The two days of conferences and training sessions are collectively titled “Frontier Issues in Research Ethics.” Professor Susan Wolf, chair of the University of Minnesota’s Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, emphasizes the urgency of this enterprise, ” Making consent work is crucial to protecting the people generous enough to participate in research.
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Researchers discover groundbreaking process to rewarm large-scale preserved tissues
A research team, led by the University of Minnesota, has discovered a groundbreaking process to successfully rewarm large-scale animal heart valves and blood vessels preserved at very low temperatures. The discovery is a major step forward in saving millions of human lives by increasing the availability of organs and tissues for transplantation through the establishment of tissue and organ banks.
Some Melanoma Survivors Are Still Getting Too Much Sun Exposure
… which is where she plans to focus future research efforts. (More on that in a minute.) The results point a truism of health: changing behavior is really, really hard . There’s an assumption that a cancer diagnosis provides a teachable moment when …
While most melanoma survivors limit sun exposure, some report getting suntans and sunburns
… by Rachel Isaksson Vogel, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health at the University of Minnesota. Incidence of melanoma , the deadliest form of skin cancer, has risen steadily for the past 30 years. …
MU professor develops mandatory medical school curriculum about indigenous health
Of all racial minorities, Native Americans have the most dramatic health inequalities in the U.S., including significantly higher rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, Type 2 diabetes and substance abuse. Melissa Lewis, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the MU School of Medicine, led the first project in the nation to develop a mandatory medical school curriculum about indigenous health.
Doctor and biomedical engineer team up on nerve stimulation device
Daniel Romo, left, and Daniel Gulick formed the start-up Aucta Technologies in 2015. It took the pair some time to get used to each other’s methods.
Older adults living in poor and violent neighborhoods at increased risk for depression, study finds
Older adults who live in poor and violent urban neighborhoods are at greater risk for depression, a study by researchers from UC Davis, the University of Minnesota and other institutions published Jan. 23 in the journal Health & Place has found. The research specifically showed that older adults who lived in neighborhoods with more homicide and a higher poverty rate experienced more depressive symptoms.
Minnesota poultry farmers warily watch bird flu outbreaks
Minnesota Public Radio reports that the World Health Organization is on “high alert” because the virus has been found in 40 countries around the world since last fall and is spreading quickly. Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, says the spring waterfowl migration will increase the risk of the virus coming to Minnesota.
Proliferation of Bird Flu Outbreaks Raises Risk of Human Pandemic
… Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. While most involve strains that are currently low risk for human health, the sheer number of different types, and their presence in so many parts of the world at the same time, increases the risk of …
Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises risk of human pandemic
… Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. While most involve strains that are currently low risk for human health, the sheer number of different types, and their presence in so many parts of the world at the same time, increases the risk of …
Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises risk of human pandemic
… Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. While most involve strains that are currently low risk for human health, the sheer number of different types, and their presence in so many parts of the world at the same time, increases the risk of …
Yoga’s benefits being researched in many govt funded projects across USA
Various US universities-medical/clinical centers-hospitals are undertaking research projects exploring yoga’s possible help in treatment of various illnesses, according to a database published on US National Institutes of Health website. Funded/administered by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health , National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute, etc – all part of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; cost for some of these projects is listed at over half-a-million dollars each.