HSC employee receives kidney from caring co-worker
May 9, 2006
Patti Ruffin, 51, an employee at the Health Science Center, knew that one day she would need a kidney transplant.
National Inventors Hall of Fame inducts Palmaz
May 9, 2006
Tinkering in the garage led a young doctor to create a device that would impact the world in more ways than anyone could have imagined. World-renowned inventor and radiologist Julio Palmaz, M.D., the Ashbel Smith Professor at the Health Science Center, was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame during a ceremony May 5-6 in Akron, Ohio.
Report: Health Science Center-led studies prevent 15,000 strokes a year
May 9, 2006
The Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF) Trials, a series of nationwide studies conceived at and led by the Health Science Center, prompted treatment changes that are preventing nearly 15,000 strokes a year in the U.S. and will save the country more than $1.2 billion in health care costs over a decade, according to a report published April 22 in the British medical journal The Lancet.
In race to understand diabetes, this protein may be the APPL of our eyes
May 2, 2006
We all know that lack of communication is bad for any relationship, but when that relationship is going on in our cells and the result of the poor communication is obesity and diabetes, we sit up and take notice.
RAHC celebrates Asthma Awareness Month; EPA sponsors training
May 2, 2006
In the United States alone, 6.2 million children suffer from asthma, which accounts for one-third of all pediatric emergency room visits. Asthma is the fourth-most-common reason for pediatric physician office visits, and is one of the leading causes of school absenteeism.
Researcher links race and cardiovascular health to preterm labor
May 2, 2006
A researcher at the Health Science Center has found a disturbing link among race, cardiovascular health and pre-term labor.