Graduation Ceremony for Paramedics | September 11, 2000 UANews | Improving emergency services for all Arizonans is the goal of 23 paramedics graduating from the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center's paramedic training program on Tuesday, Sept. 12,6 p.m., at University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium. | Health
Experts to Assess Diet Methods, Health at International Conference | September 6, 2000 UANews | More than 350 individuals from more that 30 countries will attend the Fourth International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods Sept. 17 - 20, at the El Conquistador Sheraton Resort in Tucson. The participants plan to identify future research priorities in diet assessment methodology before the end of the conference. | Health
UMC to Test Device to Alleviate Depression | September 5, 2000 UANews | Researchers are banking on an electronic implant now used to stave off epilepsy as a possible treatment for millions suffering from clinical depression. | Health
McCray Wins Academic Medical Librarian of Year Award | August 25, 2000 UANews | Jeanette C. McCray, deputy director of the Arizona Health Sciences Center Library, is this year's recipient of the Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Medical Librarian of the Year. | Health
UMC Transplant Recipient Prepares for Ride of His Life | August 25, 2000 UANews | Three years after receiving a new heart at University Medical Center, a Flagstaff man will show his gratitude for the second chance by taking part in a seven-week bike ride from Maine to Florida. | Health
UA Study Shows Day Care and Older Siblings Protect Children from Asthma | August 23, 2000 UANews | UA researchers have found that children who attended day care during the first six months of life, or had two or more older siblings, were less allergic at ages 6 and 11, and half as likely to develop asthma later in life than children who did not attend day care or had no older siblings. | Health
AHSC Search for Vice President/Dean Begins | August 21, 2000 UANews | The Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) is launching a national search to fill the dual position of vice president for Health Sciences and dean of the College of Medicine. | Health
Nationally Recognized Researcher Joins AHSC Phoenix Campus | August 18, 2000 UANews | Dr. Michael S. Gordon, has been named associate dean of research for the Phoenix Campus of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. Gordon is recognized for his work in new drug discovery, most notably biologic therapy and anti-angiogenic drugs that block new blood vessel growth to starve tumors. | Health
UMC Offers New, More Effective Pap Test | August 17, 2000 UANews | University Medical Center (UMC) has a new, more effective test to detect cervical cancer and pre-cancers. | Health
Teen Quit-Smoking Study Continues to Seek Participants | August 14, 2000 UANews | Teens between the ages of 14 and 17 who smoke cigarettes and are interested in quitting can call the free University of Arizona "Teen Quit Smoking Study" number at 1-877-850-1080 to enroll. The National Cancer Institute has sponsored The University of Arizona College of Public Health to evaluate Zyban( in conjunction with healthy lifestyle counseling )as an aid to help teens to quit smoking. | Health
Arizona Cancer Center Researcher Receives Fellowship | August 9, 2000 UANews | Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, assistant professor of medicine at the Arizona Cancer Center, received the Robert S. Flinn Clinical Faculty Research Fellowship award from the Flinn Foundation. | Health
