Air travel has increased the potential for international transmission of infectious diseases. As increasing numbers of people travel by air, the potential risk of introduction and spread of infectious diseases by travelers is on the rise.
Study participants were shown faces and asked to identify the emotion. (Image: Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms)
If less is more, is more better? Both may be true (or not) for two University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers studying the impact of redox chemical reactions—specifically reductive stress—and metabolism in pulmonary hypertension and the risks for cardiovascular disease. The final answers may depend on your gender.
Each year about 735,000 Americans have a heart attack. Of these, 525,000 are a first heart attack and 210,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack.
Topics for the April 13 presentations in the DOM Research Seminar Series focus on “Bench-to-Bedside Approaches Unravel Inflammatory Mechanisms Underlying Novel Cardiovascular Phenotypes in Sickle Cell Disease” and “The Role of B Cell Follicles in HIV Replication and Persistence.”
Presenters are:
UA electrical and computer engineer Roman Lysecky is developing technologies to better detect malware in pacemakers and other life-critical devices.UA doctoral student Sixing Lu (right) is helping associate professor Roman Lysecky develop technology on a prototype network-connected pacemaker to detect hacking of a real pace
Tom Lotina, 52, and a fourth-year University of Arizona medical student, found out on Friday where his dream of becoming a physician will take him for his residency training in family medicine.
In an annual tradition shared at medical schools nationwide, graduating University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students gathered March 17 in DuVal Auditorium to learn at 10 a.m. where they had “matched” in the National Residency Matching Program® for residency training as physicians after convocation later this spring.
If testimony by UA Professor Lynn Gerald, MD, MSPH, at the Arizona State Legislature on House Bill 2208 were followed public and charter schools would be allowed to stock and administer asthma medication to students during an emergency.
