Cancer survivors, family, friends, caregivers and the Tucson community are invited to attend Beyond Cancer: Finding Spirit, presented by Community Cancer Connections at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, in partnership with the UA Cancer Center.
Two winners were named Aug. 11 for the Hero Awards at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the UA Health Sciences’ Healthy Dose Blog, you might be missing some interesting stories on and by colleagues in the Department of Medicine, related business units and other UAHS colleges.
Here’s a few:
Leaders in the University of Arizona Division of Infectious Diseases wish to express their sadness at the death of Hooshang Nematollahi, MSN, FNP-C, MBA, 62, who passed away Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, after a long battle with thyroid cancer.
His memorial services were held at East Lawn Palms Mortuary in Tucson on Monday, Aug. 28.
By Anna C. Christensen, UA Cancer Center
Inflammation affects all of us as we age. Painful joints in arthritis, artery-clogging plaques that can cause heart disease, damaged tissues that can become cancerous—excessive, chronic inflammation underlies each of them. This has led to widespread interest in dietary strategies, lifestyle choices and supplements that may reduce inflammation.
The Valley Fever Center for Excellence (VFCE) at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has been awarded a four-year, $4.8 million grant for research to speed development of a vaccine to combat Valley fever, the sometimes deadly respiratory illness caused by Coccidioides spores found in soils of the U.S. Southwest.
When Dr. Victoria Maizes started practicing medicine in northern California, it was not unusual for patients to ask her about complementary medicine — that is, combining conventional medicine with non-mainstream approaches to treatment, such as diet, exercise, pain management and meditation.
Kevin Marr, RRT, CPFT, BSIT, MBA, director of respiratory care services at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South campuses, had the honor of announcing last week that the Banner – UMC Tucson Respiratory Therapy team was named the AzSRC Respiratory Therapy Department of the Year.
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