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‘Haunted’ Night at Local Farm to Benefit Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson
(Published 9-9-2004) A South Jersey farm is kicking off the tricks and treats early this year to help support the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson.

September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month--A Good Time for Women to See a Gynecologist
(Published 9-14-2004) For some women, the gynecologist is their primary physician. For others, it is the complete opposite; they rarely ever get a routine Pap test, the quick, simple and painless procedure that has proven to be a lifesaver.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is Philadelphia Consumers’ Choice for Health Care for 2004/2005
(Published 9-15-2004) Consumers of health care in the Greater Philadelphia area for the eighth year in a row have once again selected Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for its advanced medicine and superior care. Jefferson Hospital has been awarded the 2004/2005 Consumer Choice Award by the National Research Corporation (NRC) for being an innovator and leader in health care in Philadelphia.

Emmy Award-Winning Composer to Bring Musical Message of Hope to Cancer Survivors, October 12
(Published 9-16-2004) Emmy award-winning composer and pianist Misha Segal will give a special concert to benefit the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson during the center’s third annual educational conference: “Life After a Cancer Diagnosis.”

Jefferson Liver Transplant Surgeons Show Less Rejection, Better Survival with New Drug Regimen
(Published 9-22-2004) Transplant surgeons at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia have found that a new combination of drugs results in fewer incidences of rejection in liver transplant patients than do current treatments.

Basiliximab Plus Tacrolimus Reduce Liver Transplant Rejection, Increase Survival
(Published 9-24-2004) Basiliximab in a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen is effective in reducing incidences of acute cellular rejection (ACR) and improving ACR-free survival after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx), without increasing the incidence of adverse events or infections, according to the results of a prospective study published in the Sept. 27 issue of Transplantation, posted online Sept. 22.

Jefferson’s Acute Stroke Center Will Try to Block “Brain Attacks” With Free Stroke Risk Assessments
(Published 9-28-2004) The Acute Stroke Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital will provide free screenings to identify people at risk for stroke on Wednesday, October 13, in the lobby of the Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences, S. 9th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia.

Lance Armstrong Foundation Partners with Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson to help Young Adults with Cancer Face the Future
(Published 9-29-2004) Talk about adjusting to the “New Normal” and thoughts may go to living under the ever present threat of terrorism. For a young person diagnosed with cancer, however, the term reflects the need for a whole new way of looking at the future.

Interactive GetWellNetwork Enables Patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to Learn, Interact with Friends and Family, and be Entertained—in Bed
(Published 9-29-2004) A comprehensive entertainment, Internet, education and communications service, geared to make a hospital patient’s stay more pleasant, is now available exclusively in the Philadelphia area to patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is Taking to the Skies to Provide Full Medical Transport Services
(Published 9-29-2004) Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and JeffSTAT, Jefferson’s ground medical transportation service, have begun to provide air medical transport services, making it the only all-inclusive provider of ground and air medical transportation in the Philadelphia region.