Emory University

Briefing explores associations between air pollution and health outcomes

Lance Waller, PhD, chair of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, will present preliminary work that explores relationships between high-levels of air pollution exposure and health effects ...

Health created Feb 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gaps in mental health infrastructure for youth identified in many US communities

Mental health facilities that provide outpatient specialty services for youth are a critical element of the mental health care infrastructure, especially for youth who are uninsured or publically insured.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential treatment prevents damage from prolonged seizures

A new type of prophylactic treatment for brain injury following prolonged epileptic seizures has been developed by Emory University School of Medicine investigators.

Neuroscience created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children with autism at significant risk for feeding problems and nutritional deficits

Healthy eating not only promotes growth and development, but also provides important opportunities for children to socialize during meals. A new, comprehensive analysis of feeding behavior in children with autism spectrum ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Economic analysis finds penicillin, not 'the pill', may have launched the sexual revolution

(Medical Xpress)—The 1950s were not as prudish as they seemed on the surface, says economist Andrew Francis. 

Health created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tracking the spread of dengue fever: Domestic networks drive rapid transmission of human infection

The mosquitoes that spread dengue fever tap into the domestic networks of humans, along with their bloodstreams, finds a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Treatment for cocaine addiction targets relapse

(Medical Xpress)—What is the best intervention window for someone struggling with cocaine addiction? When he or she is in the middle of a drug binge, or after a period of abstinence when there is temptation ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Landmark study in blood stem cell transplant

(Medical Xpress)—Before all the excitement about embryonic stem cells, doctors were using hematopoetic – that is, blood-forming—stem cells. Hematopoetic stem cells can replenish all the types of cells in the blood, ...

Medical research created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Birdsong study pecks theory that music is uniquely human

(Medical Xpress)—A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests a new study on white-throated sparrows, published in Frontiers of Evolutionary Ne ...

Neuroscience created Dec 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Steroid hormone receptor prefers working alone to shut off immune system genes

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have obtained a detailed molecular picture that shows how glucocorticoid hormones shut off key immune system genes.

Medical research created Dec 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Certain mutations give HIV infection an advantage that sticks

(Medical Xpress)—Varieties of HIV that replicate more quickly can cause infected individuals' immune systems to decline faster, new research demonstrates. The results were published by the journal PLOS Pathogens.

HIV & AIDS created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Web-based project prevents epilepsy-related depression

Emory researchers announced results of a new study that has proven successful in the prevention of depression in people diagnosed with epilepsy.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HIV/AIDS: Studies shed light on benefits of enhancing links to primary care and services in jail settings and beyond

(Medical Xpress)—More than nine million people are admitted into U.S. jails every year, disrupting access to health care for the tens of thousands who are HIV positive.

HIV & AIDS created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An antidote for hypersomnia

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have discovered that dozens of adults with an elevated need for sleep have a substance in their cerebrospinal fluid that acts like a sleeping pill.

Medical research created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Positive mental health boosts lifespan, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—People who are flourishing – both feeling happy and functioning well in their lives – are 60 percent less likely to die prematurely, finds a major study that followed more than 3,000 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast