Health Sciences In The Media

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix have shown for the first time in preclinical studies that Aliskiren, a drug that inhibits the enzyme that regulates blood pressure, can delay the progression of congestive heart failure and lengthen survival rates.

"The most interesting part of this study was that people who lived alone actually seem to get the greatest benefit in both the heart attack group and the stroke group," said dog owner Dr. Martha Gulati, who is the editor-in-chief of CardioSmart.org, the American College of Cardiology's patient education platform and division chief of cardiology at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $3.6 million, five-year grant to advance the research of Andrew Karellas, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FACR, and Srinivasan Vedantham, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, professors in the Department of Medical Imaging.

The Safer Bars program is the focus of a study led by researchers at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Researchers at the UA Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science and Dine (dih-NEH') College are partnering to try to get more Navajo students into biomedical sciences.

A team led by Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the UA Health Sciences has received a $37.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research a potential regenerative therapy for Alzheimer's disease.

University of Arizona researchers are trying to find a way to quickly and inexpensively check water supplies for norovirus. Being able to detect very low concentrations of norovirus is important because the virus is so contagious and can be very difficult to inactivate or kill.

A new study that measured the reliability of administering antibiotics before obtaining blood cultures could end the debate among physicians regarding sepsis management. Dr. Murtaza Akhter, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix, is co-author of the study.

The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy is cautioning individuals to avoid, or at least minimize, the use of e-cigarettes.