Health Sciences In The Media

A newly detected variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 could complicate efforts to control the pandemic, but Arizona public health officials say more investigation is needed to clearly understand the situation.

#6 Nighttime Snacking: While eating late may not seem like a huge problem, research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences suggests that it could lead to obesity and diabetes in the long run.

More Americans are getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that 32 percent of people in the U.S. remain unlikely to get vaccinated against the virus.

Changes in transmissibility, clinical presentation and ability to evade immunity “are going to be the three key pieces to look for as more is learned about the variant in the next several weeks,” said Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor of public health policy and management at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

New research has found that those who suffer from endometriosis are at a higher risk for stroke, even after accounting for known risk factors. “Cardiovascular disease presents differently between women and men,” said Leslie V. Farland, ScD, MSc, assistant professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences will lead a statewide effort to study the long-term effects of COVID-19 with a projected $9.2 million in first-year funding from the National Institutes of Health.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center hosted a free presentation by Van Johnson, the former University of Arizona football star and NFL wide receiver. Johnson shared his problems with addiction and domestic issues while growing up.

Arizona health leaders on Wednesday pleaded with the public to get vaccinated as COVID-19 continues to deplete resources in hospitals across the state

Arizona has the second highest number of childhood deaths due to COVID-19, second only to Texas in 2020, said Sean Elliott, MD, a professor emeritus at the College of Medicine – Tucson who specializes in pediatric infectious diseases.

The article cites research led by Rajesh Khanna, PhD, a professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Pharmacology, that found a link between a COVIDinfection, neuropilin and pain.