FDA-approved therapies for the management of painful diabetic neuropathy are very limited, said study first author Christian Nasr, MD, head of the division of endocrinology and internal medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science received a $2.7 million MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to continue work on the impact of estrogen as a master regulator of the brain’s bioenergetic system, which promotes glucose transport and metabolism and energy generation.

Drs. Mindy Fain, Kathleen Insel and Janko Nikolich-Žugich, experts in the health and wellness of the aging population, will deliver a combined keynote address at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center’s annual “Living Healthy With Arthritis” conference May 21.

Amid a day of joy and celebration, 72 newly minted physicians begin the next phase of their journeys.

Can changing the way we think about and treat pain lead to relief? Evidence-based, drug-free approaches may help heal chronic pain problems.

Terry Badger, PhD, RN, was one of only four recipients of a $4 million American Cancer Society grant to develop a “Cancer Health Equity Research Center” with the goal of improving health equity for Hispanic cancer survivors and family caregivers.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are using a $6.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to study azithromycin therapy in preschoolers who are diagnosed with severe wheezing episodes at hospital emergency departments.

A new partnership between the state’s three universities and several state agencies aims to increase understanding of issues like Valley fever and ozone levels in Arizona – and come up with solutions.