ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
..., ethical responsibility to respect the altruistic gift from each organ donor family. Our job is to apply medical principles to find balance between that gift and the needs of potential recipients. "We do not intend to throw wisdom out the window, rather we w...ARVO Foundation and Alcon announce significant gift
...n visual science and ophthalmology and the present gift is yet another example of their commitment and forward-thinking in support of eye and vision research." In announcing the gift, Gerald D. Cagle, PhD, Alcon's Senior Vice President for Research and Development noted, "Alcon Laboratories is pleased to ...Red and Charline McCombs contribute $30 million to M. D. Anderson research effort
...D. Anderson Cancer Center $30 million, the largest gift ever made to support cancer research at the institution. The University of Texas System Board of Regents today (July 8) formally accepted and thanked the San Antonio-based McCombs Foundation for the gift, which will help launch a long-term research i...Ability, not disability, at heart of yacht trek
...and without disabilities from around the world. A gift from a donor who wanted the vessel to be a part of this effort, the B'Quest has competed in many races, crewed by experienced sailors overcoming such obstacles as quadriplegia, paraplegia, neuromuscular disease, blindness and cancer. The crew worked...Medical students at risk for influence from pharmaceutical companies' marketing efforts
Third-year medical students receive on average one gift or attend one activity sponsored by a pharmaceutic...found that average exposure for each student was 1 gift or sponsored activity per week. Of respondents, 93.2 percent were asked or required by a physician t...Northwestern Memorial named one of '100 Best Places for Working Mothers'
...jewelry and watch repair, shoe and leather repair, gift wrapping, catering, reservations for restaurants and special events, pet services, and car services (oil changes, washing and detailing, repairs). The service also maintains a "Weekend Ideas" book with a list of events in the area and can do additio...Mayo Clinic receives $15 million to launch innovative neuroscience research program
...ses of the nervous system. This is the first major gift to Mayo Clinic's Discovery, Innovation and Investm... Discovery Translation Investment Committee. "This gift will support physicians who can take the basic research discoveries of their colleagues and figure o...Lance Armstrong Foundation establishes Endowed Chair in Oncology at Indiana University
... hope to millions of survivors. This extraordinary gift will enable us to transform that hope into real results for people battling cancer." Dr. Einhorn is most widely known for his 1974 work on a revolutionary new chemotherapy regimen that increased the testicular cancer cure rate from 10 percent to 95 ...$50 mil. gift from the Simmons to expand cancer care, clinical research programs at UT Southwestern
...cer program at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The gift will enable the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Ca...novations in Medicine campaign, equals the largest gift in UT Southwestern's history as well as the largest gift ever made to a Dallas organization. In 1988...Researchers looking at how neighborhoods contribute to healthy lifestyles
...le benefit to those who are part of the study is a gift card to make purchases at Kroger, Hosig said. The other benefit is valuable to their understanding of their own health. They get a detailed report on their own physical condition including a body composition analysis and a behavior risk factor survey...Ophthalmologist directs honor to Southwestern Medical Foundation
...red to be the recipient of Dr. Cavanagh's generous gift through the Bausch and Lomb donation," Mr. Bass said. "Dr. Cavanagh's valuable contributions to the well-being of his fellow citizens are unexcelled." Mr. Carr added: "The foundation and I are very honored by Dr Cavanagh's thoughtful, directed gift. ...Grant to advance MCG/Emory nursing partnership
... program, the 10th of its kind in the nation. The gift from the Atlanta-based Woodruff Foundation, a private organization with a broad charter to support charitable, scientific and educational activities, is the MCG School of Nursing's largest from a private foundation. "We thank the Woodruff Foundation ...Men, check your blood pressure before checking in for plastic surgery
... a holiday luxury, many people give themselves the gift of plastic surgery. But before men opt for a holiday facelift, they should check their blood pressure. According to a report published in December's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic S...Awards totaling $6.2 million to create major genetic testing lab at University of Iowa
... Testing Laboratory in recognition of a $5 million gift from John Carver's mother, Lucille A. Carver of Muscatine, Iowa. Lucille Carver is the widow of Roy J. Carver Sr., who died in 1981. The Carver family -- including John and Marcia of Rapids City, Ill.; Martin G. Carver of Muscatine, Iowa; and Roy J. ...Bank of America grant to expand community-based childhood immunization program in northern Manhattan
...a Charitable Foundation today announced a $750,000 gift to Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Northern Manhattan Start Right Coalition, a community-based childhood immunization program. Members of the community joined with elected officials and leaders from Bank of America, Mailman Sch...Seminar examines biology of pain and nerve repair in peripheral nerve disease
...ders. The Center was founded in 1999 by a generous gift from Jack Miller of Lincolnshire, Illinois, founder and president of Quill Corporation. Miller, who suffers from peripheral neuropathy, was frustrated by the lack of information about the disease and decided to launch a concerted effort by neuroscien...Reducing teens' intake of sugary drinks
...ea high school. The teens were offered a $100 mall gift certificate if they stuck with the six-month study, and all did. Half the teens, picked at random, received weekly deliveries of noncaloric beverages of their own choosing bottled waters and artificially-sweetened drinks. They were instructed to a...$13.7 million in gifts support UI Center For Macular Degeneration
...icine is being named in recognition of the overall gift commitment by the Carver family: Lucille A. Carver...tumwa. The $5 million portion of the Carver family gift that created and named the John and Marcia Carver Nonprofit Genetic Testing Laboratory (NGTL), and $...$10 million gift funds innovative predictive health study
INDIANAPOLIS -- A $10 million gift from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc. to B...lth of Hoosiers. That generosity and an additional gift of $500,000 from the Guidant Foundation will create a long-term health study led by scientists at th...The Allergan Foundation donates $2 million to advance eye research and treatment
...ty of California, Irvine has received a $2 million gift from The Allergan Foundation, the philanthropic ar...NYSE:AGN), to the Department of Ophthalmology. The gift -- the largest donation ever to ophthalmology -- will further strengthen the department's research a...