EMORY WHSC NEWS RSSWoodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory UniversityWhy Some Primates Can Live with Immunodeficiency Viruses and Not Progress to AIDS- September 16, 2008 Highlights: - Some primate species, including sooty mangabeys, harbor simian immunodeficiency viruses but remain healthy, unlike rhesus macaques. - The immune systems of sooty mangabeys become significantly less activated during SIV infection than the immune systems of macaques. - The lesshttp://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15644 Emory Awarded $6 Million to Study Environmental Causes of Parkinson's- September 16, 2008 Emory University has received a $6.4 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to examine the impact of environmental factors on the cause, prevention and treatment of Parkinson's disease and other relathttp://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15625 Emory Begins Testing Vaccines Against Pandemic Influenza Threat- September 16, 2008 Emory University and its physicianscientists will play a leading national role in evaluating promising new vaccines against an "H5" avian flu (bird flu) virus thought to be a possible pandemic threat in the future. The Emory Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) will conduct a clinical trialhttp://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15624 Injection Drug Use Prevalence Among Black Adults Declines, Remains Stable for Whites- September 16, 2008 The prevalence of injection drug use among black adult residents of large U.S. metropolitan areas decreased substantially between 1992 and 2002, while injection drug use prevalence among white adults in these metro areas remained stable, according to a recent Emory University public health report.http://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15645 Grady Stroke Program Receives American Stroke Association Award- September 15, 2008 Grady Memorial Hospital has received the "Get With The Guidelines-Stroke" Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. The award recognizes Grady's steadfast commitment and success in implementing the highest standard of stroke carehttp://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15604 Oncologist Omer Kucuk Joins Emory Winship Cancer Institute- September 15, 2008 Omer Kucuk, MD, who conducted the first clinical trials to show the benefits of soy and lycopene supplements in prostate cancer treatment, has joined Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute as professor of hematology and medical oncology.http://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15605 Emory Cardiothoracic Surgeons to Provide Expertise at Athens Regional- September 11, 2008 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 highly skilled team of local cardiothoracic surgeons with physicians fromhttp://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15585 Syntermed Licenses Emory ERTb Software for Enhanced Cardiac Imaging- September 11, 2008 Georgia Research Alliance "Technology Partnerships Program" Supports Commercial Collaboration A comprehensive software package designed to significantly improve the quality and accessibility of nuclear cardiology images has been licensed by Emory University to Syntermed, an Atlanta-based nuclearhttp://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15584 As Head and Neck Cancer Risks Evolve, More Treatment Options Emerge- September 11, 2008 Advances in understanding head and neck cancer over the last decade have led to more treatment options and improved quality of life for patients, according to a review published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The authors are Dong M. Shin, MD, Frances Kelly Blomeyer Distinguishehttp://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15564 Workplace Wellness Program Offers Good Return on Investment- September 10, 2008 A workplace wellness program aimed at reducing weight and improving health risk factors in obese employees could produce a short-term return on investment (ROI) of $1.17 per dollar spent, reports a study in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The one-year study foundhttp://www.whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=15524 |