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New step in remote healthcare technology being developed at UA

First responders can use it in difficult terrain where access to cell phone infrastructure is not a given.

Text ‘join’ to get COVID-19, health updates in rural Arizona

The program, based at UArizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, built the platform and system with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Researchers suggest new tools to study cancer

Engineering could hold the key to the next advance in solving the puzzle.

The Buzz: Looking back on 2022

Newsworthy interviews and topics that we addressed this year.

University of Arizona engineers developing latest wearable diagnostic device

The array of sensors can be 3D printed and worn like a sleeve.

Researchers developing wearable technology to fight coronavirus spread

For now, the technology can collect data about vital signs and "augment" a diagnosis, though researchers have bigger goals.

UA breaks ground on center that will help turn bioscience research into business

The facility will provide business training and lab space to entrepreneurs in the life sciences.

UA nanotech research supporting (very) small solutions to big problems

The applications range from cell phone techonology to cancer-fighting measures.

Tucson company that makes ear-cleaning tech recognized in innovation challenge

The company makes a device resembling headphones that cleans ears.

New heart valve technology comes to Tucson Medical Center

The hospital is offering a newly approved device designed to improve coronary blood flow.

New Banner hospital tower open for business

Enhanced patient care and sweeping views combine in state-of-the-art medical center .

US Attempt to Improve Wildland Firefighter Shelters Fails

The effort to create an improved shelter to repel heat followed the deaths of 19 firefighters in Arizona in 2013.

Neuroimaging Helping Predict Alzheimer's Cases

UA researchers are working to improve understanding of why some age better than others.

UA Researchers Seek New Applications for MRI Technology

The high-resolution scans are being used to help doctors treat patients with cerebral palsy.

Do Social Media Posts About Exercise Motivate? It's Not Black or White, Study Says

UA researcher says users can experience both concern and motivation when viewing posts.

UA Team Working To Improve Lifesaving Colonoscopy

The scope simultaneously gives doctors more viewing.

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