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Archives 1998

  • Sadness, fear stalk clinic waiting rooms (Dec. 18)
  • CON receives award for community-based education (Dec. 18)
  • Official notification of tax credit reporting requirements (Dec. 18)
  • Children thank firefighters for best holiday gift of all (Dec. 18)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (Dec. 18)
  • Public Safety statistics for Nov. 30- Dec. 6 (Dec. 18)
  • Y2K: COUNTDOWN! (Dec. 18)
  • Platelet donations: sharing a gift of hope (Dec. 18)
  • Holiday weight control: be realistic, plan ahead (Dec. 18)
  • Spring 1999 Training Schedule (Dec. 18)
  • Currents (Dec. 18)
  • Heart researchers, clinicians focus on patient (Dec. 11)
  • System opens new conveniences for future (Dec. 11)
  • Rise in patient admissions reflect confidence (Dec. 11)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (Dec. 11)
  • Public Safety list statistics for Nov. 23-29 (Dec. 11)
  • Spring 1999 Training Schedule: Part I (Dec. 11)
  • Dietetic interns develop clinical competencies (Dec. 11)
  • Nominations being accepted for award (Dec. 11)
  • New Crohn's treatment slows disease (Dec. 4)
  • Annual Lose to Win weigh-in set for Jan. 8 (Dec.4)
  • Help needed to build community outreach database (Dec. 4)
  • Gift ideas for serious weight managers (Dec. 4)
  • ER nurse finds furniture making relieves job stress (Dec. 4)
  • Currents (Dec. 4)
  • Mentor program working (Dec. 4)
  • Push for open standards replaces LanRover (Dec. 4)
  • Child passenger safety laws will be enforced (Nov. 27)
  • Patient with macular degeneration gets help (Nov. 27)
  • Strong team behind Pediatric Cardiology Services (Nov. 27)
  • Fad diets may be harmful to health, wallet (Nov. 27)
  • Faculty Senate meeting minutes, Nov. 5 (Nov. 27)
  • Good Cheer Committee needs your help (Nov. 27)
  • Choral group combines voices to heal souls (Nov. 27)
  • Harper scholarship benefits nursing student (Nov. 27)
  • High scores in labs create better patient care (Nov. 20)
  • Dr. James B. Edwards: a legacy of leadership (Nov. 20)
  • Cigarette smoking increases among college students (Nov. 20)
  • Currents (Nov. 20)
  • Annual Reindeer Run/Walk slated for Dec. 5 (Nov. 20)
  • New orientation program introduces MUSC (Nov. 20)
  • Employee Service Award, 1998 (Nov. 20)
  • Holiday cards display talent (Nov. 13)
  • NASA enlightened by ground-based research (Nov. 13)
  • Real skinny on Olestra's fake fat (Nov. 13)
  • MUSC participates in DOE national research push (Nov. 13)
  • Recycled paper costs less, works great (Nov. 13)
  • Nutrition for the brain: smart snacking during exams (Nov. 13)
  • Aging project offers healthy alternatives (Nov. 13)
  • Geriatric technician has a heart for the elderly (Nov. 13)
  • Research Day ‘98 brings stiff competition (Nov. 13)
  • Orthopaedic nurses update professional skills (Nov. 13)
  • Public Safety encourages individuals to stay alert (Nov. 13)
  • Farsightedness treatment available at laser center (Nov. 6)
  • Dear MUSC Family and Friends (Nov. 6)
  • Eye exams important for people with diabetes (Nov. 6)
  • National Radiologic Technology Week (Nov. 6)
  • Pump therapy reduces spasms (Nov. 6)
  • Glaucoma researcher eyes new treatments (Nov. 6)
  • Currents (Nov. 6)
  • $6.6 million grant to support cancer research (Oct. 30)
  • End-of-life program nets $163,000 grant (Oct. 30)
  • Surgical treatment for tremor now available (Oct. 30)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (Oct. 30)
  • Candidates respond to health care query (Oct. 30)
  • Campus crime bill requires disclosure (Oct. 30)
  • Currents (Oct. 30)
  • Furchgott a hero to those who know him (Oct. 23)
  • Breast cancer in men: rare but still deadly (Oct. 23)
  • Annual pumpkin, costume contests to begin Thursday, Oct. 29 (Oct. 23)
