May 17, 2015 Welcome to UAHS’s New Blog: The Healthy Dose The University Arizona Health Sciences (UAHS) is excited to unveil its new blog, The Healthy Dose, which offers readers reliable, easy-to-digest information from experts working in all aspects of health and wellness.
Sept. 27, 2016 How does vitamin D affect prostate cancer in African American men? Prostate cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in men. However, the chance that someone will get prostate cancer depends on a lot of different factors.
Feb. 27, 2017 Call Me: Using a Familiar Technology to Care for Cancer Patients at Home Caring for a loved one with a cancer diagnosis can influence every aspect of a family's quality of life.
March 27, 2017 Mind Over Cancer: Reducing Stress with `Compassion Meditation’ A cancer survivor responds to stress in various detrimental ways, including psychological problems, such as anxiety and depression, as well as physical issues, such as high blood pressure, increased heart rate and elevated blood sugar levels.
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.
June 22, 2017 Targeting Lung Cancer: How Precision Medicine is Directing Cancer Therapy Today The field of precision medicine has been gaining steam over the past two years.
Nov. 18, 2017 Good Bugs, Bad Bugs: Exploring the Link between Cancer and Vaginal Bacteria Although one of the top 10 cancer types in the United States, a lot of people haven’t heard of endometrial cancer.
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.
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
June 19, 2018 Supercharging the Immune System: The Future of Cancer Care Most people familiar with cancer treatment know of three main options: surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. But a newer option, called immunotherapy, is creating quite a buzz across the cancer community.