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UL GEMS students host third annual Teddy Bear Hospital event for primary school children

Medical School students at the University of Limerick today hosted the University’s annual Teddy Bear Hospital (TBH) with over 400 Limerick’s primary school children from 6 different schools and their teddy bears. The aim of the event, which has been organised by six current Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS) students with a particular interest in childhood medicine, is to alleviate childhood anxiety about the medical environment, its procedures and the professionals that work within it.

19 Mar 2015

OSU researchers find link between low levels of vitamin D and depression in young women

A new study from Oregon State University suggests there is a relationship between low levels of vitamin D and depression in otherwise healthy young women.

19 Mar 2015

Oxygen wristbands: an interview with Dr Gillian Lowrey

Oxygen is delivered with variable flows that administer different concentrations. National guidelines were published in 2009 that provide recommendations about prescribing the oxygen and titrating it to certain target ranges.

18 Mar 2015

Kansas State doctoral student selected to attend prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

A Kansas State University doctoral student will spend part of her summer interacting with Nobel laureates in physics, physiology, medicine and chemistry.

18 Mar 2015

University of Calgary, City of Calgary partner to better protect ecosystem, improve public health

For the first time, university researchers are working side-by-side with municipal operators to advance wastewater treatment technologies and knowledge that will lead to cleaner water, a better protected ecosystem and improved public health.

18 Mar 2015

Researchers reveal how omega-3 fatty acids inhibit growth of prostate cancer cells

Washington State University researchers have found a mechanism by which omega-3 fatty acids inhibit the growth and spread of prostate cancer cells. The findings, which are at odds with a 2013 study asserting that omega-3s increase the risk of prostate cancer, point the way to more effective anti-cancer drugs.

18 Mar 2015

Students attending Brainworks program to learn how regular exercise may help improve brain health

About 140 seventh- and eighth-graders attending Cedars-Sinai's Brainworks program March 23 will learn how hopping, skipping, jumping and other elements of a regular exercise routine may help improve brain health. An exercise station - a new feature of the 17-year-old program - will be one of nine areas where students will interact with Cedars-Sinai neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroscientists and other health professionals.

18 Mar 2015

Nottingham student announced winner in Dragon’s Den style contest dedicated to improve bus journeys for disabled

Transport Minister Baroness Kramer unveiled the winning entry – a vibrating wrist band - in a competition challenging tech-savvy students to improve travel for disabled bus passengers (Friday 13 March).

18 Mar 2015

Broad array of clinical, health care policy topics to be featured at ACP's Internal Medicine Meeting

More than 6,000 internal medicine physicians, subspecialists, medical students, and allied health professionals from around the world will gather for the American College of Physicians' Internal Medicine Meeting 2015 from April 30 through May 2 (Thursday - Saturday) at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

17 Mar 2015

Boris backs Bump Mark with £20,000 prize

Brunel graduate Solveiga Pakstaite has added the Mayor of London’s Low Carbon Entrepreneur prize to the Dyson Award she won for her innovative final-year food label project – the Bump Mark.

16 Mar 2015

TNMNews examines how cannabis laws impact students, families

The latest segment of TNMNews, the unbiased marijuana talk radio program from DigiPath, Inc., focuses on how laws based on the War on Drugs have hurt students and families.

13 Mar 2015

Tablet use has implications for potential neck injury

Tablet use has rocketed. Last year in the US, for example, 42% of under 18's owned one and more than half of 35-49 year olds used them regularly.

13 Mar 2015

Researchers gain new insights into molecular mechanisms affected by weight gain

Until now there have been few molecular epidemiological studies regarding the effects of weight changes on metabolism in the general population. In a recent study conducted and funded within the framework of the Competence Network Obesity, researchers at the Institute of Epidemiology II at Helmholtz Zentrum München evaluated molecular data of the KORA study.

12 Mar 2015

Afterschool programs help improve kids' health and physical fitness

Afterschool programs are emerging as an effective tool in the nation's ongoing battle against childhood obesity, according to a national household survey conducted by Shugoll Research for the Afterschool Alliance.

10 Mar 2015

Varian Medical Systems plans to expand operations in Fulton County, Georgia

Varian Medical Systems, the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer as well as a premier supplier of X-ray imaging components, today announced that it will expand its operations in Fulton County, Georgia. Company officials anticipate that this expansion will enable it to better serve its East Coast customers and accommodate anticipated growth that will create up to 100 new high-paying technical jobs over the next five years.

10 Mar 2015

2U, Yale University partner to launch online Master of Medical Science degree for PA

2U, Inc., today announced that it is partnering with Yale University to launch an online Master of Medical Science (MMSc) degree for aspiring physician associates (PA), pending approval of the online program by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant and various state licensing agencies.

10 Mar 2015

Perceptual learning training can improve contrast sensitivity in older adults

Older adults whose vision is affected by declining contrast sensitivity - which is a factor in the ability to detect and resolve details in low light - can improve their ability to see with perceptual learning training, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Brown University.

10 Mar 2015

UCLA, Sound Body Sound Mind Foundation partner to combat childhood obesity

UCLA Health System and the Sound Body Sound Mind Foundation have formed a partnership to provide practical ways to combat childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles in Los Angeles. The new entity, UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind, funded by a $3 million pledge from Sound Body Sound Mind, will replicate the foundation's existing program model.

10 Mar 2015

UTSA professor named Gold Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthamology

Andrew Tsin, professor of biology in the UTSA College of Sciences, has been named a Gold Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthamology for his dedication and exemplary contributions in the field. Tsin will receive the honor at the 2015 ARVO Annual Meeting, May 3-7 in Denver.

10 Mar 2015

IUPUI researchers awarded grant to study how brain's reward system is hijacked by alcohol

With the support of a $545,000 three-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, researchers from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis are conducting research on how the brain's reward system -- the circuitry that helps regulate the body's ability to feel pleasure -- is hijacked by alcohol.

9 Mar 2015

Students News and Research

UL GEMS students host third annual Teddy Bear Hospital event for primary school children

OSU researchers find link between low levels of vitamin D and depression in young women

Oxygen wristbands: an interview with Dr Gillian Lowrey

Kansas State doctoral student selected to attend prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

University of Calgary, City of Calgary partner to better protect ecosystem, improve public health

Researchers reveal how omega-3 fatty acids inhibit growth of prostate cancer cells

Students attending Brainworks program to learn how regular exercise may help improve brain health

Nottingham student announced winner in Dragon’s Den style contest dedicated to improve bus journeys for disabled

Broad array of clinical, health care policy topics to be featured at ACP's Internal Medicine Meeting

Boris backs Bump Mark with £20,000 prize

TNMNews examines how cannabis laws impact students, families

Tablet use has implications for potential neck injury

Researchers gain new insights into molecular mechanisms affected by weight gain

Afterschool programs help improve kids' health and physical fitness

Varian Medical Systems plans to expand operations in Fulton County, Georgia

2U, Yale University partner to launch online Master of Medical Science degree for PA

Perceptual learning training can improve contrast sensitivity in older adults

UCLA, Sound Body Sound Mind Foundation partner to combat childhood obesity

UTSA professor named Gold Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthamology

IUPUI researchers awarded grant to study how brain's reward system is hijacked by alcohol

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