Boost your wellness this holiday season: Program now enrolling

August 21, 2024

  The Green Wellness Program: Plants-2-Plate has openings for a six-month program that promotes lifestyle change, including a plant-predominant eating pattern to achieve optimal health. Members of the university and the community are welcome to enroll in the program, which takes place at the School of Nursing Building on the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano […]

Study explores mechanisms behind chronic pain related to sleep apnea

August 20, 2024

Lack of oxygen can sensitize nerve cells, leading to long-term pain More than 100 million people worldwide are affected by obstructive sleep apnea. This health condition causes a person to stop breathing numerous times while they are sleeping. Reduced sleep time and sleep quality can lead to numerous health problems including obesity, high blood pressure, […]

Study: Physical exercise impacts every type of tissue in the body and affects males and females differently

May 9, 2024

We all know that exercise is good for us, but figuring out the “why” and “how” of physical exercise’s effect on the body is the goal of a 10-year, multi-million dollar project through the National Institutes of Health called the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium, (MoTrPAC).