Medical assisting program at Kaua‘i CC receives accreditation
Accreditation allows Kauaʻi CC students to sit for the certified medical assistant exam and earn a certificate of achievement.
3D scanners give new insight to body shape and health
The UH Cancer Center is studying how body shape information can improve health and lengthen lives by using 3D optical scanners and advanced statistical modeling.
Demand for new breadfruit vodka bodes well for UH’s Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative
The Pacific Business Center Program's Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative is expanding awareness of the economic and health benefits of breadfruit.
Community support, risk awareness may lower hypertension rates
Research was led by Catherine Pirkle and Tetine Sentell in the Office of Public Health Studies at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work.
UH students excel at health occupation leadership conference
Students from Kapiʻolani CC, UH Hilo and UH Mānoa 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 Mānoa'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
UH researchers 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 Mānoa
UH Mānoa 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 Mānoa 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.
