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May 18 - The Accident That Saved His Life 11Alive news
May 12 - Emory Eye Center Starts Study for Infants with Blocked Tear Ducts
May 11 - Michael Iuvone Joins Emory Eye Center as Director of Research
May 8 - New HIV/AIDS Vaccine Clinical Trials Begin at Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic
May 7 - HIV Vaccine Awareness Week Highlighted by Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic Events
May 7 - Health Care Providers Should Explain Vaccine Refusal Risks
May 5 - H1N1 Research Includes Monoclonal Antibodies, Virus-Like Particles, Virus Transmission Studies
May 5 -
Emory University Hospital Nursing Unit Wins Prestigious Beacon Award for Excellent Care
May 5 -
Emory Eye Center Scientists Named Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2009 Fellows
May 5 -
Alfredo Voloschin Joins Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory Winship
May 5 - Iron Nanoparticle Tools Could Detect Pancreatic Cancer Earlier
May 1 -
Women and Heart Disease: A Serious Matter
Apr 27 -
Emory Healthcare Statement Regarding Lt. Governor Casey Cagle
Apr 24 -
Atlanta Police Department to Open Mini-Precinct at Emory University Hospital Midtown
Apr 24 - Emory University Hospital to Host Stroke Awareness Event
Apr 22 - Society of Hospital Medicine Names Emory Hospitals as Project BOOST Participants
Apr 21 - Emory's 11th Annual RB Picnic Celebrates Lives of Children Who Have Survived Eye Cancer
Apr 16 -
Emory Reproductive Center Exceeds National Average in IVF Pregnancy Success Rates
Apr 14 -
Emory Launches New Critical Care Center, Appoints First Director
Apr 13 -
Emory's Winship Cancer Institute Announces NCI Cancer Center Designation
Apr 9 -
Experts Discuss Brain Fitness and Aging at Public Forum
Apr 6 - Predictive Health Seminar Features Cardiologist and Author Mimi Guarneri, MD
Apr 1 - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Names Paul W. Spearman, MD, as Chief Research Officer
Mar 31 - Genetic Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders are Focus of New Clinical Study
Mar 31 - Yerkes Researchers Closer to Determining Why Humans Develop Alzheimer's Disease
Mar 31 - Thoracic Surgeon Joins Emory University Hospital Midtown, Will Perform Minimally Invasive Procedures
Mar 31 - American College of Cardiology Names Emory Cardiologist a Master
Mar 30 - After Heart Attack, Bone Marrow Stem Cells Increase Blood Flow Within Heart
Mar 30 - Emory Healthcare Thanks Doctors and Honors History on National Doctors' Day
Mar 30 - Researchers Validate Heart Failure Risk Model
Mar 30 - Emory University Seeks Volunteers with Alzheimer's Disease for Study
Mar 30 - Emory Sound Science Podcast: Attending to Neglected Tropical Diseases
Mar 27 - Targeting Oxidized Cysteine Through Diet Could Reduce Inflammation and Lower Disease Risk
Mar 26 - DNA Repair Enzymes Relocate in Response to Stress
Mar 26 - Excess Fat Puts Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at Greater Risk
Mar 19 - Faster Radiation Treatment System Now Offered at Emory University Hospital Midtown
Mar 16 - Emory Winship Cancer Institute Emphasizes Care, Research for Patients with Brain Metastases
Mar 16 - Emory Pediatrician Urges Fast Action Awareness During National Poison Prevention Week
Mar 11 - New Clinical Trial for ALS Patients Opens for Enrollment
Mar 9 - Benign Brain Tumors Removed through Small Openings at Emory University Hospital Midtown
Mar 6 -
Emory Earns Commendation for Cancer Services
Mar 5 - Immune Cells From Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Prematurely Aged Chromosomes
Mar 3 - Emory Awarded March of Dimes Grant to Study Premature Birth
Mar 3 - Learning and Behavior Improve in Alcohol-Affected Children Following Intervention
Mar 2 - Vitamin A Signals Offer Clues to Treating Autoimmunity
Feb 27 - Emory, Georgia State Public Health Leaders Receive Health Education Practice Award
Feb 27 - Millions Around World To Observe Rare Disease Day
Feb 26 - Emory Sound Science Podcast: Coping with Cancer's Emotional Fallout
Feb 24 - Depression Increases Poor Outcome Risk for Women Following Heart Attack
Feb 19 - CDC Recognizes HIV/AIDS Intervention as Model Program
Feb 17 - U.S. Veterinarians at Risk for Q Fever
Feb 16 - Combination of Diabetes and Sepsis Increases Likelihood of Renal Failure
