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NEWS ARCHIVE
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2004 |
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December |
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Dwight L. Evans,
MD, Earns the 2004 Award for Research in Mood Disorders from the American
College of Psychiatrists [12/29/04]
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Media Advisory:
Experts to Discuss Drug Therapy and Ethical Issues within the Criminal
Justice System [12/28/04] |
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The Hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania Enrolling Patients in Clinical Trial
for Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis [12/28/04]
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Potent Anticancer
Drug Increases Function of Nerve Cells in Mouse Model of Neurodegeneration
[12/20/04] |
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Penn Epidemiological
Study Shows Difference in Cardiovascular Effects Between Vioxx and
Celebrex [12/06/04] |
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November |
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Morris J. Birnbaum,
MD, PhD, Receives Mosenthal Award from American Diabetes Association
[11/30/04] |
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Albert J. Stunkard,
MD, Receives Prestigious Award from the Institute of Medicine
[11/30/04] |
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Resistin Integral Part
of the Inflammatory Response [11/29/04]
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Molecular Tailoring
of Chemotherapy with Novel Imaging Techniques [11/23/04]
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Jonathan
A. Epstein, MD, Named the First William Wikoff Smith Chair in Cardiovascular
Research [11/23/04] |
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Estrogen-Associated
COX-2 Pathways Explain Protection From Heart Disease in Female Mice
[11/18/04] |
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John H. Glick, MD,
Receives Roman Catholic High's 2004 Greater Philadelphia Area Leadership
Award [11/16/04] |
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Penn Addictions
Expert, Charles P. O'Brien, MD, PhD, Receives Prestigious, International
Honor [11/15/04] |
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C. William Schwab,
MD, FACS, Elected President of the American Association for the Surgery
of Trauma [11/10/04] |
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Unique Medical School
Program Pairs Students with Patients Over All Four Years of Education
[11/10/04] |
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Steven L. Galetta,
MD, Receives Distinguished Teacher Award From the Association of American
Medical Colleges [11/08/04] |
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University of Pennsylvania
Health System Launches Life-Saving eICU® Technology [11/08/04] |
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Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge
Mitral Valve Repair Shows Favorable Preliminary Results [11/08/04]
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Molecular Clock Genes
Influence Metabolism of Sugar and Dietary Fats [11/01/04]
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October |
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Gene-Silencing Technique
Offers New Way to Fight Drug-Resistant Leukemia [10/29/04]
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Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy Combined with a Common Antidepressant Proven Effective in
Treating Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [10/26/04]
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Media Advisory/Calendar
Event: "Legs for Life" Event Rescheduled for November 16th
[10/25/04] |
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Penn Researcher Receives
$1 Million Grant for Cancer Gene Therapy Research [10/20/04]
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Penn To Participate
in National Alzheimer's Disease Research Initiative [10/14/04]
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Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano,
MD, Named to National Neurology Advisory Council [10/11/04]
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Penn To Participate
in Nationwide Study Seeking Families with Two or More Siblings Living
with Alzheimer's Disease [10/08/04]
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HUP Earns "Consumer
Choice Award" [10/04/04] |
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Eli J. Glatstein,
MD, Named a 2004 Gold Medal Recipient by The American Society for
Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology [10/04/04]
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Penn Awarded Major
Grant for Collaborative Initiative to Help Understand Genes' Effects
on Medications [10/01/04] |
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September |
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Patrick J. Brennan,
MD, Heads Federal Health Advisory Committee [09/29/04]
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Big Cities and
Small Towns Bear Similar Risks of Gun Death, says Penn Public Health
Study [09/27/04] |
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Media Advisory:
University of Pennsylvania Health System Employees Walking to Cure
Cardiovascular Diseases [09/24/04]
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Artistic Expression
Need Not End, and Can Even Improve After Brain Damage [09/21/04]
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Paul N. Lanken,
MD, Professor of Medicine, Appointed Associate Dean for Professionalism
and Humanism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
[09/21/04] |
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Stimulating the Production
of Utrophin Protects Muscular Dystrophy Mice from Muscle Wasting
[09/20/04] |
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New Fruitfly
Model of Diabetes Has Future Implications for Pancreatic Islet Cell
Transplantation [09/15/04] |
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Decoupling
the Control of Brain Cancer Cells to Find Better Treatments [09/15/04]
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Who Decides
if People with Dementia Should Vote? [09/14/04]
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Penn Researchers Investigate
Potential New Treatment for Depression [09/13/04]
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Penn Stroke Center
Awarded JCAHO Certification [09/13/04]
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OutFoxed! New Research
May Redefine Late-Stage Cardiac Development [09/09/04]
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Extreme Stretch-Growth:
Pushing Neurons' Physiological Limits Provides Researchers with New
Ways to Repair Nerve Damage [09/07/04]
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Long-Term Effects
of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Are An Autoimmune Reaction [09/03/04]
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New Penn Study Shows
Genes May Affect the Rewarding Value of Food after Quitting Smoking
[09/02/04] |
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Irwin B. Levitan,
PhD, Elected Secretary of the Society for Neuroscience [09/01/04]
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Penn Study Shows
Dieting Not Associated With Binge Eating or Depression in Obese Women
[09/01/04] |
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August |
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Media Advisory/Calendar
Event: Get a "Leg Up" on Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)
[08/31/04] |
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Prescription for a
Healthy Child: Read to Them at an Early Age [08/31/04]
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Advances in Tumor
Angiogenesis - Dendritic Cells Co-opted to the Dark Side [08/29/04]
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Decreasing Toxins
in Brains of Alzheimer's Patients Keep Cognitive Deficits at Bay
[08/23/04] |
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Volunteers Needed for
Study to Evaluate Long-Term Treatment for PMS [08/23/04]
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Penn Scientists
