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Produced by the experts at Emory's Health Sciences Center, Emory Health Now introduces faculty ideas and pursuits, solicits expert comment on important news of the day, looks at trends in health and medicine, and features a wealth of content featuring Emory and partners.
- Added on: Jul 22nd, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Wendy Darling
- Listed in: Medicine Life Science
- Tags: science health medicine atlanta research emory
Recent Posts
From the Predictive Health Symposium
Emory and Georgia Tech kicked off their fifth annual predictive health symposium, “Human Health: Molecules to Mankind,” Dec. 14-15. Researchers, physicians, health care workers, and interested community members were treated to some intri...
Questions only a network of pathologists can answer
When a patient is fighting a brain tumor, pathologists usually obtain a tiny bit of the tumor, either through a biopsy or after surgery, and prepare a microscope slide. Looking at the slide, they can sometimes (but not always) tell what type of tumor...
Cultivating compassion while lowering stress
Charles Raison, MD Charles Raison, MD, and his colleagues are studying how stress and the immune system interact to make people depressed when they’re sick and sick when they’re depressed. Yet, data show that people who practice compassion medita...
Providing complex care for individuals in need
Emory Healthcare physicians provided $48.9 million in charity care in fiscal year 2008–2009, a total that does not include uncompensated care provided by Emory physicians practicing at publicly funded Grady Memorial Hospital and other affiliate ins...
How muscles get stronger — and the nose knows
Scientists at Emory studying muscle repair have discovered an unexpected function for odorant receptors. Odorant receptors’ best known functions take place inside the nose. By sending signals when they encounter substances wafting through the a...
Research Match Eases Clinical Trials Participation
If you’d like to consider joining a clinical trial, a new secure website will make it easier. ResearchMatch.org will match any interested person living in the U.S. with researchers who are approved to recruit potential study volunteers. Emory is on...
