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Review: Alpha blockers helpful in treating kidney stones
Flomax isn’t just for the prostate. That’s according to a new review published this week in The BMJ, suggesting that alpha blockers are also a beneficial treatment for patients who find themselves in...
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The formula for a beautiful smile
What’s in a beautiful smile? According to science, and history, symmetry might be the answer. “From ancient Greece and Italy of Renaissance, symmetry and parallelism were considered significant for the...
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Tunneling Nanotubes: Cellular Highways for Cancer Drug Delivery, Study Suggests
Cancerous tumors are complex. The diseased cells multiply among healthy cells, spread to tissue and leech valuable proteins and nutrients from their surrounding microenvironments. An emerging pool of...
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A visit to the chiropractor could be more cost-effective treatment for...
The NIH estimates that chronic pain affects more people than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined It’s persistent, and can become a lifelong struggle. While it often manifests itself after an...
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Advancing toward Cytomegalovirus vaccination
It’s among the most common infectious diseases, difficult to detect and is the leading cause of deafness in children. This relatively unknown disease is called Cytomegalovirus (CMV). By age 40, the...
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ACL tears increasing among kids, study shows
For high caliber athletes, a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a seasoning-ending event. But, torn ACLs are increasingly common among children and adolescents, too, according to new research in...
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Outcomes Improving for Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
If a child needed a kidney transplant 40 years ago, their chance of one-year survival was 85 percent. But a new study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons led by Srinath Chinnakotla,...
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Research Snapshot: Developing a computational model for understanding brain...
There are theories for everything. Newton’s Law is a pillar of physics. Supply and demand is a pillar of economics. But what about neuroscience? “Scientific laws or models organize observations about...
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UMN researchers create new antidote for acetaminophen poisoning
Acetaminophen has become the go-to fix for minor aches and pains. People often consider the over-the-counter drug to be harmless, but if taken at a high dose, it can be significantly toxic. The margin...
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Colon and colorectal cancers on the rise in U.S. millennials
Colon and colorectal cancers are among the most commonly diagnosed cancers in both men and women in the United States. A recent study released by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows...
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What Can We Learn from the Patterns of Eating Disorders?
Eating disorders can take many forms. There is evidence to show that people with one form may transition to another over time. How and why this happens has not been closely examined, until now. Cari...
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Age discrimination at the office: how does it impact women’s health over time?
More than 60% of Americans report age discrimination on the job, and most experience it while seeking a job, trying to secure a promotion or when nearing retirement. “Age discrimination stands out...
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Study explores how bodies breakdown fats
Nearly 2 billion people worldwide are living with Fatty Liver Disease, which occurs when lipid droplets – the sites where fat is stored in cells – accumulate in the organ. The condition increases the...
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Should All Breast Cancer Patients Receive Adjuvant Chemotherapy Treatment?
Women who undergo surgery for breast cancer will often consider an adjuvant therapy, usually a precautionary regimen of chemotherapy to ensure the cancer is completely gone. It was widely believed to...
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Q&A: The neural switch sparking relapse in addicts
Currently, 24 million Americans struggle with addiction, one of the most common culprits being prescription painkillers. Unfortunately, 80 to 90% of those who overcome this disease face the reality of...
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Research Snapshot: Depression screening in older adults
The number of antidepressants prescribed in the U.S. is skyrocketing as more primary care providers give antidepressants to patients even though many of them don’t have a psychiatric diagnosis. A group...
View ArticleCommunity Support Worker Program Helps Ethiopian HIV Patients Remain Engaged...
Alan Lifson, M.D., M.P.H. Epidemiology and Community Health Professor with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health has spent the last seven years working on HIV programs in Ethiopia with...
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Research Snapshot: Some melanoma survivors still practice unhealthy sun...
Over the past 30 years, melanoma rates have been rising. In 2017, 87,000 cases are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S alone. While it is an aggressive cancer, it is highly treatable when caught early...
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UMN Study: Later School Start Times Better for Adolescent Development
Many high schools across the country are debating if later start times are better for students. A recent University of Minnesota study found that later opening bells were associated with better mental...
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Man flu or myth? Why we study mice of different genders to understand illness
Man flu: noun | phrase. Definition: The idea men exaggerate and claim to have the flu when they have a cold or complain of worse symptoms to similar illnesses women are also experiencing. Phrase...
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