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March 17, 2010
Researcher Pippa Marrack, PhD, Named to Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
For more than 30 years, Dr. Marrack's research has focused primarily on the T cell, an immune-system cell that recognizes foreign substances in the body and orchestrates the adaptive immune response.
March 11, 2010
Don't Let Daylight Savings Trigger Insomnia
The shifting of the clocks can signal the onset of insomnia for some
March 10, 2010
Getting Your Sleep Patterns Back on Track
Research shows that some 70 million people at one time or another will suffer from sleep problems.
March 9, 2010
How do Families Cope with Food Allergies?
Families with food-allergic children face a life of constant vigilance and the looming fear of life-threatening allergic reactions. This fear can have a huge impact on an entire family's life.
March 5, 2010
Teaching Physicians to Help Their Patients Quit Smoking
Internists, family medicine physicians, pulmonologists and other allied health professionals across Colorado can learn the most effective methods to help their patients quit smoking during a series of outreach programs hosted by National Jewish Health.
March 2, 2010
National Jewish Faculty Present Research Findings at American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
Dozens of National Jewish Health faculty presented their latest research findings at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology in New Orleans Feb 27-March 2, 2010. Below are several noteworthy presentations.
March 2, 2010
Long-Acting Beta-Agonists Shown to be Most Effective Step-Up Therapy for Children with Poorly Controlled Asthma
For children whose asthma is not well controlled and on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids, a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) may be the most effective of three possible step-up treatments.
February 17, 2010
Cutting Sodium From Your Diet
Keep in mind that salt is not only what comes out of the shaker, but rather what goes into the food during processing and manufacture.
February 15, 2010
New Strategy Produces Promising Advance in Cancer Vaccines
Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Denver used a new strategy to develop cancer vaccines that were remarkably effective in mice.
February 15, 2010
Trust Labels, Not Taste Buds, to Monitor Salt Intake
Did you know that a cup of corn flakes has about the same amount of sodium as a cup of potato chips? Trust labels, not your taste buds to control salt intake.
February 10, 2010
Seventh Annual Hoops & Hoopla
The seventh annual Hoops & Hoopla on Saturday, April 3 at INVESCO Field at Mile High combines exciting college basketball semifinal games with support for chronically ill children at Kunsberg School.
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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