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Diverse career paths can help fill "skills gap" in the U.S. labor market

When Patrick Rottinghaus began college, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his career. He started out as an "Open" major while he explored possibilities.

27 Feb 2021

Diverse patient population helps identify gene variant associated with childhood asthma

Researchers at Henry Ford Health System, as part of a national asthma collaborative, have identified a gene variant associated with childhood asthma that underscores the importance of including diverse patient populations in research studies.

27 Feb 2021

Scientists develop a simple method to make drug precursor

Save your silver! It's better used for jewelry than as a catalyst for drugs. Rice University scientists have developed a greatly simplified method to make fluoroketones, precursors for drug design and manufacture that typically require a silver catalyst.

27 Feb 2021

UNH receives $2.97 million in grants to investigate the effectiveness of wilderness therapy

The University of New Hampshire's Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Center receives $2.97 million in grants to conduct a first-of-its-kind randomized study looking at the effectiveness of outdoor behavioral health (OBH), or wilderness therapy, a prescriptive treatment for teens struggling with depression, anxiety and substance use disorders.

26 Feb 2021

Early PDA closure may reduce adverse outcomes in premature babies

Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with moderate to large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) may benefit from transcatheter PDA closure (TCPC) in the first four weeks of life, according to research published by Le Bonheur Cardiologist Ranjit Philip, MD, and Medical Director of Interventional Cardiac Imaging and Interventional Catheterization Laboratory Shyam Sathanandam, MD.

26 Feb 2021

Study finds novel way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease before symptoms occur

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease has been shown to reduce cost and improve patient outcomes, but current diagnostic approaches can be invasive and costly.

26 Feb 2021

College tuition sparked a mental health crisis. Then the hefty hospital bill arrived.

Despite a lifelong struggle with panic attacks, Divya Singh made a brave move across the world last fall from her home in Mumbai, India. She enrolled at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, to study physics and explore an interest in standup comedy in Manhattan.

26 Feb 2021

Biden’s straight-talking CDC director has long used data to save lives

In early December, Dr. Katy Stephenson was watching TV with her family and scrolling through Twitter when she saw a tweet that made her shout.

26 Feb 2021

Study examines the impacts of racism on physical and mental well-being of Black people

Black men and women, as well as adolescent boys and girls, may react differently to perceived racial discrimination, with Black women and girls engaging in more exercise and better eating habits than Black men and boys when faced with discrimination, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

26 Feb 2021

New tool identifies security and privacy risks associated with COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Researchers have developed a tool to identify security and privacy risks associated with Covid-19 contact tracing apps.

26 Feb 2021

Researchers use Doppler to look inside living cells, track their metabolic activity

Doppler radar improves lives by peeking inside air masses to predict the weather. A Purdue University team is using similar technology to look inside living cells, introducing a method to detect pathogens and treat infections in ways that scientists never have before.

26 Feb 2021

Study: Stay-at-home ordinance had positive effects on health and well-being of residents

A study by physiology researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso found that El Paso's stay-at-home ordinance due to the COVID-19 pandemic had positive effects on the health and well-being of the region's residents.

26 Feb 2021

Programmed magnetic nanobeads rapidly diagnose COVID-19

COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool that plugs into an off-the-shelf cell phone, according to Rice University engineers.

26 Feb 2021

Scientists assess the concentration of microplastics in table salt

Microplastics (MPs) everywhere and pose a serious threat to human health. Although the concentration of MPs in table salt has been quantified several times, studies have reported vastly different results.

26 Feb 2021

Study explores impact of reminiscence therapy on Alzheimer’s and dementia patients

The RRF Foundation for Aging awarded a multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas at Arlington with more than $160,000 for a project that explores the impact of reminiscence therapy and creation of digital memoirs on those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

25 Feb 2021

Recommendations to help ensure access to high-quality opioid use disorder treatment

On January 14, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) submitted notice to the Federal Register that it would issue practice guidelines that exempt physicians from the requirement to apply for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) in up to 30 patients at one time.

25 Feb 2021

Students News and Research

Diverse career paths can help fill "skills gap" in the U.S. labor market

Diverse patient population helps identify gene variant associated with childhood asthma

Scientists develop a simple method to make drug precursor

UNH receives $2.97 million in grants to investigate the effectiveness of wilderness therapy

Early PDA closure may reduce adverse outcomes in premature babies

Study finds novel way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease before symptoms occur

College tuition sparked a mental health crisis. Then the hefty hospital bill arrived.

Biden’s straight-talking CDC director has long used data to save lives

Study examines the impacts of racism on physical and mental well-being of Black people

New tool identifies security and privacy risks associated with COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Researchers use Doppler to look inside living cells, track their metabolic activity

Study: Stay-at-home ordinance had positive effects on health and well-being of residents

Programmed magnetic nanobeads rapidly diagnose COVID-19

Scientists assess the concentration of microplastics in table salt

Study explores impact of reminiscence therapy on Alzheimer’s and dementia patients

Recommendations to help ensure access to high-quality opioid use disorder treatment

Texas Tech professor receives DARPA grant for developing indoor COVID-19 detector

Smartphones could be used to reveal early-warning signs of glaucoma

UC San Diego receives $33 million from NIH for five COVID-19 diagnostic projects

Excess total body fat in girls may affect puberty timing, hormones and breast maturation

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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