Health Sciences In The Media

A story about Valley fever mentions that researchers at the in the College of Medicine – Tucson have developed a vaccine that’s highly effective in dogs and references information from the UArizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence.

A medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes has been in short supply for months because people who do not have diabetes are using the drug to take advantage of its weight-loss side effect.

A recent study conducted by scientists at the Universities of Arizona and Kansas suggest that working at a busy coffee shop may be healthier than doing so in a quiet office.

The murder of four University of Idaho students in the early hours of November 13, 2022, was likely a "thrill kill" according to a leading forensic psychiatrist.

Scientists have been trying to develop a vaccine for Valley fever since 1960. In recent years, researchers at the in the College of Medicine – Tucson have developed a vaccine that’s highly effective in dogs.

Felicia Goodrum, PhD, professor in the Department of Immunobiology in the College of Medicine – Tucson, and James Alwine, PhD, visiting professor in the Department of Immunobiology, co-authored an opinion piece in opposition to proposals before the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity.

Frank A. von Hippel, PhD, professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and lead of the UArizona Health Sciences One Health Research Initiative, discusses One Health and whether we should be concerned with the modern use of pesticides and other types of chemicals.

Studies have suggested that cannabis can suppress REM sleep and that those findings may explain why many cannabis users report that they dream very little or not at all.

Felicia Goodrum, PhD, professor of immunobiology in the College of Medicine – Tucson, co-authored a commentary signed by over 150 virologists that says all the evidence to date indicates that the coronavirus pandemic started naturally, and it wasn't the result of some kind of lab accident or malicious attack.

An interview with Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses how natural medicine and an integrative approach could help control costs and improve the health care system.