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The Nov. 27 CBS broadcast spotlighted a Medellin, Colombia, family where every member has been stricken by the neurological disorder. Banner Alzheimer’s Institute research on the family could prove crucial to determining if the disease is preventable. More volunteers are needed, though. View the video and join a registry to help researchers find a cure…
UA assistant professor Maggie Pitts, PhD, analyzes how gender affects how people perceive their sexual health responsibilities in an article that appears in the journal Health Communications on what college males thought of the HPV vaccine. Nine focus groups with 84 college-aged males were surveyed in the study four years after the vaccines' approval…
The UA Health Sciences’ Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences will host an “Open House” reception on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its research clinic which opened this summer at 2033 E. Speedway Blvd., Suite 203. Come learn about the many interdisciplinary collaborations across the UA campus at the new center, which was spun off from the UAHS Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center in May…
UA anthropologist David Raichlen, PhD, discovered that the Hadza, an indigenous ethnic group in Tanzania, meet the U.S. government's weekly physical activity recommendations in only two days. His study of this group offers insights for health-care professionals on exercise and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease…
Adding to the work of junior faculty, fellows and resident physicians posted recently, investigators in leadership positions within the UA Department of Medicine posted another 100-plus articles. Topics range from asthma to HIV to kissing bugs to osteoarthritis to lung cancer. Read about some of the advances being made in our understanding of complex diseases and therapies to address them…
Adding to the work of junior faculty, fellows and resident physicians posted recently, investigators in leadership positions within the UA Department of Medicine posted another 100-plus articles. Topics range from asthma to HIV to kissing bugs to osteoarthritis to lung cancer. Read about some of the advances being made in our understanding of complex diseases and therapies to address them…
Battling childhood obesity and early onset Type 2 diabetes one bite at a time is the theme of the next Endocrinology Grand Rounds lecture Tuesday, Dec. 13, 3-4 p.m., COM Room 5403, with speaker Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences…
Dr. Larry Mandarino will talk about diabetes, muscles and insulin resistance while Dr. Cristine Berry will discuss how low lung function trajectories from the Tucson Children’s Respiratory Study serve as an indicator in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the next DOM Research Seminar, Thursday, Dec. 8, noon-1 p.m., in UAHS 5403…
We are not blank slates with regard to how susceptible we are to emerging strains of flu virus, researchers from the University of Arizona and UCLA have discovered. The findings could provide information that could be relevant for the development of a universal flu vaccine.
As the inaugural chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Michael B. Fallon, MD, FACP, has a clean slate and a clear vision…
As of Monday, there were nearly 1,500 people who had not yet gotten a flu shot or their exemption status approved out of nearly 6,500 Banner Health employees at the Banner – UMC Tucson and South hospitals and clinics. Learn about upcoming flu shot clinics and other options to get compliant by Monday, Dec. 5.
Dr. John Cunningham isn’t the only UA faculty physician to grab ink in Tucson Lifestyle in 2016. Read about these others who appeared in earlier editions of the magazine this year, including integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Andrew Weil, endocrinologist and nutritionist Dr. Craig Stump, genomics and pulmonology specialist Dr. Ken Ramos and cardiologist and CPR pioneer Dr. Gordon Ewy…
Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Janis Blair gives Farness keynote on Valley Fever and transplants, while Founders Day headliner Dr. Art Gmitro talks about advances and innovation in medical imaging spearheaded at the UA Health Sciences. See a photo gallery and archived video for each lecture…
Kudos to Dr. John Cunningham, a UA professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and the Samuel and Winnifred “Quiggy” Witt Endowed Chair in Medicine, who is featured in Tucson Lifestyle’s November issue. Representing Banner – UMC, he’s one of three local gastroenterologists and a nutritionist interviewed for an “In Health” article entitled “Gut Check” on digestive ailments and available treatments…
The website has new features designed for the public and health-care professionals. The launch coincides with Valley Fever Awareness Week, Nov. 12-20, and the 21st Annual Farness Lecture by Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist Janis E. Blair, MD, on Nov. 16.
Dr. Dean Winslow, a U.S. Air Force flight surgeon and current professor of medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine, spoke Wednesday, Nov. 9, about his time in Afghanistan and Iraq in a lecture titled, “From Bagram Airfield to Baghdad and Back Again—A U.S. Military Doctor's Experience in Two Wars.” Frequently teary-eyed when discussing patients and colleagues and occasionally humorous and irreverant, he drew the audience to their feet clapping in the end…
Banner Health is helping military veterans obtain meaningful employment through the Hiring Our Heroes program, a national group associated with the U.S. Chambers of Commerce that works with vets transitioning to civilian life. Master Sgt. Alen Schulze, a telecommunication operations chief at Fort Huachuca, is one of two Hire Our Heroes corporate fellowship program graduates recently hired by Banner Health in Arizona…
Drs. John Bloom and Amy Sussman were the big winners again from the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Teaching Awards Ceremony held Nov. 3 in DuVal Auditorium. Both were repeat winners from last year, joined by Drs. Diana Darnell and Brandon Larsen, for the Cardiovascular, Pulmonary & Renal Systems Block of medical student education…
UA Arthritis Center faculty Drs. Kent Kwoh, Eric Gall and Dan Latt led the program at Canyon Ranch Health Resort Tucson’s “Spotlight on Arthritis” week lectures. In addition, an article by Dr. Kwoh, Dr. Ernest Vina, Erin Ashbeck and Di Ran on reasons behind disparities in knee replacement surgery ran in the journal of the American College of Rheumatology; and Dr. Kwoh was an invited speaker at an orthopedic conference in Xi’an, China…
A number of offices around the UA Department of Medicine were in the spirit of Halloween and/or the Day of the Dead festivities. Remember to be wary of nut allergies tonight and read about other National Safety Council tips. See who all’s wishing you a ‘boot-iful’ time, including from the Chair’s Office…