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Campus health representatives with the Oasis Program set up a table at the UA mall to do outreach against sexual assault.

Pima Health Hosts Insurance Enrollment Assistance Events

County Health Dept. holding in-person help for Medicaid and Affordable Care Act health plans available for residents.

We sit down with Francisco García, Director of Pima Country Department of Health, to discuss a new mapping tool introduced by Pima County that will help resident navigate the Affordable Care Act.

Pima County Launches Mapping Tool for Obamacare Help

Meant to aid people find enrollment help resources and health insurance professionals in their community; open enrollment deadline is March 31.

We discuss the Mayor's Alzherimer's Education Conference with Kelly Raach, regional director of the Alzheimer's Association, desert southwest chapter, and Dr. Steven Rapcsak, M.D., UA Department of Neurology

Future Therapies May Prevent, Halt Alzheimer's

Doctor says current treatments just make symptoms better, don't actually stop the disease.

We talk to Lee Ryan, Ph.D., UA Associate Professor of Psychology, and Gene Alexander, Ph.D., UA Associate Professor of Psychology, about their work imaging the brain.

Communication Between Cells Weakens with Age, Scientist Says

Carol Barnes of the UA's Department of Psychology explains when getting older people may not retain information as long as before.

We talk to Lee Ryan, Ph.D., UA Associate Professor of Psychology, and Gene Alexander, Ph.D., UA Associate Professor of Psychology, about their work imaging the brain.

UA Researchers: Brain Images to Understand Dementia, Alzheimer's

Identifying factors that determine how well someone ages may help figure out ways to treat, or even prevent, age-related memory impairments.

Woman walking towards Outpatient Psychiatry office.

Stigma Keeps African Americans from Mental Care, Expert Says

The black community has traditionally turned to church and family for help, but therapists say attitudes are starting to change.

Tucson Mayor, Pima Aim to Push Affordable Care Act Enrollments

Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, county's health dept. have strategies to raise awareness on importance of signing up.

We learn about heart disease with Dr. Lori Mackstaller M.D., an associate professor of Clinical Medicine.

Physician: Depression May Lead to Heart Disease, Vice Versa

Cardiovascular disease has also been linked to other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

We discover what genetics can tells us about the heart with Jil Tardiff, M.D., Ph.D. from the University of Arizona Department of Medicine and the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.

Genetic Studies of Heart Help in Cardiovascular Research

Researchers study problems with heart muscle, starting from the molecule; new tools help understand how genetic mutations lead to heart conditions.

We Talk With doctor Karl Kern, M.D. about compression only CPR.

Resuscitation Methods Developed in AZ Known Around Globe

UA's Resuscitation Research Group proposed new approach to cardio pulmonary resuscitation back in 2002.

People gather to meet the Soup Patrol. The Soup Patrol delivers hot soup and other food to homeless folks around Tucson.

Local Soup Patrol Helps Feed Tucson's Homeless

For those living without homes food, nourishment are constant needs; over past 7 years local volunteers have aided the issue.

We are joined by Eric Lutz, Ph.D., CMSP and Mary Poulton, Ph.D.to discuss mining safety and the dangers that many of us, who work above ground, may find hard to imagine.

AZ Groups Working to Improve Mining Safety

Despite safeguards, technological improvements, people still die or are injured every year in accidents.

Navajo Nation Council Passes Junk Food Tax

Healthy Diné Nation Act will add a 2 percent tax to sweetened beverages and salty, fatty foods with low nutrient value.

Thousands of AZ Kids Could Lose Health Coverage Saturday

State insurance program ending, some will be unable to enroll in private insurance under Affordable Care Act.

Dr. James E. Dalen, Dean Emeritus at the U of A College of Medicine, discusses the connection between economic stability and health insurance.

Tucson Doctor: Better Health System Thanks to Obamacare

Dr. James Dalen says country's broken system has caused economic hardship, one of most pressing issues in U.S.

David Galbraith and Tom Doetschman from BIO5 Institute & School of Plant Sciences discuss recently published RNA research that could have implications in cancer research, studies of organ functioning, and disease.

UA's RNA Research Helping Scientists with Cancer Diagnosis

New developments in molecular biology make it possible to measure messenger RNA in single cells.

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