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Studies show e-cigarette use continues to grow among minors.

Study Confirms Concerns About Addictive Qualities of Smoking Substitutes

UA researcher finds e-cigarette cartridges can lead to dangerous levels of nicotine intake.

Experts say Alzheimer's is an increasingly urgent problem.

UA Center Receives Funding for Alzheimer's Research

$3.7 million grant to help researchers study problem growing in urgency.

The main entrance to Banner University Medical Center.

15,000 Sign On to Banner-UA Nationwide Health Study

The goal is to get 100,000 Arizonans enrolled by 2023.

Eye tracking is among the methods used by an advanced sensor system that could assist lie detection.

Sensor System Gives UA Researchers More Ways to Detect Lies

The system measures hundreds of cues that point to deception.

Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior.

Families Living with Autism Getting Support in Tucson

UA Pima County Cooperative Extension offering free, nine-session program.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine.

UA Researchers Seek New Applications for MRI Technology

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

Scientists conduct research in the lab of Louise Hecker, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Arizona.

Grant Funds Research to Fight Deadly Lung Disease

The University of Arizona College of Medicine seeks a cure for excessive scar tissue.

The American Chiropractic Association estimates 31 million Americans complain of lower back pain.

UA Researcher Looks to Hunter-Gatherer Sitting Posture to Understand Back Pain

By studying the Hadza tribe, research from a UA anthropologist suggests it's not how much we sit, but our posture.

A health professional examines a patient.

Professor Investigating Effectiveness of Human Immune System

Janko Nikolich considers the body's defenses among its most powerful functions.

Researchers at UA's Cancer Center are developing new treatment for melanoma patients

UA Cancer Center Delivers Data to Help Skin Cancer Patients

The study focuses on making the immune system respond to melanoma threats.

ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, causes the death of neurons in the human body.

UA Researchers Looking for Genes Behind ALS

Studies expected to help scientists solve mystery surrounding Lou Gehrig's disease.

University Public Health Training Center Gets Federal Grant

The $4 million will be used for webinars and other training.

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Valley Fever May Spike, Doctor Says

Prediction is based on recent patient-ordered tests.

Minying Cai and Victor Hruby, the co-founders of MCR Therapeutics and researchers looking at how altering skin pigmentation might prevent skin cancer and diseases.

No-Sun Tan: Researchers Seek Natural Protection Against UV Radiation

Peptides can trigger melanin, which can protect the skin and help prevent skin disease.

The east facade of the University of Arizona College of Nursing.

UA Gets Grant for Rural Mental Health

The four-year funding will send students to underserved areas.

Staff members from Banner-UMC South practice treating a simulated shooting victim at a mass-casualty exercise at the hospital on May 23, 2018. The mock scenario was a mass shooting at nearby Kino Veteran’s Memorial Stadium.

Hospital Drill Simulates Aftermath of Mass Shooting

The exercise at Banner-UMC South was meant to prepare all staff for the possibility of a real active-shooter event.

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