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Emory Healthcare's Budd Terrace Nursing Home Undergoing $5 Million Renovations
14 Jun 04 | Emory Healthcare's 250-bed Budd Terrace nursing home is undergoing a more than $5 million renovation project designed to improve each of the resident rooms and many public areas.

Georgia's Only Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation Program Offers New Solutions
11 Jun 04 | When simple tasks like unloading clothes from the washing machine left Atlanta resident Helen Smith, 66, tired and short of breath, she wondered if her increasing fatigue was due to aging.

Synthetic Hormone Used In Contraceptives & HRT Produces Negative Effects In Monkey Studies
07 Jun 04 | Medroxyprogesterone acetate, a synthetic form of the naturally occurring steroid hormone progesterone widely used in contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, increases aggression and anxiety and reduces sexual activity in female monkeys.

Lowance Human Immunology Center Works to Unlock Immune System Secrets
02 Jun 04 | There is growing evidence that the immune system, and in particular its relationship to inflammation, plays a critical role in many more human diseases than was previously realized, including cancer, diabetes, atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.

Vaginal Hysterectomies Decrease Costs, Complications and Recovery Time
02 Jun 04 | Despite well-documented evidence that vaginal hysterectomies are more advantageous in a majority of cases, physicians continue to use abdominal hysterectomies.

Emory Transplant Center Director Receives Top Science Award
24 May 04 | The American Society of Transplantation has awarded Christian P. Larsen, MD, PhD, Carlos and Marguerite Mason Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine and director of the Emory Transplant Center, the 2004 Roche Basic Science Award.

Yerkes Researchers First to Discover Combination of Drug Therapies Reduces Cocaine Use
24 May 04 | Researchers at Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center are the first to demonstrate a combination of drug therapies targeting the region of the brain that controls drug abuse and addiction significantly reduces cocaine use in primates.

Emory Health-Care Heroes Excel in Annual Awards Competition
21 May 04 | Faculty from throughout Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center were honored as finalists or winners in this year's Atlanta Business Chronicle Health-Care Heroes Competition.

Voice Patients Get Better at Emory with New "Virtual" Technology
21 May 04 | Professionals who use their voices to make a living are intensely aware of the problems that tired and overstressed vocal cords can cause. The healing process includes learning proper use of the voice and practice, practice, practice.

National Stroke Association Unveils Stroke Risk Score During May Stroke Awareness Month
20 May 04 | Stroke is the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in the US, yet only two percent of the population fears having a stroke even though 4 out of 5 families over a lifetime will be touched by stroke.

Emory Neurologist Leads Stroke Study at Grady Memorial Hospital
19 May 04 | Michael R. Frankel, MD, professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine, and chief of neurology for the Grady Health System, is principal investigator for a pioneering stroke study designed to reduce the risk of recurrent strokes.

Emory's Mary Gullatte named 2004 Georgia Nurse of the Year
17 May 04 | When she graduated from nursing school, Mary Gullatte's uncle reminded her of a letter she had written in the third grade saying she wanted to be a nurse when she grew up.

Emory Offers Tips to Fight Obesity and Diabetes Epidemic in Free Public Seminar
13 May 04 | As Americans' waistlines expand, so does their risk of developing diabetes and heart disease. Medical researchers refer to these three linked conditions -- obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes - as Metabolic Syndrome.

Imaging Studies Show Brain Responds to Rewards Earned "The Old-Fashioned Way"
13 May 04 | Human beings are more aroused by rewards they actively earn than by rewards they acquire passively, according to brain imaging research by scientists at Emory University School of Medicine.

Poll Shows Georgians Support More Funding for Health Research
13 May 04 | Sixty-eight percent of Georgians feel the amount spent to find ways to protect and promote their health through prevention research - about 1 cent of every U.S. health care dollar - is too little, according to a poll released today.

Ovarian Cancer Survivors Share Their Experiences With Medical Students
12 May 04 | When third year medical students at the Emory University School of Medicine go to class in the Glenn Building at Grady Hospital on May 19th, their professor will step aside and let the voice of experience take over.

Clinical Trial to Study Treatment Options for Patients with Acute Renal Failure
12 May 04 | Emory University Hospital is one of a handful of sites across the country currently participating in a clinical trial to study a new treatment for acute renal failure (ARF).

'Global Challenge of Parasitic Diseases': Sell Lecture on May 17
07 May 04 | Dr. McKerrow is the Robert E. Smith professor of experimental pathology at UCSF, director of the Tropical Disease Research Unit and co-director of the UCSF Liver Center and Advanced Imaging Core.

Events at LeFont Theater on May 18 Mark HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
06 May 04 | In celebration of National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18, Atlantans are invited to participate in a special event at the LeFont Plaza Theater, sponsored by SisterLove, Inc., AID Atlanta, and the Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center.

Emory Eye Center Announces Opening of Emory Laser Vision
06 May 04 | Emory Eye Center, ranked as one of the top 15 in the U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of the nation's best eye centers, announced today that it will open a refractive surgery center located at The Emory Clinic Perimeter on May 10.