Health insurance premiums for University of Illinois students will jump by 24 percent next fall after a surge in claims this past year, officials said Monday. Undergraduates will pay $397 a semester, up from $320, if trustees approve the new rates next week.
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Possible Drawback to Gluten-Free: Toxic Metals
… mercury from fertilizers, soil and water, said Argos, an assistant professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health. For the study, the researchers analyzed U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from thousands of …
Functional MRI brain scan may help predict patient’s response to antidepressant therapy
… able to predict their response to drugs could reduce the time it takes patients to begin feeling better and reduce health-care costs, said Scott Langenecker, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at UIC and corresponding author on the …
Tobacco kills six million people die annually – WHO report
Currently, around six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries, a joint report by the World Health Organisation and the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America has said. The report made available to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday by Tarik Jasarevi?, WHO Communications Officer, said policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price increases, could generate significant government revenues for health and development work.
Focusing on Pharmacists
… pharmacy department to provide cooking classes for diabetic patients or different services that work around the health and wellness aspect of nutrition.” In this case, the supermarket works with a nearby pain-management clinic. Others may serve a …
New graphene system can detect activity levels of interfaced normal and cancer cells
By interfacing brain cells onto graphene, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown they can differentiate a single hyperactive cancerous cell from a normal cell, pointing the way to developing a simple, noninvasive tool for early cancer diagnosis. “This graphene system is able to detect the level of activity of an interfaced cell,” says Vikas Berry, associate professor and head of chemical engineering at UIC, who led the research along with Ankit Mehta, assistant professor of clinical neurosurgery in the UIC College of Medicine.