Omavi Bailey, MD, MPH, set to graduate this month from the University of Arizona Sleep Medicine Fellowship, can tell you a lot about how a good night’s rest or lack thereof affects health and your mental state—particularly for men of African descent.
Reducing cardiovascular disease and its complications among diabetes patients in Sonora, Mexico, is the focus of a new research project led by Benjamín Aceves MPH, MA, a doctoral candidate in health behavior health promotion at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College o
From Boston and Philadelphia to Chicago and Los Angeles, our nation’s flagship public hospitals are disappearing in a sea of apathy and red ink.
It’s September, so that means flu season will be here soon and it’s time to get a flu shot to keep yourself, your co-workers, patients, loved ones and random folks you come into contact with every day healthy.
That said, here is information on how and where you can get a flu shot on campus at the University of Arizona:
Dr. Hecker (center above) credits her success to the talented team of investigators working with her on this project. She takes pride in her “outside the box” approaches of managing her laboratory (heckerlab.arizona.edu). [Photo: Kris Hanning, UAHS Biocommunications]
The College of Medicine – Tucson will celebrate the Commitment to Underserved People (CUP) program's 40th anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 18. From its modest beginnings 40 years ago, CUP has since evolved into a substantial program involving more than 90 percent of all medical students. Through the program, medical students help provide free medical care to more than 1,000 patients in the Tucson community each year. Participation in CUP helps medical students practice their clinical skills and get involved with the local community.
Office workstations – either open office cubicles or private offices – can affect the activity and stress levels of workers, both during and after working hours, according to researchers at the UA institute on Place, Wellbeing and Performance. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Workers in open office seating had less daytime stress and greater daytime activity levels compared to workers in private offices and cubicles, according to new research led by the University of Arizona.
TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona Cancer Center physicians Daniel Persky, MD, and Abhijeet Kumar, MD, will be the featured speakers at “Ask the Doctor About Lymphoma: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatment Options,” a free patient education program open to patients, caregivers and health-care professionals, Thursday, Sept. 13, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
An open house for the new Advanced Electrophysiology Suite at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson will be hosted by the Cardiac Catheterization Lab on the hospital’s first floor Thursday, Sept. 13, 4-6:30 p.m., in Cath Lab No. 5. Light refreshments will be served
Scar tissue is a good thing. When you fall and scrape your knee, the natural process jumps into gear, sealing up wounds and healing damaged tissue.
But scar tissue can go haywire. Excessive scar tissue — or fibrosis — is the cause of many diseases that affect the internal organs; most have no cure.
