Researchers continue to learn more about the relationship between pain and the brain, and that understanding is helping local providers better serve patients.

Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes about ways to improve heart health.

Researchers have created a smart 'band-aid' that uses electrical currents to heal wounds 25% faster than traditional methods by stimulating tissue to speed up recovery.

An opinion piece in Annals of Internal Medicine states there is a need to improve the diagnosis and reporting of blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) and histoplasmosis, the most prevalent endemic fungal diseases (mycoses) in North America, to better serve patients.

Pregnancy comes with all sorts of not-so-fun symptoms and side effects. Michelle Davis, DNP, a certified nurse-midwife and assistant professor of practice in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is quoted.

An aspiring physician in the College of Medicine – Phoenix hopes to draw upon her personal experiences to change the way patients receive care.

A 2020 study published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and led by Ruth Taylor-Piliae, PhD, RN, professor at the College of Nursing, found that among people with heart disease, those who regularly practice tai chi reported less stress, anxiety and depression and better quality of life compared with control groups.

Angel-Grace Charity Leslie is a medical pharmacology doctoral student from the Navajo Nation whose personal experiences led her to study neurodegenerative diseases.

Saskia Popescu, PhD, associate adjunct professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been hired by the Council on Strategic Risks to examine issues from biosecurity and pandemic prevention to nuclear weapons policy and the role of diplomacy.