Health

Sixth annual conference relating health care to the healing arts of music, ethics, poetry, nutrition and empathy, and addressing health care in America, alternative medicine, Native American healing and practical ethical concerns.

ROAR is a program that allows pediatricians to "prescribe" reading to children and volunteers to stress to parents the importance of early literacy.

Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the United States, affecting 13 million Americans. It is most common in people over the age of 60, but it is also possible to develop symptoms in the 40s and 50s. The disease is particularly prevalent in the Southwest, with its large retired population.

In recognition of the growing need for emergency medicine specialists in the United States, the Arizona Board of Regents recently has approved a new academic Department of Emergency Medicine at the UA College of Medicine.

McCuskey, professor and head of the UA department of cell biology and anatomy, has been named president-elect of the American Association of Anatomists, one of the world's premier professional organizations.

Joseph S. Alpert, M.D., chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, has been elected to the prestigious American Board of Internal Medicine for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2001.

Each year at rodeo time, UA doctors and medical students trade their scrubs for levis and cowboy hats and take care of the bronc and bull riders who get on the wrong side of an animal.

Researchers at the University of Arizona are turning to optics technology used in telescopes to develop refractive surgery methods that could improve vision beyond the standard 20/20.

Two University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center doctors are taking part in a nationwide study that will use implantable devices to treat patients with chronic heart failure.

Co-sponsored by the Arizona Arthritis Center and Arizona Arthritis Center Friends, the seminar Living Health with Arthritis is open to individuals with arthritis, their family and friends.