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WHSC News Releases for November 1998




Nov 18 '98

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HIV PATIENTS TREATED WITH PROTEASE INHIBITORS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN RISKY SEX, EMORY RESEARCHERS REPORT Patients living with HIV who are being treated with protease inhibitors may be less concerned about practicing safe sex than those HIV patients not being treated with the drugs, according to a new collaborative study. FULL STORY


Nov 18 '98

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TEEN PREGNANCY AND SEXUAL RISK TAKING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH TV VIOLENCE AND SEX A recent study by researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health reported that teenage girls who were currently pregnant and teenage girls who engaged in HIV-related sexual risk taking viewed more television programs that illustrated violence, depicted abusive acts against women or were sexually demeaning towards women. FULL STORY
Nov 17 '98 THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS NAMES EMORY A NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RETINAL DEGENERATIONS The Emory Eye Center was named today by The Foundation Fighting Blindness as a national research center for retinal degenerations. The Foundation has awarded Emory more than $100,000 for each of the next five years for research into the cause, prevention and treatment of retinal degenerations. FULL STORY
Nov 17 '98 MACULAR DEGENERATION FACT SHEET: PIONEERING RESEARCH FROM THE EMORY EYE CENTER Macular degeneration, a disease of the retina, is the leading cause of blindness among Americans over age 55. The macula is about the size of this "O" and is located in the center of the retina, the area we use for reading and central vision. FULL STORY
Nov 16 '98 MULTICENTER HOSPITAL STUDY SHOWS PROBLEMS PERSIST IN TESTING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE TO IMIPENEM Researchers from Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have demonstrated that hospital tests of antibiotic resistance to an important drug - imipinem - against two common causes of hospital infections two common hospital infections - Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa - are often inaccurate. FULL STORY
Nov 16 '98 ANOTHER DANGER FOR WOMEN SMOKERS: HIGHER RISK OF BASAL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE EYELID Women smokers may face a higher risk of a common skin cancer of the eyelid reports Emory Eye Center oculoplastic surgeon Ted H. Wojno, M.D., at a recent meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. FULL STORY
Nov 16 '98 EMORY CELL BIOLOGIST WINS AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE ELEMENTARY SCIENCE PROGRAM Emory University cell biologist Robert DeHaan, Ph.D., has been recognized by the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) for an innovative science education program he developed to help make science education exciting and relevant for elementary school students. Dr. DeHaan, who is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Cell Biology at Emory, has been named the first recipient of the Bruce Alberts Award for science education. The ASCB will bestow the Alberts Award on Dr. DeHaan at its national meeting in San Francisco on Dec. 13. FULL STORY 


Nov 11 '98

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VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION DECREASES AUTOANTIBODIES TO OXIDIZED LDL Antioxidants such as vitamin E can help control levels of autoantibodies associated with oxidized lipid-protein complexes, report Emory University researchers at this week's 71st Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association. FULL STORY 


Nov 11 '98

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MECHANISM BY WHICH ESTRADIOL PROTECTS WOMEN FROM HEART DISEASE SUGGESTED BY EMORY TEAM Scientists have long known that female sex hormones such as estradiol protect women from cardiovascular disease. But understanding how estradiol protects arteries from the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol associated with dangerous atherosclerotic plaque formation has eluded researchers. FULL STORY 


Nov 10 '98

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DRUG ABUSE BEHAVIOR DRIVEN BY NEUROCHEMICAL CHANGES IN BRAIN Researchers at Yerkes Primate Center have demonstrated that the same neurochemical changes in the brain that occur with cocaine use can also be triggered by environmental stimuli, without the presence of cocaine at all. This is significant in understanding why recovering addicts experience overwhelming "cravings" when they see a crack pipe or some other environmental link to their habit -- a craving so strong it often sends them into relapse. FULL STORY 


Nov 9 '98

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HOW RITALIN ENHANCES MEMORY:CLUES PROVIDED BY BRAIN SCANS OF ADHD PATIENTS USING THE DRUG Scans of brain activity in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are significantly different from scans of adults without ADHD, yet few difference are noted between scans of these two groups once the ADHD patients begin to take the drug Ritalin (methylphenidate), report researchers from Emory University at this week's meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. FULL STORY 
Nov 5 '98 EMORY HEALTHCARE SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH COLUMBIA/HCA EMORY HEALTHCARE and COLUMBIA/HCA Healthcare Corporation are teaming up to create the most comprehensive healthcare delivery system in metropolitan Atlanta. An agreement signed yesterday will include eight Atlanta area hospitals and five surgery centers owned by COLUMBIA/HCA and its affiliates in the EMORY HEALTHCARE system. FULL STORY
Nov 1 '98 FREE LECTURES ON HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD RESEARCH ADVANCES WILL HIGHLIGHT NHLBI 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT The 50th Anniversary of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will be recognized at Emory University on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. with an evening-long series of lectures highlighting the great strides made in the last half century toward preventing and treating some of the most harrowing disorders affecting the heart, lung and blood. FULL STORY 


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