NEWS RELEASES
2005

Article listing

December 22, 2005
Give the Gift of Sight This Holiday Season

December 21, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: Indiana’s 2005 Technological Breakthroughs in Medicine

December 15, 2005
New national center to investigate sugar's role in alcoholism, cancer

December 15, 2005
Health-care disparities focus of Diversity Week

December 14, 2005
Gender Plays Role in Religious Sensitivity For Medical Students

December 14, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: Self Funded Medical Research, Changes in Anesthesiology, and The Patient From Hell

December 14, 2005
Clinical Trial For Prostate Cancer Uses Ultrasound Technology

December 12, 2005
Effective Hospital Patient "Handoffs" Require Better Training for Physicians

December 9, 2005
Medical School Dean Named Vice President of Life Sciences at IU

December 7, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine; Sleeping Pills in America, Brain Re-mapping, and the Eugenics Encyclopedia

December 6, 2005
Team Care More Cost-effective Than Usual Care for Depression

November 30, 2005
World AIDS Day: IU Takes Aim at HIV/AIDS

November 29, 2005
Topics for This Week’s Sound Medicine Include: FDA recommendations on the Morning After Pill, Impact of Obesity on Children, and a Black Box Warning for Strattera

November 28, 2005
Local Nurse Leader Elected to International Honor Society

November 28, 2005
Father of Echocardiography Honored by Peers

November 22, 2005
General Assembly Is Resolute in Honoring IU Cancer Physicians

November 22, 2005
Sidner Receives Elwert Award in Medicine

November 22, 2005
This Week On Sound Medicine: IU/Kenya Partnership Update for World AIDS Day; A Resident’s Experience with Kenya’s AIDS Orphans; The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Medical Student Performance

November 21, 2005
Lemons Named March of Dimes 2005 Medical Honoree

November 21, 2005
Mark Kelley to Serve as Associate Director of Basic Research at IU Cancer Center

November 21, 2005
Elkas named associate dean of development for IU School of Medicine

November 21, 2005
America’s Top Docs Recognizes 50 Indianapolis Physicians

November 17, 2005
Former State Health Commissioner to Direct Developmental Pediatrics at Riley Hospital

November 16, 2005
Sound Medicine Topics Include the Future of Cox-2 Inhibitors, Adult Vaccines, and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

November 10, 2005
Mathur Honored by American College of Chest Physicians

November 8, 2005
Sound Medicine Topics Include Accutane and the FDA, Medicine In the Workplace, and When a Doctor Apologizes

November 7, 2005
Autism Across The Lifespan Focus of Riley Hospital Conference

November 7, 2005
ADHD Medication May Be Effective in Treatment of Hyperactivity in Autism

November 1, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine – Flu Precautions, Face Transplants, and the Link Between Exercise and Our Brains

November 1, 2005
Lung-Sparing Treatment For Cancer Proving Effective

October 31, 2005
Groundbreaking Marks Giant Step Toward School of Medicine's Research Goals

October 27, 2005
Lance Armstrong Foundation Establishes Endowed Chair in Oncology at Indiana University

October 26, 2005
Fourth-year Medical Student at IU Dies

October 26, 2005
The I-WIN Foundation, West Nile Virus and Transplants, Why Breast Cancer Returns, and Monster Disorders -- All on This Week's Sound Medicine

October 24, 2005
Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend and Notre Dame to Dedicate Joint Project

October 21, 2005
Riley Hospital Surgeons Perform Three Consecutive Pediatric Heart Transplants

October 21, 2005
On This Week’s Sound Medicine: Avian Flu, 100th Anniversary of Methodist Hospital, Reclaiming Unused AIDS Drugs and Brain Injuries in Iraq Vets

October 18, 2005
Columbia University Biochemist Presents Beering Lecture at IU School of Medicine

October 18, 2005
Foroud Honored For Genetics Research With Named Professorship

October 14, 2005
Miyamoto To Lead American Academy of Otolaryngology

October 13, 2005
IU School of Medicine Students’ Health Fair Serves Indy’s Underserved

October 13, 2005
Riley Hospital Cardiologists Produce, Share Unique Teaching DVD

October 12, 2005
On This Week’s Sound Medicine: Domestic Violence, Alternative Medicine, and The President’s Fitness

