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Tucson's groundwater is partially contaminated by 'forever chemicals.' Feds want it fixed

June 11, 2024
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Center member Dr. Tara Carr discusses a new approach to asthma management

June 10, 2024

The Healthy Dose asked board-certified allergist Tara Carr, MD, a member of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center and an associate professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine—Tucson who sees patients at the Allergy and Immunology Clinic at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, what people need to know about SMART therapy.

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Center member Dr. Leslie Farland named Udall Center Fellow

May 31, 2024

The UC Fellows Program offers university faculty members the opportunity to do scholarly work on public policy. Farland and Rainbow will study the safety of the work environment for potential childbearing female nurses and how the job setting and its demands impact their postpartum return to work.

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Center member Dr. Stephanie Russo Carroll speaks on Indigenous Data Sovereignty

May 31, 2024

Dr. Stephanie Carroll is Director of the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance an associate professor of public health at the University of Arizona, a Native Ahtna and a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah.

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A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis

May 28, 2024
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‘Just brutal’: Why America’s hottest city is seeing a surge in deaths

May 28, 2024
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Drinking chlorinated tap water may alter gut bacterial composition

May 23, 2024

A recent study by Drs. Georg Wondrak and Frank Duca explored the effects of drinking chlorinated water on mouse gut microbiota. Their findings revealed a decline in fecal microbiota diversity and notable shifts in fecal bacterial composition. With potential public health implications for humans, these results underscore the need for further research in human subjects.

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Center members publication suggests the development of non-invasive diagnostic is possible

May 22, 2024

Endometrial cancer is the most common form of cancer of the female reproductive organs; and unlike most other cancers that are decreasing, its incidence rates have continued to grow by a rate of 1% per year for White women and 2–3% for women of all other racial/ethnic groups, according to the American Cancer Society.

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New federally funded center will rely on SWEHSC members to help communities manage extreme heat

May 20, 2024

A new federal initiative will rely on University of Arizona research and scholarship to help communities across the U.S. create policies and take action to mitigate and manage extreme heat. The university's involvement in a new Center for Heat Resilient Communities, which the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday, will help translate climate research into policies and guidelines.

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Wildfire Smoke Is a ‘Public Health Threat’ That Can Have Lasting Impacts, Experts Say

May 14, 2024
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The mission of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC) is to facilitate and implement innovative research aimed at understanding the mechanisms underlying environmental health science risks and disease among people living in arid environments. The SWEHSC (P30 ES006694) is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.


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