A new smart bandage developed by researchers in the College of Medicine – Tucson presents a potential novel solution for improving chronic wound healing.

Individuals who used hearing aids and cochlear implants for hearing loss had a decreased risk of cognitive decline, according to a new meta-analysis published online Dec. 5 in JAMA Neurology.

Aimee Kaempf, MD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, co-authored an article about how changes to abortion law will affect both patients and providers.

Over the course of the pandemic, the coronavirus has evolved multiple times, generating new variants and subvariants. However, a process called "immune imprinting" may have limited people's immune systems from keeping up with newer variants over time, as well as the effectiveness of updated COVID-19 vaccines.

Dr. Jeff Burgess’ love of teamwork and adventure led to a career following his passion for making firefighting a healthier and safer occupation for all.

The Translational Cardiovascular Research Center at the College of Medicine – Phoenix is contributing to an interdisciplinary research team studying how deficiency in dietary choline adversely affects the body and may be a missing piece in the puzzle of Alzheimer's disease.

A group of UArizona investigators led by Arthur F. Gmitro, PhD, professor in the Department of Medical Imaging at the College of Medicine – Tucson, has developed a multispectral confocal endomicroscope with a sub-millimeter diameter probe that can fit through the lumen of a 20-gauge introducer needle to image the tissue at the distal tip of the needle.

Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes that a gluten-free diet is critical for people with celiac disease and might benefit those who believe they have nonceliac gluten sensitivity, but there’s no reason to shun gluten otherwise.

Detoxification pathways are important not only to buffer against environmental factors, toxins and stressors, but also to help achieve homeostatic antioxidant-versus-oxidant balance in the body on a daily basis.