Health Sciences In The Media Genetically Engineered T Cells Could Lead to Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases Dec. 3, 2020 A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments. ScienceDaily Ducey Rejects New COVID-19 Limits, as Models Foresee Swamped Hospitals Dec. 2, 2020 One of the biggest concerns for health experts is the rapid rise in per capita number of cases in rural counties. “If you’re in a motor vehicle accident, you have a heart attack, you have a stroke … you still need that capacity to take care of people. It’s very difficult to be in that position of a doctor or a nurse, trying to make that triage decision about who gets care and who doesn’t because every single bed and cubicle and ICU bed is full,” said Dr. Daniel Derksen, director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health at the University of Arizona. Cronkite News Better Sleep Health May Help People Quit Smoking Dec. 2, 2020 New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows getting a good night’s sleep could be another tool to help people successfully quit smoking. Sleep Review Letters to the Editor: Curfew Not Enough to Fight Virus Spread Dec. 2, 2020 In a letter to the editor, Kyle Higashidani and MPH students at University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health respond to the Nov. 24 article “Pima County issues voluntary nightly curfew to curb virus spread.” Arizona Daily Star 'Winter Formal' Scheduled at Home Raises COVID Concerns Among Parents, Doctors Dec. 2, 2020 There is concern from East Valley parents over a “winter formal” being planned at a Gilbert home this Saturday, since high school dances have been canceled at school due to COVID-19. Dr. Shad Marvasti from the University of Arizona College of Medicine said having an event like this can become a super-spreader event in an instant. Arizona's Family (3TV/CBS 5) Phoenix Tanning Bed Use by Young Women May Up Endometriosis Risk Dec. 2, 2020 Tanning bed use in early adulthood is associated with an increased risk for endometriosis, according to a study by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. HealthDay News Tanning Beds and Sunbathing May Be Linked to Greater Endometriosis Risk - Study Dec. 1, 2020 Tanning beds and sunbathing may be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to a new study. Leslie Farland, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Public Health and the leader of the research, said the association between endometriosis and melanoma may reflect a common genetic background or an underlying association between sun exposure and risk of endometriosis. Daily Mail (UK) Tanning Beds and Sunbathing May Be Linked to Greater Endometriosis Risk - Study Dec. 1, 2020 Tanning beds and sunbathing may be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of Arizona College of Public Health. Daily Mail (UK) UA Professor Leads First Statewide Study On Risk Factors, Long-Term Effects Of COVID-19 Dec. 1, 2020 A lot of what we hear about the pandemic and its impacts has focused on hospitalizations and deaths. As those numbers stack up, the implications of this virus become fearfully clear. But what about everyone else who has contracted COVID-19? Kristen Pogreba-Brown with the University of Arizona College of Public Health is leading a new study that looks at the rest of the people who get COVID-19. KJZZ-FM (NPR) Phoenix Tucson Mayor to Seek Mandatory City Curfew to Slow Coronavirus Spread Dec. 1, 2020 Tucson Mayor Regina Romero is set to ask the City Council to consider establishing a mandatory nightly curfew in the city starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1. Pima County is already under a voluntary curfew. “The epidemiology of this outbreak is well known and described, and if we do nothing, there are enough susceptible Arizonans left to sustain this outbreak for many, many weeks past Christmas and achieving levels of transmission that pale in comparison to what we’re seeing today,” said Dr. Joe Gerald, an associate professor with the UA’s Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Daily Star Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Genetically Engineered T Cells Could Lead to Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases Dec. 3, 2020 A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments. ScienceDaily
Ducey Rejects New COVID-19 Limits, as Models Foresee Swamped Hospitals Dec. 2, 2020 One of the biggest concerns for health experts is the rapid rise in per capita number of cases in rural counties. “If you’re in a motor vehicle accident, you have a heart attack, you have a stroke … you still need that capacity to take care of people. It’s very difficult to be in that position of a doctor or a nurse, trying to make that triage decision about who gets care and who doesn’t because every single bed and cubicle and ICU bed is full,” said Dr. Daniel Derksen, director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health at the University of Arizona. Cronkite News
Better Sleep Health May Help People Quit Smoking Dec. 2, 2020 New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows getting a good night’s sleep could be another tool to help people successfully quit smoking. Sleep Review
Letters to the Editor: Curfew Not Enough to Fight Virus Spread Dec. 2, 2020 In a letter to the editor, Kyle Higashidani and MPH students at University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health respond to the Nov. 24 article “Pima County issues voluntary nightly curfew to curb virus spread.” Arizona Daily Star
'Winter Formal' Scheduled at Home Raises COVID Concerns Among Parents, Doctors Dec. 2, 2020 There is concern from East Valley parents over a “winter formal” being planned at a Gilbert home this Saturday, since high school dances have been canceled at school due to COVID-19. Dr. Shad Marvasti from the University of Arizona College of Medicine said having an event like this can become a super-spreader event in an instant. Arizona's Family (3TV/CBS 5) Phoenix
Tanning Bed Use by Young Women May Up Endometriosis Risk Dec. 2, 2020 Tanning bed use in early adulthood is associated with an increased risk for endometriosis, according to a study by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. HealthDay News
Tanning Beds and Sunbathing May Be Linked to Greater Endometriosis Risk - Study Dec. 1, 2020 Tanning beds and sunbathing may be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to a new study. Leslie Farland, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Public Health and the leader of the research, said the association between endometriosis and melanoma may reflect a common genetic background or an underlying association between sun exposure and risk of endometriosis. Daily Mail (UK)
Tanning Beds and Sunbathing May Be Linked to Greater Endometriosis Risk - Study Dec. 1, 2020 Tanning beds and sunbathing may be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of Arizona College of Public Health. Daily Mail (UK)
UA Professor Leads First Statewide Study On Risk Factors, Long-Term Effects Of COVID-19 Dec. 1, 2020 A lot of what we hear about the pandemic and its impacts has focused on hospitalizations and deaths. As those numbers stack up, the implications of this virus become fearfully clear. But what about everyone else who has contracted COVID-19? Kristen Pogreba-Brown with the University of Arizona College of Public Health is leading a new study that looks at the rest of the people who get COVID-19. KJZZ-FM (NPR) Phoenix
Tucson Mayor to Seek Mandatory City Curfew to Slow Coronavirus Spread Dec. 1, 2020 Tucson Mayor Regina Romero is set to ask the City Council to consider establishing a mandatory nightly curfew in the city starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1. Pima County is already under a voluntary curfew. “The epidemiology of this outbreak is well known and described, and if we do nothing, there are enough susceptible Arizonans left to sustain this outbreak for many, many weeks past Christmas and achieving levels of transmission that pale in comparison to what we’re seeing today,” said Dr. Joe Gerald, an associate professor with the UA’s Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Daily Star