Winners of 2008 Aesculapius Awards

Trigeminal Neuralgia Association, Gainesville, FL, received the Annual Aesculapius Award for websites.

Trigeminal Neuralgia Association received the top honor for their website, www.endthepain.org. This website contains comprehensive information for patients suffering with trigeminal neuralgia and related face pain, their family members, and for the medical professionals who treat them.

Winners of the Award of Excellence for health-related websites included:

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America – www.treatocd.org
• Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield – www.compassionandsupport.org
• Harlem Health Promotion Center – www.ec123.org
• International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine – www.iiam.org
• IPRO – www.YourHealthYourVoice.org • National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center – genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) – www.niddk.nih.gov
• Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – www.healthfinder.gov
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and American College of Radiology (ACR) – www.RadiologyInfo.org
• Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital – 2 websites
  • www.texasheart.org/hic
  • www.texasheart.org/projectheart
• U.S. DHHS Office on Women’s Health – 2 websites
  • www.womenshealth.gov
  • www.girlshealth.gov

Winners of the Award of Excellence for health-related Television Public Service Announcements included:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD – Smoking Cessation Public Service Announcement: Score by Quitting (Touchdown!)
• Cable Positive, New York, NY – Join the Fight: HIV/AIDS Awareness & Prevention Campaign 2006/2007
• Harlem Health Promotion Center, New York, NY – My Life, My Decision
• National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD – After the Party (Bilingual, Spanish/English).

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