Academic Health Center - University of Minnesota

Beyond echo and angiograms

Imaging is the backbone of cardiovascular medicine. But what’s next for cardiovascular diagnostics?

Orphans around the world face a host of problems. Poor nutrition shouldn't be one of them.

In Mayo D327, gone are the podium, tables and chairs, and lecture-and-notes model of education

A team of experts harness the power of stem cells to repair the brain and spinal cord 1 2 3 4

Health Career Center embarks on first-ever trip to India

Twenty-five U of M undergrads will embark on a rare learning adventure to Mysore, India from Dec. 26 to Jan. 14, 2011
Minnesota escalates its assault on diabetes

The Decade of Discovery awards $1.8 million to three partnership projects.
The power of oxygen

Lower oxygen levels may make a vaccine more apt to finding and destroying tumors.

UMPhysicians opens its new Women’s Health Specialists Clinic

“One stop shop” combines services previously located across the U of M campus.
Unhealthy weight control can lead to weight gain

SPH researchers uncover troubling data around extreme dieting, skipping meals and using diet pills.
U of M experts find sports alone can’t combat adolescent obesity

Nearly half of overweight adolescents ages 12 to 17 also participate in organized physical activities.
The dangers of holiday drinking

U of M weighs-in on how to safely consume alcohol and how to spot—and help treat—alcohol addiction