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Over $400 Million Raised to Date, Including Largest Gift in the College of Medicine's History BRONX, N.Y., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Addressing an enthusiastic gathering of more than 400 supporters, alumni and faculty, Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, tonight publicly announced the College of Medicine's largest fundraising effort--a capital campaign to raise at least $500...

Leading Researcher and Clinician to Drive Strategic Goals for World-Renowned Children's Hospital at Montefiore NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University today named Judy Aschner, M.D., chair of the pediatrics department at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore and professor and university chair of pediatrics at Einstein. Aschner joins from Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at...

BRONX, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded nearly $11 million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University to carry out a five-year multi-institutional study of hemoglobin toxicity that may complicate blood transfusions and reduce the effectiveness of blood substitutes. The long-term goals include making blood transfusions safer and more effective and...

Sections of Albert Einstein's brain will be displayed in Britain on Thursday at an exhibition in London, along with other historical figures. Two sections of the brain will be going on display at the Wellcome Collection show "Brains: The Mind As Matter." The slides from Einstein's brain are on loan from the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, where they were shown publicly for the first time in the U.S. in 2011. When Einstein died at the age of 76 in 1955 his body was cremated and ashes...

The 2011 STEM Survey published by IESD Inc, and STEM Market Impact, LLC is available free today, Einstein's birthday. This report provides essential market data for CEOs, Marketers, and Product Developers that create products and services for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (STEM). (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 Happy Birthday, Einstein! For all you CEOs, Marketers, and Product Developers that create products and services for the next generation of Einsteins, we are giving...

BRONX, N.Y., Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a morning ceremony today, New York City Council Member James Vacca, along with administrators and faculty members of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, celebrated the re-launch of Einstein's Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC). Thanks to Council Member Vacca's support, Einstein now houses an advanced magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy system (MRI/MRS) that provides imaging...

On December 14, 2011, leaders of the convenient care industry and dignitaries representing the City of Philadelphia and the Cheltenham Township will convene to launch the opening of the new Einstein FastCare clinic in the ShopRite of Cheltenham, owned by Brown’s Super Stores. (PRWEB) December 08, 2011 On December 14, 2011, leaders of the convenient care industry and dignitaries representing the City of Philadelphia and the Cheltenham Township will convene to launch the opening of...

Montefiore Liver Specialists Urge Population to be Tested for This Potentially Deadly Virus "Twitter Chat" Hosted by @MontefioreNews on December 8, noon, #MonteHepC NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Experts at Montefiore Medical Center urge the general public to be tested for the Hepatitis C virus, especially baby boomers, adults born between 1946-1964, who could be most at risk for this disease. Baby boomers are more likely to have been exposed to dangerous risk...

BRONX, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While infectious diseases tend to grab media headlines and public attention, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic respiratory diseases together comprise the number one killer in the world and represent a serious social and economic burden to developed and developing countries alike. The European Association for the Study of Diabetes announced today that that there are 366 million...

Experts say that it will take several more years for the government to fully install high-tech systems to block cyber-attacks, which is a drawn-out timeline that enables criminals to become better at stealing sensitive data. Experts suggest that technology already may be passing Department of Homeland Security moves to secure approximately 2,400 network connections used every day by millions of federal workers around the globe. The department that is responsible for securing government...