Health Sciences In The Media

A recently released survey from the Sleep Foundation finds shorter naps, 20 to 30 minutes in duration, provide people with more benefits than longer periods of rest.

People with post-traumatic stress disorder experienced better sleep, a reduction in the severity of PTSD symptoms and more effective treatments after exposure to blue light therapy, according to a new study conducted by researchers in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Psychiatry.

UArizona Health Sciences is opening the doors to its new Center for Sleep, Circadian and Neuroscience Research facility, which will give investigators access to state-of-the-art technology to conduct innovative sleep and circadian rhythm research.

Adults who have obstructive sleep apnea have up to an 75% increased risk, on average, of developing long COVID after a SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with people without sleep apnea, a new study found.

Adults who have obstructive sleep apnea have up to an 75% increased risk, on average, of developing long COVID after a SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with people without sleep apnea, a new study found.

Drug abuse among young people, and especially students in post-primary and tertiary institutions, has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Students at the University of Arizona are determined to find ways to combat the overdose crisis and save lives.

The Arizona Department of Health Services will add Narcan, the naloxone medication that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid overdose, to the automated external defibrillator boxes at its office in downtown Phoenix.

Banner – University Medicine at the College of Medicine – Phoenix recently opened what officials there believe is a first-of-its-kind concept: A compassion center to help reduce employee burnout.

Four in 10 posts about liver disease on TikTok contain misinformation, with most pushing inaccurate claims about fad diets, "detox" drinks and herbal remedies, according to a study being presented today at the Digestive Disease Week 2023 conference.

Lisa M. O'Neill, DBH, MPH, associate director of research and education at the UArizona Center on Aging and clinical assistant professor of medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes an opinion piece about the importance of early diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.