Beating cancer: Information on other ailments can help fight it
Scientists believe that recording comorbidities will provide more comprehensive profiles of patients and improve cancer research.
Get out of bed!
It’s a new, simple pneumonia treatment: Get patients out of bed earlier and more often, and they’ll check out of the hospital an average of one day sooner.
Increasing awareness
Photo by Bob BostonAn AIDS quilt was on display during AIDS Awareness Week Jan. 12-16 at Bernard Becker Medical Library.
Peck honored by National Children’s Cancer Society
He and Today show co-anchor Kate Couric were recently honored at the society’s International Humanitarian Award Dinner.
Obituary: Niekamp, 104
She was a clinical instructor in social work in the Department of Psychiatry.
Calorie restriction reduces risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes
A University study is the first to examine individuals who have been on calorie restriction diets for a long period of time.
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Ludmerer receives history of medicine book award
He is being recognized for Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care.
Liver plays key role in how steroids cause diabetes, hypertension
Glucocorticoids are critical for treating many afflictions; research now reveals why these commonly used drugs have such dangerous side effects.
Holtzman named head of neurology department
The Alzheimer’s expert has also been named the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor of Neurology.
Uncas A. Whitaker Hall dedicated
It was a major step forward in a plan begun more than a decade ago to launch a nationally prominent biomedical engineering department.
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