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01-MAY-08
*100 Years of Caring for Atlanta: Emory Crawford Long Hospital Employees Celebrate
Emory Crawford Long Hospital commemorates 100 years of caring for Atlanta this year with a huge outdoor celebration and picnic for its employees, physicians and their immediate families on Saturday, May 3. The event is the fi...more
30-APR-08
*Emory Crawford Long Hospital Celebrates 100 Years with Tour Through History
Emory Crawford Long Hospital will begin its celebration of 100 years caring for Atlanta's citizens with a series of historical tours of the hospital, as well as a new museum-quality historical exhibit that is now on display a...more
28-APR-08
*Emory Orthopaedists Offer Alternative to Total Hip Replacement
A total hip replacement has been the customary surgery for individuals who have arthritis of the hip. However, an alternative to traditional hip replacement called hip resurfacing was recently introduced in the United States ...more
23-APR-08
*Emory Experts Gather to Discuss Common Movement Disorder
Emory University experts will participate in a public forum on Saturday, April 26 to discuss Essential Tremor (ET), the most common and most often diagnosed movement disorder in the United States. The presenters will cover to...more
23-APR-08
*Radiation Treatment Gains Precision with New High-Definition Delivery System
Doctors at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute recently began treating patients with a new, more precise radiation delivery system that offers an alternative t...more
15-APR-08
*Emory Schedules Free Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screenings
Emory Healthcare is urging Atlantans to take part in free screenings during 2008 Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week, April 21-27.
Details for the free screenings at Emory
Two screenings at two locations:
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11-APR-08
*Emory Healthcare Marks Fourth Year as Official Medical Provider of Tour de Georgia
For the fourth year in a row, the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T will receive medical support from a dedicated Emory Healthcare medical team. more
09-APR-08
*Emory Voice Center Hosts Vocal Health Seminar April 16
In celebration of this year's World Voice Day on April 16, the Emory Voice Center will host a seminar on vocal health. World Voice Day is a day to raise public awareness about the importance of the voice and the need for prev...more
28-MAR-08
*ING Georgia Marathon Well-Staffed by Emory Medical and Employee Volunteer Teams
More than 15,000 people will descend on midtown Atlanta this weekend to walk, run or wheelchair through the physically demanding ING Georgia Marathon events in what is predicted to be one of the warmest weekends of the year t...more
28-MAR-08
*Emory Healthcare Thanks Physicians Who Pioneer Medicine and Make a Difference Every Day
The 76th annual National Doctors' Day celebration unfolds as Emory Healthcare shows its appreciation to the physicians who have helped position Emory and its hospitals at the forefront of medicine.
"Emory physicians are re...more
27-MAR-08
*Emory Voice Center Helps Patients Restore Damaged Voice with Injectable Gel
Damaged and paralyzed vocal cords can be restored with use of a natural filler, similar to collagen, that typically is used to plump lips or smooth wrinkles, say doctors at the more
26-MAR-08
*Emory Doctors Named Co-Physicians of the Year by Atlanta Medical Association
Camille Davis-Williams, MD, gynecologist and obstetrician at Emory Crawford Long Hospital (ECLH), and Michael V. Smith, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon at ECLH, have been named co-physicians of the year by the Atlanta Medical Asso...more
19-MAR-08
*Man Born at Emory University Hospital Becomes Hospital's 500th Heart Transplant Patient
Terry Green of Lawrenceville can actually say he was born twice in the same hospital and mean it as Green, 60, recently became the 500th heart transplant patient at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta -- almost 61 years to t...more
17-MAR-08
*Emory Healthcare Launches CarePages Program Connecting Patients, Families and Friends
Emory Healthcare has launched CarePages, a free Web-based service for patients to help them stay connected and easily communicate with friends and family during a hospital stay or through a lengthy medical experience.
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13-MAR-08
*Poor Minorities More Likely to Get Colon Cancer Screenings with Patient Navigator Help
Low-income minorities are more likely to get screened for colon cancer if they're paired with a patient navigator, according to a study published in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association.
