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Browse Health stories - July, 2008

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  • Urologist Specializing in Female Pelvic Disorders Joins UA |
    Twiss will help develop a Center for Pelvic Medicine to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of female pelvic disorders. |
  • UA Researchers Help to Provide Clues to Memory Loss Puzzle |
    Research suggests that aging impairs the consolidation of memories during sleep, a process important in converting new memories into long-term ones. | |
  • Apogee Physicians Supporting Two UA Medical Students |
    The privately funded scholarships are enabling two students to attend medical school without paying for tuition, fees or books. | |
  • Heart Failure Patient Receives UMC’s First HeartMate II Ventricular Assist Device |
    UA team succeeds in implanting HeartMate II as a bridge-to-transplant device. |
  • Doctor Shares Secrets of Those Who Live to be 100 |
    A free seminar at the UA College of Medicine will provide unique insights on aging. |
  • Internationally Renowned Islet Cell Transplant Surgeon Joins UA |
    Dr. Horacio L. Rilo's appointment is part of a vision to build a Cellular Transplantation Institute at the UA College of Medicine. | | |
  • UMC Ranks Among America's Best Hospitals |
    University Medical Center is again ranked among the nation’s premier hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s annual guide to “America’s Best Hospitals.” |
  • UA Researchers Engineer Self-Destructing Virus |
    The research could improve the understanding of how viruses work as well as the ability to make plants and animals more virus-resistant. | |
  • Arizona Cancer Center Completes Study on HPV in Heterosexual Men |
    The results raise important issues about the prevalence and risk factors for the primary cause of anal cancer in U.S. men. |
  • Top Tucson High School Students in UA Labs This Summer |
    UA summer research program is enabling students to learn lab skills and participate in research projects. | | |
  • UA Alum in ABC Series |
    Oscar Serrano, who earned degrees from the UA in 2000 and 2001, is one of the Johns Hopkins Hospital residents film crews followed for the ABC News series, "Hopkins." | | |
  • UA Announces Restructuring Plans for Health Sciences |
    As part of the restructuring, a new vice president for health affairs position has been created. | | |
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