Health and Medicine

Ilse Salas, star of director Alejandra Márquez Abella's film "Las Niñas Bien", part of the 2019 Tucson Cine Mexico Film Festival.

Preview Tucson Cine Mexico 2019!

Mar 20, 2019 Also: March is National Kidney Month, hear the story of a Tucson woman whose family is coping with a serious hereditary kidney disease; and how Edie Jarolim found family history next door to Sigmund Freud.

El Rio Health Clinic opens 11th clinic in Pima County

El Rio Community Health Opens 11th Clinic in Pima County

Mar 19, 2019 The 50,000-square-foot clinic will house more than 150 medical professionals.

Neuroimaging scanners are providing clues to who might develop Alzheimer's Disease or Lewy Body Dementia.

Neuroimaging Helping Predict Alzheimer's Cases

Mar 18, 2019 UA researchers are working to improve understanding of why some age better than others.

The Dunbar Pavilion

Dunbar Programs to Help Communities of Color Reclaim Health Practices

Mar 14, 2019 The grant-funded educational project focuses on historical black and indigenous plant-based health care practices.

The entrance to the La Palma Correction Center in Eloy, Arizona, 2019.

ICE: Roughly 400 Immigration Detainees Quarantined in Arizona

Mar 14, 2019 The number represented about 15 percent of those quarantined over mumps virus exposure.

The main cast of "American Mariachi" at the start of the play, still learning the ropes.

Music from the Heart in "American Mariachi"

Mar 13, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: How NAMI and the Mission Garden are growing wellness in Tucson; and author Alice Hatcher reads her "Love Letter to My Library"

Dr. Andrew Weil speaks at his press briefing at his University of Arizona Health Science Innovation Building on March 12, 2019.

Alternative-Medicine Advocate Weil Gives $15M to UA Center

Mar 13, 2019 The university is naming its integrative medicine center for its founder.

Google Street View image of the entrance to the GEO Group's immigrant detention facility in Aurora, Colorado.

2,200 Quarantined Over Mumps Outbreak at Immigration Centers

Mar 12, 2019 The outbreak has renewed long-held concerns over access to medical care at immigration facilities.

The main entrance to Banner University Medical Center.

Tucson's Banner Health Hospitals Connecting Uninsured Patients to Services

Mar 12, 2019 The advisers will register patients for Medicaid and other low-income programs.

2019 UA College of Science Roundtable Discussion: (L-R) Feryal Ozel, Donata Vercelli, Joanna Masel, Joaquin Ruiz, Anna Dornhaus, Joellen Russell, Katalin Gothard.

Arizona Science Roundtable: The Search for Certainty

Mar 11, 2019 UA College of Science Dean Joaquin Ruiz leads a group conversation with presenters from the 2019 UA Science Lecture Series

A file image of a patient receiving a vaccine.

Why Some Parents Seek Vaccine Exemptions

Mar 8, 2019 UA researchers surveyed parents in Arizona to get their reasons.

File image of an infant receiving care at the doctor's office.

Report Ranks Arizona Low for Well-Being of Infants

Mar 8, 2019 Understanding the findings with the Children's Action Alliance.

Various toiletries for sale at a store

Tucson Professionals Raise Funds for 'Hygiene Pantry'

Mar 5, 2019 The project will provide free toiletries to Tucson Unified School District students and their families.

Former stray cat Pyrite relaxes in an upgraded feline facility at Pima Animal Care Center.

County Animal Shelter Offers Creature Comforts for Occupants

Mar 4, 2019 More space at Pima Anima Care Center's updated facility cuts down on crowding and improves health care.

A man donates blood.

Red Cross Looks to States Like Arizona for Critical Blood Donations

Feb 26, 2019 Cold temperatures nationally led to canceled appointments, but donors in Arizona and California may save the day.

Sen. Martha McSally meets with members of the Southern Arizona Chamber of Commerce Association. Feb 22, 2019

Southern Arizona Business Group Offers Health Care Options

Feb 22, 2019 Area chambers of commerce came together make health insurance more affordable.

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