Health Sciences In The Media

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.

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.

With the realization that healthy people have autoantibodies comes the task of developing a roadmap to better use those markers to pinpoint diseases.

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.

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.

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.

The American Heart Association updated its cardiovascular health checklist to add healthy sleep as essential for optimal cardiovascular health.

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.

Coughing up blood requires immediate medical attention, as this can be a warning sign of serious lung disease.

An article about research to improve the diagnosing of or to lessen the effects of Alzheimer’s disease mentions a University of Arizona Health Sciences study that is using digital technology to improve medication adherence among older adults with mild cognitive impairment.