Health Sciences In The Media

Experts explain how often should you wash your bath towels.

A new study from the University of Arizona Health Sciences found racial and ethnic differences in the suicide prevention care provided to patients with alcohol use disorder at emergency departments in the United States.

Research has long supported the fact that exercise can improve your sleep quality. Until recently, the prevailing wisdom cautioned against exercising close to when you turn in for the night. Not anymore.

Severe fungal disease used to be a freak occurrence. Now it is a threat to millions of vulnerable Americans, and treatments have been losing efficacy as fungal pathogens develop resistance to standard drugs.

Tens of millions of Africans are already feeling the negative health impacts of climate change in the form of heat stress, extreme weather and increased transmission of infectious disease. Research on the continent faces challenges due to a lack of funding and access to data.

Researchers are close to developing a human vaccine for Valley fever, which is caused by the fungus Coccidioides. Valley fever only impacts a very small number of people worldwide, but it's a major public health concern locally.

According to the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, our bodies cannot absorb silica in absorbent meat pads, so it passes through our digestive system without effects.

A study found bacteria on the outsides of 96% of shoes.

Continuing coverage: Sleeping doesn't burn many calories, but getting enough rest still plays an important role in good health, because it can affect your ability to stick with other healthy habits.

Researchers leading an environmental monitoring project on Amaknak Island in Alaska's Aleutian chain worked with the Qawalangin tribe to identify contamination sources dating to World War II, such as oil tanks and chemicals, that polluted streams and soils.