  • Committee to review dean of the College of Dental Medicine (Oct. 23)
  • Young mothers react to soothing voice, guiding hand (Oct. 23)
  • SAFE KIDS stresses importance of safety (Oct. 23)
  • Currents (Oct. 23)
  • Magnet study attracts grant (Oct. 16)
  • New options for fall annual enrollment (Oct. 16)
  • 3 Family Medicine sites to serve you (Oct. 16)
  • Health insurance support for weight management (Oct. 16)
  • Pilot program enhances diabetic education (Oct. 16)
  • National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Oct. 19-23 (Oct. 16)
  • National Pharmacy Week held Oct. 18-24 (Oct. 16)
  • Become involved in breast cancer screening now (Oct. 16)
  • Berkeley citizens help person find independence, growth (Oct. 16)
  • Fisher appointed VP for development (Oct. 16)
  • An open letter to MUSC (Oct. 16)
  • Currents (Oct. 16)
  • Foundation awards fellowship (Oct. 9)
  • ITI grants fund educational technology use (Oct. 9)
  • Healthy S.T.A.E. program for seniors begins at HSC Oct. 12 (Oct. 9)
  • Alma mater recognizes Markwald (Oct. 9)
  • Women work, train to leave welfare behind (Oct. 9)
  • Currents (Oct. 9)
  • IOP 10th Anniversary Calendar of Events (Oct. 9)
  • Faculty Senate survey question needs answers (Oct. 9)
  • Currents (Oct. 2)
  • Longtime MUSC supporter dies (Oct. 2)
  • MUSC Institute of Psychiatry Celebrates 10 Years of Excellence (Oct. 2)
  • Join fight against breast cancer Oct. 17 (Oct. 2)
  • MUSC-tested sealant gel a breakthrough in surgical glues (Oct. 2)
  • Building engineering team ensures better customer service (Oct. 2)
  • IOP to offer free screenings and seminar for depression (Oct. 2)
  • Board of directors of HSF elected (Oct. 2)
  • Cultural Projects Council events (Oct. 2)
  • Concert to raise funds for breast cancer (Sept. 25)
  • Conroy adds Associate VP to list of duties (Sept. 25)
  • MIT inventor, biomedical engineer to present here (Sept. 25)
  • IOP to offer free screenings and seminar for depression (Sept. 25)
  • Skillful eye captures people’s beauty, soul on canvas (Sept. 25)
  • Institute of Psychiatry celebrates 10 years (Sept. 25)
  • Program to help screen out strokes in sickle cell patients (Sept. 25)
  • Currents (Sept. 25)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (Sept. 25)
  • MUSC Faculty Evaluation Survey is in the mail (Sept. 25)
  • Arthritis foundation walkathon slated for Oct. 3 (Sept. 25)
  • Pfizer visiting professor Seidman to lead symposia (Sept. 18)
  • Wellcome Lecturer MIT molecular biologist (Sept. 18)
  • Screening program supported by Hill-Rom (Sept. 18)
  • Mobile graces art at Rutledge Tower (Sept. 18)
  • Designing women tackle Rutledge Tower (Sept. 18)
  • Bone marrow transplant gives officer hope (Sept. 18)
  • Mail Services distributes new addresses (Sept. 18)
  • Nurse midwifery program ranked among top 10 (Sept. 18)
  • MU Women's Club awards scholarships to students (Sept. 18)
  • Cancer rally to be held on State House grounds (Sept. 18)
  • Responsible Conduct of Research course to be held (Sept. 18)
  • Salary supplement reporting requirements (Sept. 18)
  • Six-mile walking event slated for Sept. 19 (Sept. 18)
  • Study compares prostate treatment options (Sept. 18)
  • Kidney removal procedure encourages live donations (September 11)
  • Public Safety seeks to raise theft awareness (September 11)
  • NCI's O'Brien to collaborate on MUSC cancer research (September 11)
  • Faculty improves educational technology skills (September 11)
  • Angel Flight volunteers begin Charleston chapter (September 11)
  • Breast exam: 5-minute test that could save your life (September 11)
  • Students learn compassion overcomes poverty in Tanzania (September 11)
  • Ethiopian returns home to gain experience (September 11)
  • Currents (September 11) 
  • Vascular research provides new theories on tumors (September 4)
  • $2.7 mil funds violence prevention research (September 4)
