Stepping into Health
How many steps do you take each day? The answer could determine whether you are on the path to good health or are taking a shortcut toward diabetes and other problems.
Pet Pedometers Pay Off
Is your frisky puppy a couch potato while you're at work all day? Find out using a pet pedometer.
Pedometer Shopping Made Easy
Buying your first pedometer is much less stressful than buying your first car. By following a few simple guidelines, you'll be paired with a pedometer that is in rhythm with your every step.
Equine Equilibrium
Research-based horse therapy programs teach life skills, personal development, and riding know-how to children with special needs.
Clearing the Next Hurdle
Equine (horse) therapy has been proven effective with special needs children. Debbie Crews wants to know why.
Strength in Numbers
So you want to start a serious exercise program. How do you weed through all the conflicting advice and find the best workout program to follow? The good news is you don’t have to. ASU’s Matthew Rhea has done the work for you.
Zen and the Art of Golf
Does your golf game suffer from sudden jerks and twitches that ruin a shot? You might be a little mentally unbalanced.
Unraveling the Stress Within
Kathleen Matt and other scientists at ASU's Center for the Study of Stress are learning how gender, age, disease, and fitness level affect our ability to cope with stress and the dangers it presents.
A Place for Stress
If we hope to reduce chronic stress, we must address it on biological, psychological, economic and policy levels. The ASU Center for Study of Stress and Science aims to do just that.
Strength that Lasts
You're never too old to lift weights. Wayne Phillips studies the effects of weight training on older adults. His findings show that the exercise improves health, physical functioning, and quality of life.
Finding Your Max Weight
To get the maximum health benefit from strength training, you should lift about 70 percent of your maximum capacity. Here's how to find out what your maximum capacity is.
The Mysteries of Movement
George Stelmach wants to understand how the brain, nervous system, and muscles work together to move our bodies, and how we can help people with movement disorders like Parkinson's Disease.
Moving Toward Answers
Scientists at ASU's Motor Control Laboratory study how the human body gets around.
Bad Kids or Bad Coaching?
Coaching style in youth sports makes a big difference in a child's moral development.
Don't Ditch Gym Class!
Taking time out for physical education might actually help kids learn.
Racing Against the Clock
Jennifer Etnier has found that physically fit older people learn new skills faster, and retain them better, than their out-of-shape counterparts.
To the Max
Exercise scientists use VO2 max and VO2 submax tests to measure aerobic fitness levels.
More Nasty News About Nicotine
New research shows that nicotine in tobacco products reduces an individual's ability to perform and learn tasks requiring complex visual and motor skills.
Movement for the Mind
Debbie Crews studies the impact of exercise on children.
Time to P.L.A.Y.
Robert Pangrazi's P.L.A.Y. program teaches kids the importance of being active for at least 30 minutes each and every day.
A for Activity, F for Sluggo
Robert Pangrazi and Charles Corbin are asking if American school's are neglecting the education of children's bodies in favor of filling up their heads.
Who Cares?
There are plenty of books and videotapes and other resources that offer tips for caregivers. But no one has really studied what is important to these people to find out their biggest needs. ASU gerontologists are working to find those answers.
Elder Care Facts
Facts about aging and elder care in the United States and Arizona
Aging Arizona
The age structure of Arizona and the United States is changing radically. John Stuart Hall directs "The Coming of Age" project. He says where you grow old might make all the difference.
Time Marches On--Relentlessly
By 2025, Arizona's population will number almost 8 million. Almost 20 percent of these people will be over 65. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy studies how these changes will affect the state.
Aging the Healthy Way
The Healthy WAY program connects ASU's College of Nursing with local neighborhoods, providing badly needed health services to older residents.
Strength that Lasts
You're never too old to lift weights. Wayne Phillips studies the effects of weight training on older adults. His findings show that the exercise improves health, physical functioning, and quality of life.
Racing Against the Clock
Jennifer Etnier has found that physically fit older people learn new skills faster, and retain them better, than their out-of-shape counterparts.
Champ or Chump?
William Arnold offers advice on how to protect the elderly from direct mail scams.
Scam I Am
You're a winner! A winner? Not likely. Americans lose more than $40 billion per year to sweepstakes scams, according to William Arnold.
