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U CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER NAMES ROBERT LUX NEW DIRECTOR | Robert L. Lux, Ph.D., a veteran University of Utah School of Medicine heart researcher, has been named director of the school's Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI). | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-08-03 |
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U HOME CARE PATIENT CELEBRATES 10 0TH BIRTHDAY... AT HOME | Pauline MacMartin, who has been a patient in University of Utah Hospital's Home Care program for more than seven years, will celebrate her 100th birthday on August 8, 1994, in her home in Salt Lake City. A party, to which media are invited, is scheduled for 3 p.m. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-08-05 |
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MUELLER NAMED DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR U HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | MUELLER NAMED DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR U HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-08-09 |
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U SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RESEARCHERS NEED DIABETICS TO PARTICIPATE IN STUDY OF NEW MEDICATION | Researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine need 25 diabetics, male or female, between the ages of 18-75, to test a new drug for the treatment of diabetes. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-08-09 |
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U OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT HONORS UTAH LIONS FOR LONG-TIME SUPPORT, NEW $100,000 GIFT | The Utah Lions Club will present a $100,000 contribution to the University of Utah's John A. Moran Eye Center Thursday (August 25) at 4 p.m. during a reception to honor the lions for their long-time generous support of eye research. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-08-23 |
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U MEDICAL STUDENTS FOCUS ON PRIMARY CARE FOR FIRST 'EDUCATION DAY' ACTIVITIES | University of Utah medical students will focus on primary care Thursday, Sept. 29, with a day off from classes and rotations to participate in the first annual celebration of National Primary Care Day, designed to raise awareness of the generalist disciplines. "Medical Students Caring for the Future... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-09 |
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FRANK H. TYLER, M.D., DIES AT 78; FOUNDING FATHER OF 4-YEAR U OF U MEDICAL SCHOOL | Frank H. Tyler, M.D., 78, one of the founding fathers of the four-year University of Utah School of Medicine, died of pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, September 7, 1994, at University of Utah Hospital. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-09-07 |
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FREE PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING OFFERED BY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | In conjunction with Prostate Cancer Awareness Week September 20-30, free prostate cancer screening clinics, for men 50 years old and older, will be held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, September 20 and 22, at the University of Utah Hospital. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-09-08 |
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DYSTONIA AWARENESS WEEK SHEDS LIGHT ON A LITTLE-KNOWN DISEASE | Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that affects more than 200, 000 Americans and can take many forms--many of which are frequently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-09-15 |
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DR. J. MICHAEL DEAN NAMED INTERIM CHAIR OF U PEDIATRICS AND INTERIM MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | J. Michael Dean, M.D., has been named interim chair of the University of Utah School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics and interim medical director of Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC), pending approval by the University's Faculty Senate and Board of Trustees. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-09-19 |
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CLOT-DISSOLVING DRUG FOR STROKE TREATMENT BEING TESTED IN U HOSPITAL STUDY | An new investigational drug that may limit the extent of brain damage associated with acute stroke is being tested at University of Utah Hospital, one of 30 medical centers in North America participating in a major clinical trial which began this summer. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-09-26 |
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MARIAN BISHOP RETIRES AS CHAIR OF FAMILY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE | Although F. Marian Bishop, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., says she sometimes wonders what her life would have been like had she fulfilled her early goal to be president of a liberal arts college or small university, she would rather talk about progress in the U medical school's Department of Family and Preventive... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-09-28 |
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U MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS PLAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN PARK CITY | Medical students from 17 schools will gather in Park City Oct. 28-30 for the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Region 10 Conference. The University of Utah School of Medicine chapter of AMSA will host events at the Yarrow Hotel. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-10 |
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NIH DESIGNATES U MEDICAL SCHOOL AS ONE OF THREE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN MOLECULAR HEMATOLOGY | The University of Utah School of Medicine has been named a Center of Excellence in Molecular Hematology by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The U of U is one of only three centers for blood disease research established... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-10-05 |
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U NURSING COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE TO HIGHLIGHT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES | The annual open house at the University of Utah College of Nursing will be held Friday, Oct. 14 from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the main lobby of the College of Nursing Building, 25 S. Medical Drive. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-10-11 |
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AFFORDABLE IMMUNIZATIONS, BETTER RECORDS FOCUS OF U HOSPITAL PEDIATRICIANS | Not enough Utah children are being immunized by the age of two-only about 50 percent-and those rates need to be improved, according to John C. Christenson, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Ut... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-10-12 |
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U PHARMACEUTICS CHAIR TO BE HONORED BY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENTISTS | William I. Higuchi, Ph.D., distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutics in the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, will receive the 1994 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Dale E. Wurster Award in Pharmaceutics at an awards ceremony next month in San... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-10-21 |
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U OF U DNA DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY ACCREDITED BY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS | The parentage testing laboratory, a unit of the University of Utah DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, has been accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-11-02 |
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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPONSORS EDUCATION FAIR FOR PATIENTS, VISITORS AND COMMUNITY | University of Utah Hospital's second annual Patient Education/Discharge Planning Fair will be held Thursday, Nov. 10, on the first- through fourth-floor bridges which connect the hospital and the school of medicine. The fair is scheduled from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and individuals from the community are enco... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-11-02 |
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PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY PROGRAM NEW AT THE U! | Cardiovascular diseases rank as America's number one killer. They claim the lives of 42.7 percent of the more than two million Americans who die each year. In Utah, heart attacks and strokes cause 3 6 percent of all deaths. Could many of them be prevented? "Yes," answers Zina Firmage, R.N., M.S., C.... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-11-04 |
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U NEPHROLOGY RESEARCH TEAM PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON TISSUE FIBROSIS, GARNERS THREE NIH GRANTS | A University of Utah School of Medicine husband and wife research team, in an article published today in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, reviews published studies showing that the mechanism of scarring, or fibrosis, which causes kidney failure also is the cause of fibrotic diseases ... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-11-09 |
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U ADOLESCENT STUDY FOCUSES ON BELIEFS, RISK PERCEPTIONS RELATED TO GENETIC TESTING | The National Institutes of Health has funded a pilot project at the University of Utah School of Medicine to survey the knowledge, beliefs and risk perceptions of 40 adolescent girls whose parents will be tested for the BRCA1 breast cancer gene. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-11-10 |
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Rare form of meningitis diagnosed in patients undergoing brain surgery at PCMC and receiving pericardial patches | Preliminary laboratory results suggest that the source of contamination leading to infection may have been a commercially produced solution used to process the graft tissue. Additional laboratory testing will be necessary to confirm this and results will require seven to 10 days. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-11-16 |
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KRISTEN RIES, M.D., U INFECTIOUS DIESEASE EXPERT, TO BE HONORED IN NATION'S CAPITAL ON WORLD AIDS DAY | Kristen M. Ries, M.D., professor of internal medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and a prominent physician advocate in the treatment of AIDS and HIV-infected patients in Utah and the Intermountain West, will be honored in a special ceremony Thursday, Dec. 1, in Washington, D.C. | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-11-28 |
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U PHYSICIAN TO PRESIDE AT MEET OF BILIARY RADIOLOGY SOCIETY | Frank J. Miller, Jr., M.D., professor of radiology and chief of interventional radiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, presided at the annual meeting of the International Society for Biliary Radiology, held Nov. 27 in Chicago. Miller was elected the society's president in March after... | Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News | 1994-11-28 |