Researchers Find Surprising Benefit to the Immune System Following Infection
The human body’s immune system weakens over time, making older adults more susceptible to infections and leaving scientists with the puzzling dilemma of how to maintain health across the lifespan. As part of continuing research at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, a recent study into how infection affects the immune system resulted in a […]
Valley medical expert warns of long winter amid rise in COVID-19 cases
PHOENIX — The pandemic’s latest surge maintains a grip on the state. Arizona health officials reported 3,820 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths on Sunday. These latest numbers push Arizona’s totals to 1,292,054 cases and 22,589 known deaths since the pandemic began. ABC15’s Health Insider, Dr. Shad Marvasti, says this may be the […]
Brief presence of water in Arabia Terra on Mars: Team studied thermal inertia to understand how rock layers were formed
As part of a team of collaborators from Northern Arizona University and Johns Hopkins University, NAU PhD candidate Ari Koeppel recently discovered that water was once present in a region of Mars called Arabia Terra. Arabia Terra is in the northern latitudes of Mars. Named in 1879 by Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, this ancient land […]
Arizona experts share how omicron became variant of concern
PHOENIX — The World Health Organization is now saying the new omicron variant poses a high global risk, because of its potential to spread more easily. The Arizona Department of Health Services says, so far, there aren’t any positive cases of the omicron variant. Though medical experts say that could change, and fast. ABC15’s Health […]
Study Seeks to Improve Medication Adherence, Reduce Hypertension Disparities
Using a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, researchers in the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy are leading a study to test an intervention designed to increase medication adherence rates among diverse patients with hypertension. Hypertension is widely prevalent in the U.S. and a critical risk factor for […]
Researchers Receive $3.3M to Study Integrative Health Program to Help People Stop Smoking
A University of Arizona College of Nursing researcher has received a 5-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to study the efficacy of integrative phone-delivered tobacco cessation interventions. The study, “Testing the Efficacy of a Scalable, Telephone-Delivered, Guided Imagery Tobacco Cessation Intervention,” focuses on delivering interventions via telephone because […]
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers to Study Long COVID as Part of National Collaborative
Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences will lead a statewide effort to study the long-term effects of COVID-19 with a projected $9.2 million in first-year funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In the subsequent years of this four-year award, additional funding based upon enrollment is anticipated. UArizona Health Sciences is one […]
MOVE UP Outreach Program Administers 36,000 COVID-19 Vaccines in Arizona’s Rural and Underserved Communities
More than 36,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in rural communities throughout Arizona thanks to the Mobile Outreach Vaccination and Education for Underserved Populations (MOVE UP) program, a coordinated effort at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. People in Arizona’s outlying communities often are isolated due to language, income and transportation barriers, making mobile health […]
UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin ‘Computer on the Bone’
By Emily Dieckman, University Communications Nov. 18, 2021 Osseosurface electronic devices, which attach directly to the bone, could one day help physicians monitor bone health. It’s show here applied to a synthetic bone in the Gutruf Lab at the University of Arizona. Courtesy of Gutruf Lab A team of University of Arizona researchers has developed […]
Research Study on Cancer Risk for Wildland Firefighters Funded by FEMA
A $1.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is funding a study at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health that will evaluate cancer risks among wildland firefighters with the goal of finding ways to reduce those risks. Wildland firefighters constitute a large and diverse group of essential […]