March 9, 2020 Native Americans and Higher Cigarette Use: Stereotype Goes Up in Smoke When comparing white people and Native Americans with similar income and education levels, whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent, research shows.
Feb. 26, 2020 Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Increasingly Common, Linked to Stressful Life Events Women who experience more stressful life events in the year before childbirth are more likely to use marijuana before and during pregnancy, a new study shows.
Feb. 12, 2020 Scientists Study Sweat, the Small Stuff A team of researchers at the University of Arizona is developing new methods to collect and analyze sweat for clues about how the body is functioning.
Jan. 16, 2020 Blue Light Can Help Heal Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Psychiatry professor William "Scott" Killgore used blue light to reset sleep patterns in adults recovering from mild traumatic brain injury to facilitate recovery of brain structure, connectivity and cognitive performance.
Jan. 9, 2020 From Big Data to Precision Treatments for Alzheimer's The Center for Innovation in Brain Science leverages big data in an effort to close the gap on cognitive health span, thanks to a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging.
Dec. 12, 2019 Seeking New Ways to Understand Human Aging A prestigious $4.5 million MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health will allow a University of Arizona immunologist to pursue a new, more promising way to study human aging.
Dec. 10, 2019 Two Faculty Inventors Named NAI Fellows Optical Sciences Professor Hong Hua and Regents Professor Emeritus Victor Hruby are being honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
Dec. 2, 2019 Benefits of Active Learning Are All About Activity Researchers monitored students' heart rates during medical school lectures to test the long-standing theory that active learning provides an attention reset.
Nov. 25, 2019 Preventing Chronic Disease in Arizona Border Region The Arizona Prevention Research Center will continue its mission to prevent chronic disease among underserved populations in the Arizona border region thanks to a $7.5 million grant from the CDC.
Nov. 22, 2019 UArizona Colleges of Medicine to Provide Free Tuition for Primary Care Medical Students With a portion of $8 million in annual funding appropriated by the Arizona Legislature, nearly 100 students could receive free tuition at UArizona's two medical schools.