  • Breathing made easy with asthma treatments (September 4)
  • Charleston Race for the Cure accepting applications (September 4)
  • Policy designed to protect human subjects (September 4)
  • IOP's 5K run, walk to be held (September 4)
  • New dental PhD program partners with NIDR (September 4)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (September 4)
  • Currents (September 4)
  • Distance education director on board (August 28)
  • SICU initiates process improvement project (August 28)
  • Customer service excellence program to be offered (August 28)
  • School anxiety may have long-term effect (August 28)
  • Public Safety Office offers many security tips, options (August 28)
  • Exposure to sunlight increases risk of cataracts (August 28)
  • Currents (August 28)
  • SGA president welcomes students to MUSC (August 28)
  • Improvements attract, support volunteerism (August 28)
  • New chair sets goals for neurosciences (August 21)
  • Women, cancer conference to feature music therapist (August 21)
  • COM gets resurveyed by ACCME (August 21)
  • Public Safety develops hot new website (August 21)
  • Resource center offers two workstations (August 21)
  • Finance and Administration launches CQI (August 21)
  • Use of ECMO for pediatric patients proves successful (August 21)
  • Golf clinic to swing into action at HSC (August 21)
  • Currents (August 21)
  • TIMELINE (August 21)
  • Fall convocation heralds 1998-99 academic year (August 14)
  • Pediatric burn team provides many services (August 14)
  • Chlamydia screening advised for sexually active girls (August 14)
  • COM announces promotions for July (August 14)
  • Currents (August 14)
  • CCIT website battles Y2K computer bug (August 14)
  • DDC website launched to assist professionals, patients (August 14)
  • Biochemist by day, dancer by night (August 14)
  • Employees receive AREA awards for job well done (August 7)
  • Fall 1998 Training Schedule: Part II (August 7)
  • Model clinic for victims of rape implemented at MUSC (August 7)
  • HSF celebrates another banner year (August 7)
  • Clinical services is focus of strategic planning process (August 7)
  • New VR system a boon to radiologists (August 7)
  • Fall 1998 Training Schedule: Part I (July 31)
  • New shuttle bus schedule takes effect Aug. 3 (July 31)
  • Currents (July 31)
  • IOP offers pain medicine consultation service (July 24)
  • U.S. News ranks MUSC best in four specialties (July 24)
  • Elevator modernization schedule update (July 24)
  • Biopsy options available to detect cancer (July 24)
  • Randall honored for contribution to alcohol research (July 24)
  • Pharmacy student a model for others (July 24)
  • VR technology: They're still working on it (July 24)
  • Help prevent bicycle theft on campus (July 24)
  • Medical Nutrition Therapy promotes health (July 24)
  • MUSC aspires to become premiere research institution (July 24)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (July 24)
  • Currents (July 24)
  • Accreditation tops agenda of new public safety chief (July 17)
  • Rutledge Tower (July 17)
  • Cockpit VR finding applications in medicine (July 17)
  • Teachers' education institute premieres in Charleston (July 17)
  • Cost Accounting Standards (seventh in a series) (July 17)
  • Update on the University Strategic Plan — Education, first in a series (July 17)
  • Education responsibilities include students, professionals, public (July 17)
  • Currents (July 17)
  • Drugs may reduce buildup of harmful substance in ALD (July 10)
  • Agenda launched to prevent hypertension (July 10)
  • MUSC offers diabetes prevention trial (July 10)
  • Currents (July 10)
  • MUSC holds excellent food safety record (July 10)
  • VR technology not (yet) ready for prime time (July 10)
  • Blood donations improved; Red Cross still needs you (July 10)
