Hospitals, Medical Centers Offering Meditation and More

  • ABC News
  • May 13, 2011
Health-care providers are increasingly suggesting that their patients look to meditation and other integrative techniques to improve their health. University Medical Center offers Reiki for cancer patients and tai chi for stroke patients, and the Arizona Cancer Center runs a Mind-Body Medicine Skills Group program for patients with life-threatening and chronic illnesses.

Cancer Helped Her Find Her Career Goal

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • May 13, 2011
Michelle Grenier, who has battled a rare form of stomach cancer, will receive her nursing degree today at the UA College of Nursing commencement. While she was sick, she found her nurses giving and nurturing. Grenier now wants to be one of them, specifically a pediatric nurse.

Medicine Graduates Reflect Upon Time at UA

  • UANews
  • May 13, 2011
The UA College of Medicine is graduating 124 students, 43 percent of whom will remain in Arizona for their residencies. Twenty-four students will begin their residencies in Tucson. The students will train in family and internal medicine and pediatrics.

A Memory for Pain, Stored in the Spine

  • Discover Magazine
  • May 11, 2011
You slam your hand in a door, and the experience becomes etched into your brain. UA scientists have found that a protein called PKMzeta helps to store memories in our brains, and it sensitizes neurons in our spines after a painful experience.

Royal Kiss: Couldn't You Feel the Love, Too?

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • May 10, 2011
UA psychology professor Gary Schwartz used a device to measure and document a possible increase in global love when Prince William kissed his bride on the balcony last week. Schwartz, director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health at the UA, looks for bridges in mind, body and spirit, especially as they relate to health care.

UA Launches Wellness Study

  • Arizona Public Media
  • May 6, 2011
The UA Zuckerman College of Public Health has launched a workplace wellness study designed to offer advice for staying healthy at work. Microbiologist Kelly Reynolds, interviewed on "Arizona Illustrated," has conducted extensive research into the mysterious world of germs.

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