To help understand the molecular mechanisms behind Alzheimer's disease, the ASU School of Nutrition and Health Promotion is recruiting volunteers who are at least 50 years old.

This 8-week trial will examine how restoring vitamin D status affects beta amyloid peptide clearance from the brain to the blood. Volunteer participation includes two fasting blood draws within 8 weeks and consumption of a vitamin D or placebo supplement once a week for 8 weeks. The Institutional Review Board of Arizona State University has approved this research.  

ASU intends to enroll about 40 participants and has begun the recruiting process.

If you are interested in assisting ASU with the recruitment phase or wish to find out more information, you may contact the investigator, Brendan Miller, by email (Brendan.Miller@asu.edu) or by phone (480-580-0099).  

To volunteer in this trial, please click on the link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VitaminDandAlzheimersDiseaseStudy     

Current Midwestern students will conduct informative campus tours which will allow you to experience the University's facilities, clinics, and accommodations from a student's perspective.

University staff will be on hand to provide information on admissions, while Midwestern faculty will introduce and explain professional degree programs in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant studies, occupational therapy, cardiovascular science/perfusion, podiatric medicine, nurse anesthesia, biomedical sciences, clinical psychology, optometry, dental medicine, physical therapy, and veterinary medicine.

To register:

• Call 888/247-9277
• Email to admissaz@midwestern.edu
• Register online at http://www.midwestern.edu/AZOpenHouse

Midwestern University is located at 19555 North 59th Avenue in Glendale, just south of the Loop 101.

Dr. Richard Heuser, Chief of Cardiology at St. Luke's Medical Center, Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, and partner with the Phoenix Heart Center at St. Luke's Medical Center, wrote a new textbook, "Renal Denervation: A New Approach to the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension," in conjunction with his fellow medical colleagues, Dr. Markus Schlaich and Dr. Horst Sievert. This is Dr. Heuser's sixth textbook and was written for cardiologists, nephrologists and urologists, as well as allied health professionals and medical device companies.

Most recently, Dr. Heuser unveiled the new book during a medical presentation at TRENDS in Berlin, the premier meeting on this topic in the world. He and his team recently received funding for Verve Medical, an Arizona-based company that develops and manufactures the medical devices used for renal denervation treatments. The company recently announced they've raised $3.1 million in funding.

"The safe and effective way to reduce blood pressure for patients with resistant hypertension is through renal denervation," said Dr. Heuser. "Renal denervation is a minimally invasive surgery that enlists an endovascular catheter to fire multiple electrodes simultaneously with an updated radiofrequency generator."  

• Time commitment: 4 hour shifts (am or pm) or all day.
• Supplies to bring with you: stethoscope (optional: penlight, reflex hammer, etc).
• Need to have own liability insurance; the event will not provide.
• During the sign-up process, when prompted to choose a group - select University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix.

For questions and more information, contact U of A College of Medicine - Phoenix medical student Porus Mistry by email to: pmistry@email.arizona.edu.

Volunteer >> 

May 19, 2015 

11 am - 5 pm

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS
1101 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 307-5330

FREE Hepatitis C Testing. Quick finger prick, no blood draw required. Results in 20 minutes. 

FREE Hepatitis A & B Vaccines, Age 18 & up

FREE services provided:

• Counseling
• Education
• Medication
• Resources

Refreshments will be served.

You should get tested if:

• You were born between 1945-1965
• Injected drugs, even one time
• Received a tattoo, or piercing outside of a licensed setting
• Recieved any blood products before 1992
• HIV positive

The negative update of 21% under current law for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2015. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule claims for services rendered on or before March 31, 2015, are unaffected by the payment cut and will be processed and paid under normal procedures and time frames. The Administration urges Congress to take action to ensure these cuts do not take effect.    

However, until that happens, CMS must take steps to implement the negative update.  Under current law, electronic claims are not paid sooner than 14 calendar days (29 days for paper claims) after the date of receipt.  CMS will send notification on or before April 11, 2015, with more information about the status of Congressional action to avert the negative update and next steps.

As more news comes into the Maricopa County Medical Society, we'll be sure to communicate it to our membership.