Health Sciences Center

Governor Susana Martinez declared March Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in New Mexico, calling the disease one of the most "preventable, treatable and beatable" forms of cancer if caught early. University of New Mexico Cancer Center experts join the ...

Research delving into prostate cancer development has identified several key indicators of early cell change that may help researchers better understand how prostate cancer arises as well as how to create new targeted treatments.The study, conducted by ...

UNM scientists have uncovered new mechanisms by which human papillomavirus, or HPV, infects cells. Their research, published in the journal PLoS Pathogens, challenges previous understandings of how HPV makes its crucial move from the cell membrane into ...

Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 29 through Friday, March 2, from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m., join Jackie, Tony and Donnie from 100.3 The Peak broadcasting live from the sixth floor of the UNM Children's Hospital conducting their annual Radiothon to benefit UNM Children's ...

The University Hospital Art Program hosts an artist's reception featuring Allan Rosenfield Friday, Feb. 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibition, "Other Works on Paper," opened recently at The Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery, Fifth Floor, Ambulatory Care ...

UNM's Center for Life Integrative Medicine Specialty Clinic is included in a recent national survey of patient populations and health conditions most commonly treated with integrative medicine strategies. Integrative Medicine in America: How Integrative ...

As part of the University of New Mexico's Prevention Research Center's Journal Club Series, L. Olivia Hopkins will discuss "Interventions for Preventing Obesity in Children" on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Research Incubator Building ...

The University of New Mexico is at the forefront of two powerful trends in drug development, experts here said. The first is an increasing emphasis on drug repurposing – finding new uses for established drugs. Think aspirin to lower heart attack risk, or ...

The University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry was selected for the Victor J. Teichner Award from the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. According ...

The University of New Mexico's IDEAS in Psychiatry welcomes William S. Breitbart, international leader in care and research for the terminally ill, to Albuquerque for a free public presentation as part of its "We Need to Talk" lecture series. Using ...