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."

UA Studies Forces on Bones as Kids Grow

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • June 6, 2011
UA researchers are studying the way children move to learn more about the forces placed upon bones as humans go from waddle to walk. The group is working alongside researchers at Penn State University and Ohio State University to complete the research, which is funded by the National Science Foundation.

24 High School Students Land Research Internships at UA

  • UANews
  • June 2, 2011
By mid-July, more than 100 Arizona teens will have completed KEYS internships and contributed to ongoing research projects across the University. The high school students will work in UA laboratories engaged in bioscience, bioengineering and environmental health science research.

Swearing May Help With Pain, But at a Social Cost

  • UANews
  • June 1, 2011
A new study by UA psychologists indicates that swearing might initially make you feel better, but it's at the risk of alienating those around you. The findings are published by the American Psychological Association.

Clinical Trial to Treat Septic Shock Under Way at UMC

  • UANews
  • May 31, 2011
A clinical trial of a new device to treat severe sepsis – the leading cause of death in hospital intensive care units – is under way at UMC. The death rate can be as high as 60 percent for people with underlying medical problems, and some 250,000 Americans die of severe sepsis annually.

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