A commonly prescribed cancer and arthritis drug sometimes used as an oral abortifacient is facing prescription roadblocks in wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade.

Esther M. Sternberg, MD, professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, will be featured on the July 20 edition of Medical Matters Weekly, produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care.

Patricia Lebensohn, MD, medical director of the Commitment to Underserved People Program, shared her experiences in a recent issue of The New Physician.

Pancreatic cancer is the most lethal of cancers, with an overall five-year survival rate of approximately 7%.

Pharmacists and navigators learned how to better relate to Black and Hispanic patients using an education program designed by the Western Region Public Health Training Center in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

An oxygen-enabled implantable cell encapsulation device is being developed by Procyon Technologies, a startup founded to commercialize technologies developed in the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Among children and adolescents with melanoma, females had higher rates of superficial spreading disease, while males were more frequently affected by nodular melanoma, according to a study presented during a poster session at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.

Scientists are making strides in monitoring firefighters for pollutant exposure using silicone wristbands, which will become more important as wildfires encroach on the built environment.

Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that establishes several health care workforce grant programs including the Arizona Nurse Education Investment Pilot Program. The report cites data from the Arizona Center for Rural Health, which ranks Arizona in the top 5 states experiencing severe health care staffing shortages.