Health Sciences In The Media

The new BA-5 variant of the coronavirus is now the dominant strain in Arizona, where it is responsible for slightly less than 60% of new cases.

A commonly prescribed cancer and arthritis drug sometimes used as an oral abortifacient is facing prescription roadblocks in wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade.

Esther M. Sternberg, MD, professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, will be featured on the July 20 edition of Medical Matters Weekly, produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care.

Margie Balfour, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, co-authors a story on the upcoming “soft launch” of a new emergency number for behavioral health emergencies.

Pharmacists and navigators learned how to better relate to Black and Hispanic patients using an education program designed by the Western Region Public Health Training Center in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

An oxygen-enabled implantable cell encapsulation device is being developed by Procyon Technologies, a startup founded to commercialize technologies developed in the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Pancreatic cancer is the most lethal of cancers, with an overall five-year survival rate of approximately 7%.

Among children and adolescents with melanoma, females had higher rates of superficial spreading disease, while males were more frequently affected by nodular melanoma, according to a study presented during a poster session at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.

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.