![[Cover of the Journal of Immunology]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/journalimmunologyteaser.jpg?itok=bnjmXMv6 "Cover of the Journal of Immunology")
Infectious diseases remain among the leading causes of death in older adults, and researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson have found a key to understanding the aging immune system’s decreased response to infections.
![[Carlos Galvani, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/galvaniteaser.jpg?itok=SubBs1ZA "Carlos Galvani, MD")
Tucsonan Luis Zavala believes bariatric surgery saved his life.
“If I didn’t have surgery I wouldn’t be here in the next five years,” said Zavala, 51, who has lost 180 pounds and is off all medications since undergoing a gastric sleeve procedure in April 2012.
“Before, I would have to stop three or four times walking out to my gate in front of my house. Now I can work again and I have energy.”
![[Diego R. Martin, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/martinteaser.jpg?itok=GweUS3Bi "Diego R. Martin, MD, PhD")
![[Emad El Quza, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/elquzateaser.jpg?itok=l5XJoAwS "Emad El Quza, MD")
David S. Alberts, MD, director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center from 2005-2013, has been granted the director emeritus title by the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
The heart of women's health lies deep within the chest. Join us Friday, Nov. 3 to learn why we need to go beyond the "bikini" view of women's health; beyond the focus on the breasts and reproductive organs. Heart disease doesn't discriminate and it claims 1 in 3 women's lives each year.
About 1.6 million Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which encompasses several painful and complex disorders that include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
What’s more, chronic inflammation in the intestinal tract, prevalent with IBD, has been linked to the development of colon cancer. Each year, nearly 142,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with colon cancer and about 50,000 die.
Although IBD can occur at any age, it’s most often diagnosed in children and young adults.
Banner Health continues its transformation to become more consumer focused with the opening of three new retail-based health clinics in August. The Banner Quick Care clinics will be located in Safeway grocery stores in Chandler, Tempe and Tucson.
The Chandler and Tempe locations will open on Aug. 1, and the Tucson location on Aug. 9.
TOPIC: “Oral Health Care for Aging Adults”
SPEAKER: Karen Tam, PhD, MSDH, RDH, Title V Grant Project Director, Dental Studies, Pima Community College
