University of Arizona professor of surgery David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, shared the potential and his lab’s current use of 3-D printing in medicine in a recently published article in The Lancet.
Augmented reality games like Pokémon Go, while holding great promise to promote exercise, also increase the potential for distraction-related death, according to one of the first articles on the subject to be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Bashas' and K-LOVE 88.1 have joined forces to conduct a breast cancer awareness drive in Bashas’ stores throughout Southern and Eastern Arizona to support breast cancer research at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.
Chicago-area philanthropist Jolita Leonas-Arzbaecher has made a $1 million gift to advance the work of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.
TUCSON, Ariz. – The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) has awarded a $100,000 grant to University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers to focus on promoting and increasing mammography screening among Latinas in Arizona. Jorge Gomez, MD, PhD, and Usha Menon, PhD, RN, FAAN, have been named the principal investigators for the grant, which is the first funding support that BCRF has awarded to the University of Arizona, home to the only academic health center in the state.
“Pancreatic & Liver Cancer Awareness” is the theme of the next UA Cancer Center Open House, Thursday, Oct. 27, 5-7 p.m., which is being billed as a Community Education Event by organizers within the UACC Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology Team.
The Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day event in Tucson will be held on Oct. 22, 2016, at the Komen Arizona office, 2099 E. River Road, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding this year, the UA Sarver Heart Center will launch a monthly lecture series beginning with the new director of its Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, Mathew Hutchinson, MD, on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Prior registration is required, but the events—to be held in DuVal Auditorium—are free and open to the public.
