Health Sciences In The Media

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in remote jobs, hybrid work and work-from-home arrangements. While these options present flexibility that can be beneficial, they can also disrupt people's sleep patterns and make it challenging to achieve work-life balance.

A listing of the top medical schools includes the College of Medicine – Tucson, which made the list for several categories including primary care, research, health professional shortage areas, rural, primary care measure and diversity index. The College of Medicine – Phoenix made the health professional shortage areas list.

Text messages updating rural residents about COVID-19 are now being expanded to other health issues. The program will text people who have less access to health care, including people of color, migrants and those who are immunocompromised.

Grief experts are now dealing with bereaved people who create digital versions of their loved ones.

An explainer about vagus nerve stimulation, which is used for people whose epilepsy, depression, migraine, or cluster headaches aren't responding sufficiently to medications.

The development of a breathing exercise called inspiratory muscle strength training, which involves inhaling through a special device that makes each breath more challenging, began with the work of researchers at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

There are potential health hazards posed by keeping a dirty vehicle.

Psychological stress has long been suspected as a key factor in the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease and may represent a key trigger for symptom flares.

Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, wrote an explanatory column about the pros and cons of integrating gluten into diets.

Kelly Reynolds, PhD, MSPH, professor and chair of the Department of Community, Environment and Policy in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, discusses the potential health hazards posed by dirty mattresses, and offers suggestions on how and when to clean them.