News Archives of November 1998

With some advance preparation, children with diabetes can still enjoy Halloween and its candy-collecting ritual, say health educators at the Joslin Center for Diabetes. Joslin Center for Diabetes at University Hospital treats more than 100 area children and adolescents with diabetes. “Having diabetes doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy Halloween candy,” said Jody Kearns, [...]

SYRACUSE, N.Y.: The new teen hangout–for this Saturday, Nov. 21, that is–will be the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST). That’s where University Hospital’s Joslin Center for Diabetes will play host to teenagers with diabetes and their families and friends for an evening of education and camaraderie and fun. More than [...]

Researchers at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse have found that the fluid inside endometriomas contains a high concentration of transforming growth factor beta 1, which stimulates the growth of the cyst. The study, “Effects of Chocolate Cyst Fluid on Endometrioma Cell Growth in Culture,” is published [...]

Jay M. Scott, EMS coordinator for University Hospital of the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, has been elected to the executive council of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT). Scott is a nationally registered paramedic who works for the Health Science Center’s Department of Emergency Medicine as [...]

The State University of New York Health Science Center’s 10th Annual Gala, sponsored by the Health Science Center Foundation will be held Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Radisson Plaza-Hotel Syracuse. The event will launch the planning of a new state-of-the-art learning facility for future generations of medical students, in order to further the successful [...]