October 6, 2005
This Week's Sound Medicine Topics Include: the CDC Flu Outlook and Recent Advances/Changes in the Field of Breast Cancer

October 5, 2005
Bogdewic Promoted to Advance Faculty at Medical School

October 4, 2005
Low-Cost Alternative Drugs Can Help Patients With Problems Controlling Blood Pressure

October 3, 2005
Examining How Medicine is Taught: Reading and Changing the Culture

September 29, 2005
Glaucoma Study Compares Medication With Laser Treatments

September 28, 2005
Genes, Drugs and Breast Cancer Basis of $12 Million Pharmacogenetics Study

September 28, 2005
Abonour named to new clinical research position

September 27, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine; New NIH Guidelines and Pesticide Testing, Treatment for Glaucoma, and a West Nile Virus Update

September 22, 2005
Expansion Will Keep IU Cancer Center at Forefront of Care for Patients and Families

September 21, 2005
On This Week’s Sound Medicine: Indiana’s Medicare Drug Program, Pancreatic Cancer, and Questions Women Under 40 Should Ask Their Doctors

September 15, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: An Update on Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Indiana, A Possible Link Between Gingivitis and Heart Disease, Smoking Cessation Programs

September 13, 2005
INHealthConnect: IU Medical Librarians Link Hoosiers With Localized Health Care Resources

September 12, 2005
Doctor Running Across Indiana to Bring Hope to Patients with Rare Cancer, Indiana University Cancer Center

September 8, 2005
Sound Medicine Topics for this Week Include: Hurricane Katrina Special Report, a New Technique for Lung Cancer, and Deep Brain Stimulation

September 8, 2005
IU Cancer Center, Clarian Health Partners Specialists Recognized As ‘Top Docs’

September 8, 2005
Medical Students Pitch In to Southside Home Repair Project

September 2, 2005
On this Week’s Sound Medicine: Stem Cell Research in Indiana, “Return to Wellness” and Daycare for Sick Kids

August 24, 2005
This Week, Sound Medicine Guests Discuss Trouble in Cardiology, InShape Indiana – a New Statewide Health Initiative, and Nurses House

August 17, 2005
On This Week’s Sound Medicine: Consumer Demand for Advertised Drugs; the Emotional Health of Children with Ill Siblings; New Therapy to Reverse Brain Trauma

August 14, 2005
Parents, Teens Equally Favor Vaccination for Curable and Fatal STDs

August 12, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: a Vaccine for Shingles, Pediatric Hospitals,and a Visit to the "Body Worlds" Exhibit

August 12, 2005
Ceremony Marks Start of Training To Become Doctors

August 4, 2005
Wake Forest Physician to Lead IU Anesthesiology Department

August 4, 2005
Mental Healthcare Disparities and a Visit to the Indiana Black Expo Health Fair

August 3, 2005
Indiana University School of Medicine Opens Two Lung Cancer Clinical Trials

July 29, 2005
Sound Medicine Topics Include Kids with Type II Diabetes, Diabetes Triggers, and Recycling AIDS Drugs

July 25, 2005
Volunteers Needed For Inhaled Insulin Study

July 22, 2005
Sound Medicine this Week: Generational Differences toward Personal Health Care and Shortages of Bone Marrow Donors in Minority Populations

July 19, 2005
IU Med Students Placed in Family Medicine Clerkships

July 14, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: Second-hand Smoke & Kids, Botox & Cerebral Palsy, Grading MDs

July 8, 2005
Computers: Poor Placement Does Not Compute In Medical Exam Rooms

July 8, 2005
Clarian Hospitals Only Indiana Programs Ranked By US News & World Report

July 8, 2005
This Week On Sound Medicine: Pediatric Melanoma, The Artificial Spinal Disc, and the Vegan Diet

July 7, 2005
Device May Give Some Emphysema Patients Breathing Room

July 6, 2005
Rudolph Navari to lead IU School of Medicine - South Bend

July 1, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: Prostate Cancer Mobile Screening Unit and Future Treatment of Cat Allergies

June 24, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: The Future of Family Medicine

