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Hospital room design may be linked to patient safety, length of hospital stay

How a hospital room is designed may keep patients safer and healthier and shorten their hospital stay, a design researcher at Texas Tech University has found.

17 Oct 2016

UT Southwestern researcher wins prestigious 2016 Transformative Research Award

Dr. Rama Ranganathan, Director of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Comprehensive Center for Molecular, Computational, and Systems Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been awarded a prestigious 2016 Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health's Common Fund.

17 Oct 2016

Wayne State receives NIH grant to study use of opioid addiction drug to fight relapse in recovering addicts

A team led by Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., will use a four-year, $2,279,723 competitively renewed grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health to explore whether the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine can decrease the magnitude and/or duration of responses to stressors faced by recovering addicts.

15 Oct 2016

Nearly 15% of sixth-grade students commit cyber dating abuse, new study finds

Fifteen percent of sixth-grade students reported they had perpetrated at least one form of abuse toward a dating partner through technology, according to a new study from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health.

14 Oct 2016

MD Anderson and HISD collaborate for youth-oriented tobacco prevention program

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Houston Independent School District have reached a first-of-its-kind agreement to provide access to an evidence-based, youth-oriented tobacco prevention and cessation program for all 110,000 HISD middle and high school students.

13 Oct 2016

Purdue researchers engineer bacteriophage for detecting specific E. coli in food products

Scientists looking for traces of E. coli O157:H7 contamination in foods soon could have a new detection method on their hands - turning off the lights to see if the bacteria glow in the dark.

13 Oct 2016

Excessive televiewing in early childhood can lead to risk of social impairment during adolescence

Results of new study led by Linda Pagani, professor at the University of Montreal's School of Psychoeducation, show that young children who watch too much television are at risk of victimization and social isolation and adopting violent and antisocial behaviour toward other students at age 13.

12 Oct 2016

Mental math exercises linked to better emotional health

Engaging a specific part of the brain during mental math exercises is connected with better emotional health, according to a new brain-scanning study published by Duke researchers in the journal Clinical Psychological Science.

12 Oct 2016

Children of mothers with high levels of vitamin D in umbilical blood have fewer symptoms of ADHD

Children of mothers who took vitamin D during pregnancy with resultant high levels of the vitamin in the umbilical blood have fewer symptoms of ADHD at the age of 2½ years.

7 Oct 2016

ISU research may suggest new cure for Parkinson's disease

Recently published research from Iowa State University may hint at a new treatment for Parkinson's disease.

6 Oct 2016

New virtual reality games create better patient-experience for kids during infusions

As a nurse clinician in the comprehensive hemophilia treatment center at Nationwide Children's Hospital for nearly 30 years, Charmaine Biega, RN, has watched her patients endure hundreds of needle sticks for infusions and other procedures which can mean tears, frustration, wiggling and - in some cases - lifelong anxiety about the medical system and treatments that patients with hemophilia need to survive.

5 Oct 2016

Researchers aim to stop breast cancer metastasis from happening altogether

A new Tel Aviv University study finds that combining genetic therapy with chemotherapy delivered to a primary tumor site is extremely effective in preventing breast cancer metastasis.

5 Oct 2016

Low blood lead levels can have negative impact on academic performance

A decrease in the average level of lead in a preschooler's blood reduces the probability of that child being substantially below proficient in reading by the third grade, a new National Bureau of Economics Research working paper reports.

5 Oct 2016

Alcohol consumption at early age linked to increase of psychopathological symptoms

Alcohol consumption onset between eleven and thirteen years old is associated with an increased risk of psychological disorders in the future, according to a study conducted by the Complutense University of Madrid.

4 Oct 2016

Pittcon conference registration opens for 2017

The Registration Committee today announced that conferee registration is now open for Pittcon 2017, the world’s premier annual conference and exposition for laboratory science. The event will be held March 5-9, 2017, at the West Hall of McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.

From Pittcon 4 Oct 2016

Children with disabilities more likely to respond aggressively when bullied, study finds

Children with disabilities--particularly those with learning disabilities, emotional disabilities and autism spectrum disorders--often are victims of bullying. However, very little research exists about how children with disabilities respond when they are bullied.

4 Oct 2016

Virtual Reality Initiative aims to provide emotional benefit to young cancer patients

The University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has partnered with Springbok Cares to provide a unique Virtual Reality (VR) initiative for patients in the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer program at USC.

3 Oct 2016

Researchers suggest need for human studies to examine effects of cannabinoid use during pregnancy

In this new era of legalized marijuana, far too little research has been conducted on the effect of cannabis on the development of human embryos, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center who scoured medical literature on the topic and found what they say is worrisome animal research.

30 Sep 2016

Special issue of American Journal of Public Health explores impacts of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

A new supplement of the American Journal of Public Health out today explores the impacts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Adolescent Health's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. This Journal issue contains expert commentary, research and recommendations based on outcomes from the program's implementation.

30 Sep 2016

Phillips School of Nursing receives approval to offer second degree ABSN program

The Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel announced today that it has received approval from the New York State Education Department to offer a second degree accelerated bachelor of science in nursing beginning in the spring of 2017.

30 Sep 2016

Students News and Research

Hospital room design may be linked to patient safety, length of hospital stay

UT Southwestern researcher wins prestigious 2016 Transformative Research Award

Wayne State receives NIH grant to study use of opioid addiction drug to fight relapse in recovering addicts

Nearly 15% of sixth-grade students commit cyber dating abuse, new study finds

MD Anderson and HISD collaborate for youth-oriented tobacco prevention program

Purdue researchers engineer bacteriophage for detecting specific E. coli in food products

Excessive televiewing in early childhood can lead to risk of social impairment during adolescence

Mental math exercises linked to better emotional health

Children of mothers with high levels of vitamin D in umbilical blood have fewer symptoms of ADHD

ISU research may suggest new cure for Parkinson's disease

New virtual reality games create better patient-experience for kids during infusions

Researchers aim to stop breast cancer metastasis from happening altogether

Low blood lead levels can have negative impact on academic performance

Alcohol consumption at early age linked to increase of psychopathological symptoms

Pittcon conference registration opens for 2017

Children with disabilities more likely to respond aggressively when bullied, study finds

Virtual Reality Initiative aims to provide emotional benefit to young cancer patients

Researchers suggest need for human studies to examine effects of cannabinoid use during pregnancy

Special issue of American Journal of Public Health explores impacts of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

Phillips School of Nursing receives approval to offer second degree ABSN program

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