Cardiology
Preventing Health-care-Associated Infections Focus of UA Health Sciences Researcher
On any given day in the United States, about 1 in 31 hospital patients has at least one health-care-associated infection (HAI), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
These infections affect 4.5% of all hospitalized U.S. patients annually, costing the health-care industry an estimated $30 billion each year.
Could Near-Infrared Light Give Aging Brains a Boost?
A team of researchers from the University of Arizona and University of Florida are investigating whether near-infrared light could help enhance cognition and reduce Alzheimer's disease risk in older adults.
With the support of a new $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging – $1.8 million of which will go to the University of Arizona – researchers will expose study participants, who range in age from 65 to 89, to near-infrared light via caps placed on participants' heads and intranasal devices inserted in the nose.
CANCELED - HDAC inhibition as a HFpEF treatment
Steven Houser, PhD, FAHA
"HDAC inhibition as a HFpEF treatment"
$5M Gift from Leonard A. Lauder Advances Research to Prevent and Cure Ovarian Cancer
The chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies has made a $5 million gift to the University of Arizona Cancer Center. The gift from Leonard A. Lauder supports the clinical and translational research of Dr. David S.
FROM IDEA TO IMPACT: Bringing medical inventions from the lab to the market
Tissue biopsies may save lives, but the procedures can be painful and even dangerous.
Medicine Grand Rounds
TOPIC: "Uveitis: Investigation & Treatments"
SPEAKER: Ernest Vina, MD, MS
LOCATION: UAHS 5403 (LIVE) and Banner-UMC-SC 3030 (Video Conferenced)
Watch It LIVE!
(or archived here for later viewing)
Sarver Heart Center Welcomes Two New Cardiologists
Two new cardiologists have joined the faculty at the University of Arizona Division of Cardiology, one of 14 divisions within the UA Department of Medicine, the largest department at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson—
Preventing Heart Disease: We Know What Works, But How Do We Do It?
R. Todd Hurst, M.D., FACC, FASE
"Preventing Heart Disease: We Know What Works, But How Do We Do It?"
R. Todd Hurst, M.D., FACC, FASE, is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases, holds level III certification with the National Board of Echocardiography and has more than 15 years’ experience providing cardiac care to patients.
UA Cancer Center Launches Statewide Town Hall Series
TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Cancer Center, through its Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, is launching a series of town halls across the state to engage communities in the policy-making process to improve cancer prevention and control in Arizona.
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