Health Sciences In The Media

A hard-to-treat form of heart failure may be relieved by an experimental device that creates a hole inside the heart muscle, according to new clinical trial results.

New weekly COVID-19 cases have continued to rise in Pima County and Arizona, although not as fast as prior weeks.

Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the Sarver Heart Center, is quoted in an article about the results of a clinical trial in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure.

The University of Arizona has big plans to earn its reputation as a major research institution.

Around 40 percent of Brits are thought to suffer with high, or borderline high cholesterol levels. The article cites a study led by Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, that found links to sleeping issues and high cholesterol.

As eligibility for COVID-19 boosters widens in parts of the U.S., some people wonder when they should time their shots to maximize protection.

The UArizona Health Sciences Office of Communications team walked away with multiple honors at the 2021 Impact Awards ceremony for the Southern Arizona chapter of the Public Relations Society of America on Nov. 2 in Tucson. The team won in the categories for General Marketing Communications, News Release or PSA, Social Media Communications, Community Relations and Best in Show.

A $1.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is funding a study through the University of Arizona Health Sciences on the cancer risks for wildland firefighters.

Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, associate director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the UArizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, has seen some benefits with zinc. "Zinc supplementation has been shown in many clinical trials to shorten the duration of the common cold.”

COVID-19 cases in Arizona show signs of "exponential" growth, according to a new report published by the Arizona Public Health Association, based on analysis by Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor and director of the public health policy and management program at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, who noted an "abrupt increase in transmission levels among all age groups starting in early October."