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Health & Wellness ? althbeat prevention ival cooking class er Project, a national nonprofit dedicat cing cancer prevention through education ch, is offering a free cooking class designed I and Triad residents prevent and ? through proper diet and nutrition, jle easiest and best thing most of us can vent cancer or its recurrence is to eat right," fer Reilly, R.D., a senior nutritionist for Project. "More than a third of all cancer I this country are due to poor diet." ; for better health? It's a low-fat vegetarian I up oo fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, ys; they're naturally low in fat, chock-full of I filled with cancer- fighting antioxidants and cals. The class will be Aug. 22 from noon j., Discovering Dairy Alternatives at Earth Battleground Ave. in Greensboro. The i but donations will be accepted. more information visit oject.org or call 202-244-5038. ?? conference slated iber at Benton Autism Society of North Carolina and t AHEC of Wake Forest University School j have collaborated to offer an important conference about children with Autism spectrum uisoraer. One in every 150 children in America today has this dis ease, according to a 2007 report by the Center for Disease Control. The conference, "Autism Today: Crossing Bridges Despite the Challenges", ? i i r? *j o in i axe piacc on rnuay, ocpi. j at the Benton Convention | Center. Temple Grand in, Ph.D., author and the keynote is one of the most well-known and accom adults living with autism. Temple, along with tonal and international presenters, will pro workshops on cubing edge research, treatment ,, resources and empowerment. ances prescriptions Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina fC) is making ePrescribing more readily to physicians and pharmacies throughout slina. effort to improve patient safety, control and reduce medication errors, BCBSNC recently that the company has launched a ibing Web site -IpSjie stop shop for hard software solutions, 'making electronic pre tore directly accessible to North Carolina With the launch of a new ePrescribe site, .com/pro viders/eprescribe, providers have ready access to free Web-based software, vendor sources for discounted (PDA's) and connectivity, and a variety of ePrescribing technology options. success of our ePrescribe pilot program con- 1 i to make electronic prescribing more reach- 1 ' now to all North Carolina providers," BCBSNC President and CEO Bob Greczyn. pilot program clearly shows that ePrescribing physician and pharmacy administrative costs, customers mdney and ensures patient safety by potential medical errors. Electronic pre is the way of the future. " J.yljpS the pilot ePrescribe program in 2006, more million electronic prescriptions have been It is estimated that electronic prescribing can costs savings of approximately $250 per per month because of increased use of gener avoidance of unnecessary or inappropriate pre and other efficiencies. addition, BCBSNC is partnering with lity Care of North Carolina and its 14 region networks in this statewide ePrescribe It's anticipated that adding this group of serving 800,000 patients will add an addi 3,500 ePrescribing providers. Community Care Carolina, which was established by die NC ent of Health and Human Services to care for Medicaid recipients, has become a leader in building medical home and com care management systems. airplanes to signal support ight against breast cancer IT WORTH, Texas - American Airiines. the | I largest airline, and Susan G. Komen for I he world's largest breast cancer organization,! nnounced an expanded partnership with t ng of two specially to-branded aircraft, Mui Airlines Boeing 757 and an American I 145. each incorporating the renowned j i motif. ctive pink streamers, which extend the j f the fuselage of the two airplanes, ! of mutual commitment, as Amcncan Komen for the Cure's official air ver Lifetime Promise Partner. The part Tits a newly created funding categ 1 Promise Grants - which arc < inter-disciplinary research projects L ti4 to discover and deliver the < ? more quickly. Airlines has pledged to raise a million annually for eight yean. , Effort looks to cut HIV/AIDS among local Latino community SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist to begin this month. "AmfAR is a prestigious organ ization to get funding from if you do HIV research, so it's Medical Center will soon begin researching how a lack of trust in formal medicine is contributing to disproportionately higher mortality rates in Latino HIV patients than in white HIV patients across the country. The study, "Trust and Mistrust of Evidence Based Medicine Among Latinos with HIV," will be funded by the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and is expected a big testament to the work we're doing," said Scott D. Rhodes, Ph.D., MPH, lead investigator and an associate profes sor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy. "We hope that it will help us reach J Latinos who are at risk for HIV and improve the outcomes tor HIV-posi tive Latinos so they are not affect ed disproportionately." Despite overall advances in medical care and treatment. Latinos with HIV in the United States have higher mortality rates than whites, Rhodes said. This medical fact is especially