Health care system roadblocks often force transgender patients to obtain and self-administer gender-affirming hormones from unregulated, and oftentimes illegal, overseas online pharmacies instead of licensed medical offices.

Denise Moreno Ramirez, PhD, a postdoctoral scientist in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, writes an opinion column about the tendency of the beauty industry to expose women of color to products with toxic chemicals.

Cyltezo, a biosimilar version of top-selling Crohn's disease medication Humira, was released July 1. Several other similar drugs are also on the way.

Global health care coalition arises to bridge the gaps in underserved nations and help people receive needed chronic illness care.

Sources of stress for retirees include a grab bag of fears. There’s the potential loss of cognitive function, independence and loved ones. Fear of moving from a longtime home, getting a grim medical diagnosis or becoming a caregiver to an ailing partner can also stoke anxiety.

The funding will allow the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center to continue research efforts focusing on environmental and health challenges in arid lands, including the Southwest.

Easton Neitzel, a student at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, and colleagues wrote “Since academic departments are more likely to have radiologists return to on-site work, the degree of remote reading could become a factor that recently trained radiologists consider when deciding between pursuing an academic versus a private practice career,” citing a 2021 study which found that 77% of radiology residents with remote workstations indicated they would be interested in a job that offers this option in the future.