Health Sciences In The Media The BA.2 Variant: What You Need to Know About the Strain Known as 'Stealth Omicron' in Arizona March 22, 2022 Kate Ellingson, PhD, an assistant professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, said BA.2’s impact on overall case numbers will depend on several other factors, including underlying immunity from previous infection and vaccination and how much people take precautions. The Arizona Republic Do You Need A Second Booster Shot? Experts Divided Amid Report White House Doesn’t Have Funding To Buy Enough For All Americans March 22, 2022 Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, said there was evidence vaccine effectiveness is “slipping against omicron” in some age groups—notably older people and kids between 5 and 11—and that vulnerable people who were boosted months ago “may want to get another dose,” but for anyone else “it’s a choice” and probably not needed. Forbes YPG Safety: With The Change of Temperature Comes the Return of Venomous Creatures March 21, 2022 As the temperature throughout Arizona begins to tick upwards this time of year, so too comes the return of venomous snakes, spiders, and scorpions. Thankfully with modern medicine, fatalities from reptile bites are extremely rare. According to the UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center, the recent death rate has dropped to less than 1%. AR Minuteman Moment Two Years of COVID-19: Pandemic Exposed Arizona Public Health Problems March 21, 2022 Lacking access to regular, preventive health care can lead to a higher burden of untreated chronic disease and put people at higher risk if they are infected with a virus such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Shad Marvasti, MD, associate professor of family and community medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is quoted. The Arizona Republic UArizona Health Sciences Program Prepares Older, Younger Students for Healthy Aging March 21, 2022 The population of older adults continues to increase in the United States and in Arizona. The University of Arizona Health Sciences just launched a graduate program to learn more about this growing demographic. KGUN9-TV (Tucson, AZ) Pembrolizumab Tied to Good Quality of Life in Women With Advanced Cervical Cancer March 19, 2022 The addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, in women with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer was linked with better quality of life, reported Bradley J. Monk, MD, FACS, FACOG, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. MedPage Today Beleaguered Health Care System Struggles to Treat Poor, Isolated Patients March 19, 2022 People living in economically distressed parts of Pima County, as well as those in rural areas and tribal lands throughout southern Arizona, are experiencing greater health challenges due to the pandemic. Students and faculty at the College of Medicine – Tucson are quoted. Arizona Daily Star World Sleep Day: Sleep Myths That May Be Keeping You From a Good Night's Rest March 18, 2022 Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, recommends against lying in bed for more than 15 to 20 minutes because it will train the brain to associate bed with a lack of sleep, which can lead to chronic insomnia. CNN New Therapy Stops Metastasis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer March 17, 2022 New research offers hope for stopping the spread of triple-negative breast cancer. Pavani Chalasani, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson who was not involved in the research, commented on the study. Medical News Today Has Anatomic TSA Become a ‘Lost Art’ With the Increased Use of RSA? March 17, 2022 Evan S. Lederman, MD, clinical professor of orthopedics in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, authored an opinion column weighing the relative merits of total anatomic shoulder arthroplasty versus reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Healio Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
The BA.2 Variant: What You Need to Know About the Strain Known as 'Stealth Omicron' in Arizona March 22, 2022 Kate Ellingson, PhD, an assistant professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, said BA.2’s impact on overall case numbers will depend on several other factors, including underlying immunity from previous infection and vaccination and how much people take precautions. The Arizona Republic
Do You Need A Second Booster Shot? Experts Divided Amid Report White House Doesn’t Have Funding To Buy Enough For All Americans March 22, 2022 Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, said there was evidence vaccine effectiveness is “slipping against omicron” in some age groups—notably older people and kids between 5 and 11—and that vulnerable people who were boosted months ago “may want to get another dose,” but for anyone else “it’s a choice” and probably not needed. Forbes
YPG Safety: With The Change of Temperature Comes the Return of Venomous Creatures March 21, 2022 As the temperature throughout Arizona begins to tick upwards this time of year, so too comes the return of venomous snakes, spiders, and scorpions. Thankfully with modern medicine, fatalities from reptile bites are extremely rare. According to the UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center, the recent death rate has dropped to less than 1%. AR Minuteman Moment
Two Years of COVID-19: Pandemic Exposed Arizona Public Health Problems March 21, 2022 Lacking access to regular, preventive health care can lead to a higher burden of untreated chronic disease and put people at higher risk if they are infected with a virus such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Shad Marvasti, MD, associate professor of family and community medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is quoted. The Arizona Republic
UArizona Health Sciences Program Prepares Older, Younger Students for Healthy Aging March 21, 2022 The population of older adults continues to increase in the United States and in Arizona. The University of Arizona Health Sciences just launched a graduate program to learn more about this growing demographic. KGUN9-TV (Tucson, AZ)
Pembrolizumab Tied to Good Quality of Life in Women With Advanced Cervical Cancer March 19, 2022 The addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, in women with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer was linked with better quality of life, reported Bradley J. Monk, MD, FACS, FACOG, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. MedPage Today
Beleaguered Health Care System Struggles to Treat Poor, Isolated Patients March 19, 2022 People living in economically distressed parts of Pima County, as well as those in rural areas and tribal lands throughout southern Arizona, are experiencing greater health challenges due to the pandemic. Students and faculty at the College of Medicine – Tucson are quoted. Arizona Daily Star
World Sleep Day: Sleep Myths That May Be Keeping You From a Good Night's Rest March 18, 2022 Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, recommends against lying in bed for more than 15 to 20 minutes because it will train the brain to associate bed with a lack of sleep, which can lead to chronic insomnia. CNN
New Therapy Stops Metastasis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer March 17, 2022 New research offers hope for stopping the spread of triple-negative breast cancer. Pavani Chalasani, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson who was not involved in the research, commented on the study. Medical News Today
Has Anatomic TSA Become a ‘Lost Art’ With the Increased Use of RSA? March 17, 2022 Evan S. Lederman, MD, clinical professor of orthopedics in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, authored an opinion column weighing the relative merits of total anatomic shoulder arthroplasty versus reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Healio