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February 3, 2010
Heart Healthy Tips
A heart-healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce your cholesterol levels, in some cases in place of medication. Dr. Andrew Freeman, MD, offers a few tips to help you in your efforts to go heart-healthy.
February 1, 2010
National Jewish Health Researchers Discover How Virulent Bacteria Sabotage Immune Response Against It
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered how the virulent food-borne bacteria Listeria monocytogenes induces infected immune cells to sabotage their own defensive response.
January 28, 2010
Low Vitamin D Associated with Worse Asthma
Low levels of vitamin D in asthma patients are associated with reduced lung function and less response to steroid medications, according to researchers at National Jewish Health.
January 25, 2010
NIH Awards National Jewish Health $1 million to study cell transplants for acute lung injury
Susan D. Reynolds, PhD, and Carl White, MD, will evaluate cell transplants to replace damaged airway cells.
January 11, 2010
Bacon Family Foundation supports chronically ill students at Kunsberg School
National Jewish Health is proud to announce a gift from the Bacon Family Foundation in Grand Junction to be used to feed kindergarten through eighth-grade children at Kunsberg School for chronically ill students.
January 11, 2010
Keeping a Clean Home Can Help with Winter Allergies
Even though freezing temperatures bring an end to seasonal pollen allergies, millions of people suffer from indoor allergies because of the time spent indoors during cool weather
January 6, 2010
National Jewish Health Set to Kick Off 32nd Annual Pulmonary & Allergy Update
Allergists, pulmonologists and general practitioners can learn the approaches and methods used to diagnose and treat allergic, respiratory and immune diseases at the 32nd Annual Pulmonary & Allergy Update conference hosted February 3-6, 2010, by National Jewish Health.
December 23, 2009
Samuel Gluck Leaves Endowment to Fund Indigent Patients' Care
Indigent patients at National Jewish Health have received an early holiday gift: a permanent endowment established to pay for their care thanks to the generosity of the late Samuel Gluck of Southfield, who left a bequest to create the Fannie Gluck and Katy Bodansky Endowment for Indigent Care.
December 22, 2009
Annual Cocktails & Karaoke Breaks Records to the Benefit of Ill Students
Cocktails & Karaoke, presented by Parks & Associates, on Nov. 21 was a rocking success, having raised $55,000 to benefit the chronically ill K-8th grade students at Kunsberg School on the campus of National Jewish Health.
December 22, 2009
Popular New Year's Resolutions and Tips to Help You Keep Them
Experts with National Jewish Health offer the following tips for helping you keep some of the most popular New Year's Resolutions.
December 21, 2009
Lipid Blocks RSV Infection
Researchers have discovered that a naturally occurring lipid in the lungs blocks infection by the respiratory syncytial virus, a major cause of hospitalizations among infants.
December 16, 2009
National Jewish Health Collects Food and Money For Local Charities
National Jewish Health employees donated more than 1,200 pounds of food and nearly $700 in donations to benefit local families.
December 15, 2009
Real Estate and Construction Industries "Winter's Eve" Dinner raises more than $2 million
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Chairman of the Real Estate Department at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, was the evening's honoree as he was presented the National Jewish Health® 2009 Humanitarian Award
December 11, 2009
On 110th Anniversary, National Jewish Health Gives Thanks to Colorado
One hundred and ten years ago today, the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives opened its doors on the corner of Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The brainstorm of a remarkable woman named Frances Wisebart Jacobs and a young rabbi named William Friedman, the hospital was created to serve indigent people suffering from tuberculosis.
December 8, 2009
Eating Well Through the Holiday Season
The holidays are a great time to celebrate with friends, family and co-workers, but all that celebrating can make it difficult to eat healthy. National Jewish Health Dietician Carrie Gleeksman offers the following tips to help keep you from over indulging this holiday season.
November 24, 2009
National Jewish Health to Manage Intensive Care Unit at Swedish Medical Center
Building upon an existing relationship between the two central Denver hospitals, National Jewish Health has begun managing critical care services for the intensive care unit at HealthOne Swedish Medical Center.
November 4, 2009
National Jewish Health Offering H1N1 Diagnostic Test
National Jewish Health is now offering a molecular test for the pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus (H1N1/09), that provides results within 24 hours.
October 28, 2009
Warning Signs to Look for Before You Buy or Rent
At a time when reports of clandestine methamphetamine labs, marijuana grow operations, excessive indoor allergen levels, and moldy homes appear in the news on a nightly basis, many people have been asking what can be done to reduce the chances of renting or buying a problem residence. Industrial hygienist John Martyny, PhD, offers advice.
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