Health Sciences In The Media Study Explores Gender Differences in Pediatric Melanoma July 10, 2022 Among children and adolescents with melanoma, females had higher rates of superficial spreading disease, while males were more frequently affected by nodular melanoma, according to a study presented during a poster session at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. Dermatology Times Ducey Approves Grant Program to Increase Nurse Workforce July 8, 2022 Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that establishes several health care workforce grant programs including the Arizona Nurse Education Investment Pilot Program. The report cites data from the Arizona Center for Rural Health, which ranks Arizona in the top 5 states experiencing severe health care staffing shortages. State of Reform Scientific Conferences Mull Relocating Over Abortion Access July 8, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that removed constitutional protections for access to abortion has prompted calls for scientific conferences to boycott states that have banned or severely restricted the procedure. Nature Amputation May Improve Outcomes in Select Patients with Brachial Plexus Injuries July 8, 2022 Michael D. McKee, MD, professor and chair in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, wrote a perspective on a study that found patients with brachial plexus injuries who underwent amputation had decreased mechanical pain, increased employment rates and a high rate of postoperative satisfaction. Orthopedics Today How Can Silicone Wristbands Help Firefighters? July 8, 2022 Scientists are making strides in monitoring firefighters for pollutant exposure using silicone wristbands, which will become more important as wildfires encroach on the built environment. American Geophysical Union's Eos Time to Lay the 'Widow-Maker' to Rest July 7, 2022 Vivian Kominos, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson and fellowship faculty at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, writes that the term "widow-maker" can be harmful to patients and perpetuates the myth that heart disease is a male ailment. Medscape University of Arizona Finds Marijuana Helps Stop Migraines July 7, 2022 According to a review of relevant literature published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology, University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that marijuana likely stops or reduces migraines. AZ Marijuana UArizona Researchers Working on Nontoxic Battery to Store Renewable Energy July 6, 2022 Researchers at the University of Arizona have formed a startup with plans to use a metal-free electrolyte to make nontoxic batteries to store large amounts of electricity. Phoenix Business Journal Addressing the Grand Challenges of Aging Through Multidisciplinary Seed Grants July 6, 2022 The University of Arizona Health Sciences announced five new recipients of Innovations in Healthy Aging seed grant funding supporting research that targets diseases of aging, addresses health challenges related to optimal aging, and expands communities and activities for older adults. NewsBreak The Quest by Circadian Medicine to Make the Most of Our Body Clocks July 6, 2022 William D.S. Killgore, PhD, director of the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Psychiatry, has explored light as a treatment for military veterans who have had traumatic brain injuries or have post-traumatic stress disorder. The New York Times Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Study Explores Gender Differences in Pediatric Melanoma July 10, 2022 Among children and adolescents with melanoma, females had higher rates of superficial spreading disease, while males were more frequently affected by nodular melanoma, according to a study presented during a poster session at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. Dermatology Times
Ducey Approves Grant Program to Increase Nurse Workforce July 8, 2022 Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that establishes several health care workforce grant programs including the Arizona Nurse Education Investment Pilot Program. The report cites data from the Arizona Center for Rural Health, which ranks Arizona in the top 5 states experiencing severe health care staffing shortages. State of Reform
Scientific Conferences Mull Relocating Over Abortion Access July 8, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that removed constitutional protections for access to abortion has prompted calls for scientific conferences to boycott states that have banned or severely restricted the procedure. Nature
Amputation May Improve Outcomes in Select Patients with Brachial Plexus Injuries July 8, 2022 Michael D. McKee, MD, professor and chair in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, wrote a perspective on a study that found patients with brachial plexus injuries who underwent amputation had decreased mechanical pain, increased employment rates and a high rate of postoperative satisfaction. Orthopedics Today
How Can Silicone Wristbands Help Firefighters? July 8, 2022 Scientists are making strides in monitoring firefighters for pollutant exposure using silicone wristbands, which will become more important as wildfires encroach on the built environment. American Geophysical Union's Eos
Time to Lay the 'Widow-Maker' to Rest July 7, 2022 Vivian Kominos, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson and fellowship faculty at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, writes that the term "widow-maker" can be harmful to patients and perpetuates the myth that heart disease is a male ailment. Medscape
University of Arizona Finds Marijuana Helps Stop Migraines July 7, 2022 According to a review of relevant literature published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology, University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that marijuana likely stops or reduces migraines. AZ Marijuana
UArizona Researchers Working on Nontoxic Battery to Store Renewable Energy July 6, 2022 Researchers at the University of Arizona have formed a startup with plans to use a metal-free electrolyte to make nontoxic batteries to store large amounts of electricity. Phoenix Business Journal
Addressing the Grand Challenges of Aging Through Multidisciplinary Seed Grants July 6, 2022 The University of Arizona Health Sciences announced five new recipients of Innovations in Healthy Aging seed grant funding supporting research that targets diseases of aging, addresses health challenges related to optimal aging, and expands communities and activities for older adults. NewsBreak
The Quest by Circadian Medicine to Make the Most of Our Body Clocks July 6, 2022 William D.S. Killgore, PhD, director of the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Psychiatry, has explored light as a treatment for military veterans who have had traumatic brain injuries or have post-traumatic stress disorder. The New York Times