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Women with Heart Disease Often Don’t Realize It

Research shows that women and health professionals both have difficulty recognizing symptoms
of heart disease in women, which can lead to delayed treatment and incorrect diagnoses,
says UA nursing professor Anne Rosenfeld.

Help Is Just a Phone Call Away – Telephone CPR Improves Cardiac Arrest Outcomes, UA Research Finds

[Photo of Bentley Bobrow, MD, and another of someone providing CPR on a dummy]

The implementation of a Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (TCPR) program increases survival rates and favorable outcomes for patients who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a University of Arizona Department of Emergency Medicine study published online in JAMA Cardiology.

Two New Leadership Appointments Announced at UA Health Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion

The University of Arizona Health Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion has named Lydia Kennedy, MEd, as director of the office. Oscar Beita, MPH, who formerly served as its director, now will serve as assistant director of the Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence.

People and Programs on the Move at Banner – University Medical Center

Dr. Gordon Carr Named Chief Medical Officer

[Gordon Carr, MD] Gordon Carr, MD, critical care medical director of the Intensive Care Unit at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, has been appointed the hospital’s chief medical officer.

Kathy A. Orlick, MD

Opioid Research by UAHS MD-PhD Student Alex Sandweiss Receives Three Awards

[Picture of orange prescription bottle of morphine pills with blue tablets scattered next to it] Research aimed at understanding how opioids activate the reward pathway leading to addiction so that an alternative non-addictive pain reliever can be developed

We’re Taking Red Steps to Rise above Heart Failure

The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center Advanced Heart Failure cardiologists take steps every day to prevent and treat heart failure. Today, we’re part of the “Red Steps Challenge” to #RiseAboveHF with the Heart Failure Society of America #HFSA.

Heart Failure by the Numbers

UA Physician-Scientist Tackling Neurogenerative Disorders With Novel Stem Cell Technology

[Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD, in her lab at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson] Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common age-related neurological disorder that affects about 1.5 million people in the United States alone.

UA Cancer Center Researchers Advocate new Approach To Treat Rare Tissue Disorder

[University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson] Researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center are advocating a new treatment approach for a rare connective tissue disorder called “Scleredema of Buschke.”

‘Decoding Osteoarthritis…New Approaches to Prevention and Treatment Using Your Brain and Body’ Subject of UA Arthritis Center Lecture, May 4

“Decoding Osteoarthritis…New Approaches to Prevention and Treatment Using Your Brain and Body,” will be presented Wednesday, May 4, 6-7:15 p.m., at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson. The 75-minute presentation will include time for questions and answers, and light refreshments will be provided.

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Research shows that women and health professionals both have difficulty recognizing symptoms of heart disease in women, which can lead to delayed treatment and incorrect diagnoses, says UA nursing professor Anne Rosenfeld.

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Research shows that women and health professionals both have difficulty recognizing symptoms
of heart disease in women, which can lead to delayed treatment and incorrect diagnoses,
says UA nursing professor Anne Rosenfeld.