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Recent News in "BioMedical"

January 27th, 2012

LSUHSC hitches onto Obama’s vet program

First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden's 'Joining Forces' initiative to support and medically treat the nation's veterans is spanning medical schools nationwide, and while LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans is among them, the initiati… ;  read more

January 26th, 2012

Entergy work to close part of Tulane and Canal this weekend

New Orleans — Portions of Tulane Avenue and Canal Street will be closed temporarily, due to construction work related to the new LSU Medical Center project. On Saturday, Jan. 28, Tulane Avenue will be closed between Claiborne and Galvez from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Also, on Sunday, Jan. 29,…  read more

January 24th, 2012

Entrepreneurs VoiceHIT change how technology is used in healthcare

Entrepreneurs VoiceHIT change how technology is used in healthcare Adriana Lopez By Adriana Lopez The Times-Picayune It's ironic that as technological advancements increase in healthcare, the relationship and amount of communication between the healthcare provider and the patient declines. Thus, causing inefficiencies throughout every stage of the patient/provider relationship, beginning…  read more

January 11th, 2012

LSUHSC Joins Forces With White House to Combat TBI/PTSD in Vets

First Lady Praises Academic Institutions for Dedicating Resources to Serving Veterans & Families  read more

September 30th, 2011

New Orleans opens life sciences development center

In a small laboratory in the newly opened New Orleans BioInnovation Center, Sudhir Sinha and four employees work on what he hopes will be the next major advances in DNA testing — profiling the smallest of genetic samples and having results on DNA comparisons completed within an hour or two.  read more

September 29th, 2011

Hospital Corporation of America is in New Orleans to stay, executive says

Despite unit merger, Mel Lagarde says he’s not moving  read more

September 28th, 2011

LSUSHC Research Discovers Key to Survival of Brain Cells

Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and David Stark, an MD/PhD student working in his lab, have discovered how a key chemical neurotransmitter that interacts with two receptors in the brain promotes either normal…  read more

September 23rd, 2011

Ochsner to relocate 500 jobs to Benson Tower

Company will have room to grow  read more

September 22nd, 2011

New Orleans takes another step toward becoming a biotech hub today

Today with the dedication of the New Orleans BioInnovation Center, more good-paying jobs could be coming to the city. The state-of-the-art center on Canal Street will house biotech and life sciences entrepreneurs and startups, as well as support research at four area universities.  read more

September 16th, 2011

Lawmakers approve New Orleans hospital proposal

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – State lawmakers are backing spending plans for a new $1.1 billion research and teaching hospital in New Orleans, to replace Charity Hospital. The approval was the last significant hurdle stalling the hospital’s construction. With the support Friday of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget,…  read more

September 16th, 2011

Funding approved for N.O. public hospital

BATON ROUGE – The possibility for a new public hospital in downtown New Orleans cleared a major hurdle Friday. The state legislative committee approved funding for the business plan that calls for a new, $1.1 billion public hospital, the University Medical Center, in New Orleans, replacing the shuttered Charity Hospital.…  read more

September 12th, 2011

University Medical Center's success hinges on web of financial unknowns

Variables are likely to be debated before Louisiana legislative committee this week  read more

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