  • American Red Cross needs blood donors (July 3)
  • New automated phone system assists employees (July 3)
  • Services in place to assist students during emergency (July 3)
  • Employees can find safe haven for children (July 3)
  • Limited services established for dogs, cats (July 3)
  • Cost Accounting Standards (sixth in a series) (July 3)
  • TIMELINE (July 3)
  • Currents (July 3)
  • Mouse to help researchers understand genes (June 26)
  • MUSC is home base for Diabetes Initiative of S.C. (June 26)
  • Hospital Cesarean delivery rating may be misleading (June 26)
  • Cost Accounting Standards (fifth in a series) (June 26)
  • Clinic experience challenges first and third world medicine (June 26)
  • Currents (June 26)
  • Winners of Team-in-Training raffle announced (June 26)
  • Tour reveals culture, economic conditions (June 19)
  • Dental college outreach clinic to go mobile (June 19)
  • Issues, concerns driving new master plan (June 19)
  • Legislative Audit Council to begin university audit (June 19)
  • Retirement luncheon held for Seymour, Bussey (June 19)
  • Currents (June 19)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (June 19)
  • There's a new look at http://www.musc.edu/ (June 12)
  • University Master Plan to take shape (June 12)
  • Cells ’twinkle’ in new test of gene activity (June 12)
  • Network systems unavailable June 19 to allow for upgrades (June 12)
  • Psychiatric Nursing Learning Institute to be held (June 12)
  • Students volunteer in disabilities program (June 12)
  • Colon cancer registry established at MUSC (June 12)
  • Faculty Senate needs your input July 7 (June 12)
  • MUSC scleroderma research $1 million closer to a cure (June 5)
  • Pilot project to test newborn hearing begins (June 5)
  • Anesthesia for nurses class excels on national exam (June 5)
  • Standard admissions process adopted (June 5)
  • Health information on the Internet: Can you trust it? (June 5)
  • TIMELINE (June 5)
  • Cost Accounting Standards (fourth in a series) (June 5)
  • Distance education workshop to be held (June 5)
  • Currents (June 5)
  • AAFP honors family med students (June 5)
  • Students fight leukemia in Alaskan run (May 29)
  • Weight maintenance program to begin at WMC (May 29)
  • Biochemistry, Molecular Biology chair named (May 29)
  • World No-Tobacco Day 1998 to be held May 31 (May 29)
  • 1998 Children’s Miracle Network to be held May 30-31 (May 29)
  • Honor student experiences working world (May 29)
  • Know warning signs of breast cancer (May 29)
  • Cost Accounting Standards (third in a series) (May 29)
  • S.C. Dietetic Association awards dietitians (May 29)
  • Laparoscopic surgery provide good outcomes (May 29)
  • Currents (May 29)
  • Distinguished alumni named (May 29)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (May 29)
  • AT&T language line access or talking with non-English speaking patients (May 29)
  • Health Sciences Foundation rewards teaching excellence (May 22)
  • MUSC to head international cancer study (May 22)
  • Cost Accounting Standards (continued) (May 22)
  • Currents (May 22)
  • Procurement restructures into workgroups (May 22)
  • Speech-language group is community-driven (May 22)
  • Record numbers of minorities graduate (May 15)
  • AOA donates chapter-of-the-year prize (May 15)
  • Quality patient care is ‘vital link’ at MUSC (May 15)
  • MUSC student to lead national student organization (May 15)
  • FACT provides care for childhood cancer survivors (May 15)
  • Faculty, take note! Cost Accounting Standards will affect you (May 15)
  • Ivey named RN of the Year (May 15)
  • AREA awards given to employees for going beyond (May 15)
  • Letter explains Matching Gift Program (May 15)
  • Beasley to give commencement speech (May 8)
  • Direct deposit offered to MUSC employees (May 8)
  • CCIT on-line publication to help non-teckies (May 8)
