Amazon Rx: You can now get drugs for weight loss and hair loss via virtual clinic Nov. 17, 2022 Amazon has launched a new healthcare service called Amazon Clinic. Healthline
Expert Available for Comment on Great American Smokeout Nov. 16, 2022 A University of Arizona College of Nursing expert is available to discuss smoking cessation research, including approaches to help people quit. Read more Image
Kids are getting hit hard by respiratory viruses. Here's what scientists know — and what they don't Nov. 16, 2022 Pediatric hospitals remain under intense pressure in Canada amid a resurgence of childhood respiratory viruses, ongoing shortages of children's pain medication and the return of the annual flu season. CBC News (Canada)
Flu season is getting bad, and some groups are more vulnerable. Here's where to get free flu shots Nov. 16, 2022 With flu cases in Arizona significantly above the state's five-year average, there is concern for people from racial and ethnic groups with lower flu vaccination rates and higher flu hospitalization rates, including Latinos, African Americans and Native Americans. The Arizona Republic
Conrad Weiser to induct three into the distinguished alumni Hall of Fame Nov. 16, 2022 Pamela S. Smith, MD, clinical assistant professor in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is one of three alumni to be inducted into the distinguished alumni Hall of Fame at Conrad Weiser High School. BCTV (Reading, PA)
Grants roundup Nov. 16, 2022 The UArizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, or CAMI, received its first private philanthropic support as part of a new $10 million gift from the Steele Foundation. The Chronicle of Philanthropy
This is how an Alzheimer’s gene ravages the brain Nov. 16, 2022 A new study has linked APOE4 with faulty cholesterol processing in the brain, which in turn leads to defects in the insulating sheaths that surround nerve fibers and facilitate their electrical activity, changes that could cause memory and learning deficits. Nature
Front-line therapy in metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma Nov. 14, 2022 Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, associate dean of clinical and translational research and associate professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson, participated in an online roundtable discussion on front-line therapy in metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. The ASCO Post
Biomarker testing provides 'real potential' to manage lung cancer Nov. 14, 2022 Identifying genetic mutations in lung cancer has allowed researchers to develop treatments that target specific biomarkers over the past 20 years, but more research is needed. CURE Magazine
The Nurtured Heart Approach goes mainstream: Research and experience support “celebrating greatness in every kid” Nov. 12, 2022 The Nurtured Heart Approach, founded by Howard Glasser, adjunct lecturer in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, represents a massive shift in thinking. Mad in America