NEWS RELEASES 1997


December 22, 1997
IU Pediatric Cancer Specialist Named First Simmons Scholar

December 18, 1997
IU Physicians Give Ukranian Boy Second Chance

December 15, 1997
More Research Needed On Spinal Cord Injuries

IU Physicians to Perform State's First Vagal Nerve Stimulation Procedure for Epilepsy

December 9, 1997
Dr. Richard Rink Appointed - Named Professor at IU School of Medicine

December 2, 1997
Community Education Department at Riley Hospital Receives National Recognition

November 21, 1997
IU School of Medicine Studies Antibiotic As Treatment For Osteoarthritis

IU Pediatrician To Be Guest On NBC's Today Show

November 18, 1997
IU School of Medicine Awarded $1 Million NIH Grant for Autism Research

November 17, 1997
IU To Perform State's First Thalamic Implant For Tremors

November 11, 1997
IU School of Medicine Awarded Funding to Establish a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health

November 7, 1997
American Public Health Association Meeting In Indianapolis

Groundbreaking Set For State-Of-The-Art Medical Education Building

November 6, 1997
Douglas Zipes, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Recognized Nationally and Locally

October 29, 1997
Indiana Lions Donate $1 Million

October 20, 1997
Dr. Stephen Heifetz, Pediatric Pathologist

October 14, 1997
Boost Awareness Road Tour to Distribute Car Seats and Educate Families In Underserved Indiana Counties

September 25, 1997
IU Cancer Research Institute

September 11, 1997
IU Medical Center "Mash" Unit's 50th Reunion

September 8, 1997
State Of The Art Technology - First Patient Treated With Indiana's Only Gamma Knife

September 3, 1997
IU Cancer Center Opens Tobacco Cessation Program

September 1, 1997
IU Researchers Identify Viral Proteins That Evade Human Immune System

August 28, 1997
Two Neurologists Join IU School of Medicine

IU Neurology Department Consolidates Clinic Sites; Open House Set at IU Hospital

August 7, 1997
Researchers Find Genetic "Hot Spots" of Manic-Depression

July 29, 1997
IU School of Medicine Faculty Receive Appointments

July 23, 1997
Study Shows Alternative Tests Effective In Monitoring AIDS Progression In Patients

July 3, 1997
Link Found Between Severe Obesity and Numerous Chronic Diseases Among African-American Women

June 13, 1997
1997 Children's Miracle Network Telethon

Link Between Gestational Diabetes and Adult Onset Diabetes Strengthened

June 6, 1997
Lawson Named Chief of Psychiatry and Mental Health at VA

Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Earns Award of Excellence

Riley Physician Certified in Sleep Disorder Medicine

May 23, 1997
LaPort Hospital Becomes Part of Clarian Health

May 20, 1997
Possible Predictor of Breast Cancer Survivability Identified

May 19, 1997
Results of Taxol-Adriamycin National Study Released at ACOG

May 8, 1997
IU School of Medicine - 1997 Graduates

April 29, 1997
Rehab 1,2,3

April 24, 1997
Rehab 1,2,3 (photo/video opportunity)

April 21, 1997
Link Found Between Pain, Immune, and Reproductive System

April 15, 1997
Inherited Dementia

April 10, 1997
Stroke Clinic

April 1, 1997
Dieting Habits and Risk of Cancer

Ovarian Cancer Seminar

March 18, 1997
Rural Health Initiative

February 28, 1997
Glaucoma