  • New assignments for Medical Center's administrators (May 8)
  • CON clinical rotation focuses on elderly (May 8)
  • Path residents dominate national meetings (May 8)
  • Schedule of Academic Charges for 1998-1999 (May 8)
  • 'A Country Boy Can Survive' (May 1)
  • State gets ready for fish-killing organism (May 1)
  • ‘Buddy’ system matches friends for life (May 1)
  • Tempel honored with governor's award (May 1)
  • Parent-Child Nursing Research Poster Session to be held (May 1)
  • Nurses' Week activities held May 6-12 (May 1)
  • Currents (May 1)
  • Children's Hospital names Miracle Child (May 1)
  • Swallowing disorders appear to be rising (May 1)
  • Legislation supports S.C. residents needing organs (April 24)
  • Procedure allows 70-year-old to walk again (April 24)
  • Web pages offer information on room reservations (April 24)
  • Student volunteer organizations honored (April 24)
  • MUSC president explains affiliation appeal (April 24)
  • Community awards nominations accepted (April 24)
  • TIMELINE (April 24)
  • Currents (April 24)
  • Reaching out to improve lives of others (April 17)
  • National awareness of child abuse, neglect growing (April 17)
  • Annual clothing collection for homeless (April 17)
  • Medical Center Ethics Committee seeks new members (April 17)
  • Campaign continues to help endowed chair (April 17)
  • Currents (April 17)
  • MUSC to teach teachers (April 17)
  • Once bypassed cocaine addiction being studied (April 17)
  • Local charities honored during ball luncheon (April 17)
  • MUH solves latex problem for healthcare workers (April 10)
  • Electrician proves ‘honesty is the best policy’(April 10)
  • EMERALD choosen to represent EMR’ (April 10)
  • Students use computers as tool in medicine (April 10)
  • Slaughter receives Earl B. Higgins award (April 10)
  • HITECS world opens door for students (April 10)
  • MUSC participates in drug trial for PTSD (April 10)
  • ‘Lighten Up’ program joins YES campaign (April 10)
  • Currents (April 10)
  • Finance, administration embrace quality (April 10)
  • Organizations to offer programs for children (April 10)
  • Elevators to become modernized (April 10)
  • MEDUCARE expands fleet (April 3)
  • Special transplant patient marches on (April 3)
  • Therapeutic touch fails to detect ‘human energy fields’ (April 3)
  • Senate retreat focuses on faculty issues (April 3)
  • OT Program ranks in U.S. News top 20 (April 3)
  • International collaboration flourishes at MUSC (April 3)
  • Children’s Hospital group addresses future transplant needs (April 3)
  • Support MUSC's 1998 YES Campaign (April 3)
  • Currents (April 3)
  • Three times the fun (April 3)
  • National Cancer Registrar Week is April 12-18 (April 3)
  • One-Stop Surgery for pediatric outpatients (March 27)
  • Family raises money for Alzheimer's research (March 27)
  • Despite little success, public still supports war on drugs (March 27)
  • Dutch GI docs visit Digestive Disease Center (March 27)
  • Responsible Conduct of Research course to be held (March 27)
  • Volunteerism affirms student's life, profession (March 27)
  • Program challenges time, talent (March 27)
  • Currents (March 27)
  • College presidents visit MUSC campus (March 20)
  • Foundation honors Halushka (March 20)
  • Investigators to participate in colloquium (March 20)
  • Special screening held for ‘Healing by Killing’ film (March 20)
  • Medical Spanish course sparks interest (March 20)
  • Expansion opens ACT! to other departments (March 20)
  • World class team working on telemedicine (March 20)
  • MUSC has help for high-risk pregnancy (March 20)
  • Food Guide Pyramid basis for healthy eating (March 20)
  • Shopping for student loans can save money (March 20)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (March 20)
  • New program trains women for life, work (March 13)
