Archive: 23/02/2018
Evaluation of I-TOPP examines outcomes of transdisciplinary doctoral training program
Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has doubled in 2- to 5-year-olds and tripled in children aged 6 to 11 years. To address this public health concern, in 2011, the USDA funded the Illinois Transdisciplinary ...
Feb 23, 2018
Study explores emerging role of NAD+ in innate and adaptive immune responses
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have discovered a new cellular and molecular pathway that regulates CD4+ T cell response—a finding that may lead to new ways to treat diseases that result from alterations ...
Feb 23, 2018
Dementia increases the risk of 30-day readmission to the hospital after discharge
About 25 percent of older adults admitted to hospitals have dementia and are at increased risk for serious problems like in-hospital falls and delirium (the medical term for an abrupt, rapid change in mental function). As ...
Feb 23, 2018
Study: Police use of force is rare, as are significant injuries to suspects
Police officers rarely use force in apprehending suspects, and when they do they seldom cause significant injuries to those arrested, according to a multi-site study published in the March issue of the Journal of Trauma and ...
Feb 23, 2018
US hospitals testing experimental therapies to prevent two common bacterial infections
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is supporting U.S. clinical sites participating in two ongoing international Phase 2 clinical trials evaluating ...
Feb 23, 2018