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13-MAR-08
*Poor Minorities More Likely to Get Colon Cancer Screenings with Patient Navigator Help
Low-income minorities are more likely to get screened for colon cancer if they're paired with a patient navigator, according to a study published in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association.
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29-FEB-08
*Atlanta Hospitals and Heart Association Join Together to Communicate Dial 911 Heart Attack
While it is generally recognized that most hospitals and healthcare organizations naturally compete with one another for business and patients, a unique collaboration in the Atlanta area has actually teamed five hospitals tog...more
26-FEB-08
*Emory Eye Center Faculty To Present at Foundation Fighting Blindness Seminar
Four Emory Eye Center faculty members will present information on retinal diseases and treatments at a Foundation Fighting Blindness half-day seminar on Saturday, March 29, in Atlanta. The event is free and open to the public...more
21-FEB-08
*Emory Winship Names Director of Oncology Nursing
Deena Gilland, RN, MSN, has been appointed director of nursing for Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, according to Brian Leyland-Jones, MD, PhD, director Emory Winship.
Gilland previously served as oncology service...more
21-FEB-08
*New and More Reliable Procedure for Common Shoulder Injury
Emory University doctors are using a new technique to repair a rotator cuff injury allowing it to heal more dependably and resulting in less likelihood that the patient will experience a re-injury.
The rotator cuff is comp...more
30-JAN-08
*Family Education Day at Emory's Cystic Fibrosis Center
Emory University's Cystic Fibrosis Center is hosting a public education event on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel, 1615 Clifton Rd., from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This meeting is intended to inform and educate...more
24-JAN-08
*Emory Bariatrics Program Receives Level 1 Accreditation from American College of Surgeons
The Emory Bariatric Center at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Midtown Atlanta has been accredited as a Level 1 Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the Bariatric Surgery Center Network (BSCN) Accreditation Program of the...more
17-JAN-08
*Emory School of Nursing Hosts Conference on Depression and its Treatment
On Feb. 8, Atlanta's leading nurses, physicians, clinicians and researchers will discuss depression and its treatment at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing's annual Virginia Lee Franklin Memorial Conference.
Major...more
17-JAN-08
*Emory School of Nursing Hosts Conference on Depression and its Treatment
On Feb. 8, Atlanta's leading nurses, physicians, clinicians and researchers will discuss depression and its treatment at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing's annual Virginia Lee Franklin Memorial Conference.
Major...more
14-JAN-08
*Clark-Holder Clinic To Join Emory Specialty Associates
Clark-Holder Clinic, PA, a multi-specialty healthcare group serving West Georgia, has signed a letter of intent to join Emory Specialty Associates, LLC, a subsidiary of Emory Healthcare.
Established in 1936, more
10-JAN-08
*Emory Eye Center First in U.S. to Conduct Innovative Keratoconus Clinical Trial
Emory Eye Center is the first U.S. site to conduct an innovative clinical study on patients with keratoconus. The condition causes a bulging or steepening of the cornea that can lead to, in some cases, scarring of the cornea,...more
28-DEC-07
*Emory Healthcare Breast Imaging Center Earns Center of Excellence Designation
The Emory Breast Imaging Center has earned the "Breast Imaging Center of Excellence" award from the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Commission on Quality and Safety and the Commission on Breast Imaging. It is the highes...more
20-DEC-07
*Stroke Survivor Will Again Ring Holiday Bells, Thanks to Clinical Trial
When Cindy Dalton of Cartersville, Ga., suffered a massive stroke in Oct. 2005, her life was changed in seconds - leaving her unable to do many things most people take for granted, like speaking, feeding herself and writing h...more
17-DEC-07
*Emory's William Bornstein Named Vice Chair of Healthcare Accreditation Committee
Emory Healthcare Chief Quality Officer William A. Bornstein, MD, PhD, has been named vice chair of the Professional and Technical Advisory Committee of The Joint Commission Hospital Accreditation Program.
The Professional...more
12-DEC-07
*Families and Caretakers Reunite at Emory Crawford Long Hospital's Preemie Party
Media Note: The annual Preemie Party will be held on Friday, Dec. 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Glenn Building Classrooms at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, 550 Peachtree St. The Glenn Building is located beside the Me...more
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