  • Four net information technology grants (March 13)
  • Ed. partnership senior presents study (March 13)
  • Currents (March 13)
  • Ways to reduce risks for a healthy heart (March 13)
  • Wickliffe chef’s work wins accolades (March 13)
  • Crouch to chair YES Campaign (March 13)
  • CHF honors supporters, new members (March 13)
  • Cookbook teaches about healthy eating (March 6)
  • Midwife wants women to consider options (March 6)
  • Five MUSC employees disappear as result of Lose to Win 1998 (March 6)
  • Currents (March 6)
  • Giving people access (March 6)
  • Volunteers vital link to event success (March 6)
  • March is designated as National Nutrition Month (March 6)
  • Spring training schedule update from HRM (March 6)
  • Speak your mind; answer the survey (February 27)
  • Atrium to get speed boost, unlimited licenses (February 27)
  • Cause of death in older adults often complex (February 27)
  • PPP gets new phone number, faster modems (February 27)
  • MUSC policy defines military leave for reservists (February 27)
  • Currents (February 27)
  • Greek Orthodox leader to speak here (February 20)
  • Starmer envisions university without walls (February 20)
  • Is organ transplantation in S.C. at risk? (February 20)
  • Wilson among 30 picked for 1998 HHS fellowship (February 20)
  • East meets West for MUSC surgeon Hochman (February 20)
  • PDC announces new research, development facility (February 20)
  • Patient beats odds with new heart device (February 20)
  • Currents (February 20)
  • Faculty promotions, tenures announced (February 20)
  • Spring training schedule update from HRM (February 20)
  • Surgeons work to improve hip replacement (February 13)
  • Culture shock! (February 13)
  • TIMELINE (February 13)
  • MUSC Mail Services to customize addresses (February 13)
  • Currents (February 13)
  • Employees receive AREA awards for job well done (February 13)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (February 13)
  • High fat diet helps children with epilepsy (February 6)
  • Heart surgery alternative trials successful (February 6)
  • MU named best among college recycling efforts (February 6)
  • Black nurses advocate to address MUSC audience (February 6)
  • Currents (February 6)
  • TV program to address environmental risk (January 30)
  • SCRIPT challenges students within rural SC (January 30)
  • MUSC's international ties being surveyed (January 30)
  • Bioengineered skin a boon for burn patients (January 30)
  • Currents (January 30)
  • Church-based program raises health awareness (January 23)
  • Council enriches campus life with events (January 23)
  • Employees receive gifts through random drawing (January 23)
  • New Quit Smoking Program offered at MUSC (January 23)
  • New databases offered at MUSC's library (January 23)
  • MUSC student authors resolution adopted at AMA-MSS (January 23)
  • Currents (January 23)
  • Strike Fast When Stroke Strikes (January 23)
  • Interim funding guidelines revised (January 23)
  • Fellowship program accepting students (January 23)
  • Post-tenure Review Policy needs approval (January 23)
  • West to serve as interim dean for CHP (January 16)
  • Recycling aluminum cans benefits burned children (January 16)
  • Coordinator touts importance of campaign (January 16)
  • New fellowship offers look at patient care (January 16)
  • Currents (January 16)
  • TIMELINE (January 16)
  • Seminar to promote health research to be held (January 16)
  • Timely issues revisited in Pitts Lectureship (January 16)
  • MUSC again named among 100 top hospitals in U.S. (January 9)
  • Dr. Richard H. Gadsden dies Dec. 25 (January 9)
  • Interns complete research experience (January 9)
  • Laura Griffin Memorial Run/Walk slated for Jan. 17 (January 9)
  • Free glaucoma screening to be held Jan. 23 (January 9)

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