WHSC News and Information




WHSC NEWS RELEASES, OCTOBER, 1997:

  • 10/28/97 - EMORY SHEDS LIGHT ON MALE INFERTILITY

  • 10/28/97 - WORKING MEMORY THEORY OF BRAIN ORGANIZATION CORROBORATED BY PET IMAGES OF ADHD PATIENTS

  • 10/26/97 - GROWTH FACTOR STIMULATION LEADS TO INCREASE IN NEW NEURONS IN THE STRIATUM AND CORTEX OF THE BRAIN

  • 10/23/97 - MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF EYES TOO NEARSIGHTED FOR CONVENTIONAL REFRACTIVE SURGERY HAVE DRIVING VISION AFTER NEW LASIK SURGERY

  • 10/23/97 - RETINAL DAMAGE COMMON AMONG URBAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH DIABETES EASILY SCREENED FOR VIA TELEMEDICINE

  • 10/23/97 - NIH HONORS EMORY RESEARCHER WITH MERIT AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED WORK ON RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM

  • 10/23/97 - BRINGING CLINICIANS UP TO SPEED ON STATS AND THE BUSINESS SIDE OF MEDICINE IS GOAL OF NIH GRANT TO CENTER FOR CLINICAL EVALUATION SCIENCES

  • 10/19/97 - PARKINSON'S SURGERY NORMALIZES CEREBRAL CONTROL OF MOVEMENT, PET SCANS SUGGEST

  • 10/19/97 - BLINDNESS, KAPOSI'S SARCOMA AND EXTRAOCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF CMV ARE DELAYED IN AIDS PATIENTS GIVEN ANTIVIRAL PILL AND EYE IMPLANT

  • 10/19/97 - ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS INFECTED WITH GENITAL HERPES:
    Prevalence has Increased 30 Percent in Past 20 Years; Greatest Increase in White Teens, Says CDC/Emory Team in NEJM

  • 10/19/97 - EMORY PARTNERS WITH JCAHO IN NEW ACADEMY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE

  • 10/19/97 - EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND EGLESTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF EMORY UNIVERSITY SHARE IN FIRST SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANT IN GEORGIA

  • 10/19/97 - MACULAR DEGENERATION SURGERY TRIAL BEGINS AT 10 SITES NATIONWIDE, REPORT EMORY RESEARCHERS

  • 10/14/97 - EMORY'S TIP TOP EXPERTS IN PROVOCATIVE ASPECTS OF WOMEN'S HEALTH EXPAND SCOPE OF ANNUAL CONTRACEPTIVE CONFERENCE




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