UArizona Arthritis Center Lecture to Focus on Treatment Options for Knee, Hip Pain March 3, 2022 Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gens Goodman will give a free lecture to expand awareness about surgical and nonsurgical treatment options for osteoarthritis. Read more Image
All of Us Reaches Participant Milestone March 3, 2022 University of Arizona – Banner Health All of Us Program team leads the country as it closes in on 50,000 participants. Read more Image
Tezepelumab Significantly Reduced Exacerbations in Patients with Severe Asthma, Respiratory Comorbidities March 3, 2022 In a presentation at the annual American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology meeting, Tara Carr, MD, an associate professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson, presented results of a post hoc analysis that assessed the efficacy of tezepelumab in a broad population of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma and common respiratory comorbidities. Patient Care
Understanding Aphasia Is the Most Important Part of Recovery March 3, 2022 Aphasia – a difficulty in producing or understanding words and language, both written and spoken – often results following a stroke that damages parts of the brain that produce and decode language. "When patients who have experienced a left-brain stroke suddenly find out they can no longer speak, or speak only haltingly, it's a dramatic situation," said Steven Z. Rapcsak, MD, a professor of neurology in the College of Medicine – Tucson. "In many cases, they have the thoughts and know what they're trying to express, but they just don't have the words." Brain & Life
Ways to Help the Health Worker Shortage in Northern Arizona March 3, 2022 Statistics from a 2019 report by the UArizona Center for Rural Health are cited in an opinion column about the health care worker shortage in northern Arizona. Flagstaff Business News
Here's What's Happening with Mask Mandates in Tucson-area Schools March 2, 2022 More of Pima County’s children and teens will be ditching masks in school following recent changes in county and federal guidelines. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted. This Is Tucson
Covid Live Updates: White House to Introduce New Response Strategy March 2, 2022 President Biden, looking to usher the nation out of the coronavirus crisis into what some are calling a “new normal,” used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to sketch out the next phase of his pandemic response. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted. The New York Times
Vaccine Protection Against Moderate Illness Waned Among Adolescents, New CDC Data Suggests March 1, 2022 Five months after immunization, two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appeared to offer virtually no defense against moderate illness caused by the omicron variant — as measured by visits to emergency departments and urgent care clinics — among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, according to data published by the CDC. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted. The Japan Times