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New Chest Pain Center at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Jul. 01, 2008
Mild chest pain, shortness of breath and vomitting aren't very dramatic, but when you know they are also signs of a heart attack, it's time to call 911 because minutes matter. Questions? Call 800-US HEART (800-874-3278) any time, day or night. A cardiac nurse at the Chest Pain Center can tell you right away if you need 911 help, should come into the Emergency Department on the University campus or will get you scheduled for an appointment at the clinic the next business day.
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U of M Sets Course for Cure of Fatal Childhood Skin Disease
Jun. 03, 2008
Physicians at the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview have set the path to a cure for a young boy's fatal genetic skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), by using a cord blood and bone marrow transplant.
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U of M Study: New Blood Test Reveals Risk for Metabolic Syndrome
May. 20, 2008
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that people with high oxidation levels of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle that carries cholesterol throughout the blood are much more likely to develop metabolic syndrome - which can lead to a considerably increased risk of developing heart disease.
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U of M Begins Clinical Trials for Type 1 Diabetes
May. 08, 2008
Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation announce the start of new clinical trials for people with type 1 diabetes. The University is one of only seven sites in the United States funded by the National Institutes of Health as part of the Clinical Islet Transplantation Consortium, the goal of which is to determine whether islet transplantation becomes an FDA-approved treatment for people with difficult-to-manage type 1 diabetes.
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U of M Cancer Researchers Find Achilles' Heel of Leukemia
May. 05, 2008
Researchers at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota may have discovered the Achilles' heel of leukemia, a disease that is often fatal in children and adults. Their finding is a major contribution toward resolving the long-standing medical controversy about which cells are the source of leukemias, cancer of the blood and bone marrow, and possibly other cancers.
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U of M Study Finds Children with Leukemia are Living Longer, Productive Lives
May. 01, 2008
More than 90 percent of children and young adults who survive five years or longer after diagnosis and treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are alive 20 years later and leading productive lives, according to a study by a cancer researcher with the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota.
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Heart device provides freedom for heart patients
Apr. 25, 2008
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is a national leader in extending the lives of those whose hearts simply can't do the job any more. It's a reputation earned, in part, through research and patient experience. Ventricular-assist devices (VADs), small pumps that take over the work of the failing heart, have been used at the medical center since 1995. The VAD program is the second busiest in the nation.
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Masons Give U Of M $65 Million For Cancer Research
Apr. 10, 2008
The University of Minnesota has received its largest gift ever — $65 million from Minnesota Masonic Charities — to the University of Minnesota Cancer Center. With this pledge, Masonic support of cancer research and care at the University of Minnesota over the past 53 years totals $100 million. In recognition of this record-breaking gift, the University of Minnesota Cancer Center will now be called the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota.
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Getting to the Bottom of Eating Disorders
Apr. 08, 2008
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the two most common eating disorders. People with anorexia nervosa are usually underweight, anxious, maintain rigid rules, exercise excessively, and constantly see themselves as grossly overweight. People with bulimia nervosa, however, have varied weights that often fall within the normal range. Their eating habits usually consist of eating binges followed by an action to counteract the binge, such as self-induced vomiting, using laxatives or diuretics, exercising excessively, or starving themselves.
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U. Researchers Using Natural Killer Cells to Fight Cancer
Feb. 29, 2008
Believing that natural killer cells hold great promise in the fight against cancer, Daniel Weisdorf, M.D., and Jeffrey Miller, M.D. began research into using cellular immunotherapy techniques - stimulating or supplementing the patient's immune system - to treat advanced cancer. Specifically, Weisdorf and Miller are investigating whether donor NK cells can be used as "soldiers for hire," tiny but powerful weapons against the recipient's malignancy.
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U of M Study Finds Thalidomide Shows Promise for Treatment of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Feb. 28, 2008
Findings lead to additional study of a new class of cancer-fighting drugs. The study compared the effectiveness and safety of the combination of thalidomide and topotecan, a chemotherapy often used for ovarian cancer, versus topotecan alone for treatment of recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer in patients who had received prior treatment. Epithelial ovarian cancer is a disease in which cancer cells form in the tissue that covers the ovary.
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U of M Researchers Create Beating Heart in Laboratory
Jan. 13, 2008
University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the University of Minnesota Center for Cardiovascular Repair grew functioning heart tissue by taking dead rat and pig hearts and reseeding them with a mixture of live cells. The research will be published online in the January 13 issue of Nature Medicine.
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U of M Researchers Discover How Certain Genes Regulate Cancer Cell Growth and Death
Jan. 08, 2008
A University of Minnesota cancer researcher has discovered how key genes cause breast and ovarian cancer cells to either multiply or die. This discovery opens the door to developing drugs that target these E2F1 target genes, balance their dual functions, and give women diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer a greater chance for long-term survival.
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U of M Researchers Find Women with Breast Cancer Having Surgery that Might be Unnecessary
Oct. 23, 2007
University of Minnesota Cancer Center researchers have found that the use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) - surgery to remove both breasts when cancer has been diagnosed in one breast - more than doubled in the United States between 1998 and 2003. The researchers say more understanding is needed about why some women choose CPM surgery, especially since most of them may not need it. The risk of cancer spreading to other parts of the body is greater than the risk of it spreading to the other breast.
