Hula study finds drop in blood pressure in Native Hawaiians
A UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ medical school study finds hula significantly reduces a person's blood pressure.
UH Hilo grant aims to strengthen suicide prevention resources
UH Hilo has received a three-year U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant of $261,000 to support campus Counseling Services in efforts to build suicide prevention resources and strategies.
Breast cancer early detection research awarded $2.8 million
JABSOM’s Youping Deng and his team are doing promising work in the development of a new diagnostic tool to improve the early detection of breast cancer.
Award-winning forensics course continues to prove popular
The summer workshop was taught in the anatomy labs of the medical school and in the field and classrooms of UH West Oʻahu.
Initiative seeks to leverage UH System to improve health in Â鶹´«Ã½, Pacific
UHealthy Â鶹´«Ã½ is a new initiative to leverage Â鶹´«Ã½programs to improve health and healthcare in Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Pacific.
UH medical postdoc honored for heart research
Andrew Knutson will receive $60,000 over three years while working in the lab of his mentor, Ralph Shohei, in the Center for Cardiovascular Research.
U.S. surgeon general visits UH West O?ahu, JABSOM
Students and faculty at UHWest Oʻahu and the UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ (JABSOM) met U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams during his recent visit to the state.
Critical heart drug too pricey for some Medicare patients
Researchers, including Chien-Wen Tseng of JABSOM, say it could end up costing patients more than $1,600 a year after insurance.
Surprising link found between insulin resistance and avoiding Alzheimer¡¯s
Research led by Thomas Lee of the UH Office of Public Health Studies involved 1,544 Japanese men participating in Kuakini Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.
Award winning UH professor and lifesaving innovator gets funky
Alson Inaba, a UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ professor and pediatric emergency specialist, wins the first Innovation at Heart award from the American Heart Association.