Health Sciences In The Media

Humans could lose up to two weeks of sleep a year by the end of the century, study finds.

Jennifer Whitehair, MD, an associate clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, received the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Outstanding American Indian/Alaska Native Women’s Healthcare Clinician Award.

A review by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences concluded (with the caveat that there's much more research to be done) that terpenes may be highly effective in developing pain medications, especially because they are safer than traditional painkillers.

Suicide attempts among preteens are on the rise nationwide and in southern Arizona. Steven Dudley, PharmD, DABAT, director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, said his office has noticed an increase in intentional overdoses that spiked during the pandemic.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, professor of epidemiology in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, head of the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Immunobiology, are quoted in an article about long COVID.

Kent Kwoh, MD, chief of the division of rheumatology at the College of Medicine - Tucson and director of the UArizona Arthritis Center, authors an article in La Estrella de Tucson that shares information and answers common questions about osteoarthritis.

Scientists are keeping an eye on monkeypox, a viral disease related to smallpox that has recently been found spreading in North America, Europe and Australia.

As waves of new coronavirus variants circulate the globe, one thing has become clear: human immunity against the virus fades over time.

Arizona is seeing a spike in flu cases this spring, which could leave some major pharmacies in the state running low on medication.

If you’re an advocate of healthy dining, you know Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson.