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Browse Health stories - June, 2009
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UANews | Traditional medicine is being taught, adapted and integrated into Western structures. A UA researcher will begin interviewing indigenous elders to understand their views on the changes.
UANews | Second-year UA medical student Alpen Patel has played a role in the city of Phoenix being named an All-America City in a prestigious nationwide competition.
UANews | The Arizona Cancer Center has received a five-year, $20.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to renew support for its cancer research programs through 2014.
UANews | Promotoras, or community health workers, are being trained to educate business owners on environmental hazard reduction methods.
UANews | The UA's pioneering program in telemedicine training is one of only two in the United States to be accredited by the American Telemedicine Association.
UANews | The state-of the-art facility, covering more than an acre, doubles the size of the current emergency department, which opened in 1994.
UANews | Twenty Tucson middle-school students learned if they have what it takes to be a registered nurse this week at University Medical Center's "Camp Scrubs."
UANews | A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak.
UANews | The Many Faces of Breast Cancer is an effort to educate women about their risks and provide information and support for the growing community of breast cancer survivors.
UANews | William M. Moncrieff received two lungs during a six-hour operation after suffering from years of asthma, emphysema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
UANews | The new study looks to recruit Latino elders and family members who are interested in elder care services.
UANews | The UA's Surgery Resident Graduation Scientific Research Day features a keynote address from Dr. Benajmin Paz and will highlight research and case studies from 11 graduating residents and fellows.
UANews | UA insect scientists are asking for help trapping kissing bugs in southern Arizona for a research study.
UANews | The program will run from June 8 to July 16 in various labs at the BIO5 Institute and the College of Pharmacy.
UANews | The ship, Comfort, and its crew has performed medical services and provided humanitarian aid in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Antigua and other nations.
UANews | The new degree will prepare graduates to meet the public health challenges of the 21st century.
UANews | Critical life-saving skills offered free as part of CPR/Automated External Defibrillators Awareness Week. No registration is necessary.