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Research Snapshot: A new approach to programming deep brain stimulation for...
About 100,000 people worldwide undergo deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and tremor when traditional medications or treatments fail to provide symptom improvement or...
View ArticleResearch snapshot: Minimum distance requirements for critical access...
A new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health finds more than 250 hospitals nationally could lose critical access status because of a minimum distance requirement, which requires...
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New research shows no advantage to shorter-storage red blood cell...
New evidence shows red blood cell units stored 21 to 42 days have similar clinical effects in cardiac surgery patients compared to units stored up to 10 days. The findings of the study, called the Red...
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Disease transmission among humans, animals affects chimpanzee conservation in...
The spread of disease from animal to human is no new phenomenon; the bubonic plague spread through rat fleas, Rabies normally transfers through animal bites and Ebola has commonly been linked to bats....
View ArticleResearch snapshot: Large number of people are eligible for special enrollment...
A study released online today in Health Affairs found there is a large number of people who are potentially eligible for special enrollment periods as part of federal and state Marketplace health...
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Research snapshot: Can laryngeal cancer survival differences be explained by...
In a new study conducted by the University of Minnesota, researchers found that patients with early laryngeal cancer have greater survival outcomes if their treatment includes surgery, even when they...
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Research snapshot: Inhaler ban increases costs for asthma patients
Over 25 million people in the U.S. rely on respiratory inhalers to relieve wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing and additional asthma-related symptoms. In an attempt to reduce their environmental...
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Research Snapshot: Antibiotics and Bacterial Resistance in Food Animals
Out of concern over the growing number of antibiotic resistant bacteria, federal policymakers will phase out the practice of giving food animals low-doses of antibiotics to promote growth. In an effort...
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Fulbright-Saastamoinen Foundation Grant helps speed up research on...
A six-month Fulbright-Saastamoinen Foundation Grant provided a collaboration boost between Shalom Michaeli, Ph.D., professor at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) at the University of...
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Research Snapshot: Study shows food-insecure mothers use different parenting...
A recent study involving researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health found parenting practices related to eating and weight differ between food-secure and food-insecure mothers....
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Research Snapshot: Obesity can lead to the alteration of specific genes
In a new study from the University of Minnesota, researchers found there are numerous areas of the genome where obese and non-obese individuals differ in terms of their “methylome.” Essentially, the...
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Research Snapshot: Vulvodynia has minimal effect on decision to conceive
In a recent study at the University of Minnesota, researchers found that despite painful symptoms associated with vulvodynia, the disorder ultimately had little effect on a woman’s decision to...
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Veterinary Researchers on Front Line against Antibiotic Resistance
The College of Veterinary Medicine is on the front line of attack against the growing worldwide public health threat of bacterial infections in humans and animals that are resistant to antibiotics....
View ArticleUMN scientists identify two mutations critical for MERS transmission from...
Researchers have identified two critical mutations allowing the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus to transmit from bats to humans. The findings were published in the most recent...
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Research shows lavender helps UMN students catch some quality “Zs”
We’ve all had those nights when catching a good night’s sleep seems impossible. Some rely on sleeping pills to help them sleep, but thanks to a study by University of Minnesota School of Nursing...
View ArticleMaking preventative sexual health care a priority
Preventative health isn’t just for hearts and knees. Experts in sexual health wrote in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) that sexual health challenges are best met by shifting focus...
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Research Snapshot: Legalizing same-sex marriage may decrease the number of...
A new study from the University of Minnesota found that New York’s Marriage Equality Act led to significant increases in employer-sponsored health insurance, and reductions in state-funded Medicaid...
View ArticleResearch snapshot: Potential therapeutic target for cardiomyopathy identified
New research out of the University of Minnesota Medical School shows a new potential therapeutic target for viruses causing cardiomyopathy, or disease of the heart muscle. The paper was published in...
View ArticleResearch snapshot: Effects of beta-blocker withdrawal in acute decompensated...
Responsible for approximately 1 million hospitalizations each year, acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), poses a challenge for health care professionals. To combat high mortality rates, patients...
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UMN doctor awarded collaborative grant to study newborn hearing screening and...
A new grant will enable the collaboration between the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Medical Center. The research will allow further evaluation of newborn...
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