Health Sciences In The Media

A story examines the limits of research oversight and scientific ethics. Jennifer Schnellmann, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, is quoted.

The National Eye Institute's Anterior Segment Initiative has funded eight research projects to explore the innervation of the eye’s surface.

The UArizona Center for Rural Health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health presented strategies in a physician specialty workforce profile that the state can use to augment the state’s rural health care workforce.

Two new research papers cast doubt on whether the latest COVID-19 boosters are any better than the original vaccines.

UArizona researchers, including Joyce A. Schroeder, PhD, professor of molecular and cellular biology in the UArizona College of Science and a member of the UArizona Cancer Center, are working on a less toxic treatment for triple-negative breast cancer.

A new study from Duke University using green light therapy for chronic pain patients builds on previous research conducted by Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD, medical director of the UArizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, who is quoted.

Experts say there are a few things you can do to control how long a cold lasts. Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

When something is off with your lungs, it can signify that something serious is going on. Ken Knox, MD, associate dean of faculty affairs and development in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is quoted.

Arizona Proposition 209 would put a cap on the interest rates that can be charged for medical debt.

Researchers at the UArizona Arthritis Center are undertaking a study that seeks to identify determinants of rapid knee deterioration thanks to a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.