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U of M Center for Lung Science and Health Hosts Pulmonary Fibrosis and Scleroderma Education Day
Oct. 22, 2007
The University of Minnesota Center for Lung Science and Health will host a free Pulmonary Fibrosis and Scleroderma Education Day for patients, families, and professionals. The event is being held from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the University of Minnesota McNamara Alumni Center. Senator Norm Coleman will be present to receive special recognition for his efforts in introducing the recently passed Congressional bill that recognizes National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week and the urgent need to identify effective treatments and a cure.
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U of M Discovery Breaks Down Resistance of Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Therapy
Oct. 16, 2007
A University of Minnesota cancer researcher has found that a natural compound called triptolide can break down the resistance of pancreatic cancer cells to therapy and cause the cells to die. The compound may be a potential breakthrough agent for stopping the growth and spread of pancreatic cancer in patients.
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Powell Center for Women's Health Awarded $2.2 Million to Promote Research in Women's Health
Sep. 27, 2007
The University of Minnesota's Deborah E. Powell Center for Women's Health has been awarded $2.2 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health to fund the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program. The BIRCWH award allows the center to support promising young faculty who want to devote their careers to women's health research.
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U of M Hosts Community Education Series to Answer Questions About Cancer
Sep. 24, 2007
University of Minnesota Physicians, in partnership with the University of Minnesota Cancer Center and University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, is offering a free community education series called Cancer U: Ask the Experts. The purpose of this series is to provide public access to information about cancer straight from the experts who treat the disease.
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U of M Researchers Receive Academic Health Center's Highest Award for Excellence
Sep. 17, 2007
Four University of Minnesota researchers will be awarded the highest recognition of excellence given by the Academic Health Center - an induction into the Academy of Excellence in Health Research. Bruce R. Blazar, M.D., Karen H. Ashe, M.D., Ph.D., Eric Newman, Ph.D., and Mary Story, Ph.D., R.D., were selected for their sustained, nationally and internationally-recognized health-related research that has augmented the quality and eminence of the University of Minnesota.
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Open House at Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center
Sep. 10, 2007
Join us September 27 to meet the physicians and staff at Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center.
Opened in July, this new multi-specialty facility in Maple Grove is a partnership between University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview. More than just a new location, this health care campus represents an entirely new care model that is highly responsive to the needs of the patient.
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U of M Medical School Hires New Otolaryngology Head
Aug. 01, 2007
The University of Minnesota's Medical School Department of Otolaryngology - renowned for its ear, nose, and throat treatment and research - has selected a new head after an extensive national search. Bevan Yueh, M.D., M.P.H., an accomplished researcher and author of more than 50 journal articles, will take the position of head of the otolaryngology department September 10.
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A Passion for Academic Medicine
Jul. 27, 2007
University of Minnesota Physicians cardiologist Marc Pritzker, M.D. shares his thoughts on the importance of academic medicine.
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U of M Researchers Discover New Method to Combat HIV
Jul. 23, 2007
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a new method to combat HIV/AIDS, potentially replacing the traditional cocktail drug approach. The new approach merges the features of two antiviral agents into one drug, achieving the same effect as when two or more drugs are taken separately.
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Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center Puts the Focus on the Patient
Jul. 23, 2007
A partnership between University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview, a new multi-specialty facility in Maple Grove is open as of July 23, 2007.
More than just a new location, this health care campus represents an entirely new care model that is highly responsive to the needs of the patient. At Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center, patients will have access to both primary and specialty care for children and adults.
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UMPhysicians Cardiologist Jay Cohn Honored with Cornell University Award of Distincition
Jun. 15, 2007
Jay N. Cohn, M.D., professor in the Division of Cardiology and director of the Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at the University of Minnesota Medical School, is the recipient of Cornell University Weill Medical College Alumni Association's 2007 Award of Distinction for his notable achievements as a physician, scientist, and innovator.
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Dr. Herbert Ward Named Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery
Jun. 13, 2007
Herbert B. Ward, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Surgery, and Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Surgery, at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, has been appointed the C. Walton and Richard C. Lillehei Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, at the University of Minnesota.
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Research Shows Cord Blood Comparable to Matched Bone Marrow
Jun. 08, 2007
University of Minnesota researchers report that umbilical cord blood transplants may offer blood cancer patients better outcomes than bone marrow transplants, according to an analysis of outcome data performed at the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).
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University of Minnesota Physicians Pulmonologist Elected President of American Thoracic Society
May. 29, 2007
University of Minnesota Medical School professor David Ingbar, M.D., has been elected president of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) for 2007 to 2008. He was recently installed as president at the ATS International Conference in San Francisco held in May. The ATS is an 18,000 member professional organization that promotes research, training, and clinical care for lung, critical care, and sleep disorders.
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Center for Prostate Cancer's Multi-Disciplinary Approach Lauded on KSTP-TV
May. 18, 2007
The Center for Prostate Cancer was featured on KSTP-TV's On the Road with Jason Davis. Davis was diagnosed last fall with prostate cancer and after researching all of the treatment options, he opted for surgical treatment by Dr. Ken Koeneman at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.
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