signifi cant in North Carolina, which has one of the fastest-growing Latino populations in the country. Between the 1990 and 2000 cen suses, the Latino population in the United States grew by 58 percent, whereas in North Carolina, the number of Latinos grew by nearly 400 percent. In addition to the exponential growth of the Latino population in See Latinos on A9 A Matter of Life PRNcwsFouvSheKuows com Baby Giovanni , pictured here, is one of thousands of reasons that SheKnows.com has pledged to add 50,000 donors to the International Bone Marrow Registry by next year. The five-month-old has a rare immune system disorder that has been con firmed in only 68 kids world wide. SheKnows.com, a lead ing women's online destina tion, joined the effort after Giovanni's father, Michael Guglielmo, started the Save Giovanni's Friends Movement, which is responsi ble for signing up ISjOOO to the donor registry. An esti mated 6,000 people dying from leukemia, blood cancer and immune system disorders are looking for a life saving donor match everyday. Concert later this month will benefit burn victims CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT For the eighth year, the Winston-Salem Jaycees will host a musical extravaganza to raise money for burn victims. O The Jaycees - a leadership organization for young professionals - will hold Band Aid for Burn Victims on inursaay, Aug. z? at ine vjarage, iiu West 7th St. Among the acts that will play the bene fit show are Doug Davis and the Solid Citizens, a group that counts among it influences legends like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin. Caleb Caudle and the Bayonets will also play. The band will be fresh from its Aug. 16 per* formance at Summer on Trade. Tickets to the show, which will start at 8 p.m., are $5 each. All proceeds benefit the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill, which opened two decades ago and has treated thousands of patients. The Burn Center receives the largest amount of its donations from the Jaycees chapters from across the state. The Winston-Salem Jaycees have made the benefit concert a successful endeavor by recruiting local bands to donate their time and talent, local businesses to donate monetary support to become sponsors, and volunteers to donate many hours to put the entire event together. For more information about the concert or the Jaycees, call 336-777-3663 or go to www.winstonsalemjaycees.org Back-to-School Vaccinations August is an exciting time as children, young adults and their families prepare to start school. Ah important part of that preparation involves ensuring that your children have received all the vaccines that can protect them from illness. Did you know that approximately one third of African-American children do not receive the necessary vaccinations? Read on to learn about why it is important to vaccinate your children and what vaccines are appropriate for children and young adults. When and why should I vaccinate my children? It is important to vaccinate children because the there are many diseases that still exist and are always at risk for returning and causing severe illness and outbreaks, it is essential to vaccinate your children during infancy, continue immunizations until the child begins school, during school and re-vaccinate with appropriate boosters there after. Frequently, several doses of a particular vaccine are nec essary to provide protection against that disease. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends these vaccines (see charts). See Vaccine* on A9 Butterfield is seeking Congressional kudos for AMA SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Joined by all of the Congressional Black Caucus' House members. Congressman G. Butterfield, a North Carolina Democrat , has intro duced a reso 1 u t i o n applauding the American Medical Association's formal apol ogy tor poll cies that Butterfield excluded ? blacks from its group for more than a century. ' The American Medical Association (A. MA.), long con sidered the voice of American doctors, recently apologized "for its past history of racial inequality toward African American physicians, and shares its current efforts to increase the ranks of minority physicians and their participa tion in the A.M. A." "The apology is important and long overdue," said Butterfield, a former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. "There is a power in acknowledging mistakes." Until the 1960s, the A.M.A. failed to oppose policies dating back to t{ie 1800s that barred blacks from some state and local medical societies. In order to join the A.M.A., physicians were required to be members of the local groups in order to par ticipate in the association. In many cases, Butterfield said, this essentially barred these doc tors from being part of the A.M.A. The bi-partisan resolution, H. Con. Res. 403, has 71 co sponsors including all 42 of the Congressional Black Caucus House members. The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The resolution also recog nizes some of the important con tributions of black physicians. It also notes the need for more African American doctors. According to the A. M. A., fewer than 2 percent of its members are black, and fewer than 3 per cent of the nation's one million medical students and physicians are black.