University of Connecticut
Research focuses on common cause of blindness
(Medical Xpress) -- Vision scientist Royce Mohan is focusing in on a treatment for corneal fibrosis, an irreversible pathogenic mechanism associated with the second-leading cause of blindness in the world. ...
Ophthalmology
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Despite guidelines, elderly receiving too many cancer screenings
(Medical Xpress) -- Despite guidelines from a major medical group recommending limited – or no – screenings for four types of cancer for people in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, a UConn researcher has found that more ...
Cancer
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Waging the war against salmonella ... One molecule at a time
Salmonella is the enemy and UConn researchers in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources may have discovered a way to defeat it – one molecule at a time.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 07, 2011 |
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How do we learn to speak and read?
Do you remember how you learned to speak? Most people do not recall learning how to talk, or know how it is that they can understand others. The process involves a complex coordination of moving air from our ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 02, 2011 |
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It's not just entertainers who experience voice problems
(Medical Xpress) -- In recent weeks, popular singers Adele and Keith Urban have canceled tours in order to undergo surgery to correct problems associated with their voices. Their stories draw attention to ...
Health
Nov 22, 2011 |
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New prenatal screening test is easier but raises ethical issues
(Medical Xpress) -- New technology and innovations in genetic sequencing are dramatically changing the field of prenatal diagnosis and testing. Peter Benn, professor and director of the Diagnostic Human Genetics ...
Health
Nov 08, 2011 |
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A vaccine for nicotine?
(Medical Xpress) -- When Peter Burkhard first heard the idea of a nicotine vaccine eight years ago, he thought it was funny – how could a vaccine affect something that’s not technically a disease?
Medical research
Oct 04, 2011 |
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As influenza season begins, researchers work to improve vaccine for seniors
As the influenza season gets underway, Health Center researchers study ways of making the flu vaccine more effective for older adults.
Medications
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Study shows positive results for herpes vaccine
(Medical Xpress) -- A therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of genital herpes has shown positive results in studies in a number of animal models and in a small randomized clinical study. The results are published in two ...
Medical research
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Sniffing out Parkinson's
A team of neuroscientists in UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has mapped the brain’s nerve connections that help control the sense of smell, which could add another brain region to the list ...
Neuroscience
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Researchers find incentives effective for weight loss
UConn researchers are finding that applying the concept of reinforcement can be an effective way to improve efforts to lose weight.
Health
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Post-Irene outages can present health hazards
Prolonged power outages aren’t just inconvenient. They can be hazardous.
Health
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Heat stroke and exercising in the summer
Heat-related illness accounts for about 700 deaths a year and is the nation’s No. 1 weather-related killer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The dangers of heat stroke are ...
Health
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Does your hearing do the job?
How well do you need to hear in order to do your job, and how should your hearing be measured?
Health
Aug 10, 2011 |
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The universe in your skull
In the mid-1990s, Pradeep Ramanathan was working at the technology company Intel in California’s Silicon Valley. With a background in physics and engineering, he was successful in his job, but he had ...
Medical research
Aug 09, 2011 |
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