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Rock icon receives replacement heart valve in New York City hospital

Mick Jagger owes some thanks for the fact he's alive and strutting to Ajit Yoganathan and his lab crew. In fact, millions of people do.

30 Oct 2019

Boozing leads to small brains or people with small brains drink more?

Research has shown that excessive alcohol use is associated with reduction in brain volume. Now a new study has shown that brain volume is associated genetically with a predisposition to excessive alcohol consumption.

29 Oct 2019

UGA researcher working to correct penicillin allergy misconception

More than 30 million people in the United States wrongly believe they are allergic to penicillin - resulting in millions of dollars in added health care costs, adverse side effects from the use of more powerful antibiotics and a risk in the rise of dangerous antibiotic resistant infections.

29 Oct 2019

California fires illuminate trauma and resilience

Dorothy Hammack had planned to wash her thick, dark hair in the kitchen sink Friday morning. She couldn't yet shower, due to the incision on her breast from a biopsy a few days before. Her doctor had already called to let her know the results: She had breast cancer.

29 Oct 2019

Behavioral economic analysis used to predict alcohol problems among heavy-drinking college students

Most people drink less in situations where there are constraints on alcohol use. The sensitivity of alcohol use to the constraint of drink price can be assessed using an 'alcohol purchase task', whereby individuals specify how many drinks they would buy in one drinking episode across a range of prices.

29 Oct 2019

Proximity to junk food sources can impact kid’s chances of becoming obese

For the more than 1 million children attending New York City public schools, their choice of what to eat depends on which food sources are close to where they live.

29 Oct 2019

Rice scientists take a step toward simplifying drug manufacture

With a lot of hard work and a dash of salt, Rice University scientists have taken a step toward simplifying drug manufacture.

29 Oct 2019

Snooze you can use: California legislates more sleep for better health

Teenagers don’t get enough sleep, and California's effort to fix the problem may serve as a wake-up call to other states' lawmakers.

29 Oct 2019

Coaxial electrospinning could lead to new medical innovations

When you visit Andrew Steckl's lab at the University of Cincinnati, you see a nondescript glass box that weaves together different fibers.

25 Oct 2019

Alder bark may be great source of anti-aging and anti-disease natural antioxidants

An alder bark may become a great source of anti-aging and anti-disease natural antioxidants. That's the results discovered by the IKBFU's Institute of Living Systems researchers.

25 Oct 2019

UAB physicians encourage everyone to get a flu shot between October and early November

The change of season in October and November brings in crisp, fall weather for the majority of the United States. Many begin to look toward the holiday season to come, but few think about the impending cold weather and subsequent sickness that pops up when winter arrives.

25 Oct 2019

School-based programs have great potential to help adolescents affected by armed conflict

Communities in high income countries around the world continue to receive record-setting numbers of newcomers fleeing armed conflict.

24 Oct 2019

A safer alternative to wood-burning stoves for Uganda

According to the World Health Organization, around 3.8 million people die annually as a result of exposure to soot and smoke from wood burning cook stoves that millions still cook on, around the globe. The WHO says that these stoves carry a risk of not only lung diseases but also pneumonia, stroke, low birth weight and lung cancers. The most vulnerable populations exposed to this smoke remain the women and children.

24 Oct 2019

Bias, workplace harassment and hostility can cause minority doctors to change practices

Despite the dire need for primary health care providers in California's Central Valley, workplace discrimination and harassment can cause them to change practices or leave the region entirely.

24 Oct 2019

Lab Innovations 2019 opens doors for business of science on 30 and 31 October

Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, will be opening its doors next Wednesday and Thursday, 30 and 31 October 2019, to a record number of visitors and exhibitors.

From Lab Innovations 24 Oct 2019

NAM report shows widespread prevalence of clinician burnout

Clinician burnout is affecting between one-third and one-half of all of U.S. nurses and physicians, and 45 to 60% of medical students and residents, according to a National Academy of Medicine report released today.

23 Oct 2019

Innovative robotic training system to reduce catheter procedure complications

Each year, more than five million central venous catheters (CVC) are placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin to provide patients with fluids, blood or medications.

23 Oct 2019

National Academy of Medicine calls to improve professional well-being of clinicians

In a consensus report released Wednesday, Oct. 23, the National Academy of Medicine makes recommendations for system-level change needed to improve the professional well-being of clinicians, students and trainees across health care.

23 Oct 2019

Greater electronic device use linked to more consumption of added sugar, caffeine in teens

Do young teens who spend more time with TV and electronic devices drink more sugared or caffeinated drinks than others? Yes, they do, says a study of U.S. teens led by McMaster University researchers.

23 Oct 2019

Unique collaboration launches 'Clean Air for Schools' program in the UK

The Philips Foundation, a charitable organization set up in 2014 by global health technology leader Royal Philips to provide access to care for disadvantaged communities, has today launched the ‘Clean Air for Schools’ program with Global Action Plan, a leading environmental charity and the University of Manchester, a leading research institute of air quality.

23 Oct 2019

Students News and Research

Rock icon receives replacement heart valve in New York City hospital

Boozing leads to small brains or people with small brains drink more?

UGA researcher working to correct penicillin allergy misconception

California fires illuminate trauma and resilience

Behavioral economic analysis used to predict alcohol problems among heavy-drinking college students

Proximity to junk food sources can impact kid’s chances of becoming obese

Rice scientists take a step toward simplifying drug manufacture

Snooze you can use: California legislates more sleep for better health

Coaxial electrospinning could lead to new medical innovations

Alder bark may be great source of anti-aging and anti-disease natural antioxidants

UAB physicians encourage everyone to get a flu shot between October and early November

School-based programs have great potential to help adolescents affected by armed conflict

A safer alternative to wood-burning stoves for Uganda

Bias, workplace harassment and hostility can cause minority doctors to change practices

Lab Innovations 2019 opens doors for business of science on 30 and 31 October

NAM report shows widespread prevalence of clinician burnout

Innovative robotic training system to reduce catheter procedure complications

National Academy of Medicine calls to improve professional well-being of clinicians

Greater electronic device use linked to more consumption of added sugar, caffeine in teens

Unique collaboration launches 'Clean Air for Schools' program in the UK

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