Inhaled nitric oxide safe for tiny preemie lungs, UCSF study finds
... was headed by Roberta Ballard, MD, UCSF professor emeritus of neonatology who coordinated the trial while serving as chief of the division of neonatology at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. The trial included 582 very premature infants who were enrolled between 2000 and 2005 in the study at 7 to 21 days o...NYP/Weill Cornell Urologists present at 2007 AUA Conference
...d Outcomes Research, and Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan, emeritus chairman of the Department of Urology and The James J. Colt Professor of Urology, have developed a procedure that takes only an additional two to five minutes to rebuild the anatomy of a prostatectomy patient to improve urinary continence. "We recons...Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address
...Lincoln's illness," said Dr. Armond S. Goldman, an emeritus professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UTMB and lead author of the study. "Smallpox was rampant in the United States at that time," Goldman noted. "In addition, although immunization against smallpox was practiced in the mid-19th century, th...Greenberg Prize awarded to Dr. Joseph G. Hayes
...nerous benefactors, Maurice R. Greenberg, chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and a member of Weill Cornell Medical College's Board of Overseers, and by Dr. Peter Guida, associate professor of surgery and associate attending surgeon, who has been affiliated with the Med...Annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences
... be honored, including Maxine F. Singer, president emeritus of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, who will receive the Academy's most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal. APRIL 30, 3 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M. Human Societies and Climate Change This symposium from the Academys Kavli Frontiers of Scie...Washington University surgeon develops treatment for foot deformity
...l foot deformity. Ignacio Ponseti, M.D., professor emeritus of orthopaedics and rehabilitation at the University of Iowa, pioneered a method that called for weekly casting and manipulation of the foot starting soon after birth. When done correctly, the Ponseti method has greatly reduced the need for extensive...AACR-Bardos Awards for undergraduate students announced
...faculty until his retirement in 1995; he now holds emeritus status. Contributions are matched by the AACR to support these awards. The AACR Annual Meeting 2007 will be held April 14-18 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Undergraduate Student Caucus will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 15. Prog...Pittsburgh ear study finds that fluid in the ear does not impair development in children
... longtime pediatrician at Children's and professor emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Among children in the United States, otitis media is the most commonly diagnosed illness after the common cold. About 90 percent of children have at least one episode of otitis medi...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, green chemistry breakthroughs
...sity in 1982. Edward Taylor, Ph.D., is professor emeritus with the Princeton University Department of Chemistry. He received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Cornell University in 1949. Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., developed CANCIDAS to treat serious fungal infections. CANCIDAS is the fi...American College of Physicians to release 'How To Report Statistics in Medicine'
...ased medicine." Edward J. Huth, MD, MACP, editor emeritus of Annals of Internal Medicine, writes of Lang and Secic's contributions in the book's foreword: "Authors, editors, and peer reviewers of papers containing statistics-based evidence remain in their debt. Most important is the benefit that will eventu...Stroke risk should determine anti-clotting treatment
...., also a fellow of all associations and professor emeritus at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, the guidelines help physicians prioritize the objectives of patient care according to the following steps: 1) controlling heart rate, 2) preventing clots, and, if possible, 3) correcting the rhythm distu...Results of clipping and coiling of aneurysms are similar over time
.... Wilson, MD, MSHA, ScD, professor of neurosurgery emeritus and senior advisor and surgery program coordinator, UCSF Global Health Sciences. "The answer provided by this report is validation of the anticipated favorable outcome of coiling, a result that compares in critical respects with the established outco...Infants or adults? NIH ethicists argue for new bird flu priorities
...ity of Vermont ethicist Alan Wertheimer, professor emeritus of political science and current visiting scholar at the National Institutes of Health, and Ezekiel Emanuel, head of the NIH's clinical bioethics department, argue for an alternative approach. Attempting to save the most lives gives the oldest, youn...SCAI Founders' Lecture traces impressive progress in interventional cardiology
...he artery healed. Dr. Richard S. Stack, professor emeritus of medicine at Duke University, Durham, NC, had that vision. Today, during the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 29th Annual Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Dr. Stack will trace the evolution of interventional cardiology...Older children not smarter than their younger sibs, study finds
...versity of North CarolinaChapel Hill and professor emeritus of psychology at Ohio State. Their findings were published in a recent issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The new study used data involving nearly 3,000 families who participated in the National Longitudinal Survey of Y...Commonly used blood pressure medication prevents aortic aneurysm in mice with Marfan syndrome
...ys cardiac surgeon Vincent Gott, M.D., a professor emeritus and former chief of cardiac surgery at Hopkins, who mastered early, life-saving techniques for replacing damaged areas of the Marfan aorta with Dacron grafts and artificial valves. "However, it is comforting to witness the time when medication could...Sociologists find low self-esteem at 11 predicts drug dependency at 20
...ld Lloyd, along with University of Miami professor emeritus George Warheit, found that low self-esteem and peer approval of drug use at age 11 predicted drug dependency at age 20. The researchers came to that conclusion after analyzing data from a multiethnic sample of 872 boys collected over a period of nine...Virginia Tech research finds Swedish method of human cartilage repair shows good durability
...ilage wear. Michael Furey, Virginia Tech professor emeritus of mechanical and biomedical engineering, recently conducted the first study of wear in human cartilage. Furey will report his research and results at the 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting in Atlanta March 26-30. Furey has been studyin...Early blood pressure treatment may postpone true hypertension
... and without side effects," says Julius, an active emeritus professor of cardiovascular medicine at the U-M Medical School. "However, the effect is moderate, and further studies in younger people and over longer periods of time are needed in order to demonstrate clinical usefulness." The study, called the Tr...SCAI scientific sessions attract world-renowned invasive/interventional cardiologists
...He is the president of Synecor, LLC, and professor emeritus of medicine in cardiology at Duke University. Dr. Gregg W. Stone is a professor of medicine at Columbia University, director of Cardiovascular Research and Education at Columbia's Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, and vice-chairman of The C...