The Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) at the University of Arizona is a network of health-related organizations and activities unique in the state and region. Arizona’s only academic health sciences center, AHSC is based on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson and maintains a growing presence on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus in downtown Phoenix. From these vantage points, AHSC reaches across the state of Arizona and well beyond its borders to provide health-care education, research, patient care and service for Arizonans and their neighbors today and for the future.
In this introductory message to the Arizona Health Sciences Center community, Dr. William Crist, UA Vice President for Health Affairs, describes his view of AHSC and the foundation it provides for meeting the challenges of the future.
A neonatologist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine is using simulation technology to prepare residents at University Medical Center and health-care professionals in outlying communities to manage crisis situations involving newborn babies. Her hands-on approach to neonatal resuscitation protocol (NRP) helps to foster teamwork and instill confidence in her students.
Researchers at the University of Arizona are helping children to recover from severe nerve poisoning following a scorpion sting. Their work studying the effectiveness of a scorpion-specific antivenom has provided added benefits for rural communities, making the powerful treatment available to anyone in Arizona who needs it.
One out of five Americans will develop skin cancer, the most common form of cancer in the United States. The good news is: Most skin cancers are preventable and, if detected early, are highly treatable.
To help people learn how to enjoy Arizona's approximately 350 sunny days each year and understand UV exposure, the Arizona Cancer Center's Skin Cancer Institute joined the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum to present the fourth annual Living in Harmony with the Sun event.
University Medical Center has opened its new, much larger trauma center and expanded emergency department.
A study conducted by researchers from the University of Arizona and reported in the May 14 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine shows that youngsters suffering severe nerve poisoning following a scorpion sting recover completely and quickly if a scorpion-specific antivenom is administered.