UH students excel at health occupation leadership conference
Students from Kapiʻolani CC, UH Hilo and UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ turned in a strong performance at the 13th Annual HOSA—Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference.
Medical school¡¯s class of 2018 match in 15 different specialties
Soon-to-be doctors learn where they will be spending their residency training during dramatic and simultaneous opening of envelopes.
Lower educational attainment and income, early trauma can increase health risks
The study by UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹'s Catherine Pirkle and Yan Yan Wu examined whether social and behavioral risk factors make certain groups more vulnerable to metabolic syndrome.
New findings on type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer survival rates
Â鶹´«Ã½researchers Yvette Amshoff, Gertraud Maskarinec and Andrew Grandinetti looked at 24 years of health data and found that patients who have type 2 diabetes in addition to other chronic diseases have a lower survival rate for colorectal cancer.
National Brain Injury Awareness Month events at UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ is holding two events—the Concussion film screening and a helmet give away—during National Brain Injury Awareness Month in March.
Karen Davison named UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair
Davison¡¯s research will focus on the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Canadian Community Health Survey and Canadian Longitudinal Survey on Aging.
Teens attend Moloka?i’s first-ever health camp
The John A. Burns School of Medicine sponsored the community event in Kaunakakai for youngsters interested in a career in medical career.
Urgent need for pregnant women to get screened early for syphilis
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is reaffirming the need to screen all pregnant women for syphilis, which may be present but undetected in expectant mothers with devastating effects.
Mind-body therapy effective for military veterans with PTSD
The study co-authored by UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Professor Kathryn Braun was published in the Journal for Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Centralizing technology between medical care teams aids patient outcome
Â鶹´«Ã½ healthcare providers are using technology from a project led by UH Hilo that helps pharmacists manage high-risk patients’ medications across a variety of settings.