Health Sciences In The Media Making Her Mark on the Navajo Nation, Thomasina Blackwater May 7, 2021 Thomasina Blackwater has earned her bachelor's, master's and medical degree from the College of Medicine – Tucson. She discusses her passion to help improve the pipeline for Native American medical students. KGUN-TV (ABC) Tucson Expanded Telehealth Coverage That Began During COVID-19 Now Permanent in Arizona May 7, 2021 A new Arizona law could permanently expand statewide use of virtual and telephonic doctors' visits, which became more commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. "It catapults Arizona to the front of the line in terms of telehealth law nationally," said Dr. Ronald Weinstein, founding director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program at the University of Arizona and a president emeritus of the American Telemedicine Association. "It's huge." The Arizona Republic Researchers Find Increased Risk of Mortality for Arizona’s Hispanic and Native American Kidney Cancer Patients May 7, 2021 Research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows that advanced-stage kidney cancer is more common in Hispanic Americans and Native Americans than in non-Hispanic whites, and that both Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in Arizona have an increased risk of mortality from the disease. The Cancer Letter UA Nursing Staff, Volunteers Urge People to Get Vaccinated May 7, 2021 UArizona College of Nursing faculty and students with first-hand experience of the human cost of COVID-19 ran a vaccination clinic last weekend. Tucsonlocalmedia Should COVID Shots for Teens Go to Developing Nations? May 6, 2021 U.S. officials are poised to authorize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 15 years old, while some countries still struggle to vaccinate health care workers risking their lives daily. The situation presents a moral dilemma over “vaccine nationalism” — a principle rooted in the idea that a country should vaccinate its own population before moving on to other populations, says David Beyda, MD, chair of the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism at the College of Medicine in Phoenix. “Giving it to kids is going to move us toward herd immunity. From an ethical perspective, the primary concern is getting as many people vaccinated here as possible,” he says. WebMD Why We Shouldn't Panic About the Millions Who Missed Their Second Vaccine Dose - Yet May 5, 2021 Data from the CDC has found that five million people in the U.S., roughly 8% of those who received a first dose, have missed their second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. Yet many scientists see a glimmer of hope: 8% missed means 92% returned, which is surprisingly high. "I see that as a really amazing win," said Saskia Popescu, an infection prevention epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. "There's not enough credit that goes into acknowledging how national vaccination in the middle of a pandemic is a Herculean effort." National Geographic Blood Pressure Meds May Help People Who Don't Have Hypertension May 5, 2021 A new study found people may benefit from taking blood pressure medication even if they don’t have hypertension. Dr. Joseph Alpert, a professor of medicine and a cardiologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson and Sarver Heart Center, said some people with mildly elevated blood pressure levels are given blood pressure-lowering medications. “Studies show that they have lower risk for stroke, for example, if we get their BP down to the new lower levels of BP,” Alpert said. Healthline Creative Adaptation Necessary in Online Classes May 4, 2021 College of Nursing student Alexa Kingman and Sharon Hom, a clinical assistant professor, share their learning and teaching experiences during the pandemic. Arizona Daily Wildcat Health Expert Worries More Traveling Could Bring Dangerous COVID-19 Strains to Phoenix May 4, 2021 "Everywhere we go, we take variants with us," said Dr. Shad Marvasti, director of public health, prevention and health promotion at the University of College of Medicine – Phoenix. "If anyone is infected with the variant in New York and the Midwest, any other part of the world, and they're coming to Phoenix, Sky Harbor, they're bringing the variant with them." Arizona's Family (3TV/CBS 5) Phoenix, AZ UA POD To Be Decommissioned at the End of June May 4, 2021 While the UA POD may be decommissioning at the end of June, the pandemic is not over. As health departments battle vaccine hesitancy, the College of Public Health’s Mobile Health Unit is working to increase access to the vaccine for communities of color, building on their work in providing preventative care for these communities. Dr. Cecilia Rosales, associate dean of community engagement and outreach, discusses the MOVE UP initiative. Tucson Weekly Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Making Her Mark on the Navajo Nation, Thomasina Blackwater May 7, 2021 Thomasina Blackwater has earned her bachelor's, master's and medical degree from the College of Medicine – Tucson. She discusses her passion to help improve the pipeline for Native American medical students. KGUN-TV (ABC) Tucson
