MUSC in Medical News

National Science Foundation Announces $20M Research Award to South Carolina

...ranting research universities, Clemson University, musc and the University of South Carolina. Three histor...sed team effort," said Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., musc President. "South Carolina has brought together st...ard provides for: Expansion of a current musc bioprinting program into a statewide Advanced Tiss...

MUSC Earns $20 Million Award From National Institutes of Health

..., and to train the next generation of researchers. musc has been awarded the National Center for Research ...ul to the National Institutes of Health for giving musc and our collaborators the opportunity to join the ...ard to build upon our established successes," said musc President Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D. "Given the gr...

The Age of Good Health? Healthy Lifestyles on Decline in U.S.

... musc researchers urge people, especially the middle-age...tes. King and additional researchers from the musc Department of Family Medicine compared the results...weighted sample size of 65,476,573. About musc Founded in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical Uni...

Medical University of South Carolina Automates Grants Allocation Process with Lombardi Business Process Management Software

...g more than 3,000 students and residents annually. musc depends upon financial grants as a primary means o... Universal Business Solutions' (UBS) team assisted musc with the process planning and implementation effor... significant benefits for the university, enabling musc to proactively catch and eliminate errors at the p...

Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center Receives National Cancer Institute Designation

...n the state can know that the doctors and staff of musc Cancer Center are winners. Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Kra...new endeavors. Raymond S. Greenberg, MD, PhD, musc President, praised the efforts of many that made d...ion possible. "Under the leadership of former musc President Jim Edwards, and with the support of Sen...

Guardian Life Flight, Air Ambulance Service Provider, Announces Addition of Sam Kini, M.D. To Its Team

... expertise in emergency medicine", said Jennifer Trapanese, Chief Operations Manager at Guardian Life Flight. Dr. Kini has been on faculty at musc in the division of Emergency Medicine since 1997. He is currently and Associate professor and Residency Director for the EM residency. He started his ...

Radiological Society of North America research: Cancer risk from cardiac CT overstated

...d tomography for cardiovascular disease has been overstated and that new estimates are several times lower than previously published conclusions. The musc researchers presented their findings at the annual meeting of theRadiological Society of North America in Chicago. In previously published studies...

Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS Receives FDA Clearance

... University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston is one of the first facilities to install the scanner, adding to the SOMATOM Definition Dual Source musc installed in September 2006. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080609/NYM026 ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/S...

Cell Receptor on Track for Painless Bladder Cancer Test

...nitor bladder cancer, convenience, comfortability, and pain are issues related to patients' experiences with those tests. The new diagnostic test from musc could eliminate the need for invasive tests like cystoscopy and biopsies that can be painful or cause medical complications. For more information rega...

Research Shows Alcohol Can Benefit the Hearts of New Drinkers

...versity of South Carolina is the oldest medical school in the South. Today, musc continues the tradition of excellence in education, research, and patient c...nd its affiliates have collective annual budgets in excess of $1.3 billion. musc operates a 600-bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized C...

Comprehensive diagnosis of heart disease with a single CT scan

...ics, MD, PhD; Eric Powers, MD, medical director of musc Heart and Vascular Center; and U. Joseph Schoepf, ...on exposure for patients. For their approach, the musc physicians used a Dual-Source CT scanner. The musc scanner was the first unit worldwide that was enab...

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Halsey Institute Create Partnership Between Art and Science

... musc Fosters Healing in New State-of-the Art Hospital ...ON, S.C., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- In February when musc opens the doors to Ashley River Tower, its new sta...ty for patients and caregivers. With this in mind, musc began planning for original artwork to be included...

Hollings Cancer Center Creates $1 Million Endowed Chair for Breast Cancer Research and Treatment with Gift from the Spaulding-Paolozzi Foundation

...leverage the considerable research capabilities of musc and Hollings Cancer Center in the following ways: ...on, please visit http://www.hcc.musc.edu . About musc Founded in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical Univer... is the oldest medical school in the South. Today, musc continues the tradition of excellence in education...

Medications linked to xerostomia and caries

.... Dr. Carlos Salinas, professor and director of the Division of Craniofacial Genetics and the Craniofacial Anomalies and Cleft Palate Team at the musc dental school, heads a program to bring dental care to individuals with special health care needs.“In a follow-up study, we examined data from 65 mor...