Health Sciences In The Media

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.

The Arizona Department of Health Services awarded a $9.2 million grant to the College of Nursing to fund the Master of Science for Entry to the Profession of Nursing program, which seeks to boost the number of nurses in Arizona hospitals.

A new study reveals couples who sleep in the same bed enjoy an array of physical and mental health benefits over those who sleep alone.

Arizona started purging people from the pandemic-inflated Medicaid rolls this month, a process that could end up pushing more than 600,000 people off the plan.

Nonresident students are interviewed on their feelings of well-being and how they find the comforts of home. An undergraduate student at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy is quoted.

UArizona researchers are asking the public to contribute to an important community health effort: The Great Arizona Tick Check. Kacey Ernst, PhD, MPH, professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Eric Reiman, MD, affiliate professor of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, has been elected the new chair of the Flinn Foundation.

A new combination drug treatment showed promising results in patients with pan-refractory, recurrent metastatic head and neck cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Candida auris, a dangerous multi-drug-resistant fungus, is rapidly spreading in hospitals across the nation. To date in Arizona, there are 22 clinical cases of Candida auris and 18 screening cases.

Dignity Health East Valley is launching graduate medical education programs to address Arizona’s physician workforce shortage and meet the health care demands of the East Valley.