Health Sciences In The Media

Medical experts warn of increased COVID-19 transmissions in the wake of a federal judge’s Monday ruling that voided the national mask mandate on airplanes and public transit.

Clinicians are struggling to make sense of conflicting regulations from the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency on whether measuring programmed death–ligand 1 (PD-L1) is essential before prescribing checkpoint inhibitors for gastroesophageal cancer.

Researchers are increasingly using magnetic resonance imaging to find links between what is seen on an MRI, like cortical thickness or patterns of connection and complicated psychological traits, like cognitive ability or mental-health conditions.

The Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame honors and pays tribute to orthopedic surgeon Victoria Mary Stevens, MD, the first Native American woman in the state of Arizona to receive the doctor of medicine degree from the College of Medicine – Tucson, in 1976.

Innovative policies and a diverse scorpion population have led to new treatments in Mexico, providing a model for other developing countries.

The circulating cytokine profile in pulmonary arterial hypertension is dependent on redox and sex, a new study published in Translational Research found.

Health Start is a statewide program that connects expecting mothers and their babies with a trained public health coach who finds them resources, provides information about their child’s development and serves as a sounding board for their questions.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences received approval from the Arizona Board of Regents to launch three new degree programs that address ongoing workforce shortages in the allied health fields of physical therapy, physician assistant and nurse-midwifery.

According to the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, there are 17 different species of rattlesnakes in Arizona, all venomous.

Like the virus’s runny nose and sore throat-causing cousins, experts agree that SARS-CoV-2 may settle into a seasonal pattern, surfacing during certain months then retreating into the dark again.