Feb 13 - Emory Crawford Long Hospital Renamed Emory University Hospital Midtown
Feb 12 - Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital Celebrates Successful Beginning with Dedication Ceremony
Feb 11 - Brain's Visual Cortex Tied to Tactile Discrimination in the Blind
Feb 11 - Tool to Shrink Brain Tumors' Blood Supply Identified
Feb 11 - Study Explores Melatonin as Treatment for Irritable Bowel Diseas
Feb 10 - Beating Heart Disease and Living Well
Feb 10 - Emory to Advance Parkinson's Disease Clinical Research with Recent Gift
Feb 10 - Emory Experts Provide Tips that Can Lead to Heart Health
Feb 9 - New Year Brings New Lease on Life for Atlanta Resident
Feb 9 - National Health Care Experts Say, "Time is Now" for Health Care Reform
Feb 6 - Bone Marrow Cells Can Heal Nerves in Diabetes Model
Feb 6 - Emory University Dedicates New Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital
Feb 4 - New Technique Predicts Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Effectiveness Before Treatment
Feb 3 - Mary Saltz To Head Division of Community Radiology
Feb 3 - Woodruff Health Sciences Center Names First Chief Marketing Officer
Feb 3 - Heart-Cushioning Innovation in Angioplasty Could Reduce Damage
Feb 2 - Emory Hospitals Earn Highest Level of Chest Pain Accreditation
Feb 2 - Emory Research Provides Hope During American Heart Month
Feb 2 - Teenager Spearheads Fundraiser for Emory ALS Center
Jan 26 - Emory Nursing Conference to Address Emerging Treatments for Delirium
Jan 23 - Emory Urologists Screen 70 Retired NFL Players for Prostate Cancer
Jan 21 - Study Shows Rise in Antibiotic Resistant Pediatric Head and Neck Infections
Jan 21 - Emory Announces New Director of Gynecologic Oncology
Jan 20 - Emory Pushes to Move Health Care Reform Forward
Jan 16 - Emory Sound Science Podcast: Fruits and Vegetables in Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Jan 16 - Emory Healthcare Garners Quality and Patient Safety Initiative Awards
Jan 15 - Emory Names Christian P. Larsen as Surgery Chair, Director of Emory Healthcare's Surgical Services
Jan 6 - Emory University Statement on Dr. Sanjay Gupta as U.S. Surgeon General
Jan 8 - Toxicity Mechanism Identified for Parkinson's Disease
Jan 5 - Mylin Torres, MD, Joins Emory Radiation Oncology
Jan 5 - Biological Link Connects Childhood Trauma and Risk for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Dec 10 - Clinical Trial for Macular Degeneration Seeks a New Way of Seeing
Dec 5 - Emory Sports Medicine Physicians Selected as Top Doctors by Castle Connolly
Nov 20 - Emory Names Linda McCauley Dean of Nursing School
Nov 18 - Walter Curran Awarded Endowed Lawrence Davis Chair of Radiation Oncology
Nov 17 - Emory Names Dennis Choi Vice President of Academic Health Affairs
Nov 17 - Rapid Screening Test Developed to Detect Early Alzheimer's Disease
Nov 17 - Emory Sound Science Podcast: Exploring New Treatments for Rare Cancers
Nov 14 - African Americans with Depression and Heart Attack Have Greater Risk of Death
Nov 12 - Emory Facial Center Welcomes Jilleen Hoffman to Aesthetics Team
Nov 12 - Sex Differences Narrow in Death After Heart Attack, Study Shows
Nov 12 - New Biomarker for Heart Failure Identified
Nov 11 - Daily Rhythms in Blood Vessels May Explain Morning Peak in Heart Attack
Nov 11 - Stem Cells from Monkey Teeth Can Stimulate Growth and Generation of Brain Cells
Nov 11 - Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Shows Promise for Treating Heart Failure
Nov 11 - March of Dimes To Unveil New ANGEL II Neonatal Transport Ambulance at State Capitol
Nov 10 - Daily Rhythms in Blood Vessels May Explain Morning Peak in Heart Attack
Archives
31-OCT-08
*Emory Eye Center Studying Promising Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity
Emory Eye Center will participate in a Phase I research study to establish a safety profile for an anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) drug, Avastin (Bevacizumab), for premature babies with retinopathy of prematuri...more
29-OCT-08
*Emory Eye Center Ranks in Top 10 in Ophthalmology Times Annual Survey
Emory Eye Center has ranked in all four of the Top Ten slots with other distinguished U.S. academic eye institutions in the annual survey of ophthalmology programs conducted by Ophthalmology Times.
Reported in the Oct. 15,...more
24-OCT-08
*Emory Nursing Officer Awarded for Chemotherapy Handbook & International Training Workshop
Mary Gullatte, PhD, RN, APRN, associate chief nursing officer at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, has been awarded the 2008 APEX Publication Award of Excellence for the Clinical Guide to Antineoplastic Therapy: A Chemotherapy Ha...more
24-OCT-08
*Emory University Hospital Named Consumer's Choice Top Hospital
Emory University Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation's top hospitals by the National Research Corporation's (NRC) Consumer's Choice Awards.
The award identifies hospitals that health care consumers have cho...more
20-OCT-08
*Emory Crawford Long Hospital Celebrates Centennial Birthday
On Oct. 21, 1908, two doctors opened a small, 26-bed sanatorium near present-day Turner Field to care for Atlanta?s sick. Now, 100 years later, on Oct. 21, 2008, a 511-bed Emory Crawford Long Hospital (ECLH) in Midtown Atlant...more
17-OCT-08
*Wesley Woods Hospital Recognized as One of State's Top Small Hospitals
Emory University's Wesley Woods Hospital has been recognized as one of the best small hospitals in the state by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals (GACH) during the organization's 2008 annual meeting at Callaway Gard...more
15-OCT-08
*Michael A. Watson Named Foundation of Wesley Woods President and CEO
The Board of the Foundation of Wesley Woods has named long-time fundraising and campaign executive Michael A. Watson as president and CEO.
The Foundation of Wesley Woods is the connection point between the generosity of s...more
10-OCT-08
*Connect Your Mind, Body and Soul at Women's Health and Wellness Forum
It's an opportunity to learn how to better feed your mind, connect with your body and nurture your soul to stay healthy. On Friday, Oct. 17 from 7:30 - 10 a.m., Emory Crawford Long Hospital will host "Mind, Body & Soul - A Wo...more
10-OCT-08
*Emory Heart & Vascular Center Opens Location in Middle Georgia
Emory Heart & Vascular Center is expanding its statewide cardiology services with the addition of the Emory Heart & Vascular Center of Middle Georgia, opening today in Dublin, Ga.
The new Center will offer comprehensive ca...more
10-OCT-08
*Emory Heart & Vascular Center Opens Location in Middle Georgia
Emory Heart & Vascular Center is expanding its statewide cardiology services with the addition of the Emory Heart & Vascular Center of Middle Georgia, opening today in Dublin, Ga.
The new Center will offer comprehensive ca...more
29-SEP-08
*Emory Reproductive Center Receives Internationally Recognized CAP Accreditation for Labs
The Emory Reproductive Center, located at Emory Crawford Long Hospital (ECLH), has been accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for its high standards and excellence in laboratory quality assurance. The cente...more
24-SEP-08
*Emory Healthcare Opens New School of Medical Technology
Emory Healthcare is working to address the community's need for more medical technologists with the opening of its new School of Medical Technology (SMT), and welcomed its inaugural class on Sept. 4.
The Emory Healthcare ...more
11-SEP-08
*Emory Cardiothoracic Surgeons to Provide Expertise at Athens Regional
Athens Regional Health Services and Emory Healthcare will partner to continue the availability of new and advanced cardiac and thoracic surgery in the Northeast Georgia region.
The partnership will combine the talents of a...more
11-SEP-08
*Emory Cardiothoracic Surgeons to Provide Expertise at Athens Regional
Athens Regional Health Services and Emory Healthcare will partner to continue the availability of new and advanced cardiac and thoracic surgery in the Northeast Georgia region.
