The Healthy Dose
Expert insights from UArizona Health Sciences
heart disease
By Khadijah Breathett | Feb 11, 2020
Very few physicians or patients enter an exam or hospital room with the intent of racially alienating the other person in the room, but research demonstrates that minority populations, particularly African American and Hispanic... (read more)
By Kelly Palmer, MHS, CCRP | Aug 6, 2019
You are likely familiar with type 2 diabetes, the most common form, but what do you know about prediabetes? In the United States, 84 million people, 1 in 3 adults, have prediabetes and 9 out of 10 are unaware. That is more... (read more)
By Ariel Shirley | Apr 22, 2019
Yá’át’ééh (hello in Diné), my name is Ariel Shirley. I am a senior studying public health at the University of Arizona. I grew up near the Diné (Navajo) Nation in Gallup, N.M. Since I was a little girl, my Diné... (read more)
Mechanical Devices as Small as Cell Phones Buy Quality Time for Patients with Advanced Heart Disease
By Jennifer L. Cook, MD | Feb 12, 2018
When it comes to mechanical heart devices, downsizing has been a good thing.In 1985, when the University of Arizona and then-University Medical Center were making history as the first medical center to successfully use a total... (read more)
By Wanda F. Moore | Apr 15, 2017
As an African American woman, I am aware that I’m in one of the highest-risk groups for dying from heart disease but my non-inherited risk factors are manageable.
Heart disease, diabetes, obesity and inactivity are risk... (read more)
By Will Humble, MPH | Jan 10, 2017
Good oral health is more than just a nice smile. Having good oral health improves a person’s ability to speak, smile, smell, taste, touch, chew and eat. Untreated tooth decay leads to needless pain and... (read more)
