Health Sciences In The Media 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 Why Does Arizona Have Such a Doctor Shortage? Nov. 13, 2019 University of Arizona's medical college in Phoenix is increasing its enrolling class size to 100 students, up from 80. Dr. Guy Reed, dean of University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, said even with the increased class size, Arizona will have a significant need for more doctors. KPNX-TV Phoenix Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
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
Why Does Arizona Have Such a Doctor Shortage? Nov. 13, 2019 University of Arizona's medical college in Phoenix is increasing its enrolling class size to 100 students, up from 80. Dr. Guy Reed, dean of University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, said even with the increased class size, Arizona will have a significant need for more doctors. KPNX-TV Phoenix