June 23, 2005
Look to the Future: Preparing for Baby Boomer Dementia Epidemic

June 16, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: Screenings for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Advice for Healthy Traveling

June 9, 2005
Media Violence Linked To Concentration, Self-Control

June 8, 2005
This Week’s Sound Medicine Topics: Repairing Damaged Muscle from Heart Attacks and The Benefits of Swimming:

June 2, 2005
This Week’s Sound Medicine to Look at a New Meningitis Vaccine and the Placebo Effect

June 2, 2005
Weaver Named Emergency Medicine’s National Teacher of the Year

June 1, 2005
Rescorla Named Pediatric Surgery Chief

June 1, 2005
Colorectal Cancer Study Seeks Healthy Participants

May 27, 2005
This Weekend on Sound Medicine: the Ethics of Organ Donations from Condemned Prisoners, Hearing Loss, and Protecting Our Skin from the Sun

May 26, 2005
Self-Control May Be Affected By Violent Media Exposure

May 24, 2005
Study of Compassionate Care

May 20, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: New Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and a New Breast Cancer Drug

May 16, 2005
Advanced Breast Cancer Drug Appears Effective On Multiple Targets

May 13, 2005
“Why A Potentially Lifesaving Drug for Stroke Victims Isn’t Being Used” Featured on Sound Medicine

May 11, 2005
Younger is Better When Implanting Cochlear Implants, IU Study Finds

May 9, 2005
Asthma Research Earns IU Renewed Support

May 6, 2005
This Week on Sound Medicine: Awareness in Brain Damaged Patients; Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury; and When is a Doctor Too Old? Or Too Young?

May 4, 2005
Child Safety Champs Commended for Work

May 2, 2005
Huntington’s Disease Program Cited As Center of Excellence

April 29, 2005
Esophagus Disease: A Different Pill to Swallow

April 28, 2005
On this week’s Sound Medicine, a New Treatment for Paralysis and Options for Pregnant Women Suffering from Addiction

April 27, 2005
Math Master Beat Odds to Succeed; Now Encourages Minorities

April 27, 2005
Medical Students Receive Research Scholarships

April 26, 2005
Applegate Named Fellow of American College of Radiology

April 26, 2005
Docs and Stocks: Students Earn MDs and MBAs

April 26, 2005
Rita Hayworth Award Honors IU Alzheimer Researcher

April 25, 2005
Running Dads, Kids Promote Prostate Cancer Research

April 21, 2005
Sound Medicine Topics Include the Decrease of HIV/AIDS in U.S. Infants and the Ineffectiveness of School Smoking Cessation Programs

April 21, 2005
Blood in Kids’ Urine Common, Still Requires Monitoring

April 20, 2005
‘The State of Mental Health and Addiction’ Explores Research, Treatment

April 19, 2005
Virtual Colonoscopy: Virtually Promising

April 19, 2005
Sound Medicine First Health-Talk Public Radio Program to Podcast

April 19, 2005
IU Team Takes Aim at Curbing Hoosier Violence

April 18, 2005
Women's Center to Coordinate Local Health Promotion Event

April 14, 2005
Purdue licenses paralysis treatment to Indiana-based Andara Life Science Inc.

April 14, 2005
Sound Medicine to Feature Special Sound Ethics Program on End-of-Life Decisions

April 14, 2005
Medical Journal Editors Condemn Ghostwriting

April 12, 2005
Study Seeks Most Effective Treatment for Epileptic Seizures

April 11, 2005
1,000 ‘Friends’ Needed During Race For The Cure

April 7, 2005
Medical Degrees to be Conferred on Mother's Day

April 5, 2005
Riley Sleep Clinic Gets National Nod of Approval

April 5, 2005
Sound Medicine Topics Include Stress-related Aging and a New Form of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy

April 4, 2005
It Takes A Village To Improve the Health of Children

April 1, 2005
Broad range of IU graduate programs ranked by U.S. News

March 31, 2005
Sound Medicine to Feature New State Health Commissioner and High School Steroid Use

March 31, 2005
Med Students’ Community Project Nets National Honors

March 31, 2005
Med Students Poised to ‘Doctor’ Inner-City Houses

March 30, 2005
Former Faculty to be Feted at Medical Meeting

March 28, 2005
IU Researchers Closer to Helping Hearing-Impaired Using Stem Cells

