Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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.

Research Conference

Research Updates

Making Precision Medicine a Reality: Genomics Researchers Discover Road Map to Disease Origin

TUCSON, Ariz.

Archived Medicine Grand Rounds Available on iTunes

Did you know that you can view/listen to UA Department of Medicine Grand Rounds via Apple’s iTunes?

Recorded podcasts of the weekly event, which generally occur every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m., are available as free downloads—all the way back to January 2009. FYI: You may have to download the iTunes app first.

Coming soon: New website for Banner - UMC

In coming weeks, Banner Health will launch a redesigned and more customer-friendly public website, BannerHealth.com.

The James E. Dalen, MD, MPH, Distinguished Lecture for Health Policy Presents Dr. Victoria Maizes, Internationally Recognized Leader in Integrative Medicine, May 6

[Victoria Maizes, MD] Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and professor of clinical medicine, family medicine and public health, will present the James E.

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