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Researchers receive funding from County of Fairfax to develop, deliver evidence-based PTSD treatments

Keith Renshaw, Department Chair/Professor, Psychology; Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Professor, Psychology; and Sarah Fischer, Associate Professor, Psychology, received funding from County of Fairfax for: "Northern Virginia Regional Consortium for Evidence-Based Trauma Treatment."

7 Feb 2022

Simulation-based training improves surgeons' skills for more complex surgeries, study finds

A large-scale study has found that simulation-based surgical training produced an increase of surgeons' skills for more complex surgeries.

7 Feb 2022

Older people at highest risk of death are least likely to receive effective COVID-19 treatment

People over age 65 at the highest risk for severe COVID-19 have often been the least likely to receive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)—a highly effective treatment for the disease—both across and within U.S. states, according to new research co-authored by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

4 Feb 2022

Most online prostate cancer content lacks Black and Latinx representation, study reports

Despite their higher risks of advanced prostate cancer, Black and Latinx men are under-represented on websites and in online videos providing information and education regarding prostate cancer, reports a study in The Journal of Urology, an official journal of the American Urological Association.

4 Feb 2022

World Cancer Day: MD Anderson commits to advance excellence in patient care, research, and prevention

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center celebrates World Cancer Day, Feb. 4, in honor of the global initiative to end cancer.

4 Feb 2022

USF receives NIH Training Grant to prepare next generation of translational researchers

The University of South Florida recently received a highly competitive National Institutes of Health Institutional Training Grant (Award Number T32HL160529), boosting the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine's capacity to prepare the next generation of scientists in an emerging area of research applicable to many major diseases.

4 Feb 2022

COVID-19 lockdown restrictions associated with increase in at-home drinking

Lockdown measures throughout 2020 have been linked to people in Scotland and England drinking more at home, according to new research.

4 Feb 2022

Smartphone system sends COVID-19 exposure alerts to users in Missouri

Smartphones can help alert you if you've been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Washington University in St. Louis is expanding access to MO/Notify, a smartphone system that privately sends pop-up alerts to users in Missouri when they have spent time near someone who later tests positive for COVID-19.

3 Feb 2022

Loneliness during teenage years increases risk of many negative outcomes

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience at King's College London has found that young people who experience loneliness during early adolescence (age 12) are at greater risk of leaving school with lower grades than their non-lonely counterparts, even if they stop being lonely later on.

3 Feb 2022

Scientists test a tiny biosensor to detect biomarkers linked to traumatic brain injuries

Scientists have successfully tested in the lab a tiny biosensor they developed that can detect biomarkers tied to traumatic brain injuries.

3 Feb 2022

UVA Health receives federal grant to expand the program for battling burnout among healthcare providers

UVA Health has received $2.14 million in federal support to expand its nationally lauded program that is battling burnout among healthcare providers and helping them cope with the exhaustion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Feb 2022

Omicron variant's 'milder' outcomes may be due to more population immunity

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant's "milder" outcomes are likely due to more population immunity compared to earlier waves of the pandemic rather than the virus's properties, according to a paper by William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and co-director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Roby Bhattacharyya, assistant professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and associate member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

2 Feb 2022

Study reveals a direct correlation between fat browning and consumption of flavan 3-ols

In cold conditions, brown adipose tissue (BAT) or brown fat generates heat to keep the body warm. Compared with white adipose tissue, BAT has more mitochondria-;subcellular organelles associated with energy production-;which allows it to burn calories and produce heat by activating the mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp-1).

2 Feb 2022

Study finds higher levels of oxytocin in men with hypersexual disorder

Men with hypersexual disorder may have higher levels of oxytocin in their blood than men without the disorder, according to a small study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

2 Feb 2022

Non-mutated ApoE protein linked to dementia

A team of researchers from the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is working to identify new proteins that are destructive to the brain.

2 Feb 2022

Rapid dominance of Omicron following its introduction to three Massachusetts universities

Researchers from the United States assessed the rapid dominance of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in three highly vaccinated Massachusetts university populations.

2 Feb 2022

Colleges struggle to recruit therapists for students in crisis

Early in his first quarter at the University of California-Davis, Ryan Manriquez realized he needed help. A combination of pressures — avoiding covid-19, enduring a breakup, dealing with a disability, trying to keep up with a tough slate of classes — hit him hard.

1 Feb 2022

students News and Research

Researchers receive funding from County of Fairfax to develop, deliver evidence-based PTSD treatments

Simulation-based training improves surgeons' skills for more complex surgeries, study finds

Older people at highest risk of death are least likely to receive effective COVID-19 treatment

Most online prostate cancer content lacks Black and Latinx representation, study reports

World Cancer Day: MD Anderson commits to advance excellence in patient care, research, and prevention

USF receives NIH Training Grant to prepare next generation of translational researchers

COVID-19 lockdown restrictions associated with increase in at-home drinking

Smartphone system sends COVID-19 exposure alerts to users in Missouri

Loneliness during teenage years increases risk of many negative outcomes

Scientists test a tiny biosensor to detect biomarkers linked to traumatic brain injuries

UVA Health receives federal grant to expand the program for battling burnout among healthcare providers

Omicron variant's 'milder' outcomes may be due to more population immunity

Study reveals a direct correlation between fat browning and consumption of flavan 3-ols

Study finds higher levels of oxytocin in men with hypersexual disorder

Non-mutated ApoE protein linked to dementia

Rapid dominance of Omicron following its introduction to three Massachusetts universities

Colleges struggle to recruit therapists for students in crisis

Researchers develop new technique to open the blood-brain barrier in lab animals

New toolkit helps practitioners to deliver effective remote assessments for people with physical impairments

New AI technology could help reduce malnutrition in long-term care homes

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