http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Notre Dame (Medical Xpress)—A new study by a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame provides an important new insight into how cancer cells are able to avoid the cell death process. The findings may reveal a novel chemotherapeutic approach to prevent the spread of cancers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-paper-insights-cancer-cells-cell.html Cancer Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:42 EST news290842234 An international team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health and Imperial College London has recently published its work on a malaria-filaria co-transmission model, where the same mosquito transmits both diseases together. Found in large areas of sub-Saharan Africa, one mosquito genus, Anopheles, carries both the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and the microfilarial worm Wuchereria bancrofti, which causes lymphatic filariasis, which can develop into elephantiasis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-disease-carrying-mosquitos.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:11:16 EST news290675460 (Medical Xpress)—Women who engage in "fat talk"—the self-disparaging remarks girls and women make in relation to eating, exercise or their bodies—are less liked by their peers, a new study from the University of Notre Dame finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-fat-talker.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 09 May 2013 06:40:01 EST news287298760 (Medical Xpress)—Mothers who have experienced childhood abuse, neglect or other traumatic experiences show an unwillingness to talk with their children about the child's emotional experiences, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-traumatized-moms-tough-kids.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 May 2013 07:18:20 EST news287043493 such as toys, tiles and blocks—that students can touch and move around, called manipulatives, have been used to teach basic math skills since the 1980s. Use of manipulatives is based on the long-held belief that young children's thinking is strictly concrete in nature, so concrete objects are assumed to help them learn math concepts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-child-comprehension.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:23:13 EST news285517385 From Junior Seau, former San Diego Chargers linebacker, to Dave Duerson, former Chicago Bears safety—who both committed suicide as a result of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have been making disturbing headlines at an alarming rate. In the United States alone, TBIs account for an estimated 1.6 million to 3.8 million sports injuries every year, with approximately 300,000 of those being diagnosed among young, nonprofessional athletes. But TBIs are not confined to sports; they are also considered a signature wound among soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-scoring-win-win-concussion-diagnostic-tools.html Health Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:00:02 EST news283505853 (Medical Xpress)—Most parents would agree that raising a generous child is an admirable goal—but how, exactly, is that accomplished? New results from the University of Notre Dame's Science of Generosity initiative, which funds generosity research around the world, sheds light on how generosity and related behaviors—such as kindness, caring and empathy—develop, or don't develop, in children from 2 years old through adolescence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-link-gene-selfish-behavior-kids.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:06:31 EST news281181941 (Medical Xpress)—Social practices and cultural beliefs of modern life are preventing healthy brain and emotional development in children, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented recently at a symposium at the University of Notre Dame. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-modern-parenting-hinder-brain.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:23:31 EST news276762196 (Medical Xpress)—Witnessing a car wreck or encountering a poisonous snake are scenes that become etched in our memories. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-rem-emotional-memories.html Neuroscience Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:37:17 EST news275042062 Data, data everywhere. In genomics research, there is a data deluge, so innovative ways to analyze all that information will play a critical role in future breakthroughs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-psychology-professor-clues-psychiatric-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:29:22 EST news274523356 (Medical Xpress)—Research by University of Notre Dame biochemist Anthony S. Serianni is providing new insights that could have important implications for understanding and treating diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-important-implications-combating-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:10:01 EST news274438045 A new study conducted by a team of scientists led by Giles Duffield, assistant professor of biological sciences and a member of the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame focuses on the circadian clock of the heart, and used cultured heart tissue. The results of the new study have implications for cardiovascular health, including daily changes in responses to stress and the effect of long-term rotational shift work. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-paper-shifting-gears-circadian-clock.html Cardiology Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:10:07 EST news270224792 (Medical Xpress)—Work stress, job satisfaction and health problems due to high stress have more to do with genes than you might think, according to research by Timothy Judge, professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-genes-powerful-predictor-capacity-stress.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:23:57 EST news266826226 In the first two years following the death of a child, there is a 133% increase in the risk of the mother dying, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-child-dies-mom-early-death.html Health Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:47:37 EST news260038038 A new paper by Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, discusses the biology of tumor-derived microvesicles and their clinical application as circulating biomarkers. Microvesicles are membrane-bound sacs released by tumor cells and can be detected in the body fluids of cancer patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-biology-tumor-derived-microvesicles.html Cancer Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:42:48 EST news259512133