Image What Our Wandering Thoughts Can Teach Us About Mental Health Sept. 30, 2021 Researchers analyzed people's idle thoughts for 10 minutes. What they learned may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues such as depression. Read more
Image UArizona Awarded $60 Million to Lead Precision Aging Network Sept. 28, 2021 The network, established with funding from the National Institutes of Health, has the ultimate goal of developing more effective brain-aging treatments and interventions targeted to the individual. Read more
Image Pain Clinics Could Cut Down on Opioid Use, UA Team Finds April 3, 2019 Pain specialists at the University of Arizona and Banner – University Medicine are trying to reduce the use of opioids for patients suffering from chronic non-cancer pain by utilizing alternatives and complementary methods, such as physical therapy, acupuncture, chiropractors, non-opioid medication, and a large array of pain intervention procedures. Read more at UANews
Image Exploring Copper's Potential as Antibiotic March 31, 2019 Pharmaceutical companies are making fewer and fewer new antibiotics, a trend UA immunobiologist Michael Johnson says is in urgent need of reversal. He believes copper might be the key. Read more at UANews
Image New Patient Tower to Open at Banner – UMC Tucson March 26, 2019 Banner – University Medical Center Tucson's new nine-story hospital tower opens to patients April 22, with a community preview planned for April 7. Read more at UANews
Image Future Physicians Celebrate Match Day March 16, 2019 Match Day is the culmination of four years of hard work in the classroom and in clinical training for students in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix. Read more at UANews
Image Latest Drug Regimens Provide 'Lazarus Effect' for HIV Patients March 11, 2019 Frailty related to HIV infection is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, according to a perspective article authored by a clinical team at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. Read more at UANews
Image Weil Commits $15M to Name UA Center for Integrative Medicine March 11, 2019 A gift from integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Andrew Weil will ensure the UA is the world's nexus of integrative medicine education, research and innovation. Read more at UANews
Image Study Links Cardiac Arrests to Opioid Overdoses March 11, 2019 Research completed by two UA medical students shows a tragic trend in overdose-related, out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Arizona. Read more at UANews
Image A Step Toward Better Treatments for Fibrosis Feb. 27, 2019 UA researchers have developed a technology that could improve therapeutic strategies for fibrotic disorders, a leading cause of death in the U.S., and licensed it to startup Fibronox. Read more at UANews
