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UANews | Physicians in Arizona's rural communities this summer are volunteering to mentor medical students from the UA College of Medicine. The program encourages graduates to practice medicine in rural communities.

UANews | The integration creates a two-hospital system that will expand patient care, train new physicians and other healthcare professionals, and continue advancing clinical science to diagnose and treat human disease.

UANews | Scientists at the UA and Loma Linda University found that reusable grocery bags carry more than just groceries.

UANews | After finding MRSA bacteria on couches, class desks and commonly touched surfaces within Tucson firefighter offices, researchers developed a training program to help prevent contamination.

UANews | Live on the Web from the Hualapai Indian reservation in Peach Springs, Ariz., is a kid-run radio station that – in addition to music – promotes exercise and living a healthy lifestyle. The project is a collaboration between the UA and the Hualapai tribe.

UANews | Two UA studies have found that hoarding friends doesn't necessarily diminish forlorn feelings and that loneliness is a matter of perception. Superficial relationships, researchers say, can not only result in feelings of detachment, but also contribute to certain health-related problems.

UANews | A $1 million, three-year grant will fund research to determine whether medical treatment can help prevent the progression of early atherosclerotic disease in firefighters.

UANews | The grant will fund the development and evaluation of a new program to train chiropractors, acupuncturists and massage therapists in effective ways to help their patients and clients quit tobacco.

UANews | A new report led by UA researcher Gary Nabhan details the threat of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to the unique agriculture of the Gulf Coast and the communities that depend on them.

UANews | The facility will contribute toward expanding the UA's efforts to get new therapies and drug discoveries out to the market and patients more quickly.

UANews | People who received an intervention – advice and assistance including nicotine patches or lozenges – were two to three times more likely to have quit smoking 7.5 months afterward than participants who received the usual care.

UANews | Pharmacist Paul Nolan had several roles in the surgery, including using medications to prevent blood clots from forming within the patient and the device.