Northeastern University
Chipping away at cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- In the last two decades, the number of deaths from colorectal cancer has steadily declined, according to the American Cancer Society. While some of the decrease can be attributed ...
Medical research
Jun 25, 2012 |
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Tracking America's physical activity, via smartphone
“We know that most Americans are too sedentary,” said Northeastern associate professor Stephen Intille, a founding faculty member of the university’s ...
Health
Jun 19, 2012 |
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The risk of carrying a cup of coffee
Object manipulation or tool use is almost a uniquely human trait, said Dagmar Sternad, director of Northeastern’s Action Lab, a research group interested in movement coordination. ...
Neuroscience
Jun 15, 2012 |
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A humble fish helps us understand our own brains
(Medical Xpress) -- Recent findings from the Laboratory of Neurobiology at Northeastern, led by biology professor and chair Günther Zupanc, and published online in the scientific journal Neuroscience, demons ...
Neuroscience
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Regret when keeping sexual assault a secret
(Medical Xpress) -- According to the 2006 National Violence Against Women Survey, one in six women is a victim of sexual assault, a crime that Carol Anne Marchetti said is committed repeatedly by a relatively ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Preparing for seasonal allergies
Itchy eyes. Scratchy throat. Runny nose. They’re all symptoms of seasonal allergies, which will wreak havoc on people this spring. Northeastern University news office asked Karen Horbowicz, an assistant ...
Inflammatory disorders
Mar 27, 2012 |
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The innate ability to learn language
All human languages contain two levels of structure, said Iris Berent, a psychology professor in Northeastern’s College of Science. One is syntax, or the ordering of words in a sentence. The other is ...
Neuroscience
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Neuroscience and the pursuit of justice
Dr. Judith Edersheim, co-founder and co-director of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital, explores how neuroscience can enhance the pursuit of justice.
Neuroscience
Mar 26, 2012 |
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A new approach to analyzing breast cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Tumors are complex systems of cells, only some of which may be cancerous. Also, two samples from different areas of a single tumor are rarely identical. To gather important information ...
Cancer
Mar 19, 2012 |
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3Qs: It may be daylight saving, but we're losing an hour
This weekend we turn the clocks forward an hour for the return of daylight saving time, which means we lose an hour of sleep. We also have to do things an hour earlier than we did before relative to the natural ...
Health
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Avatar teaches breastfeeding benefits and techniques
Breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life is linked to a lower risk of several health problems for both the mother and child. For instance, children who are breastfed are less likely ...
Health
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Analyzing, and preventing, school shootings
Earlier this week, a teenager was accused of killing three high school students after he opened fire at Chardon High School in Ohio. Eric Madfis, a doctoral candidate in Northeastern’s Department of Sociology ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Mending the brain with a mechanical glove
Northeastern University student-researchers have created a post-stroke rehabilitation glove designed to increase hand strength through finger extension and improve cognitive ability to complete everyday tasks ...
Medical research
Feb 29, 2012 |
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3Qs: Analyzing why sudden drug shortages occur
Drug manufacturers and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scrambled earlier this month to address a sudden shortage of methotrexate, a 60-year-old drug that treats children with severe cases of leukemia ...
Medications
Feb 28, 2012 |
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3Qs: Taking a patient-facing approach to health care
The United States spends $2 trillion in health care annually. New technologies and approaches to health care have led to a growing field in health informatics, which has a focus on both the clinical and personal ...
Health
Feb 24, 2012 |
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