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RCSI-led study aims to train next generation of brain cancer researchers

RCSI is leading an international team of scientists on a major research study that aims to train the next generation of brain cancer researchers.

3 Oct 2017

Researchers examine how concussions affect women differently than men

Do concussions affect women differently than men? What impact do they have on a person's psychological health?

30 Sep 2017

NIH awards $1.5 million grant to support education in Alzheimer's disease at RPI

We know Alzheimer's as a brutal disease that dismantles our loved ones and condemns them to death. But science and engineering researchers look inside the disease to identify early warning signs and develop the imaging techniques to see them, to unravel the biochemical puzzle that creates a toxic clump of misfolded proteins, and to develop and test new drugs and therapies that chip away at cognitive decline.

28 Sep 2017

Study reports prevalence of concussion among teens playing contact sports

A new University of Michigan study confirms what many hospital emergency rooms nationwide are seeing: Teens playing contact sports suffer from concussions.

26 Sep 2017

Study explores how tattoos may influence medical student's understanding of melanoma diagnosis

CANCER is on the rise and the need to be empathetic when giving a patient their diagnosis and throughout treatment is imperative.

26 Sep 2017

New MRI contrast agent differentiates between aggressive and slow-growing breast cancers

A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University not only pinpoints breast cancers at early stages but differentiates between aggressive and slow-growing types.

25 Sep 2017

Facial features could predict sex drive finds

According to the latest research from Nipissing University in Ontario, Canada, the sex drive of a person could be predicted from the size and shape of their faces.

24 Sep 2017

Indiana University awarded $4 million NSF grant to advance nanoscale medical devices

Only a year after establishing the intelligent systems engineering program in the Indiana University School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, the university has been awarded a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to advance nanoscale devices to improve human health, including fighting cancer.

21 Sep 2017

Open your mouth and say goo-goo: Dentists treating ever-younger patients

Allen Barron scrunches up his tiny face and wails as his mother gently tips him backward onto the lap of Jean Calvo, a pediatric dental resident at the University of California-San Francisco.

21 Sep 2017

UC study finds lower IQ scores in children with increased Manganese levels

A study led by environmental health researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine finds that children in East Liverpool, Ohio with higher levels of Manganese (Mn) had lower IQ scores. The research appears online in the journal NeuroToxicology, available in advance of publication.

21 Sep 2017

UConn Health makes new 3D-printed model of arteries to help surgeons get practice

The first time a young surgeon threads a wire through a stroke victim's chest up through their neck and fishes a blood clot out of their brain may be one of the most harrowing moments in her career.

21 Sep 2017

Binge drinking in college could lower odds of attaining full-time employment upon graduation

Heavy drinking six times a month reduces the probability that a new college graduate will land a job by 10 percent, according to Tel Aviv University and Cornell University research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology.

20 Sep 2017

Teen tattoos - an issue raising concern

According to a clinical report by the American Academy of Pediatrics, “voluntary body modifications” or tattoos, scarifications and piercings by teenagers is a rising concern. These can lead to serious complications they warn and also discuss the implications of these modifications both in terms of social as well as personal and related to mental health.

19 Sep 2017

Analytical Science in Precision Medicine

Pittcon is an analytical conference, so naturally my talk will be about analytical chemistry and how analytical chemistry will become increasingly important in delivering healthcare solutions, not only for rich people, but also, hopefully, for poor people across the world.

From Pittcon 19 Sep 2017

Research finds link between victimization of transgender adolescents and suicidal thoughts, substance abuse

In two peer-reviewed papers, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found that transgender adolescents are twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts as the general population, and they are up to four times as likely to engage in substance use.

19 Sep 2017

Researchers discover ‘recycled’ genes in mammalian genome

One often hears about the multitude of genes we have in common with chimps, birds or other living creatures, but such comparisons are sometimes misleading. The shared percentage usually refers only to genes that encode instructions for making proteins -- while overlooking regulatory genes, which nonetheless make up a large part of the genome.

18 Sep 2017

Scientists design method for predicting behavioral response to stimulus using neuronal oscillations

Neuroscientists from Higher School of Economics and Charité University Clinic in Berlin have come up with a new multivariate method for predicting behavioral response to a stimulus using information about the phase of preceding neuronal oscillations recorded with EEG.

18 Sep 2017

Conference to tackle sensitive subjects in dementia care

Every 66 seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Frank LaFerla, dean of UCI's Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences, says that with more than 76 million aging baby boomers in the U.S., the memory-impairing condition is "the most important medical problem of our time – and one that's going to intensify greatly over the next 20 years."

18 Sep 2017

Trump’s deadline on ‘dreamers’ reverberates through health industries

Karla Ornelas said she has “always had the idea of being a doctor, I've never seen myself doing anything else.” The third-year pre-medical student at the University of California-Davis said she plans to become a family medicine physician and work in California’s Central Valley, where there is a great need for doctors and especially bilingual doctors.

18 Sep 2017

Reducing mental health disparities through online therapy

For many years, I was a psychologist at a very large US university mental health center and we constantly had more people seeking help than we could possibly accommodate. That is a ubiquitous problem across lots of sectors, including community mental health and private practice in any rural area.

18 Sep 2017

Students News and Research

RCSI-led study aims to train next generation of brain cancer researchers

Researchers examine how concussions affect women differently than men

NIH awards $1.5 million grant to support education in Alzheimer's disease at RPI

Study reports prevalence of concussion among teens playing contact sports

Study explores how tattoos may influence medical student's understanding of melanoma diagnosis

New MRI contrast agent differentiates between aggressive and slow-growing breast cancers

Facial features could predict sex drive finds

Indiana University awarded $4 million NSF grant to advance nanoscale medical devices

Open your mouth and say goo-goo: Dentists treating ever-younger patients

UC study finds lower IQ scores in children with increased Manganese levels

UConn Health makes new 3D-printed model of arteries to help surgeons get practice

Binge drinking in college could lower odds of attaining full-time employment upon graduation

Teen tattoos - an issue raising concern

Analytical Science in Precision Medicine

Research finds link between victimization of transgender adolescents and suicidal thoughts, substance abuse

Researchers discover ‘recycled’ genes in mammalian genome

Scientists design method for predicting behavioral response to stimulus using neuronal oscillations

Conference to tackle sensitive subjects in dementia care

Trump’s deadline on ‘dreamers’ reverberates through health industries

Reducing mental health disparities through online therapy

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

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