College athletes learn to lose ‘dumb jock’ label
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — College coaches who emphasize players’ academic abilities may be the best defense against negative typecasting of student athletes. Continue…
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Safety-net clinics lag in hypertension care
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Public clinics fall behind other health care providers in controlling the blood pressure of low-income patients, a new analysis suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 10, 2013 14:22 - 0 Comments
AIDS patients learn to boost their kids’ abilities
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Ugandan adults with AIDS who received specialized caregiver training improved their children’s development and their own well-being. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 9, 2013 14:01 - 0 Comments
Dual therapies treat blindness in dogs
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Two kinds of therapy may be a knockout combo against inherited blindness. The study focused on impaired dogs, but the remedy may help people, too. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 29, 2013 8:33 - 0 Comments
Too many HIV patients also have hepatitis
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — There should be stronger safeguards in place to prevent people with HIV from getting hepatitis, too, researchers argue. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 26, 2013 8:30 - 0 Comments
In Africa, food staple toxin debilitates kids
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Poorly processed cassava, a food staple in much of sub-Saharan Africa, afflicts as many as tens of millions of children with konzo, a disease with devastating physical and cognitive effects. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 18, 2013 10:32 - 0 Comments
Cocaine use causes ‘feed-forward’ loop
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Scientists have found a molecular chain reaction in the brain triggered by cocaine, and say that interrupting this process could provide treatment for addiction. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 12, 2013 11:36 - 0 Comments
Peer groups may relieve epilepsy’s stigma
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Support groups could help fight the stigma surrounding epilepsy in much of the developing world, according to new research conducted in Zambia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 8, 2013 15:59 - 0 Comments
Federal tally of workers’ amputations falls short
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Michigan’s number of amputations after jobsite accidents is two-and-a-half times higher than the official estimate from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 6, 2013 15:28 - 0 Comments
Hamster teens add brain cells during puberty
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — The brain continues to add new cells during puberty to manage social cues, a study with hamsters shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 26, 2013 9:47 - 0 Comments
Ultrasound at birth can predict autism risk
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Low-birth-weight babies with a particular brain abnormality are at greater risk for autism, according to new research that could offer doctors an early way to detect the condition. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 22, 2013 15:54 - 0 Comments
Exercise with Wii fights fatigue after cancer
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Using a video game system to get exercise at home can help patients overcome one of cancer’s most common and cumbersome symptoms: severe, persistent fatigue. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 22, 2013 14:19 - 0 Comments
For embolisms, clot busters are worth the risk
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Doctors should use clot-dissolving drugs to treat patients with pulmonary embolisms, despite the increased risk of bleeding, research suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 15, 2013 12:51 - 0 Comments
For male mice, probiotic ups bone density
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — A natural probiotic supplement shows promise for future osteoporosis treatments, but it only helped male mice, not females, grow healthier bones. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 11, 2013 17:25 - 0 Comments
STDs go untreated in pregnant ER patients
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Emergency room doctors aren’t able to effectively treat pregnant patients for sexually transmitted infections, which are a preventable risk to unborn babies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 29, 2013 9:20 - 0 Comments
Tissue donors deserve to know ‘moral risk’
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — People who contribute tissue to biobanks have a right to basic information about how their donations may be used, an ethicist argues in a new paper. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 11, 2013 18:03 - 1 Comment
Chemo pills put cancer patients in control
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Chemotherapy pills, which are taken at home, come with complex instructions that can be difficult for many patients to follow. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 18, 2012 16:53 - 1 Comment
Anxiety raises risk of PTSD after trauma
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — People who worry constantly are at greater risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to new research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2012 9:48 - 14 Comments
Inflammation chemical linked to suicide
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Scientists report the first proof that a chemical in the brain called glutamate is linked to suicidal behavior—findings that offer new hope for prevention. (more…)
