The 2008-09 Junior Fellows Program will be inaugurated with an Induction Ceremony at The New York Academy of Medicine. Junior Fellows from nine schools from the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, will be inducted. School principals, administrators, teachers, and parents are invited to attend the formal ceremony, which confers students into the special Academy fellowship.

Summer Exhibit at Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences One of New York's oldest and most diverse cultural institutions, SIIAS offers great exhibitions, programs, and collections that focus on art, science, and history.

Antonio M. Gotto Jr., MD, Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College and Joseph Fins, MD, Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College invited The New York Academy of Medicine's Scholars to attend the Global Public Health Seminar on "Health Care & Human Rights: A World in Need." Over twenty Scholars registered for the Saturday event.

Nearly one in four primary care doctors prescribes antidepressants as a treatment for low back pain.

A number of restaurants and retailers in different parts of the country have started testing the fish they sell in response to concerns about the amount of mercury in seafood, and the Environmental Protection Agency is beginning to examine the mercury content in fish sold in the New York City region.

By ALIYAH BARUCHIN
Published: February 20, 2007,

TYPICAL 12-YEAR-OLD, ATYPICAL TROUBLES Nora Leitner’s epilepsy makes a normal life all but impossible. Among other things, she has to deal with a frustratingly restricted diet.

AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death among persons between ages 25 and 44 in the United States, down from number one in 1995. About 25 million people worldwide have died from this infection since the start of the epidemic, and 40.3 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS globally.

Athletes taking performance-enhancing drugs. Growing concern about a reliance on pills for relief from pain, stress and anxiety. Medical leaders alarmed about drug fads, calling on doctors to exercise restraint when prescribing.

By TARA PARKER-POPE
Hip-hop, with its suggestive lyrics, videos and dance moves, has long been criticized by public health experts and parents, who fear that it leads to risky sexual behavior among teenagers.