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  • A Gift of Sight, Breath | April 28, 2008
    Two retired high school teachers from Phoenix left an endowment to fund research positions at the UA College of Medicine.  | General News | Health
  • UA Scientists and Colleagues Call for More Access to Biotech Crop Data | April 24, 2008
    A team of biologists that includes two UA entomology professors calls for making available detailed nationwide maps of the locations of biotech crops. | Health | Science and Technology
  • Living Healthy with Arthritis Program Slated for May 3 | April 23, 2008
    The Arizona Arthritis Center’s annual “Living Healthy with Arthritis” event is designed to help people live fuller, healthier lives. | Health
  • Students Bring Attentions to Human Trafficking | April 18, 2008
    UA students coordinated the Human Trafficking Awareness Week to educate students and the local community about trafficking victims around the world and what must be done to help them. | General News | Health | Teaching and Students
  • UA Scientist Shares in Discovery of Microbe Filaments’ Power | April 17, 2008
    Researchers from the UA and Columbia have discovered that tiny filaments on bacteria can bundle together and pull with forces far stronger than experts had previously thought possible. | Health
  • Research Pushes Back Threshold of Early Cancer Detection | April 15, 2008
    An imaging technology called Optical Coherence Tomography can find cell abnormalities much smaller than 1 mm in diameter, leading to early detection of deadly cancers. | Health | Science and Technology
  • Results of Clinical Trial: Up to 95 Percent Reduction in Colon Cancer Risk | April 14, 2008
    UA researchers announced today that a specific drug combination has been shown to reduce the risk of a precursor to colon cancer by up to 95 percent. | Health
  • Public Forum on Nutrition and Health Kicks Off Research Conference for Health Professionals | April 11, 2008
    Confrence is presented by the UA Program in Integrative Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. | Health
  • Lute Olson Celebrity Golf Tournament to Benefit Arizona Arthritis Center | April 8, 2008
    Funds raised during the two-day event will go toward research at the Arizona Arthritis Center at the UA College of Medicine. | General News | Health
  • Arizona Cancer Center Studying Benefits of Green Tea Extract | April 7, 2008
    The clinical trial will study the effects that green tea may have on prostate cancer. | Health
  • UA Doctor Selected To Give Prestigious International Lecture | April 4, 2008
    Dr. Fernando D. Martinez, director of the Arizona Respiratory Center, has been selected to present at the American Thoracic Society international conference in Toronto in May. | Health
  • Steele Center Researcher Awarded 5-year NIH Grant | April 3, 2008
    A researcher at the UA College of Medicine is making progress to determine the cause of a deadly inflammatory gastrointestinal disorder that kills thousands of premature infants each year. | Health
  • Steele Center Investigators Discover Answers to Deadly Diarrhea | April 2, 2008
    With a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the UA's Steele Children’s Research Center are working to address this global health crisis. | Health
  • American Heart Association Endorses Chest-Compression-Only CPR | April 1, 2008
    Improved bystander protocol for cardiac arrest was pioneered at The University of Arizona. | Health
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