Identify Novel Pathway in Aneurysms [08/22/04]
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X Marks the Spot:
Vector Insertion is Viral Specific [08/16/04]
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Garry L. Scheib Named
Chief Operating Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
(UPHS) [08/06/04] |
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Brian Strom, MD, MPH,
Named President-Elect of the Association of Clinical Research Training
Program Directors [08/05/04] |
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Fundamental Change to Immunology
101 [08/05/04] |
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Molecular
Therapeutics Advance Fight Against Brain Cancer [08/03/04]
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Penn Researchers Offer New
Hope to Advanced Stage Lung Cancer Patients [08/03/04]
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July |
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University of Pennsylvania
Health System Among the "Most Wired" in the Nation [07/20/04]
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University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine Researchers Honored for Their Work on Schizophrenia
and Depression [07/16/04] |
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New Vascular
Medicine Practice Set to Open at Penn [07/15/04]
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New Research
Suggests Previously Unrecognized Mechanism by Which Blood Vessels
Are Patterned [07/12/04] |
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Hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania Again Cited as "Honor Roll"
Hospital in U.S. News & World Report [07/02/04]
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June |
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Bacterial Protein
Recycling Factor Possible Key to New Class of Antibiotics [06/30/04]
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Abass Alavi, MD,
Awarded the 2004 Hevesy Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine
[06/24/04] |
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Expert Advisory:
Contrasting Findings on the Use of Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent
Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention [06/23/04]
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The Mother Lode
of Mutations: Survey of Zebrafish Early Development Potentially Relevant
for Understanding Human Infertility and Birth Defects [06/23/04]
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Kyle Kampman,
MD, Receives Caron Foundation Community Service Award for Work on
Addiction Research [06/17/04] |
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The Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania Implements American Heart Association's
Get With The GuidelinesSM Program [06/17/04]
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COX-2 Enzymes Modulate
DNA Damage in Cells [06/07/04] |
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Magnetic
Resonance Imaging Significantly Better than Mammography for Detecting
Number and Size of Tumors in Breast Cancer, First International Study
Shows [06/07/04] |
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Ralph W. Muller, CEO
of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Re-Appointed to Medicare
Payment Advisory Commission [06/07/04]
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Adrenaline Packs
a Powerful Punch in the Use of Antidepressants, According to an Animal-Model
Study at Penn [06/02/04] |
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Andrew DeVoe Appointed
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the University
of Pennsylvania Health System [06/01/04]
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May |
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Heart Failure
and Transplant Program at HUP Evaluates Heart Failure Treatments for
Landmark Nationwide Study [05/24/04]
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Scientists Find
Second Way to Kill Cancer Cells [05/13/04]
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Landmark Kidney
Study at Penn Seeks Volunteers [05/12/04]
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Closing
In on the Cellular Culprits of Schizophrenia [05/04/04]
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April |
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Electronic Nose Device
Proves Effective for Diagnosing Pneumonia and Sinusitis [04/28/04] |
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Fat Cell Hormone
Adiponectin Causes Weight Loss Without Affecting Appetite [04/21/04] |
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Christopher P. Kops,
CPA, Named Vice Dean for Administration and Finance at the University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine [04/16/04] |
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Increasing
the Body's Good Cholesterol May be a Pill Away [04/08/04] |
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Study Shows
Lower Than Expected Allergic-Like Events Following Second Prescription
of Penicillin [04/07/04] |
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Remember When?
Norepinephrine Important in Retrieving Memories [04/01/04] |
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March |
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Penn Researchers
Identify Potential New Therapeutic Approach for Sickle Cell Disease
[03/25/04] |
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Myosin Mutant:
First Protein Difference Between Humans and Primates That Correlates
to Anatomical Changes in the Early Hominid Fossil Record [03/24/04] |
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Loss of Smell
Linked to Key Protein in Alzheimer's Disease, New Penn Study Shows
[03/11/04] |
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Abramson Cancer
Center Joins National Network to Revolutionize Cancer Research
[03/09/04] |
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Brian L. Strom, MD,
MPH, Appointed Associate Vice Dean and Associate Vice President for
Strategic Integration for PENN Medicine [03/02/04] |
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February |
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Cryoplasty: Using
Sub-Zero Cold to Open Blocked Arteries [02/27/04] |
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Penn Researchers Establish
Hormonal Link Between Obesity and Diabetes [02/25/04] |
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Early Vitamin E Supplements
Stem Development of Hallmark Alzheimer's Symptoms in Mice [02/24/04] |
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Double Mastectomies
Significantly Lower Risk of Breast Cancer in Women Who Are Genetically
at Risk, Penn Study Shows [02/23/04] |
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Clinical Trial of the
Effects of Chromium Picolinate on Diabetes & Heart Disease Risk Offered
at PENN Medicine [02/12/04] |
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Breast Cancer Vaccine Study
Supported by Unique "Progress for Patients" Grant from Avon and National
Cancer Institute [02/09/04] |
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Delta Team has Landed
at the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) [02/03/04] |
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No Difference Seen In Intermittent
versus Continual Use of Anti-Depressant to Treat Severe Premenstrual
Syndrome [02/02/04] |
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January |
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Death-Defying Approach
Devised by Penn Scientists to Prevent Cell Apoptosis [01/28/04] |
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The Body's 911 Call:
Why Blood Flow Stops Short [01/26/04] |
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Aaron Beck, MD, Receives
Awards from the Institute of Medicine and the University of Louisville
[01/16/04] |
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Marian S. Ware Alzheimer
Program Established at PENN Medicine with a $6 Million Gift [01/15/04] |
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Lee A. Fleisher, MD,
FACC, Appointed Chair of PENN Medicine's Department of Anesthesia
[01/08/04] |
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