Differentiating Dementias
Joseph Rogers and William Arnold use “communication autopsies” to develop a reliable diagnostic tool that differentiates between Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Signs of Change
Communication graduate students use a sign language game to improve Alzheimer's patients' ability to communicate with others.
Stories We Tell Ourselves
Graduate students conduct creative writing workshops with Alzheimer’s patients.
Basic Ability
Developing a new, safer smallpox vaccine is a national priority. But vaccine development takes a long, long time. ASU virologist Bert Jacobs has a head start on the competition.
Fighting AIDS at the Gates
Researchers at ASU are trying to develop a vaccine against HIV that keeps the virus from even getting into the body.
Untangle
During a biopsy, surgeons often remove small pieces of tissue from a diseased organ. They study the piece to learn more about the illness. Brain disease is different. Doctors can’t just remove a piece of brain to study. Other techniques are needed. ASU scientists are working on those new methods.
Finding the Right Antibody
Michael Sierks uses an atomic force microscope to find antibodies that bind to clumps of proteins important in neugodegenerative diseases.
A Spoonful of Vinegar Helps the Sugar Go Down
In general, controlling diabetes requires massive lifestyle changes and/or expensive medications. Carol Johnston says there may be a cheaper, easier way to get the same results--in fact, you probably have the help in your kitchen cabinet.
Veggie Vaccines
Charles Arntzen is working to prevent millions of childhood deaths through cheap, efficient, edible vaccines.
Hostility Hurts the Healthy Heart
Hostile people are more reactive to stress, which may explain why they are at greater risk for heart disease.
Movement for the Mind
Debbie Crews studies the impact of exercise on children.
Preventing the Pain
Richard Hinrichs provides some guidelines for preventing carpal tunnel syndrome.
A Furry Factory Against Scary Scorpions
Pamela is a goat who saves lives. Her blood donations help produce scorpion antivenin.
Sounding Better All the Time
Michael Dorman studies the progress of patients fitted with cochlear implants. He wants to know how much better they're doing, and why.
Brain to Body Link: From Thought to Action
Scientists grapple with the mysteries of spinal cord injuries.
Botany Research Comes Full Circle
Researchers in ethnopharmacology bring together Western science and medicinal plants.
Growing in Harm's Way
ASU researchers are characterizing mother-to-child HIV transmission, particularly the effects of anti-HIV drugs on viral spread and fetal development.
Collaborative Science
Bertram Jacobs, Robert McGaughey, and David Capco collaborate to solve the problem of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
The Facts on Diabetes
Risk factors and symptoms of diabetes
How the Teacher Spent His Summer Vacation
Bert Jacobs is a virology professor who works to develop vaccines. But he spent his summer vacation battling disease in a different way--helping to educate Tanzanian people about HIV prevention.
Tobacco to the Rescue
Health experts might argue that tobacco is one plant that humans could do without. But researchers in the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University are putting tobacco to work to protect human health.
Equine Equilibrium
Research-based horse therapy programs teach life skills, personal development, and riding know-how to children with special needs.
Clearing the Next Hurdle
Equine (horse) therapy has been proven effective with special needs children. Debbie Crews wants to know why.
Unraveling the Stress Within
Kathleen Matt and other scientists at ASU's Center for the Study of Stress are learning how gender, age, disease, and fitness level affect our ability to cope with stress and the dangers it presents.
A Place for Stress
If we hope to reduce chronic stress, we must address it on biological, psychological, economic and policy levels. The ASU Center for Study of Stress and Science aims to do just that.
Culturing Psychotherapy
Joan Koss-Chioino says that psychotherapy is most effective when it takes culture into account.
Hostility Hurts the Healthy Heart
Hostile people are more reactive to stress, which may explain why they are at greater risk for heart disease.
Musical Motivation in Health Care
Barbara Crowe helps prepare future music therapists to treat a wide range of clients.
Song of Sensation
Suzanne Oliver describes her role as Sara Romero's music therapist over 14 years.
The Music Within
Sara Romero's social and cognitive abilities improved with music therapy. So did her musical talent.
Fathers Without Fail
Bill Griffin and Sanford Braver work to reduce post-marital conflict, the single best predictor of long-term outcomes for children of divorce.
Wonder Moms and Healthy Kids
Sharlene Wolchik and Irwin Sandler help mothers and their children cope with the stress that follows divorce.
