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Diana Shayevich and her parents fled civil war in her native Azerbaijan when she was only 11. She spoke almost no English when she and her family arrived in the United States, where "we had to start from scratch."
Why do children born to mothers with asthma have a significantly higher risk of developing the disease than if only the father has asthma?
Hispanic and black girls have many of the same abnormal eating behaviors as white girls, according to a study at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. Study findings were presented at the Academy for Eating Disorders' 2002 International Conference on Eating Disorders, held April 25-28, in Boston.
The Second Annual Himelic Memorial Golf Classic will raise funds to benefit amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
The Arizona Telemedicine Program recently won a national award from the U.S. Distance Learning Association for "Excellence in Distance Learning Programming - Healthcare/Telemedicine."
The University of Arizona's new Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology (IBSB) is paying off on a promise to attract new, outstanding faculty to campus. Take Professor Rod Wing as an example.
Vicki Chandler is an expert in the genetics of corn. She and her plant science colleagues at the University of Arizona and elsewhere have identified about 30,000 of the 50,000 genes in corn and developed tools to determine their function.
Dr. Fernando Martinez, along with most other pediatricians, worries about the growing numbers of kids with asthma. Asthma is reaching epidemic levels in children, with one in 10 now needing treatment for this debilitating condition. Dr. Martinez believes part of the reason for that near epidemic is environmental, but the factors that have contributed to the recent increases in the prevalence of asthma still are unknown.
Dr. Fernando Martinez, director of the Arizona Respiratory Center, and Professor Vicki Chandler, a prominent plant scientist at the UA, were named as associate directors of the new institute.
To ensure medical aid is available in the event of a mass-casualty emergency, the Office of Emergency Preparedness/National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) has authorized the formation of Arizona's first Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), AZ-1. Members of the medical community, the media and the public are invited to learn more about AZ-1 on Friday, April 26, noon-1 p.m., at the UA College of Pharmacy, Room 325, 1703 E. Mabel (corner of Warren and Mable).