Researchers hope that finding a connection between carotid disease and Alzheimer’s could provide a new pathway for preventing dementia.

Medical research hasn’t always been inclusive, but the All of Us Research Program is changing that.

What happens when oncology practitioners trade their white coat for a hospital gown? How does the emotional toll of their personal cancer journey change the way they interact with their patients? Taylor Riall, MD, PhD, a general surgeon and surgical oncologist at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, shares her experience after a cancer diagnosis.

Researchers across the university are collaborating to enhance the lives of older adults through integration, partnerships, research and education.

The Arizona Geriatrics Society honored Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, as the 2021 Gerontologist of the Year at its Annual Fall Symposium.

HealthTech Connect is designed to generate new partnerships to advance health technology in Arizona.

Changing the way we think about food, not just as fuel but to fight illness and disease, is the focus of a growing culinary medicine program at the University of Arizona, where doctors are being trained to prescribe the right meals as medicine. "Food really is medicine and good food can really heal us, treat, prevent and reverse the diseases of our time," says Farshad Fani Marvasti, MD, MPH, associate professor and director of Public Health, Prevention and Health Promotion Curriculum at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

COVID-19 has added another health hazard for older adults. Once infected with the virus, people in their 60s, 70s, 80s and above are at increasingly higher risk of experiencing severe COVID-19 illness, hospitalization and death. Although its difficult to precisely measure the impact of immune-system aging, "We know that it adds a massive risk. Those over 80 are 260-fold more likely to die from COVID-19 than those between 18 and 39," says Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, department head and professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Allan J. Hamilton, MD, a professor of neurosurgery at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses how the human brain handles stress and the relationship between workplace design and employee well-being. "We get thrown into imbalance, and when we lose that connection with nature, we become perpetually anxious and stressed. Being more inclusive, more diverse and looking at group identity tends to end up being a better equation both for architecture and for the peace of mind of the human brain," Dr. Hamilton said.