Health Sciences In The Media

Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, Regents Professor of pharmacology and director of the UArizona Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science, participated in a discussion about the National Institute of Health’s Advanced Research Project Agency for Health.

Valley fever cases can rise during the summer as the risk of inhaling airborne spores increases when the desert soil dries out and spores become airborne.

Research has found private bathrooms harbor the same potentially harmful pathogens as public ones, including Staphylococcus, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), human papilloma virus (HPV) and herpes.

More than a dozen students from BASIS Tucson North, Tanque Verde and Sunnyside high schools, Pima Community College and the UArizona attended an event to introduce kids and teens of diverse backgrounds to careers as judges.

This story cites an article in The Arizona Republic about an increasing body of research linking long COVID to a reactivation of latent viruses, such as Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis in a certain percentage of people.

The CDC now lists “sleep problems” and fatigue as symptoms of long COVID.

Saira Kalia, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes about the lack of research and data on maternal mental health.

More local kids under 5 are rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but some shots will go unused because of concerns from parents.

There is ongoing research into utilizing green light for help with pain management, and new products using green light continue to be developed.

There may be a link between migraine and clinical endocannabinoid deficiency according to Tally Largent-Milnes, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology in the College of Medicine – Tucson, who presented her research at the American Headache Society’s annual scientific meetings.