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• Doctors' Ball: Laman A. Gray, Jr., M.D. and Robert D. Dowling, M.D., The

  - 2006-09-01

  LAMAN A. GRAY, JR., M.D. ROBERT D. DOWLING, M.D. Excellence in Research Many Louisvillians can remember where they were when the news broke that Drs. Laman A. Gray, Jr. and Robert D. Dowling had performed the world's first AbioCorR total heart replacement on July 2, 2001. The landmark surgery captured...

  Tags: director, Hospital, Kentucky, M.D., physician, surgery, University of Pittsburgh

• New Data Presented at American Urological Association Shows Trospium to Have Local Effect in The Bladder

  - 2005-05-23

  LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDEV) today announced that new data were presented at the American Urological Association AUA annual meeting in San Antonio, on May 22, 2004, from a research study in an animal model of the over-active bladder condition that was recently completed by Michael Chancellor,...

  Tags: chancellor, dependence, HEALTHCARE, M.D., University of Pittsburgh

• Stems Cells from Fat Focus of International Fat Applied Technology Society Meeting in Pittsburgh Oct. 4-5

  - 2004-09-27

  PITTSBURGH -- Highlights of Meeting Include Studies that Suggest New Uses, Early Results of Only Human Trial and Consensus Statement Defining Clinical Applications with Most Promise Researchers from around the world are gathering in Pittsburgh Oct. 4-5 to discuss the potential therapeutic uses of stem cells derived from...

  Tags: Cell, cell, M.D., stem-cell, University of Pittsburgh

• Univ. of Pittsburgh National Center for Early Defibrillation Congress of Champions and Survivor Summit Briefings Oct. 22-24

  - 2003-10-20

  News Advisory: -- University of Pittsburgh National Center for Early Defibrillation Congress of Champions and Survivor Summit Press Briefings and Media Availabilities, Oct. 22-24 The University of Pittsburgh National Center for Early Defibrillation Congress of Champions and Survivor Summit will be held Oct. 22 to 24 at the Hyatt Regency,...

  Tags: FDA, Government, HEALTHCARE, M.D., Media, Summit, Survivor, University of Pittsburgh

• Face Time

  - 2000-10-05

  A look at movers and shakers of the Metro -- and what makes them tick. Ronald O. Gilcher, M.D. CEO Oklahoma Blood Institute * Family: Wife, Donna G., one son and two daughters. Ron Jr. owns and operates a small...

  Tags: Leadership, M.D., Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh

• Royal BodyCare Granted Rights to Pyruvate

  - 2000-09-19

  Business Editors IRVING, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 19, 2000 Royal BodyCare, Inc. (OTCBB:ROBE) has signed a contract with RTS Industries and Pharmaceuticals granting Royal exclusive rights worldwide to direct marketing of the stable and effective form of pyruvate, which is patented for many specific uses as a nutritional supplement discovered...

  Tags: Benefits, Biotechnology, compound, Engineering, HEALTHCARE, M.D., SOFTWARE, University of Pittsburgh

• US DEPT OF HHS: NIH awards multicenter study on gi ginkgo biloba for dementia.

  - 1999-10-01

  M2 PRESSWIRE-1 October 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: NIH awards multicenter study on ginkgo biloba for dementia C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:300999 Bethesda, MD-A multicenter study to test the efficacy of "ginkgo biloba" botanical product on older individuals who are at risk...

  Tags: M.D., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, University of Pittsburgh

• University Of Pittsburgh Is Named To National Institutes Of Health Network Of Aids Trial Sites

  - 1970-01-01

  The University of Pittsburgh has been awarded a major AIDS research grant to become part of the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group AACTG, the world's largest clinical trials network, which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID.As a member of this...

  Tags: M.D., therapy, University of Pittsburgh