AHSC In The News - Wed., May 27, 2009

NATIONAL NEWS

EurekAlert - Washington,DC

• PET scan can non invasively measure early assessment of treatment for common type of breast cancer (University of Arizona Cancer Center)

LOCAL NEWS

Arizona Daily Star

Tuesday, May 26


• University construction projects in jeopardy

• Sisters invent scorpion shield (Jude McNally, Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center)

Wednesday, May 27


• Arizona cancer doctor to get $18 million grant (Daniel Von Hoff, MD)

• Opinion by Andrew Weil: Registered dietitians and certified nutritionists (Cyndi Thomson, PhD)

• Health-care issue hashed out

Tucson Citizen

• Tucson weighs in on health care headache

OTHER NEWS

Sierra Vista Herald

• Bisbee telemedicine program expands; Copper Queen Community Hospital gets money from UnitedHealthcare to start virtual cardiology program

• Tucson sisters invent, sell scorpion shield (Jude McNally, Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center)

BROADCAST NEWS

• Tucson intestinal transplant first in state
  KTAR.com
  

• University Physicians Kino Hospital could become trauma center: Dr. Peter Rhee, UMC; Larry Aldrich, University Physicians
  KOLD-TV, 5, 6 PM News
  

• UMC Trauma Care report; UMC trauma center expansion study: Dr. Peter Rhee; nurse; Bob Walkup; Michelle Ziemba; Paul Fuschin
  KOLD-TV, Noon, 5, 6 PM News
  KMSB-TV, 9:10 PM News

• UMC trauma center expansion report study: Dr. Peter Rhee
  KVOA-TV, 5 PM News
  KGUN-TV, 5, 10News

• Arizona Cancer Center and Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital in negotiations
  KVOA-TV, 5 PM News

• How does our county pay for a Kino trauma center?
  KOLD-TV
  

• Extreme Makeover's Lizzie Bell in hospital
  KVOA-TV, 10 PM News

• Lizzie Bell of Extreme Makeover in hospital
  KVOA-TV, Noon News KGUN-TV, 10 PM News