Covering an area the size of New England with only 200,000 people spread across it, Arizona’s Four Corners region offers austere, beautiful landscapes but can be daunting because of poor roads for physicians and patients alike to navigate to provide or receive medical care. (Photo courtesy of UA Native American Cardiology & Medical Service Program)
Bringing Neurology Care to Arizona’s Four Corners Region The UA's Dr. David Labiner has offered quarterly neurology clinics at Indian Health Service and health-care facilities on the Navajo and Hopi reservations for about 15 years and bimonthly ones in Flagstaff for 20 years. Common consultations include treating patients for epilepsy, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease, stroke recovery, headaches and neuropathy.
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UA Study Finds Improved CPR Quality Saves Lives Life-saving CPR has been a foundation of emergency medicine for more than a half-century. But UA researchers are continuing to refine the procedure, with a new study concluding that improving the quality and effectiveness of CPR can have a dramatic impact on survival from a cardiac arrest.
Transgenic soybeans in the last stages of tissue culture.
Modified Formula Aims to Prevent Death in Premature Infants UA plant scientists are studying a novel approach at halting the leading cause of death in premature infants, adding a particular protein to soybeans that can be used in formula as a preventative measure. About 10 percent of infants in the United States are born premature and among the greatest risks those babies face is Necrotizing Entercolitis, an infection and inflammation that causes destruction of the intestine.
Krishna Veeramah, the study’s first author, and his colleagues took advantage of the high-throughput DNA sequencing capabilities offered by the UA Genetics Core, housed at the UA BIO5 Institute. (Photo by Patrick McArdle/UANews)
UA Geneticists Find Causes for Severe Childhood Epilepsies Using a DNA sequencing technique capable of deciphering all human genes at the same time, UA researchers have discovered genetic mutations underlying seizure disorders in previously undiagnosed children. Efforts are under way to establish a genomics diagnostic center at the UA and extend the capabilities to other areas such as cardiology, immunology and gastroenterology.
UA researchers studied brain images of 124 cognitively normal, non-diabetic adults with a family history of Alzheimer's disease.
UA Research Suggests Link Between Elevated Blood Sugar, Alzheimer's Risk A new UA study, published in the journal Neurology, suggests a possible link between elevated blood sugar levels and risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. Through three-dimensional brain imaging, researchers found an association between elevated blood sugar levels and reduced metabolism in vulnerable regions of the brain.
Covering an area the size of New England with only 200,000 people spread across it, Arizona’s Four Corners region offers austere, beautiful landscapes but can be daunting because of poor roads for physicians and patients alike to navigate to provide or receive medical care. (Photo courtesy of UA Native American Cardiology & Medical Service Program)
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Transgenic soybeans in the last stages of tissue culture.
Krishna Veeramah, the study’s first author, and his colleagues took advantage of the high-throughput DNA sequencing capabilities offered by the UA Genetics Core, housed at the UA BIO5 Institute. (Photo by Patrick McArdle/UANews)
UA researchers studied brain images of 124 cognitively normal, non-diabetic adults with a family history of Alzheimer's disease.

UA Expert: Recent Dust Storm Could Triple Fever Cases

  • UANews
  • July 13, 2011
Dr. John Galgiani, director of the UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence, said doctors should be on the lookout for patients with pneumonia-like symptoms. Valley fever can produce a range of ailments, and can be fatal in some instances.

Arizona Prof Gets Grant to Fight Obesity

  • Fox 11 Arizona
  • July 13, 2011
Merrill Eisenberg, an assistant professor in the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, said adults have many options for a healthier lifestyle. Eisenberg helped Pima County land a $16 million grant and is now working to help communities to eat healthier and get better exercise. 

‘Unofficial 100th KEYS Student' has a Knack for Research

  • UANews
  • July 13, 2011
The Keep Engaging Youth in Science program connects Arizona high school students with UA researchers and staff, helping them to gain a better understading of the world of research, and their place in it.

If It’s Summer, It’s Also Scorpion Season

  • UANews
  • July 11, 2011
Summer in Southern Arizona brings out the shiny auto sunshades, the supersized water bottles – and the scorpions. The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the UA reminds desert citizens that venomous scorpions share the habitat.

UA Participating in Seafood Review After Spill

  • Bloomberg
  • July 8, 2011
A $7.8 million grant will be used by researchers – including those at the UA – to examine the safety and human consumption of seafood following oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers will seek to determine the vulnerability of affected coastal communities following the April 2010 spill.

UA Study Plays Key Role in International Lung Research

  • UANews
  • July 7, 2011
A long-running UA respiratory study of thousands of Tucson volunteers that began in 1972 continues to yield results and may hold the key to conquering Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S.

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