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SUMMER 2012
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On our radar 2
Recovering hearts. Reconnecting soldiers and families. A game changer for acute liver disease. Atlanta Ballet’s first resident psychologist. New drugs and treatment for a rare lung disease. Teaching America’s children about health. A critical time for critical care. And more.
Surviving Alzheimer’s 8 Emory researchers work with patients and families to tame the fear of America’s most dreaded disease.
Trading places 14 When clinicians find themselves as patients, they bring lessons learned back to their practices.
A phase for life 20
The phase 1 unit at Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute evaluates drugs given to humans for the first time, advancing cures and bringing hope.
