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2001 News Releases
December
12/18 Angelwish Web Site Makes it Easy to Donate Gifts to Children With HIV and AIDS
12/11 University of Maryland Psychiatrists Offer Tips on Dealing With Holiday Stress and Depression
12/1 World-Renowned Heart and Lung Transplant Pioneer Will Head Cardiac Surgery at the University of Maryland
12/1 Top Arthritis Surgeon to Chair University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics
12/1 Nationally Known Parkinson's Disease Expert Selected as Head of Neurology at University of Maryland
November
11/28 University of Maryland and Hopkins Join for Scientific Update on Cigarette Restitution Fund Initiatives
11/22 Study Finds That Depression After Bypass Surgery Raises Risk of Future Heart Problems
11/13 Following the Money Trail: Community Uses Big Tobacco Money to Beat Cancer
11/13 Milkshake Study Suggests Need for Reducing Desirable Triglyceride Levels
11/9 University of Maryland School of Medicine SIDS Program Forms Partnership With Wireless Zone
11/6 New Research Initiative to Help Bring Transplant Therapies to Soldiers With Combat Injuries
October
10/31 Rare Pancreas Removal and Islet Cell Transplant Enable Man To Eat Again, Without Developing Severe Diabetes
10/11 Smallpox Vaccine Study a Top Priority for University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development
10/3 UM Greenebaum Cancer Center Studies New Treatment for Breast Cancer Patients
10/3 Deaton Hospital Becomes University Specialty Hospital
10/2 $7.5 Million Grant Funds Pioneering Stroke Rehabilitation Research at The University of Maryland and VA MD Healthcare System
10/1 Cal Ripken's Retirement Highlights Life-Transition Issues
September
9/20 Two University of Maryland Oral Surgeons to be Honored as "Champions Against Oral Cancer"
9/18 Greenebaum Cancer Center Joins Nation's Largest Prostate Cancer Prevention Study
9/12 UM Physicians En Route to New York to Offer Assistance
9/5 University of Maryland's First "Mini-Med School" Offers Free Health Education From Top Physicians and Researchers
August
8/14 An Inspiring Patient From The University of Maryland Hospital for Children Revs Up for the March of Dimes Bikers for Babies
8/10 Health Effects of Fish-Killing Microorganism is the Focus of University of Maryland School of Medicine Research
8/2 Study Finds New Risk Factor for Stroke and Heart Attack
July
7/30 $5 Million Research Project at The University of Maryland School of Medicine May Yield Results that are Easy to Swallow
7/17 New Multislice CT Scanner Speeds Diagnosis and Treatment for Patients at The University of Maryland Medical Center
7/16 An Upcoming Conference in Baltimore Will Address School Health in an Effort to Protect Young People Nationwide
7/16 University of Maryland Medical Student Receives Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Grant
7/11 Promoting Reading is a Priority at the University of Maryland Hospital for Children
7/9 Greenebaum Cancer Center Studies Ways to Boost Immunity for Patients Who Undergo Marrow and Stem Cell Transplants
7/2 University of Maryland Doctors Test Natural Anti-Diarrhea Preparation Developed by Baltimore Pediatrician
June
6/18 Deaton to Concentrate Only On Chronic Specialty Care
6/18 Protecting Children From Mosquito Bites Now That the West Nile Virus is Found in Baltimore
6/13 University of Maryland Physicians Use Ultrasound in Novel Way
6/12 New Director of Pediatric Cardiology Joins the University of Maryland Hospital for Children
6/6 Greenebaum Cancer Center Among First Nationwide to Test Promising New Drug in Kidney Cancers
6/6 UM Sports Medicine Named the Official Physicians for New Baltimore Bayhawks Major League Lacrosse Team
6/5 UM Greenebaum Cancer Center Reports Findings on New Treatment Approach for Recurrent Prostate Cancer
6/1 Boy Travels from Greece to the University of Maryland Hospital for Children to Have A Living Donor Kidney
May
5/30 A New Website for and by Baltimore Teens Offers Accurate Information and Advice on Health and Social Issues
5/30 EARLY SUMMER STORY IDEAS-2001: From the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine
5/17 University of Maryland Names New Head of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
5/15 University of Maryland Medical Students and "Survivors" in MEDWAR Wilderness Competition
5/1 Mildred Mindell Cancer Foundation Honors UM Oncologist
5/1 University Of Maryland Physician Releases Classical Music CD
April
4/23 Medical Students Host Community Health Fair
4/20 New Treatments for Parkinson's and Other Movement Disorders
New Treatments Studied for Movement Disorders
4/16 Gala to Honor Emergency Care "Heroes" Statewide; Recognize Two Patients Treated at UM Shock Trauma Center
4/13 New Alzheimer's Treatment Based on UM Research
4/12 "Pacemaker" For the Brain May Offer Hope for Those With Severe Depression
4/4 Low Estrogen Levels During Pregnancy Can Reduce Future Fertility for Female Offspring
March
3/22 It's a Match! - University of Maryland School of Medicine: Students Match for Residency Programs
3/20 University of Maryland School of Medicine Professor Receives Maryland's Top 100 Women Award
3/13 Mobile Telemedicine System is Highlighted by National Library of Medicine Conference
3/1 Clinical Trials in Leukemia Focus on New Treatment Approaches
February
2/26 Training Center at UMMC Educates Doctors in Videoscopic Technique
2/26 UMMC Ophthalmologist Says Viagra May Trigger Permanent Vision Loss in Some Men
2/20 UMMS to Open Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, and Physical Therapy Center in Timonium
2/15 Job Demands Sway Speed of Return to Work After Stroke
2/14 Personality Influences Psychological Adjustment
2/5 UMMC's In-Vitro Fertilization Program has Highest Success Rate in State
January
1/16 Study Examines Why Vaccines Don't Protect the Elderly As Well
1/3 $3 Million Gift Will Keep UM on Cutting Edge of Orthopaedic Research and Care