Medical Matters Weekly Features Expert in the Connection Between Environment and Wellbeing July 12, 2022 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. Vermont Business Magazine
A Look at the 988 Soft Launch July 12, 2022 Margie Balfour, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, co-authors a story on the upcoming “soft launch” of a new emergency number for behavioral health emergencies. Psychiatric Times
Connecting with Patricia Lebensohn July 11, 2022 Patricia Lebensohn, MD, medical director of the Commitment to Underserved People Program, shared her experiences in a recent issue of The New Physician. Read more Image
How One Health Plan Reduced Disparities in Medication Adherence July 11, 2022 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. Harvard Business Review
Vertex to Acquire ViaCyte for $320M, Growing Diabetes Cell Therapy Pipeline July 11, 2022 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. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
Why Is Pancreatic Cancer the Deadliest Cancer? July 11, 2022 Pancreatic cancer is the most lethal of cancers, with an overall five-year survival rate of approximately 7%. Epoch Times
Study Explores Gender Differences in Pediatric Melanoma July 10, 2022 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. Dermatology Times
Ducey Approves Grant Program to Increase Nurse Workforce July 8, 2022 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. State of Reform
Scientific Conferences Mull Relocating Over Abortion Access July 8, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that removed constitutional protections for access to abortion has prompted calls for scientific conferences to boycott states that have banned or severely restricted the procedure. Nature