Health Sciences In The Media

As waves of new coronavirus variants circulate the globe, one thing has become clear: human immunity against the virus fades over time.

If you’re an advocate of healthy dining, you know Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

In April, after two years of virtual events, the UArizona College of Medicine — Tucson hosted an in-person “Second Look” for the prospective class of 2026.

The U.S. physician shortage is especially notable in Arizona, which ranks 42nd in the nation for the number of active primary care physicians relative to the population, according to a 2019 report by the University of Arizona Center for Rural Health.

It's getting hotter outside due to global warming and, as a result, outdoor workers in southwestern states are increasingly vulnerable to heat-related illnesses.

In a paper published April 8 in Nature, specific genes were identified that could play important roles in schizophrenia.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science received a $2.7 million MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to continue work on the impact of estrogen as a master regulator of the brain’s bioenergetic system, which promotes glucose transport and metabolism and energy generation.

FDA-approved therapies for the management of painful diabetic neuropathy are very limited, said study first author Christian Nasr, MD, head of the division of endocrinology and internal medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are using a $6.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to study azithromycin therapy in preschoolers who are diagnosed with severe wheezing episodes at hospital emergency departments.

A new partnership between the state’s three universities and several state agencies aims to increase understanding of issues like Valley fever and ozone levels in Arizona – and come up with solutions.