Interview With a Child
An excerpt of an interview Tascha Boychuk conducted with a 4-year-old Phoenix boy. The youngster witnessed his father beat his mother to death.
Find the Words
Since 1994, Tascha Boychuk has interviewed more than 80 children who were witness to murder. The ASU nursing professor elicits words that are straightforward, powerful, and gut wrenching.
Ten Keys to Unlocking Temperament
Shirley Rees-McGee worked with 15 pediatric nurses and more than 600 Arizona families in the Temperament Intervention for Parents Study.
Preserving Nursing's History
Many of the famous nurses in American history were social activists. Not only were these women caregivers, they were willing to speak out for the vulnerable. Their stories and others are told at the American Museum of Nursing.
Damage: The Health Effects of Abuse
Nurses at ASU's Communith Health Services Clinic have created a health needs survey to tease out the specific health issues affecting abused women and children.
Aging the Healthy Way
The Healthy WAY program connects ASU's College of Nursing with local neighborhoods, providing badly needed health services to older residents.
Taking the Temperament
Nancy Melvin helps parents understand their child's temperament through the Temperament Intervention for Parents Study.
Breaking the Cycle
Phyllis Primas takes primary health care services to Arizona's poor children.
Not Just Faces in the Crowd
Phyllis Primas maps the concentration of doctors in the Phoenix Valley and compares it to the locations of the most in need of health care.
A Spoonful of Vinegar Helps the Sugar Go Down
In general, controlling diabetes requires massive lifestyle changes and/or expensive medications. Carol Johnston says there may be a cheaper, easier way to get the same results--in fact, you probably have the help in your kitchen cabinet.
A Case for C
Nutrition researcher Carol Johnston finds that many Americans aren't even getting the RDA of vitamin C, while we should be eating a whole lot more.
What Are You Eating?
Not all veggies are created equal. Here are some suggestions for boosting your vitamin C intake.
To Supplement or Not to Supplement
Supplements can be a safe, easy way to get your daily dose of vitamin C, says nutrition researcher Carol Johnston.
Basic Ability
Developing a new, safer smallpox vaccine is a national priority. But vaccine development takes a long, long time. ASU virologist Bert Jacobs has a head start on the competition.
Fighting AIDS at the Gates
Researchers at ASU are trying to develop a vaccine against HIV that keeps the virus from even getting into the body.
A Spoonful of Vinegar Helps the Sugar Go Down
In general, controlling diabetes requires massive lifestyle changes and/or expensive medications. Carol Johnston says there may be a cheaper, easier way to get the same results--in fact, you probably have the help in your kitchen cabinet.
Mapping the Roots of Sneezing and Wheezing
Billions and trillions of bits of pollen fill the air in central Arizona every spring and fall. Different types of pollen affect people in different ways. ASU scientists are working to map where the different types of pollen are.
Damage: The Health Effects of Abuse
Nurses at ASU's Communith Health Services Clinic have created a health needs survey to tease out the specific health issues affecting abused women and children.
Racing Against the Clock
Jennifer Etnier has found that physically fit older people learn new skills faster, and retain them better, than their out-of-shape counterparts.
Warning Labels Don't Stop Teen Drinkers
Warning labels on alcoholic beverages do not curb teen drinking in the long run, says ASU psychologist David MacKinnon.
Hostility Hurts the Healthy Heart
Hostile people are more reactive to stress, which may explain why they are at greater risk for heart disease.
More Nasty News About Nicotine
New research shows that nicotine in tobacco products reduces an individual's ability to perform and learn tasks requiring complex visual and motor skills.
Preventing the Pain
Richard Hinrichs provides some guidelines for preventing carpal tunnel syndrome.
Preventing Problems
The best thing parents can do for their children is to prevent problems before they become acute. ASU's Marriage and Family Clinic offers low-cost, high-quality counseling for Maricopa County residents.
Growing in Harm's Way
ASU researchers are characterizing mother-to-child HIV transmission, particularly the effects of anti-HIV drugs on viral spread and fetal development.
How the Teacher Spent His Summer Vacation
Bert Jacobs is a virology professor who works to develop vaccines. But he spent his summer vacation battling disease in a different way--helping to educate Tanzanian people about HIV prevention.