Browse Health stories - September, 2009

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  • Researchers Discuss Chronic Pain in Scientific American Mind
    UANews | UA researchers Frank Porreca and Theodore Price, both UA pharmacology professors, have co-authored a newly published article about chronic pain.
  • Finding Better Ways to Diagnose Heart Attacks
    UANews | UA biochemistry researchers apply Nobel Prize technology to develop better diagnostics for heart attacks.  Their work also could help predict individual risks of heart disease.
  • CLAS Lecture Series Starts With Local Food Advocate
    UANews | Food conservationist and UA social scientist Gary Paul Nabhan will talk about the role of local food in maintaining food security.
  • College of Medicine Among Top 10 Medical Schools for Hispanics
    UANews | The UA College of Medicine has been named one of the top 10 medical schools for Hispanics by Hispanic Business magazine.
  • Grant Supports Bone-Grafting Research
    UANews | The Arizona Arthritis Center has received a grant from the nation's largest tissue bank to improve the success of bone and cartilage graftings.
  • Arizona Telemedicine Program Receives $1.13M Grant to Start Regional Center
    UANews | The program has received federal funds to create the Southwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center, which will provide health services in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.
  • Conference to Highlight Role of Food in Addressing Health Problems
    UANews | Experts at the 2009 Research Frontiers in Nutritional Sciences Conference will discuss new information on the rapidly developing field of bioactive food compounds.
  • Flu Care Kits Available to UA Hall Residents
    UANews | The UA has a list of items to help flu victims living in campus residence halls deal with their symptoms.
  • Researchers Seek Safer Cystic Fibrosis Test
    UANews | Researchers from the UA Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine are teaming up to try to invent a novel non-invasive lung test for cystic fibrosis sufferers.
  • UA Launches New Vascular Surgery Residency Program
    UANews | The UA department of surgery will begin an accredited program to train surgeons in vascular surgery.
  • Transformation Initiatives to Support Environment, Translational Medicine
    UANews | The Office of the Provost has announced two major faculty hiring initiatives that will provide $12 million to support environmental science, engineering and policy and translational medicine.