Jeff News - July 1996

Study Suggests Excision and Surveillance Alone Successfully Treat Noninvasive Breast Cancer

Jefferson Urologists Explore Use of Leg Muscle For Urinary Incontinence

Xavier, Jefferson Seek Greater Minority-Student Participation in Scientific Research

'Distance Learning' To Be Teaching Norm in Near Future, Symposium Presenter Predicts

The Jefferson 2000 Fund: 2000 Fund Reaches $133 Million

'Care, Share and Learn' Group is Lifeline for Cancer Patients and Their Families

Creating a Medical Curriculum for the Future

Jefferson Leads Fight Against Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

Prabhavathi B. Fernandes, PhD Receives 1996 CGS Distinguished Alumni Award

Jefferson Opens New Thyroid Treatment Center

NewsBriefs

• JMC Alumni Association Elects Officers
• Genetic Study of Anorexia Nervosa Under Way
• Looking for Exciting Summer Reading? Try These Medical Thrillers
• Jefferson Transitional Rehab Sparkles for DOH Site Visit
• For Food Service, It's Nutrition and Dietetics
• Vital Signs

You and Your Health and Safety

• Health Awareness Begins New Series of Fitness Classes for July
• Some Good Reasons to Ask Questions
• Sandwich Generation Women: Surviving the Squeeze
• Smoothing Over the Scars of Life
• Ulcerative Colitis Treatments Are Now Improved

PeopleNotes

• Jefferson Names New Gastroenterology Chief
• Carlo Croce, MD, Elected to National Academy of Sciences
• John L. Abruzzo, MD
• Salman Akhtar, MD
• Hie-Won Hann, MD
• Jefferson Employee To Serve Her Second Stint as United States Olympic Trainer

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