Dr. Neumayer, a renowned expert in breast cancer, women’s health and surgical education, will be the UA’s first female head of surgery and one of only six women surgery department heads in the nation.Continue reading
Category Archives: Health
Insys to Advance Development of Pharmaceutical Cannabidiol (CBD) to Treat Epilepsy in Children and Adults
Hires Mark Davis as Senior Clinical Director to Oversee ProgramContinue reading
Amgen Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for Investigational Ivabradine for Chronic Heart Failure
Amgen Statement on FDA Fast Track Designation for Investigational Ivabradine for Chronic Heart FailureContinue reading
Pentagon-backed Keim lab research may open pathways to precision medicine
Research motivated to blunt the sinister potential of a deadly infectious disease may hold the promise of life-saving treatments at the edge of a transformation in medical care.Continue reading
Brainwave Optimization Associated with Clinical Improvements After Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain State Technologies announces the presentation of results from a case series of 21 individuals with persisting symptoms following traumatic brain injury.Continue reading
TOPCAT Trial Tests Possible Treatment for Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Heart Pump Function
Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and chief of the Division of Cardiology at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson serves on the TOPCAT executive committee.Continue reading
TGen study identifies growth factor receptors that may prompt the spread of lung cancer
Preventing lung cancers from metastasizing to other parts of the body could provide benefit for patients against the leading cause of cancer deathContinue reading
Next Steps Announced in Advancing the ‘Arizona Biomedical Corridor’
Mayor Stanton and the Phoenix City Council Take Next Steps to Advance ‘Arizona Biomedical Corridor’
- Authorize $180 Million in Revenue Bonds to Finance Mayo Clinic’s Cutting-Edge Cancer Therapy Center
- Renew Agreement with ASU, Mayo Clinic to Develop Corridor
- State Land Dept. Will Auction Corridor Land by Year’s End
Biodesign Team using tobacco to thwart West Nile virus
An international research group, led by Arizona State University professor Qiang “Shawn” Chen, has developed a new generation of potentially safer and more cost-effective therapeutics against West Nile virus and other pathogens.Continue reading
Castle Biosciences’ Non-Invasive Gene Expression Profile Test Shown to Identify Sentinel Lymph Node Negative Melanoma Patients at High Risk of Metastasis
Data presented at the Latest in Dermatology Research Symposia session of 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of DermatologyContinue reading