Health Sciences In The Media

While the largest known coronavirus outbreaks in the United States so far have occurred in densely packed cities, the case in Graham County highlights the risks of the global pandemic in rural communities. Arizona's 15 critical access hospitals are mostly Level IV or Level II trauma centers, meaning they don't typically have the equipment or staff to stabilize patients for long periods of time, according to Dr. Daniel Derksen, associate vice president for health equity, outreach and inter-professional activities at University of Arizona Health Sciences.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.