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Brief intervention delivered by peers can help reduce smoking among youth

Participating in a brief intervention delivered by their peers in community settings can help reduce smoking among youth and young adults, a new study from a team of tobacco-cessation researchers shows.

27 Oct 2017

Mumps outbreak in U.S. necessitates third booster dose of vaccine for at-risk individuals

According to a federal experts panel yesterday (25th October 2017), a third dose of mumps vaccine is recommended when there is an outbreak of the viral disease. There have been several mumps outbreaks since 2006 in the United States, especially among students who have already been vaccinated before. Last year 6366 cases of the highly infectious viral infection were reported in the United States.

27 Oct 2017

Norwegian doctors show little competency in understanding different cultures, study shows

A Norwegian study shows that general practitioners in Norway show little competency in understanding different cultures. Researcher Esperanza Diaz at the University of Bergen asks for mandatory training.

26 Oct 2017

Study uses noninvasive brain imaging to evaluate surgical proficiency of medical students

While simulation platforms have been used to train surgeons before they enter an actual operating room, few studies have evaluated how well trainees transfer those skills from the simulator to the OR.

24 Oct 2017

Researchers aim to assess preparedness of clinicians in communicating end-of-life issues

Delivering news about end-of-life issues is one of the most difficult tasks clinicians encounter in medical practice. Researchers from the Texas Medical Center on behalf of the ETHICS study investigators, in Houston, Texas, aimed to assess how prepared health-care providers feel in communicating end-of-life issues and determining if proper training had been given to health-care providers.

23 Oct 2017

ACS recognizes contributions of five surgeons with Surgical Humanitarian and Volunteerism Awards

Last night, five surgeons received the 2017 American College of Surgeons/Pfizer Surgical Humanitarian Awards and Surgical Volunteerism Awards in recognition of their selfless efforts as volunteer surgeons who provide care to medically underserved patients abroad.

23 Oct 2017

E-cigarettes may activate distinctive and potentially damaging immune responses, study reveals

A new study, published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, suggests that e-cigarettes may stimulate distinct immune responses along with the same responses that cigarettes stimulate resulting in lung disease.

23 Oct 2017

One nurse per 4,000 pupils = not the healthiest arrangement

During a 15-minute recess, the elementary school students trooped from the playground toward nurse Catherin Crofton's office — one with a bloody nose, a second with a scraped knee and a third with a headache.

23 Oct 2017

New study adds evidence to ‘selfish brain’ theory of human evolution

Human brains are expensive - metabolically speaking. It takes lot of energy to run our sophisticated grey matter, and that comes at an evolutionary cost.

23 Oct 2017

Findings suggest e-cigarettes may be just as bad as traditional cigarettes

E-cigarettes appear to trigger unique immune responses as well as the same ones that cigarettes trigger that can lead to lung disease, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

20 Oct 2017

Brazilian researchers find more significant cognitive deficits among early-onset cocaine users

People who begin using cocaine during adolescence display more significant cognitive deficits than people who begin using the drug in adulthood.

18 Oct 2017

Medical students may be more confident than knowledgeable on nutritional recommendations

Ohio University researchers found medical students may be more confident than knowledgeable when it comes to nutrition. Of the 257 medical students studied, more than 55 percent were confident they could counsel patients on nutritional recommendations, but half did not achieve a passing score on a nutrition quiz, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

16 Oct 2017

The storm has passed, but Puerto Rico’s health faces prolonged recovery

As President Donald Trump signals impatience to wind down emergency aid to Puerto Rico, the challenges wrought by Hurricane Maria to the health of Puerto Ricans and the island's fragile health system are in many ways just beginning.

16 Oct 2017

Researchers use mixed realty viewer to visualize complex biological networks in 3D

They call it the "hairy ball." It's an unflattering name for two-dimensional representations of a complex biological network, a depiction of a system of linkages and connections so complex and dense that "it looks like a big mess," said Dmitry Korkin, PhD, associate professor of computer science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and director of the university's bioinformatics and computational biology program.

13 Oct 2017

'Liquid armor' could make spacesuits highly puncture-resistant and safe

Astronauts are a smart, courageous and resilient lot, no doubt about that. But when they go out for a walk in space - in environments none of us could survive on our own - they need a lot of protection.

12 Oct 2017

New science program provides benefits to students with intellectual disabilities

A new science program for people with intellectual disabilities has found the program has delivered great educational, social and economic benefits to students.

12 Oct 2017

SUNY Downstate receives $10 million NIH grant for health disparities research program

SUNY Downstate Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to form a translational health disparities research program, with a focus on recruiting and training underrepresented minority scientists.

10 Oct 2017

UH psychologist explores link between social media and alcohol consumption

A psychologist at the University of Houston is exploring the ways in which social media influences alcohol consumption among college students. Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers, a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer, will use grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study how social media, and Facebook in particular, shapes students' drinking habits.

10 Oct 2017

UTA receives $1.4 million grant to assist first-generation, low-income, minority college students

The University of Texas at Arlington received a $1.4 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to further the efforts of the McNair Scholars program.

10 Oct 2017

Researchers propose LSD1 protein as central player in Alzheimer's and FTD

Removal of a regulatory gene called LSD1 in adult mice induces changes in gene activity that that look unexpectedly like Alzheimer's disease, scientists have discovered.

9 Oct 2017

Students News and Research

Brief intervention delivered by peers can help reduce smoking among youth

Mumps outbreak in U.S. necessitates third booster dose of vaccine for at-risk individuals

Norwegian doctors show little competency in understanding different cultures, study shows

Study uses noninvasive brain imaging to evaluate surgical proficiency of medical students

Researchers aim to assess preparedness of clinicians in communicating end-of-life issues

ACS recognizes contributions of five surgeons with Surgical Humanitarian and Volunteerism Awards

E-cigarettes may activate distinctive and potentially damaging immune responses, study reveals

One nurse per 4,000 pupils = not the healthiest arrangement

New study adds evidence to ‘selfish brain’ theory of human evolution

Findings suggest e-cigarettes may be just as bad as traditional cigarettes

Brazilian researchers find more significant cognitive deficits among early-onset cocaine users

Medical students may be more confident than knowledgeable on nutritional recommendations

The storm has passed, but Puerto Rico’s health faces prolonged recovery

Researchers use mixed realty viewer to visualize complex biological networks in 3D

'Liquid armor' could make spacesuits highly puncture-resistant and safe

New science program provides benefits to students with intellectual disabilities

SUNY Downstate receives $10 million NIH grant for health disparities research program

UH psychologist explores link between social media and alcohol consumption

UTA receives $1.4 million grant to assist first-generation, low-income, minority college students

Researchers propose LSD1 protein as central player in Alzheimer's and FTD

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