Health Sciences In The Media Can the feds close state borders to stop COVID-19? March 17, 2020 Many legal experts question whether the federal government has the authority to close the borders of a state. "Such measures would need to be least restrictive to be constitutional because you would be infringing greatly on individual liberties and the right to travel," said Leila Barraza, an assistant professor and public health lawyer in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. HowStuffWorks Mice Study Identifies Hormone That Suggests Why Women Experience More Pain Than Men March 9, 2020 Scientists from the University of Arizona College of Medicine have found that prolactin, known for promoting lactation in expectant mothers in their final months of pregnancy and after childbirth, may be the reason why some women are more vulnerable to developing pain than men. IFL Science ¿Cuán preocupados debemos estar por el coronavirus? (How worried should we be about the coronavirus?) March 6, 2020 Dr. Cecilia Rosales, associate dean of Phoenix programs and professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, talks about coronavirus and what people need to know to protect themselves. Telemundo Arizona (video) Study: Whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent than Native Americans March 5, 2020 A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, found that when comparing white people and Native Americans with similar income and education levels, whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent. News Medical Life Sciences Pushing drug discoveries developed in Tucson to patients' bedside is focus of UA effort Feb. 29, 2020 The new Arizona Center for Drug Discovery promises to energize the drug discovery process across campus and help push innovative technologies developed in Tucson from the lab to the patient’s bedside. Arizona Daily Star Med school after 40 Feb. 28, 2020 An article examines how older medical students arrive with different motivations, advantages and challenges than their younger classmates. "It's a lot of ground to make up," says Athena R. Ganchorre, director of student development at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. "They might never have taken a standardized test like the MCAT exam – it requires a way of thinking and testing that's hard to learn in a short time." AAMC ‘It’s My Calling To Change The Statistics’: Why We Need More Black Female Physicians Feb. 25, 2020 As a heart failure specialist, researcher and assistant professor at the UArizona College of Medicine Tucson, Dr. Khadijah Breathett knows the impact of the heart. Forbes Health workers try community approach to tackle asthma on Navajo reservation Feb. 24, 2020 Asthma rates are high on the Navajo reservation. Children are more likely to have asthma attacks and more likely to die from the condition than the general population. "We're taking proven interventions that we've done in non-native communities and adapting them for these native communities,” said Lynn Gerald, a professor of health promotion sciences in theMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. WBUR-FM (NPR) Boston UArizona Researchers Study Health Risks of Chemicals in Firefighter Foam, Gear Feb. 13, 2020 Researchers from the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health have received a $1.5 million grant from FEMA to lead a study of occupational exposures to certain chemicals among firefighters. Fire Engineering Scholarships will help put primary care doctors where Arizona needs them most Feb. 11, 2020 Dr. Michael D. Dake writes about the University of Arizona Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program, which began covering all tuition costs for 29 students at the Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix. The Arizona Republic Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Can the feds close state borders to stop COVID-19? March 17, 2020 Many legal experts question whether the federal government has the authority to close the borders of a state. "Such measures would need to be least restrictive to be constitutional because you would be infringing greatly on individual liberties and the right to travel," said Leila Barraza, an assistant professor and public health lawyer in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. HowStuffWorks
Mice Study Identifies Hormone That Suggests Why Women Experience More Pain Than Men March 9, 2020 Scientists from the University of Arizona College of Medicine have found that prolactin, known for promoting lactation in expectant mothers in their final months of pregnancy and after childbirth, may be the reason why some women are more vulnerable to developing pain than men. IFL Science
¿Cuán preocupados debemos estar por el coronavirus? (How worried should we be about the coronavirus?) March 6, 2020 Dr. Cecilia Rosales, associate dean of Phoenix programs and professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, talks about coronavirus and what people need to know to protect themselves. Telemundo Arizona (video)
Study: Whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent than Native Americans March 5, 2020 A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, found that when comparing white people and Native Americans with similar income and education levels, whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent. News Medical Life Sciences
Pushing drug discoveries developed in Tucson to patients' bedside is focus of UA effort Feb. 29, 2020 The new Arizona Center for Drug Discovery promises to energize the drug discovery process across campus and help push innovative technologies developed in Tucson from the lab to the patient’s bedside. Arizona Daily Star
Med school after 40 Feb. 28, 2020 An article examines how older medical students arrive with different motivations, advantages and challenges than their younger classmates. "It's a lot of ground to make up," says Athena R. Ganchorre, director of student development at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. "They might never have taken a standardized test like the MCAT exam – it requires a way of thinking and testing that's hard to learn in a short time." AAMC
‘It’s My Calling To Change The Statistics’: Why We Need More Black Female Physicians Feb. 25, 2020 As a heart failure specialist, researcher and assistant professor at the UArizona College of Medicine Tucson, Dr. Khadijah Breathett knows the impact of the heart. Forbes
Health workers try community approach to tackle asthma on Navajo reservation Feb. 24, 2020 Asthma rates are high on the Navajo reservation. Children are more likely to have asthma attacks and more likely to die from the condition than the general population. "We're taking proven interventions that we've done in non-native communities and adapting them for these native communities,” said Lynn Gerald, a professor of health promotion sciences in theMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. WBUR-FM (NPR) Boston
UArizona Researchers Study Health Risks of Chemicals in Firefighter Foam, Gear Feb. 13, 2020 Researchers from the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health have received a $1.5 million grant from FEMA to lead a study of occupational exposures to certain chemicals among firefighters. Fire Engineering
Scholarships will help put primary care doctors where Arizona needs them most Feb. 11, 2020 Dr. Michael D. Dake writes about the University of Arizona Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program, which began covering all tuition costs for 29 students at the Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix. The Arizona Republic