How World Events Are Straining Everyday Health Care Supply July 5, 2022 In May, a COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai shut down a plant that manufactures a type of dye injected into the body to make organs and blood vessels more visible on CT scans. Association of American Medical Colleges
Updated Covid Shots Are Coming. Will They Be Too Late? July 4, 2022 The government has greenlit new vaccines to defend against the latest Omicron variants. But the shots won’t arrive until the fall and cases are rising now. The New York Times
How 'Autoantibodies' Could Help Us Understand Long COVID and Other Autoimmune Diseases July 2, 2022 With the realization that healthy people have autoantibodies comes the task of developing a roadmap to better use those markers to pinpoint diseases. The Arizona Republic
Danger in the Dust: Valley Fever July 1, 2022 An article about Valley fever featuring John Galgiani, MD, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence in the College of Medicine – Tucson, was published in the July edition. Arizona Cattlelog Magazine
Rheumatologists Express Dismay Over Roe v. Wade Reversal July 1, 2022 In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, rheumatologists and rheumatology associations are voicing concern over what the loss of federal abortion protections could mean for patients. Healio
Diverse Research Drives Future of Precision Medicine June 30, 2022 The All of Us Research Program is shaping the future of medicine, particularly for populations that historically have been excluded from genomics studies. Read more Image
Best Tips to Reduce the Risk of Cancer June 30, 2022 While any meat is a good source of protein, white meats like fish and shellfish are the healthiest in helping to reduce the risk of cancer, according to Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson. Bollyinside
Sleep Among Most Important Factors to Keep Heart Healthy June 30, 2022 The American Heart Association updated its cardiovascular health checklist to add healthy sleep as essential for optimal cardiovascular health. KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ)
Psilocybin: The Science Behind Magic Mushrooms' Great Healing Potential June 30, 2022 A study led by Francisco Moreno, MD, professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, called into question the Food and Drug Administration’s first authorization in 1970 of a preliminary U.S. clinical analysis of psilocybin, a psychedelic substance found in mushrooms, that found it to be an effective treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Worldakkam.com