AHSC In The News - Wed., May 6 - Thurs., May 7, 2009

NATIONAL NEWS

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA

• HHS Secretary Sebelius Welcomes Deputy Secretary Bill Corr, Indian Health Service Director Dr. Yvette Roubideaux (Dr. Yvette Roubideaux served most recently as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at UA College of Medicine)

Health.com

• Telling Heartburn From Heart Attack Can Be Tricky (Dr. Ronnie Fass, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at UA College of Medicine)

24-7PressRelease.com (press release)

• Arizona Cancer Center Launches Site to Highlight Alternative Treatments

PHOENIX NEWS

Arizona Republic

• Gilbert to get renowned hospital for cancer care (Banner previously discussed with the University of Arizona)

LOCAL NEWS

Arizona Daily Star

• County must continue to support Kino hospital (University Physicians Healthcare as a teaching facility for the University of Arizona's College of Medicine)

• AZ regents consider cheaper university alternative

Tucson Citizen

• Hands off universities' auxiliary funds, regents tell legislators

• Arizona regents mull cheaper university alternative

• Video available online on how to do self-exams for skin cancer: On Arizona Skin Cancer Institute's Web site

• UA lecture on asthma, allergies rescheduled

OTHER NEWS

Sahuarita Sun

• Settlement in boy's death helps family move on (University Medical Center)

San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA

• Grant to make holistic approach available to more patients ( Integrative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona)

Douglas Daily Dispatch - Douglas,AZ

• Douglas man shot in thigh (was air lifted to University Medical Center)

Drugs.com

• Telling Heartburn From Heart Attack Can Be Tricky

PRWeb.com

• Total Artificial Heart Patient 3rd in the World to Receive Dual Transplants

BROADCAST NEWS

• Senate confirms UA prof's nomination to head IHS (Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, assistant professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the ua's College of Medicine)
  KSWT-TV - Yuma,AZ
  

• Telling heartburn from heart attack can be tricky (Dr. Ronnie Fass, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at the University of Arizona)
  WFIE-TV - Evansville,IN
  

• Pima County lowers its swine flu alert (University Medical Center)
  KVOA.com
  

• Budget Update: Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias
  KUAT-TV
  

• UPH at Kino Wants more county money(Pete Bryan)
  KUAT-TV
  

Friday, May 1

• UMC intestine transplant
  KVOA-TV, 4 PM News

• UMC fires employees for photo misconduct
  KVOA-TV, 5, 10 PM News
  KOLD-TV, 5, 6, 10 PM News
  KMSB-TV, 9 PM News

Saturday, May 2

• UMC employees fired
  KGUN-TV, 5 PM News
  KMSB-TV, 9 PM News

Monday, May 4

• Limes: Dr Charles Gerba, UA microbiologist
  KOLD-TV, 5, 6, 10 PM News