November 28, 2007
Ira S. Cohen, M.D., has been named director of the Electrocardiography Laboratory at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was also appointed clinical professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, joining the faculty after six years as a staff echocardiographer and attending cardiologist at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA.
November 27, 2007
Researchers at Jefferson Medical College and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have used PET imaging to see hyperactive cancer genes inside breast tumors in laboratory animals, marking the first time such gene activity has been observed from outside the body.
November 26, 2007
The holidays can be one the best times of the year, with lights and decorations lifting the spirits and many occasions to be with friends and family. However, for many, it can also be a period of stress and even sadness.
November 21, 2007
Javad Parvizi, M.D., joint specialist at the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, is the sole orthopaedic surgeon in the Philadelphia region and one of only about a dozen in the United States performing two new innovative procedures that preserve a patient’s native hip joint, rather than replace or resurface it.
November 16, 2007
Cerebrovascular surgeon Robert H. Rosenwasser, M.D., F.A.C.S, FAHA, Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, was recently honored for playing a major role in the training, education and direction of military neurosurgeons.
November 13, 2007
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience’s Stroke Center will receive the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guideline’s(GWTG) Gold and Silver Performance Achievement Awards.
November 12, 2007
Molecular biologists at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have detailed the cascade of cellular events behind some potentially dangerous autoinflammatory diseases.
November 11, 2007
An immune system messenger molecule that normally helps quiet inflammation could be an effective tool against multiple sclerosis (MS).
November 09, 2007
Students, nurses and members of the public are invited to join a real time perioperative nursing recruitment roundtable discussion on the web on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 6 p.m.
November 09, 2007
A new center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital now offers a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic, biliary tract and other related cancers.
November 09, 2007
Chemotherapy given at the same time as radiation therapy can help patients with a certain type of lung cancer live nearly 50 percent longer than they might have otherwise if the same treatment was given differently, according to an international team’s analysis of several trial results.
November 09, 2007
Australian-born singer, actress, and breast cancer survivor Olivia Newton-John is performing at a fund-raising benefit for both Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre Appeal. The event is titled, “An Evening with Olivia.”
November 09, 2007
Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have received an Institutional Research Grant (IRG) from the American Cancer Society (ACS) for $210,000 over three years.
November 01, 2007
Orthopedic researchers at Jefferson Medical College have for the first time found stem cells in the intervertebral discs of the human spine, suggesting that such cells might someday be used to help repair degenerating discs and remedy lower back and neck pain.