In the News: June 2

An accomplished educator and researcher, Maher has received numerous honors, including the National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education from the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Outstanding Faculty Award from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

The research results were both promising and reassuring, Ramani said. Not only is intrapartum azithromycin safe for mothers, as previously confirmed by a clinical trial, but it also poses no risk of growth impairment or neurodevelopmental impairment in their children.

The comprehensive screenings, which included EKGs, help ensure that high school athletes and band members are healthy and ready to begin training for fall.

The research, published recently in the scientific journal Cancer Letters, identifies a new molecular mechanism that explains how gastric cancer cells lose cell-to-cell adhesion and metastasize, or spread to other parts of the body. 

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