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Study: Rural Arizona Counties Have Poorer Health Than Cities

Factors include smoking, high teen birth rates, poverty, access to care.

Suicide's Impact Ripples Through UA Campus

Police, administrators, mental health service providers work to respond.

End of Cuban Isolation Could Bring New Medicines to US

University of Arizona physicians working to bring diabetes drug that reduces limb amputations

Report: Arizona 41st in Nation for Preventive Health Care

Study measured access to care, immunizations, access to chronic-disease prevention.

Flu ‘Widespread:' 1,300 Cases Reported in Arizona Last Week

Vaccinations still recommended; affliction could occur as late as May.

Flu, Winter Visitors Fill Tucson Hospitals to Capacity

A strong strain of the flu has hit during hospitals' busy season, and beds are full.

UA Re-Engineering Mosquitoes to Resist Disease

Winged insects are as bothered by pathogens as humans are by them.

Natural Food Product Could Prevent Skin Cancer

UA researchers study common Latin American ingredient for UV protection.

METRO WEEK: How's Your Health, Pima County?

County-wide health analysis shows strengths, weaknesses of health services.

Arizona Spotlight for February 5, 2016

Research at ASU to better understand concussions; Fort Lowell Day celebrates Tucson history; a woman shares her bi-cultural world on "Dímelo"; "Old Jews Telling Jokes" brings laughter to The Live Theatre Workshop.

Scientists, Student-Athletes Team Up to Study Concussions in Football

Arizona-based research seeks a definitive diagnosis for controversial brain injury

Former Surgeon General: All Must Join for Health Care

Richard Carmona calls for better access to health care, more funding for education

Health Care Enrollment Deadline Approaches

Last day to apply for federal health care marketplace is January 31

Study: Too Many State Latino Children Remain Uninsured

Number has grown, but Arizona remains above national average.

AZ Week: Medicare Policy Will Change End of Life Planning

Doctors and patients now able to have more conversations about next steps.

UA Studies Turmeric to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

45 volunteers sought to see if South Asian spice's anti-inflammatory properties help.

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