UA and Mayo Team Up to Improve Heart Care Treatment
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.
Integrative Medicine
Translational Studies in Cardiovascular Disease, HIV/AIDS Focus of April DOM Research Seminar
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.”
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UA Engineers Help You Stay a Heartbeat Ahead of Hackers to Protect Your Health
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
‘Lucky’ Match Day for UA College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2017: Primary Care Residencies Win Largest Share of Students
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.
See Where UA Med Students Will Do Their Residency Training per Match Day 2017
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.
UA Professor Touts Inhalers in Schools to Aid Students with Asthma
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.
El Charro Café Downtown Site of Next Petersen Clinics ‘Meet-Your-Pharmacist’ Event, April 11
Hear about healthy eating at the next “Meet-Your-Pharmacist” event hosted by the UA Petersen Clinic pharmacy team—also known as the T-Rx Group (or Team Rx)—at El Charro Café on Tuesday, April 11, at 6 p.m.
Banner Health announces new urgent care sites in East Valley, West Valley and Tucson
After announcing the acquisition of 32 existing Urgent Care Extra centers in 2016, Banner Health is pleased to offer seven new urgent care sites this month and additional sites coming soon. This growth in highly convenient, extended-hours care assures that our patients across Phoenix and Tucson will have excellent access to care, even when their physician’s office is closed.
Cerner EHR Transition Postponed, Training Sign-Ups, Forums, Workshops Still On
The June 1 go-live for the new Cerner electronic health record (EHR) from Epic has been delayed, it was announced Friday, March 10. A new date is expected to be announced within two weeks.
Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
Speaker: Raymond L. Woosley, MD, PhD
Title: "Antibiotics and Sudden Cardiac Death – a Rare but Preventable Adverse Outcome"
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