Health Sciences In The Media

As spring blooms across much of the state, UArizona researchers are asking the public to contribute to an important community health effort: The Great Arizona Tick Check.

Nearly one million children are victims of physical abuse every year and every day four to seven children die from their injuries. These statistics are particularly grim because children who die from maltreatment often have had a health care encounter prior to their death.

Indigenous medical students who recently matched into residency programs share their Match Day stories. The students featured included a fourth-year student at the College of Medicine – Tucson and an incoming resident at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Ivo Abraham, PhD, professor of practice in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, published the second half of an examination of World Health Organization guidelines for biosimilars – medical products that are almost identical copies of an original, but from a different manufacturer.

A patchwork of state laws in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's abortion decision, combined with pandemic-related burnout and low reimbursement rates, could exacerbate an already looming national shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists.

Sleeping doesn't burn many calories, but experts say getting enough rest still plays an important role in good health, because it can affect your ability to stick with healthy habits.

A phase III clinical trial found that the addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab did not adversely affect health-related quality of life in patients with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

The marijuana industry is leading the charge to have the sale of hemp byproducts regulated the same way dispensaries are regulated by the state.

The Payson Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship is being offered to facilitate the further education of potential health practitioners who may return to work in Payson.

The Washington Post has interviewed a group of medical experts several times over the past three years to see how the pandemic was affecting their personal lives. While the pandemic isn’t gone, their risk calculations these days look different.