Health Sciences In The Media

At the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging conference, Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, FACR, professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discussed the potential impact of urinary activity with positron emission tomography (PET) radiopharmaceuticals and new phase 3 study data.

In the face of a nationwide nursing shortage, the UArizona College of Nursing is recruiting more students from underrepresented backgrounds. After receiving a $1.9 million federal grant in 2018, the college established the Arizona Nursing Inclusive Excellence program the following year.

Fernando Martinez, MD, director of the UArizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, discussed the asthma relievers available for use in children and the need for more research in this patient population during the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

A new study from the University of Arizona Health Sciences found racial and ethnic differences in the suicide prevention care provided to patients with alcohol use disorder at emergency departments in the United States.

Research has long supported the fact that exercise can improve your sleep quality. Until recently, the prevailing wisdom cautioned against exercising close to when you turn in for the night. Not anymore.

Experts explain how often should you wash your bath towels.

Tens of millions of Africans are already feeling the negative health impacts of climate change in the form of heat stress, extreme weather and increased transmission of infectious disease. Research on the continent faces challenges due to a lack of funding and access to data.

Severe fungal disease used to be a freak occurrence. Now it is a threat to millions of vulnerable Americans, and treatments have been losing efficacy as fungal pathogens develop resistance to standard drugs.

According to the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, our bodies cannot absorb silica in absorbent meat pads, so it passes through our digestive system without effects.

A study found bacteria on the outsides of 96% of shoes.