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2008 News Releases
May
5/7 University of Maryland Researchers Test Software to Help Patients Manage Their Diabetes Using Their Cell Phones
5/5 University of Maryland's Baltimore City Cancer Program Receives $420,000 from Avon Foundation
5/2 A Feminine Physique, a Long, Thin Neck and Elongated Head Suggest Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten had Two Rare Disorders
April
4/26 University of Maryland Study Finds That Minimally Invasive Robotic Bypass Surgery Provides Health and Economic Benefits
4/25 Early, Aggressive Use of Fresh Frozen Plasma Does not Improve Outcomes for Critically Injured Trauma Patients
4/21 R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Honors the Herosim of Maryland's Emergency Service Providers
4/20 Genetic Variant Mimics Effect of Heart Failure Medications
4/18 Wireless Telemetry Provides Round-the-Clock Monitoring for University of Maryland Orthopaedic Patients
March
3/19 University of Maryland Hospital for Children Begins Study to Compare Pediatric Seizure Medications
3/17 University of Maryland School of Medicine Names New Chair of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
3/13 Local Bank Raises $25,000 for the University of Maryland Hospital for Children
3/10 Rain Pryor Brings Multiple Sclerosis Mission to Baltimore
3/4 Adding Gemcitabine to Standard Therapy After Surgery Improves Survival for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
February
2/27 Natural Sugar Called Tagatose May Hold Promise as New Drug to Treat Type 2 Diabetes
2/11 Dr. Margaret Chesney, Former NIH Official, Joins the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine
2/11 Lowering Triglycerides and "Bad Cholesterol" Reduces Heart Disease Risk Better than Reducing Bad Cholesterol Alone
2/11 UMMC Becomes Completely Tobacco-Free, Inside and Out
2/8 University of Maryland Researchers Find Benefit of Acupuncture for In Vitro Fertilization
2/1 Advanced Imaging Enhances Treatment of Heart Rhythm Abnormality at the University of Maryland Medical Center
January
1/22 International Research Team Finds Promising Results in First African Test of Malaria Vaccine
1/2 Pencil-Sized Investigational Heart Pump Allows Heart to Heal After Surgery
  Click here to see the 2007 news release archives.

This page was last updated on: May 7, 2008.