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                                                              • Valley’s Win in Local Cord Blood Donation Competition Helps Increase Community Supply, Saves More Lives

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                                                                |Date: October 11, 2022
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                                                                Valley’s Win in Local Cord Blood Donation Competition Helps Increase Community Supply, Saves More Lives

                                                                Valley’s Win in Local Cord Blood Donation Competition Helps Increase Community Supply, Saves More Lives

                                                                Umbilical cord blood is a simple and safe way to make the birth of a child into someone else's second cha ...

                                                                Umbilical cord blood is a simple and safe way to make the birth of a child into someone else's second chance. Cord blood contains special blood-forming cells that can be used as a life-saving transpla ...

                                                                October 11, 2022
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                                                              • Valley Medical Center Helps Advance Knowledge About Treatment Options for Patients with Covid-19

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                                                                |Date: January 10, 2022
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                                                                Valley Medical Center Helps Advance Knowledge About Treatment Options for Patients with Covid-19

                                                                Valley Medical Center Helps Advance Knowledge About Treatment Options for Patients with Covid-19

                                                                Hospitalized Valley patients with COVID-19 were able to participate in the phase 2 study of Merck’s molnu ...

                                                                Hospitalized Valley patients with COVID-19 were able to participate in the phase 2 study of Merck’s molnupiravir anti-viral treatment through the leadership of Valley’s pulmonary and clinical research ...

                                                                January 10, 2022
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                                                              • Cancer Patients Donating Biobank Blood and Tissue Samples Receive Leading-Edge Genetic Cancer Profiling

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                                                                |Date: December 15, 2021
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                                                                Cancer Patients Donating Biobank Blood and Tissue Samples Receive Leading-Edge Genetic Cancer Profiling

                                                                Cancer Patients Donating Biobank Blood and Tissue Samples Receive Leading-Edge Genetic Cancer Profiling

                                                                By Keith Leung, MD, Oncology & Hematology Clinic, Valley Medical Center While much remains unknown ab ...

                                                                By Keith Leung, MD, Oncology & Hematology Clinic, Valley Medical Center While much remains unknown about the development, behavior and progression of cancer, through the efforts of researchers and ...

                                                                December 15, 2021
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                                                              • Clinical Trials for Cancer Patients Close to Home at Valley

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                                                                |Date: May 19, 2021
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                                                                Clinical Trials for Cancer Patients Close to Home at Valley

                                                                Clinical Trials for Cancer Patients Close to Home at Valley

                                                                by Shannon Huffaker, RN, Clinical Research Manager, Valley Medical CenterThe latest innovations are now a ...

                                                                by Shannon Huffaker, RN, Clinical Research Manager, Valley Medical CenterThe latest innovations are now available close to home at Valley Medical Center. Clinical trials, also called clinical research ...

                                                                May 19, 2021
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                                                              • Diagnosing Ear Infections May Soon be Possible at Home with Phone App

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                                                                |Date: August 01, 2019
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                                                                Diagnosing Ear Infections May Soon be Possible at Home with Phone App

                                                                Diagnosing Ear Infections May Soon be Possible at Home with Phone App

                                                                Did you know that ear infections are the number one reason children visit their doctor? Symptoms can incl ...

                                                                Did you know that ear infections are the number one reason children visit their doctor? Symptoms can include tugging on the ear, pain, fevers and difficulty hearing. Sometimes children’s symptoms are ...

                                                                August 01, 2019
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                                                              • Does Breastfeeding Affect the Risk of Childhood Obesity?

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                                                                |Date: September 21, 2017
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                                                                Does Breastfeeding Affect the Risk of Childhood Obesity?

                                                                Does Breastfeeding Affect the Risk of Childhood Obesity?

                                                                Yes! After Valley Family Medicine Residency physicians reviewed over a dozen studies with more than 76,00 ...

                                                                Yes! After Valley Family Medicine Residency physicians reviewed over a dozen studies with more than 76,000 infants primarily from the Unites States and Great Britain, they found that breastfeeding low ...

                                                                September 21, 2017
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                                                              • Neuroscience Institute Medical Director Co-Authors Two Recently Published Papers

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                                                                |Date: August 09, 2017
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                                                                Neuroscience Institute Medical Director Co-Authors Two Recently Published Papers

                                                                Neuroscience Institute Medical Director Co-Authors Two Recently Published Papers

                                                                David Vossler, MD, FAAN, and Medical Director of Valley's Neuroscience Institute is co-author and researc ...

                                                                David Vossler, MD, FAAN, and Medical Director of Valley's Neuroscience Institute is co-author and researcher on two recent papers published in Epilepsia, the Official Journal of the International Leag ...

                                                                August 09, 2017
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