Tanning bed use in early adulthood is associated with an increased risk for endometriosis, according to a study by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.

One of the biggest concerns for health experts is the rapid rise in per capita number of cases in rural counties. “If you’re in a motor vehicle accident, you have a heart attack, you have a stroke … you still need that capacity to take care of people. It’s very difficult to be in that position of a doctor or a nurse, trying to make that triage decision about who gets care and who doesn’t because every single bed and cubicle and ICU bed is full,” said Dr. Daniel Derksen, director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health at the University of Arizona.

New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows getting a good night’s sleep could be another tool to help people successfully quit smoking.

In a letter to the editor, Kyle Higashidani and MPH students at University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health respond to the Nov. 24 article “Pima County issues voluntary nightly curfew to curb virus spread.”

There is concern from East Valley parents over a “winter formal” being planned at a Gilbert home this Saturday, since high school dances have been canceled at school due to COVID-19. Dr. Shad Marvasti from the University of Arizona College of Medicine said having an event like this can become a super-spreader event in an instant.

As faculty, staff and students return to campus life, the Health Sciences community is leading by example by wearing face coverings and making safety the priority.

Analyzing genes and other variables can match patients to effective treatments. But the data must be representative of the entire population.

Continuing coverage: University of Arizona professors Katherine Ellingson in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and Bonnie LaFleur from the BIO5 Institute, discuss the availability and accuracy of rapid COVID-19 tests and how effective they are at slowing the spread of the virus in communities.

Tanning beds and sunbathing may be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to a new study. Leslie Farland, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Public Health and the leader of the research, said the association between endometriosis and melanoma may reflect a common genetic background or an underlying association between sun exposure and risk of endometriosis.