Health Sciences In The Media

Jennifer Bea, PhD, associate professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and co-leader of the cancer prevention and control program in the UArizona Cancer Center, presented findings at ObesityWeek 2022 that showed higher amounts of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue are associated with an increased risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal women.

The onset of daylight saving time has been linked to a bump in heart attacks and strokes. Denise Rodriguez Esquivel, PhD, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

A cancer survivor feared cancer may have returned to his body when doctors discovered a mass on his lungs.

UArizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD, is the recipient of the VIVA Foundation 2022 ATLAS Award, which celebrates the career and impact of physicians who have distinguished themselves as scholars and leaders in their respective vascular fields.

New research found that exercising in the afternoon or evening could better help control blood sugar than other physical activity performed throughout the day.

A culinary medicine pilot in the College of Medicine – Phoenix is giving new doctors the practical skills to put their medical advice where their mouth is.

A new UArizona Health Sciences study found that people older than 45 whose Type 2 diabetes was treated with anti-hyperglycemic medications had an increased risk of multiple sclerosis, particularly among women, while anti-hyperglycemic exposure in people younger than 45 reduced that risk.

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced better sleep, a reduction in the severity of PTSD symptoms and more effective treatments after exposure to blue light therapy, according to a new study conducted by researchers in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Psychiatry.

A story on collaboration between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas to develop a health sciences center in Wichita mentions similar collaborations at the Phoenix Bioscience Core, which includes the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

UArizona researchers, including Joyce A. Schroeder, PhD, professor of molecular and cellular biology in the UArizona College of Science and a member of the UArizona Cancer Center, are working on a less toxic treatment for triple-negative breast cancer.