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UC's ATS develops new employment model to support people with disabilities

There was a time when not much was expected of Karly Saeks. Saeks is a person with an autism spectrum disorder. In high school, a vocational counselor told her parents to manage their expectations when it came to their daughter's future.

21 Jul 2017

Parents have substantial role in curbing drinking habits of adolescents

Fewer Australian teenagers are drinking alcohol but more needs to be done to curb the drinking habits of Aussie students, based on the findings of the latest study by Adelaide researchers.

20 Jul 2017

MIT engineers design new gel coatings that may lead to better medical devices

Catheters, intravenous lines, and other types of surgical tubing are a medical necessity for managing a wide range of diseases. But a patient's experience with such devices is rarely a comfortable one.

19 Jul 2017

Healthcare providers rarely perform stethoscope hygiene between patient encounters

You can lead a doctor to disinfection, but how do you get them to clean…or wipe ….or swab a stethoscope?

18 Jul 2017

Young people with depression have elevated risk for cannabis use disorder at age 18

A study looking at the cumulative effects of depression in youth, found that young people with chronic or severe forms of depression were at elevated risk for developing a problem with cannabis in later adolescence.

18 Jul 2017

Parents may be less sure about vaccine needs for teens, new poll suggests

Parents may be up to speed on what vaccines their children need for kindergarten, but may be less sure during high school years, a new national poll suggests.

17 Jul 2017

MSU professor uses lessons from ancient skeletal remains to understand spread of modern diseases

A fascination with skeletons and the clues they provide about those who lived in the past led Molly Zuckerman to pursue a career in anthropology.

17 Jul 2017

First soft artificial heart mimics natural model as closely as possible

It looks like a real heart. And this is the goal of the first entirely soft artificial heart: to mimic its natural model as closely as possible.

13 Jul 2017

New study examines high school principals' perceptions about concussion

When it comes to helping high school student athletes recover from concussion, support is needed beyond the athletic field. It is also essential when they return to the classroom.

13 Jul 2017

Social and emotional learning programs continue to benefit children years later

Social and emotional learning programs for youth not only immediately improve mental health, social skills, and learning outcomes but also continue to benefit children years later, according to new research from UBC, University of Illinois at Chicago and Loyola University.

12 Jul 2017

BSACI to publish updated guidance on diagnosis, management of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis

The Standards of Care Committee of the British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology is to publish updated guidance on the diagnosis and management of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis. Allergic rhinitis is common and affects between 10-15% of children and 26% of adults in the UK.

10 Jul 2017

QUT researchers develop golden-orange bananas rich in pro-vitamin A

The decade-long research, led by Distinguished Professor James Dale, involved extensive laboratory tests at QUT as well as field trials in north Queensland.

7 Jul 2017

Maternal consumption of alcohol could produce transgenerational effects

Soon-to-be mothers have heard the warning - don't drink while pregnant. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued numerous statements about the dangers of alcohol consumption during pregnancy, as it can lead to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in newborns.

7 Jul 2017

Smartphone-based game like Pokémon GO may promote exercise

Today marks the one year anniversary of Pokémon GO's worldwide release that sent crowds hiking through parks, meandering into streets and walking for miles in search of Pokémon, those cute little digital characters that appear in real locations on your smartphone.

6 Jul 2017

Novel diagnostic approach could pave way for earlier detection of Parkinson's disease

Hebrew University doctoral student Suaad Abd-Elhadi has won a Kaye Innovation Award for her work on a new diagnostic approach that could pave the way for early diagnosis of one of the most common and debilitating neurodegenerative disorders.

6 Jul 2017

Face can reveal if someone is rich or poor, study finds

Put on a happy face, your success may depend on it, suggests a study by psychology researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts and Science.

6 Jul 2017

Study provides insights into how the brain can generate precisely timed movements

Almost everything we do - walking, talking, or drinking coffee - is completely dependent on accurate timing when activating many muscles at once.

29 Jun 2017

Immersive VR training for surgeons on emerging medical devices

With our unique team and the power of the recent revolution in immersive reality technology, we are finally able to address these issues by providing a highly mobile, hands-on, realistic training platform that allows practitioners to learn or review complex surgical procedures without risking patient safety.

29 Jun 2017

Research yields first successful isolation, maintenance of haploid embryonic stem cells in humans

Stem cell research holds huge potential for medicine and human health. In particular, human embryonic stem cells (ESCs), with their ability to turn into any cell in the human body, are essential to the future prevention and treatment of disease.

29 Jun 2017

Wise Guys program targets young men to curb teenage pregnancy

In 2015, there were nearly 10,000 teenage pregnancies in North Carolina. "Teen parents are less likely to finish high school, less likely to be well employed, and less likely to be in committed and stable relationships," said Rick Brown, Youth Education Program Director at Children's Home Society of North Carolina.

28 Jun 2017

Students News and Research

UC's ATS develops new employment model to support people with disabilities

Parents have substantial role in curbing drinking habits of adolescents

MIT engineers design new gel coatings that may lead to better medical devices

Healthcare providers rarely perform stethoscope hygiene between patient encounters

Young people with depression have elevated risk for cannabis use disorder at age 18

Parents may be less sure about vaccine needs for teens, new poll suggests

MSU professor uses lessons from ancient skeletal remains to understand spread of modern diseases

First soft artificial heart mimics natural model as closely as possible

New study examines high school principals' perceptions about concussion

Social and emotional learning programs continue to benefit children years later

BSACI to publish updated guidance on diagnosis, management of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis

QUT researchers develop golden-orange bananas rich in pro-vitamin A

Maternal consumption of alcohol could produce transgenerational effects

Smartphone-based game like Pokémon GO may promote exercise

Novel diagnostic approach could pave way for earlier detection of Parkinson's disease

Face can reveal if someone is rich or poor, study finds

Study provides insights into how the brain can generate precisely timed movements

Immersive VR training for surgeons on emerging medical devices

Research yields first successful isolation, maintenance of haploid embryonic stem cells in humans

Wise Guys program targets young men to curb teenage pregnancy

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