Irregular sleep, such as sleeping for an inconsistent number of hours each night or falling asleep at different times, may increase the risk of developing atherosclerosis, or the hardening of the arteries, among adults over age 45, a new study suggests.

The Washington Post has interviewed a group of medical experts several times over the past three years to see how the pandemic was affecting their personal lives. While the pandemic isn’t gone, their risk calculations these days look different.

Your sheets are comfy and cozy, but they harbor a dirty secret: They’re reservoirs for dead skin cells, dust mites and bacteria.

Janet Major was honored for her lifelong career in telemedicine and her impactful work as part of the Arizona Telemedicine Program.

An elderly lion in an Indiana zoo transmitted COVID-19 to the zookeepers who handfed the severely ill big cat. It is the first recorded time a zoo animal has passed the virus to a human. Leslie Boyer, MD, professor emerita in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

Thaddeus Pace, PhD, associate professor in the UArizona College of Nursing, is researching the scientific benefits of meditation for breast cancer survivors.

The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center and other agencies are issuing a warning regarding fentanyl found in cocaine.

Whether it is Bollywood dancing or hobnobbing with stars, Dr. Rachna Shroff fits it all in around her research on gastrointestinal cancer treatments.

Metfora has announced an award to pursue the detection of chronic diseases via multiplex analysis of circulating metabolites. The diagnostic technology was originally developed by College of Medicine – Tucson associate professors Ruslan Rafikov, PhD, and Olga Rafikova, MD, PhD.