CBD is all the rage. Here Weed Go! looks at why Oct. 28, 2022 John Streicher, PhD, member of the UArizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center and associate professor of pharmacology in the College of Medicine – Tucson, explains the science behind cannabinoids. Arizona Daily Star
Fifth annual Saddlebrooke skin cancer fundraiser to be held on Sunday, Nov. 13 Oct. 28, 2022 The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club is partnering with the UArizona Cancer Center's Skin Cancer Institute and Arizona Athletics' men's and women's tennis teams to raise money for cancer research. Arizona Daily Star
UArizona College of Nursing Celebrates Opening of MEPN Program in Gilbert Oct. 27, 2022 The new space for the Master of Science in Nursing – Entry to the Profession program will significantly increase the occupancy of the College of Nursing’s programs in Gilbert. Read more Image
Transforming History Toward the Future Oct. 27, 2022 A newly renovated pharmacy museum has interactive exhibits for all ages, putting pharmacy and health sciences history in perspective. Read more Image
Green light therapy's promise for headaches and pain relief Oct. 27, 2022 Researchers are exploring a potential alternative to prescription opioids that is safe, affordable and comes with few or no side effects and no risk of addiction: green light exposure. Time
Researchers to Test Compassion Meditation to Improve Health for Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Partners Oct. 26, 2022 The Breast Cancer Survivors and Partners Online Research Together (SUPORT) project incorporates online contemplative meditation exercises designed to strengthen and sustain compassion while increasing emotional awareness. Read more Image
5 things Arizona: Recommendations for youth mental health, rural workforce needs, AzHHA on decreasing hospital operating margin Oct. 26, 2022 The UArizona Center for Rural Health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health presented strategies in a physician specialty workforce profile that the state can use to augment the state’s rural health care workforce. State of Reform
Will an infamous paper increase ethical oversight? Oct. 26, 2022 A story examines the limits of research oversight and scientific ethics. Jennifer Schnellmann, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, is quoted. Times Higher Education
NEI's Anterior Segment Initiative has funded eight research projects Oct. 26, 2022 The National Eye Institute's Anterior Segment Initiative has funded eight research projects to explore the innervation of the eye’s surface. Eyewire News
Researchers develop 'Goldilocks drug' to treat triple-negative breast cancer Oct. 25, 2022 UArizona researchers, including Joyce A. Schroeder, PhD, professor of molecular and cellular biology in the UArizona College of Science and a member of the UArizona Cancer Center, are working on a less toxic treatment for triple-negative breast cancer. ScienceDaily