Doctor, Can You See Me Now? | October 21, 2009 Wall Street Journal | The Arizona Telemedicine Program at the UA is a leader in the national trend of using video to connect with patients in rural areas.
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UA Professor Elected to Institute of Medicine of the National Academies | October 12, 2009 UANews | Dr. Setsuko K. Chambers has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Election to the Institute is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. | Health
Researchers to Study How Dogs Decrease Asthma Susceptibility | October 9, 2009 UANews | Researchers at the UA aim to learn more about how the presence of dogs at home seems to reduce the risk of children contracting asthma and its related conditions later in life. | Health
Finding Better Ways to Diagnose Heart Attacks | September 25, 2009 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. | Health
Grant Supports Bone-Grafting Research | September 16, 2009 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. | Health
Researchers Seek Safer Cystic Fibrosis Test | September 4, 2009 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. | Health
Researchers Show Probiotics are a Promising Treatment for NEC | August 11, 2009 UANews | Researchers have determined that using probiotics, or healthy live bacteria, is an effective method to reduce and prevent a gastrointestinal disease that predominantly affects premature infants. | Health