Building healthy eating habits for life
The dinner table struggle is real for so many parents trying to get their kids to eat more fruits and veggies, but it doesn’t have to be. As part of National Nutrition Month, ABC15 Health Insider Dr. Shad Marvasti is focusing on child nutrition. He suggests starting with dipping sauces for things like broccoli to […]
COVID-19 Vaccine Moderately Effective Against Variants in Children and Adolescents, New Report Shows
Newly released data from an ongoing research study at the University of Arizona Health Sciences in combination with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s PROTECT study show that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been a moderately effective tool for preventing the spread of COVID-19 and reducing the severity of infection among children and adolescents. […]
Gov. Ducey Proclaims March “Arizonans in Health Research Month” to Celebrate All of Us UArizona-Banner Milestone
The All of Us Research Program University of Arizona-Banner Health will reach a significant milestone when it enrolls its 50,000th participant this month. To honor the participants and encourage involvement in health research, Gov. Doug Ducey proclaimed March “Arizonans in Health Research Month.” “Many of the country’s top health research facilities and research institutions reside […]
Future Physicians to Begin Their Next Chapter at Match Day Ceremony
What: Class of 2022 Match Day CeremonyWhen: Friday, March 18, 8-11:30 a.m.Where: West side of the Old Main Building on the University of Arizona campus More than 110 medical students in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will learn where they will complete the next phase of their medical training at this […]
UArizona Cancer Center Members Available to Speak About Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Reporters and editors: Several members of the UArizona Cancer Center are available for interviews in advance of Tuesday’s visit. Please contact Mark Lane at 214-287-3529 or marklane@arizona.edu to arrange interviews. The University of Arizona Cancer Center is partnering with the Tohono O’odham Nation to welcome First lady Jill Biden, EdD, to Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, […]
National Nutrition Month highlights how diet is linked to major diseases
March is National Nutrition Month and highlights some of the easiest ways we can control our health. ABC15 Health Insider Dr. Shad Marvasti says diet links directly to some of the major diseases of our time like cancer, diabetes, low blood sugar, and heart disease. As part of his specialty, he teaches medical students at […]
Researchers find COVID-19 can infect inner ear, links to hearing issues
PHOENIX — A team of researchers say they better understand why some people with COVID-19 also experience dizziness, ringing in the ears, or other hearing issues. The researchers examined symptoms in patients with COVID-19. They also studied inner-ear tissue and cells from humans and mice. Over the past year, their experiments showed how the virus […]
UArizona Arthritis Center Lecture to Focus on Treatment Options for Knee, Hip Pain
What: Solving Problems of the Knee and Hip When: Wednesday, March 9, 6-7:15 p.m.Where: Virtual. Register at http://arthritis.arizona.edu/healthy-living/tucson-lecture-series Gens Goodman, DO, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and orthopedic surgeon at Banner University Medicine – Tucson, will present a free lecture, “Solving Problems of the Knee […]
UArizona Health Sciences Colleges Climb in Blue Ridge Rankings of NIH Funding
The University of Arizona Health Sciences received more than $133 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in 2020–2021, with several colleges showing improvements in the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research national rankings, released in mid-February. The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research is a nonprofit organization that ranks U.S. medical schools by NIH grant awards […]
Arizona reports 364 new COVID-19 cases, 13 additional deaths Friday – KTAR.com
A health worker prepares to administer the Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine in Gauhati, India, Friday, June 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) PHOENIX – Arizona public health officials on Friday reported 364 new COVID-19 cases and 13 additional deaths from the disease. The latest documented totals were 888,701 infections and 17,822 fatalities, according to the Arizona Department […]