Health Sciences In The Media

College of Medicine – Tucson researchers identified a protein that appears to help drive the body to reject biomedical implants. The findings were published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

The Arizona Farmworker Enumeration Profiles Study will allow researchers at the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to produce current and credible counts of farmworkers and their household members in Arizona to provide organizations and agencies with the data to meet the needs of the community.

UArizona Cancer Center researchers identified a new method of activating specific molecules to target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed. The findings were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Nearly 700 cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones visited the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 19 to put pressure on Congress to prioritize funding to fight the disease.

A study led by Kari Evans, MD, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, finds people who use amphetamines, methamphetamine or similar substances have an increased chance of enduring some type of acute cardiovascular event and dying during labor and delivery.

UArizona Health Sciences researchers are working with the Precision Aging Network to create a way to precisely predict a patient's brain health risks, helping doctors craft personalized plans for patients that will keep their cognitive abilities sharp in older age.

From art to history to science, Tucson has museums for all interests including the Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in the Skaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy.

New UArizona Health Sciences research recently published in the journal PAIN found that nearly 1 in 20 adults in the U.S. experience the co-occurrence of chronic pain and anxiety or depression, resulting in functional limitations in daily life.

Valley fever continues to spread and poses a threat to those who work outside. Valley fever’s mortality rate is about one death per 1,000 infections, according to John Galgiani, MD, director of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson's Valley Fever Center for Excellence.

Recent advances in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease offer patients more hope in easing discomfort from a condition that can cause severe airflow blockage and breathing-related problems.