HEALTH
SCIENCES HEADLINES
JULY 2010
Top Female
Achievers
New Orleans
Magazine, July: Dr.
Mary Lupo, Aesthetic and General
Dermatologist (M'80): Lupo runs one of the most
well-known aesthetic and general dermatology
practices in the New Orleans area, serves as a
clinical professor of dermatology at Tulane
Medical School and is director of Tulane's
resident cosmetic clinic.
Drug helps men with
advanced prostate cancer
WWLTV.com, July
6: Dr.
Oliver Sartor, the director of prostate
cancer research at Tulane, was one of the two
principal investigators on a large international
study that uncovered a new drug that appears to
prolong the lives of men suffering from advanced
stage prostate cancer. Now that drug is approved
by the FDA. (video)
Researchers Explore Links
Between Heart And
Kidneys
Medical News Today,
July 7: Dr.
L. Lee Hamm and Kathleen
S. Hering-Smith of
Tulane University School of Medicine, New
Orleans, present an update on the kidney's
pivotal role in causing high blood
pressure.
Health clinic network
wins praise from Government Accountability
Office
Times-Picayune, July
14: Dr.
Karen DeSalvo, (M'92) a Tulane physician who
is one of the network's leading organizers and
advocates, said the extended program would
continue the per-patient payment model, rather
than revert to fee-per-service
billing.
States tweak requests for
mental health aid addressing Gulf of Mexico oil
spill
stress
Times-Picayune, July
22: Dr.
Ben Springgate, (M'01) a Tulane University
professor and leading mental health advocate who
organized the forum, noted that the region has
an expanded public health infrastructure since
Hurricane Katrina. But he said many of the
primary care clinics, some more equipped than
others to handle behavioral health issues, are
nearing the end of a post-Katrina federal
grant.
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