Health Sciences In The Media

The inaugural chest pain guideline from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association redefines how physicians discuss chest pain with patients and provides a detailed clinical decision pathway for diagnosis and management. Joseph S. Alpert, MD, a professor of medicine and cardiologist at the UArizona Sarver Heart Center and College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted.

Researchers at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson have developed a new way to provide earlier diagnosis of lung disease. The method involves analyzing metabolites, small molecules that are produced through cellular metabolic reactions.

The UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center and Banner Poison Control Center have reported a significant increase in calls related to marijuana from health care professionals. Steven Dudley, PharmD, DABAT, a clinical toxicologist in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy and director of the UArizona Poison and Drug Information Center, is quoted.

The legacy of racism in healthcare for Black patients in America has been a pressing issue that has an impact when someone goes in for critical care. Victoria Murrain, DO, vice dean of diversity, equity and inclusion at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses what the college is doing to build an environment where true diversity can thrive.

Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, discusses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids.

The COVID-19 vaccine authorization for younger children was delayed as the FDA seeks to review new data. Saman Nematollahi, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is interviewed.

Besides the health department recommendation to extend the mask mandate, some health professionals felt an extension would be a good idea because case numbers still high. Extending the mask mandate sends the right message, says Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that people who suffer from migraine may benefit from green light therapy, which was shown to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches and improve patient quality of life. This content originated with a Health Sciences news release.

Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Heath Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, explains the history of weighted blankets, originally an occupational therapy tool designed to help children with developmental disabilities who often sleep restlessly and benefit from movement restriction therapies.

Researchers are exploring a potential link between COVID-19 vaccination and tinnitus. Shaowen Bao, PhD, an associate professor of neuroscience, physiological sciences, and physiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses his research on the association between tinnitus and SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination, and whether patients who develop tinnitus after vaccination should receive a booster dose.