Monthly Archives: January 2010

Reducing tobacco consumption through taxes

January 28th, 2010 (No Comments)

In many countries, taxes on tobacco have successfully reduced its consumption. As world leaders in countries consider raising the excise tax on tobacco products in the coming year, it is vital they consider all the determinants that effectively promote health through taxation, say Emory global health experts Jeffrey Koplan, MD, MPH, and Mohammed Ali, MBChB, MSc.

Emory volunteers sort medical supplies for Haiti

January 27th, 2010 (No Comments)

Over the past few weeks, more than 150 Emory University faculty, staff and students, as well as Emory Healthcare staff, have volunteered with Atlanta-based MedShare, sorting thousands of medical supplies that are being shipped to medical personnel on the ground in Haiti.

Peripheral artery disease: can help come from the bone marrow?

January 26th, 2010 (No Comments)

Lifestyle changes, medication and surgery can address some cases of peripheral artery disease (PAD), but often the disease is not recognized until it has advanced considerably. At Emory, cardiologist Arshed Quyyumi has been exploring whether a patient’s own bone marrow cells can repair the arteries in his or her limbs.

Getting a good night’s sleep is key to health

January 22nd, 2010 (No Comments)

Sleep expert David Schulman, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine, pulmonary, Emory School of Medicine, and medical director for the Emory Sleep Disorders Laboratory, talks with Emory patients every day about how to get a good night’s sleep.

A new trend in medicine: redefining disease

January 21st, 2010 (No Comments)

Paul Wolpe, director of the Emory Center for Ethics, says health care has changed as more and more aspects of ordinary life or behaviors are being redefined as medical.

Creating tools for next-generation sequencing

January 20th, 2010 (No Comments)

Emory biochemist Eric Ortlund participated in a study that was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which involves tinkering with billions of years of evolution by introducing mutations into DNA polymerase.

Experts review global health care programs for answers

January 19th, 2010 (No Comments)

A recent Knowledge@Emory article looks at a new book titled The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care, by author and journalist T.R. Reid. The book provides an in-depth look at the health care systems in a number of Western nations, including Germany, France, the U.K, Japan and Canada. The countries he profiles offer a mix of public and semi-public health care options.

The importance of upbringing

January 14th, 2010 (No Comments)

Every time scientists identify genetic risk factors for a human disease or a personality trait, it seems like more weight accumulates on the “nature” side of the grand balance between nature and nurture.

Working for health around the globe

January 13th, 2010 (No Comments)

Emory faculty, staff and students travel the globe, providing care and establishing partnerships within other countries to address intractable health challenges like tobacco use, diabetes and AIDS. What they do there helps both individuals and populations, now and for generations to come. What they learn from these experiences has indelible effect on their own lives […]

Children’s Healthcare invests in eight research centers

January 12th, 2010 (No Comments)

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta will invest $75 million in pediatric research centers of excellence over the next five years. Paul Spearman, MD, Children’s chief research officer and vice chair for research in Emory’s Department of Pediatrics, announced eight key priority areas today. These include the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s, along […]