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3D scan study by UH Cancer Center student hailed for obesity findings

November 12, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes A 3D optical scan study by Michael Wong, a UH Mānoa graduate student in the UH Cancer Center, was selected by OBESITY as one of the top five entries for research that significantly furthers scientific understanding of obesity.

$5.3M for world-famous UH reproductive lab

October 9, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The grant will allow the Institute for Biogenesis Research to produce transgenic mice for other researchers seeking medical cures at UH.

Pesticides may contribute to heart disease

October 7, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes A UH Mānoa and the Kuakini Medical Center study finds that occupational exposure to high levels of pesticides may raise the risk of heart disease and stroke, even in generally healthy men.

Concussion study looks to improve high school football safety

October 7, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The three-year College of Education concussion study monitors live-track head impacts at local high school football practices and games.

Hundreds focus on improving Hawaiʻi’s health workforce

September 26, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes UH officials and community leaders consider how to fill the shortage of health workers.

Event encourages students to love themselves

September 13, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The UH Mānoa Counseling and Student Development Center holds its annual Love Life Fair in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week.

Physician shortage takes a troubling turn for the worse

September 10, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The supply of working doctors has decreased by more than a hundred doctors in just one year, according to updated 2019 Physician Workforce data.

Hula study finds drop in blood pressure in Native Hawaiians

September 8, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 4 minutes A UH Mānoa medical school study finds hula significantly reduces a person's blood pressure.

UH Hilo grant aims to strengthen suicide prevention resources

August 30, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes UH Hilo has received a three-year U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant of $261,000 to support campus Counseling Services in efforts to build suicide prevention resources and strategies.

Breast cancer early detection research awarded $2.8 million

August 29, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes JABSOM’s Youping Deng and his team are doing promising work in the development of a new diagnostic tool to improve the early detection of breast cancer.