The fifth annual “Travels in Medicine: Exploring the Global Health Community,” an exhibit of photographs that provide vivid and inspirational depictions of the global health experiences of University of Arizona pharmacy and medical students, is on display through Saturday, May 10, in the Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL), 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson.
![[UArizona vice president of athletics Greg Byrne and football coach Rich Rodriguez (inset)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/greg-byrne-n-richrod_blocka_card.jpg?itok=qTENSlUp "UArizona vice president of athletics Greg Byrne and football coach Rich Rodriguez (inset)")
Building upon a long tradition of mutual support, the University of Arizona Arthritis Center (UAAC) will once again team up with the UA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics as it introduces the 2014 Desert Diamond/University of Arizona Arthritis Center Bear Down Luncheon to benefit the UAAC and its research efforts.
![[Dr. Andrew Weil demonstrates how to make his kale salad.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/weilslide_0_0.jpg?itok=5CTNNco- "Dr. Andrew Weil demonstrates how to make his kale salad.")
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![[Kim and Charles Barnes]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/kimandcharlesslide_0.jpg?itok=ggGJCF4I "Kim and Charles Barnes")
![[Kim and Charles Barnes]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/kimandcharlesslide.jpg "Kim and Charles Barnes")
When cardiothoracic surgeon Sreekumar Subramanian, MD, first saw Charles Barnes last November, he knew the odds were stacked against the patient.
Can Spironolactone, a drug with multiple actions on the heart and blood vessels, improve outcomes in a hard-to-treat group of heart failure patients? This was a question addressed by the “Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT)” trial.
![[Dr. Louise Hecker]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/heckerteaser.jpg?itok=zuXr-dBG "Dr. Louise Hecker © Rhonda June McSween")
![[Dr. Louise Hecker]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/heckerteaser.jpg "Dr. Louise Hecker © Rhonda June McSween")
Pulmonary researcher Louise Hecker, PhD, has joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson as assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.
![[Marvin Slepian, MD, with University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and another gentleman]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/slepianhartslide_0.jpg?itok=f8bnRxP9 "Marvin Slepian, MD, with University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and another gentleman")
![[Marvin Slepian, MD, with University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and another gentleman]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/slepianhartslide.jpg "Marvin Slepian, MD, with University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and another gentleman")
Rapid advances in minimally invasive and catheter cardiovascular technologies have created a growing need for the development of effective adhesives that facilitate the deployment of these technologies while adequately controlling blood-clotting and bl
![[Jeffrey R. Lisse, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/arthritislogoslide_0.jpg?itok=Seo6fwU8 "Jeffrey R. Lisse, MD")
![[Jeffrey R. Lisse, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/arthritislogoslide.jpg "Jeffrey R. Lisse, MD")
Oh My Aching Joints: Exploring the Latest Treatments for Joint Pain, a free 75-minute presentation by Jeffrey R.
Everyone is invited to “Get to Know The University of Arizona Arthritis Center,” the annual fall luncheon of the University of Arizona Arthritis Center (UAAC) Friends, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Lodge on the Desert, 306 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson.
University of Arizona Cancer Center researchers are continuing to seek participants for a study designed to determine if a compound found in broccoli can enhance the health-promoting effects of the breast cancer drug Tamoxifen in women at risk of developing breast cancer or those previously treated for early-stage breast cancer.
