Heart Attack Prevention: 4 Tips to a Healthier Heart Oct. 21, 2020 Quit smoking. “Cigarette smoking is probably public enemy number one,” says Joseph Alpert, MD, a cardiologist as the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center. “People who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day are twice as likely to get a heart attack over non-smokers.” MSN India
UArizona Cancer Center Receives $8.5M Gift to Establish Breast Cancer Research Institute Oct. 21, 2020 A breast cancer survivor and longtime supporter of the University of Arizona has given $8.5 million to the University of Arizona Cancer Center to strengthen the center's breast cancer patient care and research programs. AZ Big Media
Tohono O’odham Nation Donates $1M Each to UA, ASU for COVID-19 Research Oct. 21, 2020 The Tohono O'odham Nation has committed $1 million to the University of Arizona to help researchers fight COVID-19. UA researchers have been involved in understanding the coronavirus and testing people across the state since the pandemic’s arrival in the United States in the spring. An antibody test developed by immunologists in the College of Medicine-Tucson has been deployed throughout Arizona in partnership with Gov. Doug Ducey, according to the UA. Arizona Daily Star
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Find Biomarker that Can Appear Before Stomach Cancer Develops Oct. 20, 2020 A microRNA that can be found in a blood sample may make it easier to detect gastric cancer and could lead to improved treatment for diseases that are resistant to common immunotherapies. Read more Image
Is Arizona About to Face Another Exponential Increase in COVID-19 Cases? Oct. 20, 2020 Community spread of the coronavirus is back to the levels Arizona saw in late May, according to Joe Gerald, an associate professor in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, with increases now in all age groups, not just college students. The Arizona Republic
UArizona Study: COVID-19 Antibodies Might Provide Long-Term Immunity Oct. 20, 2020 University of Arizona Heath Sciences researchers developed one of the most accurate COVID-19 antibody tests available and now have shown antibodies persist for months after infection, providing long-term immunity. KTAR-FM Phoenix
Consumer Masks Could Soon Come With Labels Saying How Well They Work Oct. 20, 2020 The personal protective equipment industry is trying to inject some clarity into the mask-purchasing experience by creating a uniform set of standards to show consumers how well the products would protect them and those around them. "Whether it's a standard or whether it's something equivalent to the Consumer Reports rating (of) good, better or best, it is probably useful because otherwise people are lost," said Philip Harber, a professor of public health at the University of Arizona who studies the use of respirators. He warned that given some Americans' hostility toward masks, the standards have to be "very, very, very simple." The Washington Post
Researchers Find Biomarker That Can Appear Before Stomach Cancer Oct. 20, 2020 A promising new biomarker that appears in patients before stomach cancer develops may help with early detection of the disease and improve patient response to therapy, according to findings in a study led by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers. MedicalXPress
New Study Challenges Previous Understanding About the Causes of Cerebral Palsy Oct. 20, 2020 A study conducted by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and an international team shows about 14% of cerebral palsy cases may be tied to de novo genetic mutations or mutations that appear in a child but not in the parents. Arizona Daily Wildcat