Browse Health stories - December, 2009

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  • Arizona's First Robotic-Assisted Living-Donor Kidney Transplant Performed at UMC
    Health December 21, 2009
    UANews | The robotic-assisted organ removal procuedure could encourage more organ donations.
  • College of Medicine – Phoenix Poised to Expand
    Health December 16, 2009
    UANews | Expansion plans at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus have been approved by the Arizona Board of Regents.
  • Study Investigates Relationship Perceptions Among African-American Youth
    Health December 14, 2009
    UANews | Preliminary research by an undergraduate UA public health student indicates that research has typically neglected examining the root cause and implications of romantic perceptions among African-American adolescents in their emotional development.
  • New Study Levels New Criticisms at Food Industry
    Business and Law, Health, Social Sciences and Education December 13, 2009
    UANews | A new report authored by UA communication professor Dale Kunkel faults food and beverage producers for continuing to saturate television with ads for high-calorie, low-nutrient products.
  • Improving Health Care in the Balkans
    Health December 10, 2009
    UANews | UA surgery professor receives a grant to establish a telemedicine center in Albania.
  • UA-led Study Grapples With Health Effects of Low-intensity Warfare
    Health, Social Sciences and Education December 10, 2009
    UANews | A study led by UA anthropologist Ivy Pike establishes a conceptual framework for measuring the health as well as the social impacts of violence in northern Kenya. The study has worldwide implications, as violent conflict is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
  • Donors Fund New UA 'Living with Hearing Loss' Program
    Health, Science and Technology December 7, 2009
    UANews | Pledges from UniSource Corp. and James S. and Dyan Pignatelli create a new UA audiologic rehabilitation program for adults.
  • Research on West Nile Virus Published in Journal of Experimental Medicine
    Health December 4, 2009
    UANews | West Nile virus is more deadly in older adults due to defects in T cells, according to a study conducted by researchers from the UA College of Medicine.
  • Magazine Names UMC One of 10 Best Hospitals in U.S.
    Health December 1, 2009
    UANews | Becker's Hospital Review magazine has named University Medical Center in Tucson one of the 10 best hospitals in America for 2009.
  • UA Study: Abuse Continues After Divorce
    Business and Law, Health December 1, 2009
    UANews | In an investigation of Pima County couples, UA undergraduate researcher Ryan D. Davidson and her colleagues found that despite imposed mediation, violence often did not end between divorced couples.