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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.
Garden Kitchen Teaches Seed-to-Table Cooking The UA has partnered with Pima County and South Tucson to create the Garden Kitchen, a seed-to-table health education program that demonstrates how to grow, buy, store and cook nutritious food. Funded in large part by a federal grant to battle obesity, the program is open to all and draws heavily from South Tucson neighborhoods.
UA College of Medicine-Phoenix
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.

Note to Dads: Good Parenting Makes a Difference

  • UANews
  • June 16, 2011
A new study by Bruce Ellis and his colleagues at the UA Norton School show that good parenting skills by dads reduces the incidence of risky sexual behavior by their daughters.

A Live View of Unconsciousness

  • Science 2.0
  • June 15, 2011
It's difficult to know what you're thinking – or what's happening in your brain – as you lose consciousness. Many research groups have studied the brain during its influence under anesthetic drugs, in particular Stuart Hameroff of the UA.

UMC Introduces Kids to Nursing Careers at ‘Camp Scrubs’

  • UANews
  • June 15, 2011
Twenty Tucson middle-school students are learning if they've got what it takes to be a registered nurse this week at University Medical Center's "Camp Scrubs." This is the eighth year UMC has offered the popular summer camp.

Grant to Fund UA Cardiovascular Disease Study

  • UANews
  • June 10, 2011
Elaine G. Jones, associate professor in the UA College of Nursing, received a two-year, $416,625 grant for a study that aims to decrease risk for cardiovascular disease among culturally deaf adults.

UA Trying to Keep Arsenic From Drinking Water

  • KNXV-TV
  • June 7, 2011
Scientists at the UA are researching the effects of arsenic in water with groundbreaking results. One study looks at how arsenic might cause bladder cancer and heart disease, and another project aims to reduce the amount of arsenic in well water.

Boys Who Bully May Grow Up to Be Abusive Men

  • U.S. News & World Report
  • June 7, 2011
A new study says that men who bully others during childhood are more likely to grow up and abuse their wives and girlfriends. Stephen T. Russell, director of the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families at the UA, said the study provides more evidence that bullying isn't "just a fact of growing."

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