Oct. 2, 2018 Facebook Status: Sick. How People Use the Internet to Cope with Illness In a new book, UA communication professor Stephen Rains explores how people diagnosed with serious illnesses turn to social media, online health forums and other digital resources for help coping.
Sept. 26, 2018 Celebrating Women in Medicine Month with Felicia Goodrum Felicia Goodrum has been awarded more than $13 million in grants within the last year to fund her research on CMV, a virus that affects more than half of the population above the age of 40.
Sept. 26, 2018 Study Reveals Arizona EMTs Face Greater Risk of Suicide After completing research that showed high suicide rates among EMTs, UA medical student and Tillman Scholar Neil Vigil created a resiliency website for emergency workers.
Sept. 14, 2018 Research Aims to Ease Psychological Distress in Cancer Patients, Caregivers A four-year National Cancer Institute grant will enable UA nursing professor Terry A. Badger to study a precision approach to decreasing psychological distress in cancer patients and their family caregivers during treatment.
Sept. 14, 2018 'Evil' Proteins a Force for Good in Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer University of Arizona Cancer Center researchers clarify questions surrounding estrogen's role in breast cancer, which could lead to more precise treatments for ER-positive breast cancers.
Sept. 11, 2018 Guided Imagery to Be Used in Smoking-Cessation Study Powered by results from her recent See Me Smoke Free study, UA nursing professor Judith S. Gordon hopes to use guided imagery to help underserved smokers harness the power of their minds to help them quit smoking.
Sept. 5, 2018 Taking Aim at a Deadly Lung Disease A $4.4 million grant from the Department of Defense will help researchers test two drug candidates for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a deadly disease with no cure.
Aug. 23, 2018 Researchers Test Autobiographical Memory for Early Alzheimer's Detection UA psychologist Matthew Grilli found that people who carry a gene variant that increases the risk for Alzheimer's disease have greater difficulty describing detailed memories of past events.
Aug. 20, 2018 Your Office May Be Affecting Your Health New UA-led research found that workers in open office seating arrangements had less daytime stress and greater daytime activity levels than workers in cubicles or private offices.
Aug. 20, 2018 Banner – UMC Phoenix and Tucson Named 'Best Hospitals' Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson have been recognized as "Best Hospitals" for 2018-19 by U.S. News & World Report.