The partnership will combine the talents of a...more
10-SEP-08
*Sound Science Podcast Series Highlights Emory Scientists and Discoveries
A new podcast series called "Sound Science: Conversations on Transforming Health and Healing" has been unveiled on the website of Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center. The twice-monthly audio series will highlig...more
09-SEP-08
*Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Reduces Scars and Helps Patients Heal More Quickly
Several Emory Crawford Long Hospital surgeons are now using a single entry point in the abdominal wall to remove gallbladders, appendixes and parts of the colon, rather than the standard four to six skin incisions used during...more
05-SEP-08
*Emory Announces Opening of Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital
Fulfilling its mission to meet the increasing demand for orthopaedics and spine care, Emory Healthcare today announced the opening of the Emory University Orthopaed...more
04-SEP-08
*Emory Crawford Long Hospital New Cardiac Imaging System Has High Accuracy and Quick Result
Emory Crawford Long Hospital (ECLH) is using a new single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging system, which experts say produces quicker, better and more diagnostic-quality images for cardiac patients than pre...more
18-AUG-08
*Emory University Hospital One of Nation's First Training Facilities for Neuro Rescue
As one of the nation's first "Neuro Rescue Training & Certification" facilities, Emory University Hospital will train interventional cardiologists and vascular specialists in simulation-based stroke intervention.
The So...more
14-AUG-08
*Emory Eye Center Awarded Grant from Research to Prevent Blindness
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has given Emory Eye Center a $110,000 unrestricted grant to fund research. RPB is the world's leading voluntary organization suppor...more
04-AUG-08
*Emory University Hospital's Robert Bachman Named to American Heart Association Board
Robert Bachman, chief operating officer for Emory University Hospital, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Heart Association's Greater Southeast Affiliate. Bachman is slated to serve on the board during...more
01-AUG-08
*Emory Crawford Long Hospital Celebrates History Through Service
Most people don't equate celebrating a birthday or important milestone by making hard work an actual part of that celebration. But Emory Crawford Long...more
30-JUL-08
*Respiratory Illnesses and Dog Bites a Concern for Travelers to China for 2008 Olympics
As 600,000 visitors and athletes gear up to travel to China for the 2008 Olympic Games, travelers should be most concerned about respiratory illnesses and dog bites, according to report by an Emory University travelers' healt...more
21-JUL-08
*Bioinformatics Pioneer Will Lead New Initiatives at Emory University
Joel H. Saltz, MD, PhD, a pioneer in the fields of high-performance computing and biomedical informatics, will join Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center in September as director of the Center for Comprehensive I...more
18-JUL-08
*Researchers Use Adult BNP Test to Diagnose Heart Disease in Children
A test currently used to diagnose adult patients with cardiovascular disease could be effective in diagnosing critical heart disease in infants and young children, according to Emory University and Children's Healthcare of At...more
11-JUL-08
*U.S. News & World Report Ranks Emory Among Nation's Top Hospitals
Emory University Hospital again joins the prestigious ranks of America's top medical institutions in the annual U.S. News & World Report guide to "America's Best Hospitals."
Emory ranked among the nation's best hospitals i...more
10-JUL-08
*Atlanta Kidney Transplant Recipient to Represent Georgia in National Transplant Games
While many medical students were preparing for board exams in 2006, Ken Sutha was already spending plenty of time in the hospital as a patient.
Diagnosed with kidney disease at age 10, Sutha's condition was stable through...more
07-JUL-08
*Unlocking Mysteries of Epilepsy is Goal of New Monitoring Unit
Emory University Hospital's state-of-the-art Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) helps patients better identify the source of epileptic seizures, which in turn, can lead to more effective treatments and outcomes.
Epilepsy, wh...more
01-JUL-08
*Emory Specialty Associates Agreement with Clark-Holder Finalized
Clark-Holder Clinic, PA, a multi-specialty healthcare group serving West Georgia, has finalized its agreement to join Emory Specialty Associates, LLC, a subsidiary of Emory Healthcare. The new clinic's name, Emory Clark-Holde...more
20-JUN-08
*Human Research Protection Group Accredits Emory University
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. (AAHRPP) today announced that it has accredited Emory University and 21 other organizations.
"Accreditation holds organizations to the highe...more
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