Societies join forces to lobby Congress

How do physicians lobby their members of Congress?

BACKGROUND Physicians are uniquely qualified to educate legislators about health care issues, but little is known about how physicians lobby members of Congress. METHODS From the staff of 84 randomly selected members of Congress (49 senators and 35 representatives), we interviewed the legislative assistants who work on health care legislation and meet with constituents and lobbyists on behalf...

Two oldies join forces to guard homeostasis.

THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM APPEARS early during the evolution of multicellular organisms (10). It is well-known that complement constitutes one of the first, innate, lines of defense against microbial invaders. But complement functions are not limited to immune processes. The complement system is involved in angiogenesis, inflammation, tissue repair, hematopoietic stem cell mobilization, lipid metab...

Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology

Integrins and cadherins join forces to form adhesive networks.

Cell-cell and cell-extracellular-matrix (cell-ECM) adhesions have much in common, including shared cytoskeletal linkages, signaling molecules and adaptor proteins that serve to regulate multiple cellular functions. The term 'adhesive crosstalk' is widely used to indicate the presumed functional communication between distinct adhesive specializations in the cell. However, this distinction is lar...

Cancer Prevention and Worksite Health Promotion: Time to Join Forces

The workplace is recognized as a setting that can profoundly influence workers’ health and well-being (1,2). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) workplace health promotion efforts address cancer prevention by focusing on cancer screening programs, community–clinical linkages, and cancer risk factors (eg, tobacco use, physical inactivity) that also influence risk for other chron...