AHSC In The News - Thurs., May 21, 2009

NATIONAL NEWS

USA Today

• Scientists believe kids more apt to smoke if mom did while pregnant

Business Wire

• Former US Surgeon General to Speak at Ross University School of Medicine's 2009 Graduation (Dr. Richard H. Carmona)

Science Daily

• Children Whose Mothers Smoked During Pregnancy And Early Childhood More Likely To Smoke As Adults (Roni Grad, MD)

LOCAL NEWS

Arizona Daily Star

• Science group goes to court, asking state to return $18.5M

• S. Ariz. may need 3 more trauma-care centers

• Tucson's 'Extreme Makeover' teen in hospital (Lizzie Bell remains at University Medical Center)

OTHER NEWS

Willcox Range News - Willcox,AZ

• Willcox man dies in rollover (died Saturday at University Medical Center in Tucson)

Examiner.com

• Health alert: Young children whose parents smoke may endure a long-term impact

PR-inside.com

• UnitedHealthcare Awards $1.4 Million in Grants to Benefit Arizona Health Care Consumers (Arizona Telemedicine Network/Copper Queen Community Hospital of Bisbee received a $150,000 grant to support cardiology specialty consultation via telemedicine to the rural areas of southeast Arizona)

BROADCAST NEWS

• UA's cancer center seeking branch in Phoenix (The Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson)
  KVOA - News
  

• Report: No need for second trauma center in So. Ariz. (UMC is in Tucson and has the only Level 1 trauma center in the region)
  KOLD-TV