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Arizona Sonoran News

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Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Wes Ricks, professional musician and navy veteran, practices guitar during Guitar for Vets music therapy session at Arizona State University's Music Therapy Clinic, 200 E. Curry rd, on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Arizona veterans are using music therapy to help better their health. Photo by: Rebecca Marie Sasnett / Arizona Sonora News

Music therapy for Arizona veterans

RSasnett June 8, 2015

In 1966, Wes Ricks, then 19, was a river rat plying the waters of Vietnam while serving in the Navy.“We were getting shot at all the time,” said Ricks, now a professional musician from Phoenix. Ricks...

David G. Armstrong (right), professor of surgery and College of Medicine director at the University of Arizona, discusses with his patient Andreas Proroczok (left) how a mobile health device called SurroSense Rx helped with Proroczok's Neuropathy and pressure points within in his feet at Banner- University Medical Center Tucson on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Photo by: Rebecca Marie Sasnett / Arizona Sonora News Service

Arizonans creating, testing health apps

RSasnett March 30, 2015

Want to quit smoking? There is an app for that. Made in Arizona. Researchers and entrepreneurs are developing apps to make Arizonans healthier, and they also are testing existing mobile health devices...

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