Researchers at the College of Medicine – Tucson's Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center are participating in a nationwide, multicenter clinical trial to standardize treatment for children suffering from seizures before they arrive at hospital emergency departments.

Medical residents are training on the use of portable ultrasound devices which promise to make internal imaging more efficient and less expensive.

Medical toxicologist Anne-Michelle Ruha, MD, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, gives insight about scorpion envenomation, symptoms and treatment.

A study published in the medical journal Sleep finds the use of near-infrared phototherapy before bed may help people sleep better and improve how they function during daylight hours.

A team of College of Medicine – Tucson physicians held the “Docs in the Kitchen” event at the retirement community Hacienda at the River to showcase meals that can help manage celiac disease and other gut related issues. Attendees learned different nutritional strategies, including food therapy.

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According to advocates, social media platforms have been a boon in terms of access for everyone who is unable to attend academic or medical meetings, whether they are busy clinicians and researchers, or patients chronically ill with conditions such as fibromyalgia or rheumatoid arthritis.

Health advisers on Friday unanimously backed the full approval of a closely watched Alzheimer's drug, a key step toward opening insurance coverage to U.S. seniors with early stages of the brain-robbing disease.

The Cottonwood Public Library received a grant from the American Library Association, in conjunction with the Center for Rural Health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, to start the Get Out program, which promotes outdoor activities for teens.

An opinion piece weighs in on the long-term threat to public health from long COVID that lingers after the federal public health emergency has lifted.