This directory contains selected news releases from the Office of Public Affairs at The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. AHSC includes the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health, 11 Centers of Excellence, University Medical Center, and University Physicians Healthcare.

Oct. 31, 2006
UA’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence Hosts Public Presentation, Nov. 15
Annual Farness Lecture Highlights Valley Fever Awareness Week, Nov. 13-19

High-fiber Diet May Be More Important for Men Than Women

Arizona Arthritis Center Adds Two Researchers with Exercise and Nutrition Expertise

Oct. 30, 2006
Turmeric Prevents Experimental Rheumatoid Arthritis and Bone Loss,
University of Arizona Study Shows

Oct. 28, 2006
New VNS Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) Studied
At UA College of Medicine Now Available in Tucson

Oct. 26, 2006
Steven Goldschmid, MD, Named Chairman of UA College of Medicine's Department of Medicine

Oct. 24, 2006
UA Program in Integrative Medicine Pioneers Botanical Medicine in Residency Project

Dr. Marie Swanson Named First Mel and Enid Zuckerman Endowed Chair in
Public Health at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

Oct. 23, 2006
UA Receives $5 Million to Establish Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Institute to Focus on Understanding Age-Related Memory Loss

Oct. 17, 2006
Dr. Reynolds Joins UA Zuckerman College of Public Health as Associate Professor of
Community, Environment and Policy

UA Zuckerman College of Public Health Receives National Accreditation

Oct. 16, 2006
UA College of Medicine Offers Diabetes Seminar, Oct. 21

Oct. 13, 2006
Statewide Bioscience Group Awarded NIH Planning Grant

UA College of Nursing Seeks Participants For Menopause-Symptoms Study

Dr. Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States Appointed Professor
at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health

Oct. 12, 2006
Program in Integrative Medicine Announces New Online Ayurveda Course

Meth Now Top Illicit Drug Associated with Hospitalizations in Arizona;
Pima County Surpasses Maricopa with Highest Admissions Rate

Oct. 5, 2006
UA's Steele Children's Research Center Investigators Receive $1.5 million
Surveillance Grant from CDC to Track Muscular Dystrophy in Arizona

Oct. 3, 2006
UA Study Seeks Participants with Jaw, Facial or Headache Pain