Pediatric Suicide Attempts on Rise in Southern Arizona May 23, 2022 Suicide attempts among preteens are on the rise nationwide and in southern Arizona. Steven Dudley, PharmD, DABAT, director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, said his office has noticed an increase in intentional overdoses that spiked during the pandemic. KOLD-TV (Tucson, AZ)
Why Do People Get Long COVID? A Virus That May Cause MS Could Reveal Clues May 23, 2022 Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, professor of epidemiology in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, head of the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Immunobiology, are quoted in an article about long COVID. USA Today
The Surprising Things Research Is Telling Us About Terpenes May 23, 2022 A review by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences concluded (with the caveat that there's much more research to be done) that terpenes may be highly effective in developing pain medications, especially because they are safer than traditional painkillers. Green Entrepreneur
How Much Do You Know About Osteoarthritis? May 21, 2022 Kent Kwoh, MD, chief of the division of rheumatology at the College of Medicine - Tucson and director of the UArizona Arthritis Center, authors an article in La Estrella de Tucson that shares information and answers common questions about osteoarthritis. Arizona Daily Star
What We Know About Monkeypox, And How It's Different From COVID-19 May 21, 2022 Scientists are keeping an eye on monkeypox, a viral disease related to smallpox that has recently been found spreading in North America, Europe and Australia. The Arizona Republic
All of Us Research Program Releases 100,000 Whole Genome Sequences to Support Research Into Hundreds of Diseases May 20, 2022 All of Us University of Arizona-Banner leads in participant enrollment and researcher support, sharing health information to accelerate medical research. Read more Image
The Search For Longer-lasting COVID-19 Vaccines May 20, 2022 As waves of new coronavirus variants circulate the globe, one thing has become clear: human immunity against the virus fades over time. CNN
Arizona Sees Unusual Spike in Flu Cases This Spring May 20, 2022 Arizona is seeing a spike in flu cases this spring, which could leave some major pharmacies in the state running low on medication. KTAR-FM (Phoenix, AZ)
I Am Health Sciences May 19, 2022 New video series debuts focusing on the staff who help make the University of Arizona Health Sciences a special place to work. Read more Thumbnail