of coronary artery disease and diabetes in asthmatics, we need to continue to monitor the potential impact of asthma epidemiology on the epidemiology of other chronic diseases,” stated Dr. Juhn.
Read the entire article.
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