As part of a $3.5 million initiative by the Ohio Board of Regents to develop 10 regional academies, the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Miami University, Cincinnati Public Schools and the Princeton City Schools form a partnership to recruit high school students into becoming future math teachers.
A group of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has identified a mechanism that enables certain compounds to activate a pain sensing protein. The findings could lead to the development of potential new therapies for managing acute and chronic pain.
It is known that influenza viruses can develop resistance to oseltamivir – Tamiflu, and related antiviral drugs, hence stockpiling large amounts of these antiviral drugs is questioned in this study.
Misstatements and ignorance claiming that families “cause” eating disorders is like blaming parents for diabetes or asthma or cancer says an international group of eating disorders researchers.
A team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found that bioterrorism alert messages measurably raise anxiety levels, which could pose adverse health effects.
The United Nations health agency outlined its ambitious goals of expanding the integrated delivery of immunization and preventive treatment against a whole host of diseases.
Radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer reduces recurrence and prevents development of additional breast tumors in older women with early stage breast disease, according to a new study.
Radiation therapy after lumpectomy and five years of treatment with the drug tamoxifen can dramatically reduce the risk of both cancer recurrence and new tumors in older women with early breast cancer.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents muscle degeneration in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results are reported online this week at Nature Medicine.
The Queensland University of Technology will introduce short courses in Mandarin Chinese in Brisbane’s CBD from February in response to demand sparked by China’s booming economy.