Health Sciences In The Media

A patchwork of state laws in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's abortion decision, combined with pandemic-related burnout and low reimbursement rates, could exacerbate an already looming national shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists.

A phase III clinical trial found that the addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab did not adversely affect health-related quality of life in patients with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Sleeping doesn't burn many calories, but experts say getting enough rest still plays an important role in good health, because it can affect your ability to stick with healthy habits.

The marijuana industry is leading the charge to have the sale of hemp byproducts regulated the same way dispensaries are regulated by the state.

The Payson Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship is being offered to facilitate the further education of potential health practitioners who may return to work in Payson.

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.

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.