Rural Physicians Mentor UA Medical Students

  • UANews
  • June 27, 2011
More physicians are practicing in rural Arizona thanks to a select group who volunteer for four to six weeks each summer to mentor medical students from the UA College of Medicine. The Rural Health Professions Program encourages medical school graduates to practice in rural communities.

Tissue Deal Seeks Clues to Cancers

  • The Arizona Republic
  • June 23, 2011
The International Genomics Consortium has reached agreements with Scottsdale Healthcare and the University of Arizona Cancer Center to collect and store tumor samples for a nationwide research project that seeks to yield genetic clues about the most common types of cancer.

Vital Valve Replaced at UMC Without Open-Chest Surgery

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • June 22, 2011
Dillon Schultz walked into University Medical Center earlier this month for his fourth pulmonary-valve replacement. Four days and one Tylenol later, the 18-year-old was back in class at summer school. His speedy recovery was a remarkable contrast to his three previous surgeries, all of which required doctors to open his chest and stop his heart.

Medical Debt Occurs Despite Insurance, UA Study Shows

  • UANews
  • June 21, 2011
Health insurance is not protecting Arizonans from having problems paying medical bills, and having bill problems is keeping families from getting needed medical care and prescription medicines, a new UA study has found.

UA Professor Spearheads $16M Grant Against Obesity

  • Arizona Jewish Post
  • June 21, 2011
Merrill Eisenberg, a medical anthropologist and assistant professor in the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is heading up a project that strikes at obesity from multiple fronts. "The bottom line is to make the healthy choice the easy choice," said Eisenberg, who has worked to establish programs with partner organizations in schools, workplaces and neighborhoods.

New Sunscreen Labels to Make Understanding Easier

  • KOLD-TV
  • June 20, 2011
Experts at the Arizona Cancer Center Skin Cancer Institute said it's important to get broad-spectrum protection from UVA and UVB radiation. Said Lisa Quale: "Here in the desert, I always recommend SPF 30 or higher, just because an SPF of 15 is about 92 percent protective. An SPF of 30, it jumps to about 97/98 percent protection."

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