SearchPast Issues Oct. 4, 2007

Smoking impairs ligament healing, researchers find The list of reasons to not smoke has gotten longer: School of Medicine researchers report that smoking interferes with ligament healing. Triple play The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has received the Apollo Award, which goes to the clinical department that achieved the highest patient satisfaction scores. Grant to provide training for physical, occupational therapists The Program in Physical Therapy has been awarded a five-year, $4.6 million grant to establish a training program for physical and occupational therapists. New gene therapy tools may activate treatments for inherited blindness An improved approach to gene therapy may one day treat some of the nearly 200 inherited forms of blindness.