April 22, 2017 Stay Safe During Snakebite Season With the advent of warm weather the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center is reminding people of the dangers of rattlesnakes.
May 1, 2017 Eight Ways to Play it Safe in the Sun Dr. Lois Loescher is acutely aware of the vital importance of sun safety.
Aug. 21, 2017 NURSE-ing Your Brain to Protect it From Stress As the new semester begins, there is much excitement and anticipation—and often much stress.
Jan. 12, 2018 A Matter of Choices: 3 Easy-to-Swallow Tips for Changing Your Cancer Risk Through Dietary Choices Cancer is expected to exceed cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in Arizona within the next 20 years.
Jan. 23, 2018 Socioeconomic Conditions, Environment and Lifestyle Affect Severity of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Precision medicine uses data on an individual's person’s diet, exercise routine, family history, environment, genetics, and more to tailor treatment and prevention of certain conditions to that person’s unique characteristics.
April 4, 2018 Head and Neck Cancer: An Emerging Men’s Health Epidemic Historically, the most important risk factors for head and neck cancer — which can strike anywhere from the lips to the larynx, and up into the sinuses and nasal cavity — consisted of alcohol use, tobacco use (including smokeless tobacco), poor oral hygie
May 1, 2018 The All of Us Research Program – Powering the Future of Precision Medicine There is power in numbers. When a researcher is studying the causes of a human disease, the more people involved in the study, the greater the probability that the study will generate useful results.
Oct. 16, 2018 Empowering Breast Cancer Patients with Genetic Testing In 2013, Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie wrote a now famous opinion piece for the New York Times detailing her journey involving genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer.
Jan. 15, 2019 Your Sight Matters: Finding a Cure for Macular Degeneration Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in individuals over age 55 in developed nations and more than 10 million people in the United States have AMD, according to the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
Feb. 11, 2019 Could Getting Your Flu Shot Help You Avoid a Silent Killer? Not only does getting a flu shot significantly decrease your chance of getting the flu, but it protects others around you from infection as well.