In a study led by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers, about half of the participants said they would rather have a human – not artificial intelligence – oversee their diagnosis and treatment.

The MPACT study will develop and test a medical intervention to address critical gaps in current methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder.

A $10 million Environmental Protection Agency grant is funding the Western Environmental Science Technical Assistance Center for Environmental Justice, or the WEST EJ Center.

Arizona Cannabis Education, or AzCANN, is a project funded by a $1 million grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services that the Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center at UArizona Health Sciences is using to develop educational materials on the responsible use and potential risks of cannabis.

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A $13 million NIH grant will help researchers learn more about how to rejuvenate the immune system by researching how T cells are created and maintained.

Morphine is commonly used to treat bone pain associated with metastatic cancer, but research recently published in PAIN uncovered a mechanism by which chronic morphine use may increase bone loss and pain.

A review study by Brian L. Erstad, PharmD, MCCM, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS, professor and head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, and Melody J. Glenn, MD, professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, found that there are no published clinical practice guidelines or consensus statements to guide decision making in patients admitted to the ICU who were receiving medications for opioid use disorder prior to admission.

Allopregnanolone, a regenerative therapeutic, has the potential to delay neurodegeneration in early Alzheimer's disease by promoting endogenous systems of renewal and repair, early clinical data show.