Health Sciences In The Media

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that removed constitutional protections for access to abortion has prompted calls for scientific conferences to boycott states that have banned or severely restricted the procedure.

Michael D. McKee, MD, professor and chair in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, wrote a perspective on a study that found patients with brachial plexus injuries who underwent amputation had decreased mechanical pain, increased employment rates and a high rate of postoperative satisfaction.

Scientists are making strides in monitoring firefighters for pollutant exposure using silicone wristbands, which will become more important as wildfires encroach on the built environment.

Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that establishes several health care workforce grant programs including the Arizona Nurse Education Investment Pilot Program. The report cites data from the Arizona Center for Rural Health, which ranks Arizona in the top 5 states experiencing severe health care staffing shortages.

According to a review of relevant literature published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology, University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that marijuana likely stops or reduces migraines.

Vivian Kominos, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson and fellowship faculty at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, writes that the term "widow-maker" can be harmful to patients and perpetuates the myth that heart disease is a male ailment.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences announced five new recipients of Innovations in Healthy Aging seed grant funding supporting research that targets diseases of aging, addresses health challenges related to optimal aging, and expands communities and activities for older adults.

William D.S. Killgore, PhD, director of the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Psychiatry, has explored light as a treatment for military veterans who have had traumatic brain injuries or have post-traumatic stress disorder.

More than 17 million Canadians have had some version of Omicron, in a “tsunami” of infections over the past five months, according to a new report. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

Researchers at the University of Arizona have formed a startup with plans to use a metal-free electrolyte to make nontoxic batteries to store large amounts of electricity.