Expanded Telehealth Coverage That Began During COVID-19 Now Permanent in Arizona May 7, 2021 A new Arizona law could permanently expand statewide use of virtual and telephonic doctors' visits, which became more commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. "It catapults Arizona to the front of the line in terms of telehealth law nationally," said Dr. Ronald Weinstein, founding director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program at the University of Arizona and a president emeritus of the American Telemedicine Association. "It's huge." The Arizona Republic
Researchers Find Increased Risk of Mortality for Arizona’s Hispanic and Native American Kidney Cancer Patients May 7, 2021 Research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows that advanced-stage kidney cancer is more common in Hispanic Americans and Native Americans than in non-Hispanic whites, and that both Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in Arizona have an increased risk of mortality from the disease. The Cancer Letter
UA Nursing Staff, Volunteers Urge People to Get Vaccinated May 7, 2021 UArizona College of Nursing faculty and students with first-hand experience of the human cost of COVID-19 ran a vaccination clinic last weekend. Tucsonlocalmedia
Should COVID Shots for Teens Go to Developing Nations? May 6, 2021 U.S. officials are poised to authorize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 15 years old, while some countries still struggle to vaccinate health care workers risking their lives daily. The situation presents a moral dilemma over “vaccine nationalism” — a principle rooted in the idea that a country should vaccinate its own population before moving on to other populations, says David Beyda, MD, chair of the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism at the College of Medicine in Phoenix. “Giving it to kids is going to move us toward herd immunity. From an ethical perspective, the primary concern is getting as many people vaccinated here as possible,” he says. WebMD
Why We Shouldn't Panic About the Millions Who Missed Their Second Vaccine Dose - Yet May 5, 2021 Data from the CDC has found that five million people in the U.S., roughly 8% of those who received a first dose, have missed their second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. Yet many scientists see a glimmer of hope: 8% missed means 92% returned, which is surprisingly high. "I see that as a really amazing win," said Saskia Popescu, an infection prevention epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. "There's not enough credit that goes into acknowledging how national vaccination in the middle of a pandemic is a Herculean effort." National Geographic
Blood Pressure Meds May Help People Who Don't Have Hypertension May 5, 2021 A new study found people may benefit from taking blood pressure medication even if they don’t have hypertension. Dr. Joseph Alpert, a professor of medicine and a cardiologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson and Sarver Heart Center, said some people with mildly elevated blood pressure levels are given blood pressure-lowering medications. “Studies show that they have lower risk for stroke, for example, if we get their BP down to the new lower levels of BP,” Alpert said. Healthline
Creative Adaptation Necessary in Online Classes May 4, 2021 College of Nursing student Alexa Kingman and Sharon Hom, a clinical assistant professor, share their learning and teaching experiences during the pandemic. Arizona Daily Wildcat
Health Expert Worries More Traveling Could Bring Dangerous COVID-19 Strains to Phoenix May 4, 2021 "Everywhere we go, we take variants with us," said Dr. Shad Marvasti, director of public health, prevention and health promotion at the University of College of Medicine – Phoenix. "If anyone is infected with the variant in New York and the Midwest, any other part of the world, and they're coming to Phoenix, Sky Harbor, they're bringing the variant with them." Arizona's Family (3TV/CBS 5) Phoenix, AZ
UA POD To Be Decommissioned at the End of June May 4, 2021 While the UA POD may be decommissioning at the end of June, the pandemic is not over. As health departments battle vaccine hesitancy, the College of Public Health’s Mobile Health Unit is working to increase access to the vaccine for communities of color, building on their work in providing preventative care for these communities. Dr. Cecilia Rosales, associate dean of community engagement and outreach, discusses the MOVE UP initiative. Tucson Weekly