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126 U PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EXCHANGE PROGRAM GIVES INSIGHT INTO HEALTH xBASICS'An unusual exchange program is under way for students in the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program (UPAP). Several second-year students will spend five weeks in Papua New Guinea's rain forest learning about tropical medicine, and national health extension officers from that country will com...Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-04-16
127 U PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENT RETURNS FROM TROPICAL MEDICINE ROTATIONFor most University of Utah students, the last few weeks before graduation consist of exams, job interviews and measuring for a cap and gown. Not for Terry Scofield. Scofield, who recently graduated from the University of Utah's Physician Assistant Program (UPAP), spent her last five weeks of school...Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-06-18
128 U PROFESSOR CHOSEN TO LEAD SESSION AT NATIONAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUMCharles C. Hughes, Ph.D., director of graduate programs in public health at the University of Utah School of Medicine, has been selected to chair a session at a national symposium on the evolving relationship between medicine and public health.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-02-25
129 U PSORIASIS EXPERT WILL SPEAK TO LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPSMembers of local psoriasis support groups will gather at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center next week to hear Gerald G. Krueger, M.D., professor of dermatology at the U and chair of the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) Medical Advisory Board, discuss innovations in psoriasis research a...Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-07-29
130 U RESEARCHERS CREATE NEW POLYMER FOR DELIVERY OF TIME-RELEASED DRUGS TO THE BODYUniversity of Utah pharmaceutics researchers have built a new polymer or chemical substance which appears to have tremendous potential as a time-release drug-delivery system. The new polymer is super-heated, the medication added, and then it is injected just below the skin. As the substance cools to...Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-08-28
131 U STUDENTS, PHARMACY PROFESSIONALS SCHEDULE *BROWN BAG MEDICINE REVIEWS'Utah pharmacists are asking consumers with questions about their medications to speak up, to talk with their pharmacists about both prescription and nonprescription medications they may be taking, a dialogue that can save dollars and also enhance health benefits.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-10-14
132 U TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM EXPANDS TO VERNAL, RICHFIELD TO SERVE CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDSChildren with special health care needs who are served through the Utah Department of Health's clinics in Vernal and Richfield soon will be able to be seen by specialists at University Hospital via telemedicine between regular visits from the state-funded team of health care providers.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-11-04
133 U'S INNOVATIVE NURSING STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM LEADS TO GRANT FOR EXPANDED EUROPEAN PROJECTThe success of an innovative exchange program between University of Utah and Finnish nursing students has spawned a federally funded project to teach collaborative community health planning and develop a model for an expanded exchange between American and European nursing programs.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-10-29
134 UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY TARGETS TEENS FROM UNDERSERVED ETHNIC GROUPS"You can do it!" That's the message University of Utah professors will deliver to 50 Utah teenagers from ethnic groups which are underrepresented in the health sciences professions during the second annual University Health Sciences Academy.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-01-17
135 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HOSTS WORLD AIDS DAY REMEMBRANCE SERVICEUniversity Hospital will host an inter-faith World AIDS Day remembrance service on Monday, Dec. 1 at 12:05 p.m. in the Hope Chapel (third floor). The event will take the place of the Episcopal Holy Eucharist usually celebrated in the chapel at that time. All are welcome to attend the service.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-11-26
136 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OPENS OPERATING ROOMS TO THE PUBLICSaturday, Nov. 15--from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., University Hospital will give Utahns the chance to visit an area of the hospital most hope they will never have to see: the inside of an operating room. The open house is part of Operating Room Nurses Week; everyone is invited to attend.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-11-14
137 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS & CLINICS SPONSORS MEMORIAL WALK FOR PERINATAL BEREAVEMENT PROGRAMAs part of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, the University of Utah Health Sciences Center is sponsoring its second annual "Walk to Remember" for families who have lost a baby due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-09-23
138 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITALS & CLINICS NAMED AMONG AMERICA'S BEST BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORTUniversity of Utah Hospitals & Clinics is named as one of the nation's leading centers in the specialties of cardiology, gynecology, pulmonology and orthopedics in the eighth annual "America's Best Hospitals" guide to be published in the July 28 issue of U.S. News & World Report.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-07-18
139 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITALS & CLINICS OPENS PARK CITY SKI AREA HEALTH CENTERUniversity of Utah Hospitals & Clinics has opened a seasonal health center at the Park City Ski Area to serve out-of-state visitors and local residents. The center, which is the third established by the University in Summit County, is staffed by physicians from the hospital's emergency department an...Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-02-20
140 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH JOINS IN NATIONWIDE HUNT FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS GENESPatients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis are being sought for a study designed to find the genes responsible for predisposing people to the dis ease. The University of Utah Health Sciences Center is one of 12 research centers nationwide participating in the study, funded by the National Institut...Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-09-24
141 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROGRAM HAS RECORD-BREAKING YEARPhysicians at University of Utah Hospital performed a record number of kidney transplants--72--in 1996, making the hospital the state's leader for the procedure.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-02-07
142 UTAH HOSTS XII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN RADIATION THERAPYMore than 300 medical physicists, physicians, computer scientists, and technical personnel from around the world will gather Tuesday through Friday, May 27-30, at Salt Lake's Little America Hotel for the XII International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-05-23
143 UTAH POISON CONTROL CENTER UPGRADES TELEPHONE SYSTEMThe Utah Poison Control Center, a program of the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, has purchased a new telephone system and added two new emergency telephone lines. There are now six emergency telephone lines available to the center so it can better serve all Utah citizens.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-06-27
144 UTAH'S HOGLE ZOO AND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TEAM UP TO TREAT A CHEETAHImani is a sleek, slim and beautiful three-year-old cheetah at Utah's Hogle Zoo. Normally, a cheetah can stretch out and sprint up to 7 0 miles an hour to bring down its prey, but Imani has a serious problem. His left hind knee doesn't work very well; his once graceful gait, as he parades in front o...Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-04-01
145 UTAH, CANADIAN SCIENTISTS THINK THEY KNOW WHY HEART AND NERVOUS SYSTEM CELLS DIEFriedreich's ataxia is a crippling, deadly disease affecting 1 in 50,000 people. It kills irreplaceable cells in the heart and the spinal cord, and, sometimes, the pancreas. Its victims suffer progressive lack of coordination, and muscle weakness leading to shaky movements and difficulty walking. Th...Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-06-11
146 UTAHNS APPLYING TO MEDICAL SCHOOLS 'ACE' ADMISSION TESTUtah students have scored the highest in the nation on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), an important factor in the keen competition to get into medical school.Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News1997-04-15
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