March 24, 2005
Sound Medicine to Focus on Issues Involving U.S. Healthcare System

March 22, 2005
IU Scientist Recognized For Neuropsychiatric Research

March 21, 2005
Center to Increase Services to Hispanic Women, Families

March 17, 2005
Matchmaker, Matchmaker Find Me a Doc

March 17, 2005
Sound Medicine Looks at a New Form of Mammography, Depression and the CEO

March 15, 2005
Determining the Fate of Cells in the Human Body

March 15, 2005
Riley Autism Program Trains Teachers to Help Youngsters

March 14, 2005
Treating Depression Helps Slow Physical Decline in Older Adults, Study Shows

March 14, 2005
Zhang to Lead Biochem, Molecular Biology Department

March 10, 2005
Sound Medicine Topics Include Infant Cord Blood and Psychotropic Drugs

March 9, 2005
Honor Society Prepped to Welcome New Members

March 7, 2005
Students Take to Stage to Help City's Homeless, Poor

March 7, 2005
Portable System Offers Dialysis Patients ‘Liberating’ Changes

March 7, 2005
Riley Cardiologist Named a Sagamore of the Wabash

March 7, 2005
Hendrie Earns Peer Recognition for Geriatric Psychiatry Research

March 3, 2005
School-Based Smoking Prevention Programs Ineffective

March 2, 2005
On This Week’s Sound Medicine: Medical Stories from the Tsunami Relief Effort and the Front Lines of Iraq

March 2, 2005
Family Medicine Chair Saluted by State Health Agency

February 28, 2005
Not Just Talk: Seminar Gives High School Science Students Hands-on Lab Experience

February 23, 2005
Sound Medicine to Feature New Surgery Safety Protocols, Tour of Life Sciences Startup Company

February 17, 2005
Cox-2 Inhibitors, Tamoxifin Side Effects Among This Week's Sound Medicine Topics

February 17, 2005
Sisters Mending After Facial Reconstructive Surgeries

February 14, 2005
Cancer Center Offers Summer Research Internships

February 10, 2005
This Week's Sound Medicine Topics Include Bipolar Disorder, Heart Disease

February 7, 2005
Risk Factors Affect Parents' Attitudes About STD Vaccinations

February 7, 2005
Book Aids Families of Children with HIV

February 2, 2005
Inflammatory Cells Highly Promising Target in NF 1

February 2, 2005
Tuberculosis Outbreaks and RSV Among this Week's Sound Medicine Topics

January 27, 2005
IU Scientists' Research Success Puts Indiana in New Stem Cell Business

January 27, 2005
IU Geriatrics Programs Garner National Recognition

January 26, 2005
Sound Medicine to Discuss Hospital Ethics Committees

January 25, 2005
IU Clinic Addresses Extra Needs of Cancer Patients, Families

January 24, 2005
Romance, Responsibility and Baby-Maybe Options

January 20, 2005
Patients Sought For Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials

January 19, 2005
Common Antidepressants Lower Effects of Tamoxifen in Many Women

January 19, 2005
Special Sound Medicine Program in Honor of IU School of Medicine Life Sciences Week

January 17, 2005
New Genetic Mutation Linked To Parkinson's Disease

January 17, 2005
IU Medicine Dean Named to Olympic Ethics Committee

January 13, 2005
Sound Medicine to Feature Heart Scan Pros and Cons, Medical Maggots and Medical Heroes

January 12, 2005
State Museum Exhibit Highlights IU Life Sciences Week

January 11, 2005
Baby Talk: Infants Have Much To Say If Adults Will Only Listen

January 10, 2005
Spinal Cord Injury Patients Show Improvement In Early Device Study

January 6, 2005
Mini Medical School: Of Mice, Men and Frankenstein

January 6, 2005
Sound Medicine to look at Hospital Medication Errors, Breast Cancer Support Groups, and Hyponatremia

January 5, 2005
Diversity the Right Rx to Serve Medically Underserved

January 4, 2005
Study Reveals High Infection Rate in Teens For Virus Linked to Cervical Cancer