The University of Arizona Health Sciences is developing a lung ultrasound education program for rural emergency medicine providers to better diagnose COVID-19.

A research collaboration will examine why women are twice as likely as men to experience depression and heart disease simultaneously.

Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, is a guest on the Buckmaster Show to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine.

From medications to complementary therapies, a wide range of treatments can help you live with less pain, reduce brain fog and fatigue, and enable you to get a more restful night of sleep. University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson physicians Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD, an associate professor in the department of anesthesiology and pharmacology and Jawad Bilal, MD, a rheumatologist, discuss treatment options.

More people are applying to medical schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. AT the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix, they usually see 6,000 applicants and this year it jumped to 7,000.

Health experts say that hospitals are expecting to reach capacity in the next couple of weeks and, at this point, nothing can be done to prevent it. Dr. Monica Kraft, a pulmonary physician at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, paints a dire picture of what's going on in southern Arizona, where the Pima County Office of Emergency Management issued a public health advisory on Dec. 9 that hospitals have reached capacity.

As COVID-19 continues to spread in Arizona and elsewhere, applications to medical school are at an all-time high. The wave of new doctors and nurses isn’t stopping at a time when they’re needed most. Applications at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix are way up for a limited number of spots.

People with training in local and indigenous healing traditions or working in underserved communities can benefit from the new award.

A six-month-long study found an increasing number of people, particularly those under stay-at-home orders, are experiencing high levels of loneliness.