Health Sciences In The Media

Lacking access to regular, preventive health care can lead to a higher burden of untreated chronic disease and put people at higher risk if they are infected with a virus such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Shad Marvasti, MD, associate professor of family and community medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is quoted.

The population of older adults continues to increase in the United States and in Arizona. The University of Arizona Health Sciences just launched a graduate program to learn more about this growing demographic.

People living in economically distressed parts of Pima County, as well as those in rural areas and tribal lands throughout southern Arizona, are experiencing greater health challenges due to the pandemic. Students and faculty at the College of Medicine – Tucson are quoted.

The addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, in women with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer was linked with better quality of life, reported Bradley J. Monk, MD, FACS, FACOG, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, recommends against lying in bed for more than 15 to 20 minutes because it will train the brain to associate bed with a lack of sleep, which can lead to chronic insomnia.

Evan S. Lederman, MD, clinical professor of orthopedics in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, authored an opinion column weighing the relative merits of total anatomic shoulder arthroplasty versus reverse shoulder arthroplasty.

If combatting free radicals and oxidative stress while striking redox balance and homeostasis in the body were a sport, glutathione would be the reigning champion across all divisions. Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, associate director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the UArizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, is quoted.

New research offers hope for stopping the spread of triple-negative breast cancer. Pavani Chalasani, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson who was not involved in the research, commented on the study.

A new omicron variant is being closely watched here and abroad after causing a spike in cases in several European countries including Germany, Switzerland and the UK. But the question is, how much worry should there be over the new variant. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Experts in sleep and comfort share helpful tips and tricks so you can rest easier every night. Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Heath Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.