Health Sciences In The Media

UArizona Health Sciences awarded Primary Care Physician Scholarships to 14 students at the College of Medicine – Tucson and 11 at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

With fewer health care providers, fewer professional caregivers and fewer young people than in urban areas, rural communities struggle to care for aging residents. 

Research has found that taking ashwagandha as a powder in conjunction with sidh makardhwaj, a mix of herbal and mineral ingredients, eases pain and joint swelling in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is interviewed about topics including the health ramifications of eating processed food.

The Huachuca City Public Library is using a $4,000 grant from the Arizona Center for Rural Health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to support its local diaper bank.

UArizona announced the public phase of its $3 billion fundraising campaign, Fuel Wonder. The story cites philanthropy that led to the naming of the R. Ken Coit College of Pharamacy and donor investments in the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies and the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

The College of Medicine – Phoenix was named as a recipient of a 2023 INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award.

Valley fever, which traditionally afflicts patients in Arizona and California, has started spreading eastward.

The popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy cause dramatic weight loss. Both contain a compound, semaglutide, that squelches hunger by mimicking a hormone called GLP-1 that our bodies naturally make when we eat. 

A study co-authored by Jason P. Patel, MD, a resident in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, examines the repercussions of climate change on nephrology and explores strategies to mitigate its impact.