A total of $1 million was raised for Children’s Hospital New Orleans through the hospital’s 40th annual Sugarplum Ball, presented by LEMOINE and co-chaired by Sarah Feirn and Marye Nickens. The co-chairs led a group of more than 100 committee members in executing the fundraiser, which raised the most funds in the history of the event.
More than 1,000 Children’s Hospital supporters and friends attended the March 19 event, Held at Mardi Gras World’s River City ballroom.
Terrebonne General Health System named Mary Eschete, MD, as the recipient of the Golden Stethoscope Award.
Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action, the new name for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ signature platform Kick Butts Day, is designed to empower youth advocates to stand up and speak out against Big Tobacco. The Take Down Tobacco program is a 365-day-a-year effort that culminates with a Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action.
This year’s Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action will be held April 1.
Decades of lab research shows that estrogen can protect women against age-related cognitive decline and may even delay or decrease incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. But these laboratory findings haven’t always translated to real-world results for women who take estrogen therapy after menopause.
Five of Children’s Hospital New Orleans’ physician researchers have been recognized among the most-cited scientists worldwide, recently joining the World’s Top 2% Scientists rankings.
Compiled by experts from Stanford University, the World’s Top 2% Scientists is an annual list that looks at more than eight million scientists worldwide. The top two percent is made up of 160,000 scientists in 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields.
