Browse Health stories - January, 2010

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  • Three Appointed to Breast Cancer Chairs at Arizona Cancer Center
    UANews | A $5 million gift from the late Fenton L. Maynard also will provide breast cancer research endowments.
  • UA Center, Institute Offering HPV Education Forum
    UANews | Several UA centers have come together to offer a free public forum about human papillomavirus and the vaccine. 
  • New Treatment at UMC Offers Hope for Patients With Advanced Abdominal Cancer
    UANews | A new therapy, only available in Arizona at the UA department of surgery and University Medical Center, is offering hope to patients with metastasized abdominal cancers.
  • UA College of Pharmacy Training Saudi Arabian Pharmacy Educators
    UANews | Faculty pharmacists from King Abdulaziz University have begun studying clinical pharmacy at the UA in a peer mentoring program to teach the therapeutic use of medicines in Saudi Arabia.
  • Autism Chemistry Camp a Success
    UANews | Thanks to an American Chemical Society grant, two UA departments joined forces to organize a camp designed to increase educational and professional opportunities for children with autism.
  • New Procedure Allows Diagnosis, Treatment of Small Intestine without Surgery
    UANews | Physicians at UMC have started using a new technology to view and treat diseases of the small intestine previously inaccessible without major surgery.
  • UA Center Receives Nearly $1 Million from NIH
    UANews | The Arizona Center for the Biology of Complex Diseases has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health ot identify predictors of asthma.
  • SIROW Leading Project to Support LGBTQ Youth
    UANews | The UA's Southwest Institute for Research on Women has received a new $1.75 million federal grant to aid youth and young adults who are homeless and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning who are dealing with mental health and substance abuse issues.
  • UA Prevention Program Receives $3.9M CDC Grant
    UANews | The Prevention Research Center has been working closely with communities since 1998 to address chronic disease prevention and control in underserved populations along the U.S.-Mexico border.