Health Sciences In The Media

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.

If combatting free radicals and oxidative stress while striking redox balance and homeostasis in the body were a sport, glutathione would be the reigning champion across all divisions. Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, associate director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the UArizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, is quoted.

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.

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.

The Arizona Republic looks back on 15 pivotal moments during the last two years of Arizona's COVID-19 pandemic. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, says health experts advocated for Arizona to do more to contain the spread of COVID-19 throughout the pandemic.

A new omicron variant is being closely watched here and abroad after causing a spike in cases in several European countries including Germany, Switzerland and the UK. But the question is, how much worry should there be over the new variant. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Experts in sleep and comfort share helpful tips and tricks so you can rest easier every night. Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Heath Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

The University of Arizona and UArizona Health Sciences has announced the completion of a $23 million fundraising effort to build a new home for the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, part of the College of Medicine – Tucson. The 30,000-square-foot facility will be located on the UArizona Health Sciences campus at 1231 N. Cherry Ave. Construction is expected to begin mid-May and be completed in fall 2023.

A new CDC study of COVID-19 vaccination rates shows the nationwide gap between urban and rural areas more than doubled in the past year, with urban counties beating rural ones everywhere — except in Arizona. Daniel Derksen, MD, a public health professor and director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health at the University of Arizona, was not surprised Arizona's rural counties did well, despite the state's failure to curtail preventable deaths.

Paleontologists have discovered a fossil belonging to an ancient saber-toothed creature thought to be the first cat-like predator to exist in the U.S. Shawn Zack, PhD, assistant professor of basic medical sciences at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is quoted.