Scientists focus on brain protein and antibiotic to block cocaine craving
A new study conducted by a team of Indiana University neuroscientists demonstrates that GLT1, a protein that clears glutamate from the brain, plays a critical role in the craving for cocaine that...
View ArticleNeuroscience research examines neural synchronization patterns during addiction
A cross-disciplinary collaboration of researchers in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) explores the neural synchrony between circuits in the brain and...
View ArticleIU studies find workplace and financial stress lead to poor health choices
Two studies from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington highlight the negative impact workplace and financial stress can have on health behaviors. The lead author urges workplace...
View ArticleReview: Composition of care team critical to improved outcomes for nursing...
An interdisciplinary team that actively involves a nursing home patient's own physician plus a pharmacist has substantially better odds of improving the quality of nursing home care, according to a new...
View ArticleResearchers create the inner ear from stem cells, opening potential for new...
Indiana University scientists have transformed mouse embryonic stem cells into key structures of the inner ear. The discovery provides new insights into the sensory organ's developmental process and...
View ArticleEx-offender data shows high risk of sexually transmitted infections after...
The American health care system may be missing a golden opportunity to curtail sexually transmitted infections in communities, according to a new study of offenders following release from the justice...
View ArticleCommunity pharmacists support more involved role in customers' HIV treatment
Community pharmacists in the United States have a unique opportunity to consult with customers about HIV treatment when selling over-the-counter HIV tests, according to a study by researchers at the...
View ArticleStudy suggests STD clinics could reduce obstacles to much needed cervical...
A new study found that STD clinics could provide important access to cervical cancer screenings for women who traditionally have trouble receiving these screenings because of lack of insurance or other...
View ArticleCaregivers open to stopping cancer screening as dementia progresses
Research from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research has found that many family caregivers of older adults with dementia are willing to consider stopping cancer...
View ArticleScientists identify biomarker to predict immune response risk after stem cell...
Researchers from Indiana University, the University of Michigan, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified and validated a biomarker accessible in...
View ArticleStudy shows elementary and middle schools can get students moving, not just...
Despite widespread cuts to physical education classes and recess, an Indiana University study has shown that schools can play an important role in helping their students live healthier lives. Schools...
View ArticleStudy: Making medical decisions for a cognitively impaired family member is...
Decision-making by a surrogate for a family member who is unable to make medical decisions is more complicated than decision-making by patients themselves, according to a study from the Regenstrief...
View ArticleResearchers identify biomarkers for possible blood test to predict suicide risk
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have found a series of RNA biomarkers in blood that may help identify who is at risk for committing suicide.
View ArticleAnalysis: Provider-initiated solutions improve quality of care in nursing homes
A new study from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research has found that nursing home care improves in critical areas—including falls, quality of life and...
View ArticleNovel vaccine reduces shedding of genital herpes virus
Sexually transmitted infection researchers potentially have reached a milestone in vaccine treatment for genital herpes, according to a report to be presented at the Interscience Conference on...
View ArticleRegenstrief, IU automated CHICA system makes ADHD diagnosis more accurate
Asking three questions of parents of 5- to 12-year-olds in the waiting room before a pediatrician visit may make a lifetime of difference for their child, according to a new study from Regenstrief...
View ArticleStudy shines new light on consequences of preterm births
An unprecedented study of preterm birth suggests that only some of the problems previously associated with preterm birth are actually caused by preterm birth itself.
View ArticleResearch attributes high rates of smoking among mentally ill to addiction...
People with mental illness smoke at much higher rates than the overall population. But the popular belief that they are self-medicating is most likely wrong, according to researchers at the Indiana...
View ArticleResearchers discover new therapeutic agents that may benefit leukemia patients
An Indiana University cancer researcher and his colleagues have discovered new therapeutic targets and drugs that may someday benefit people with certain types of leukemia or blood cancer.
View ArticleMisconceptions about HPV vaccine explored in special issue of scientific journal
Suspicions about sexual promiscuity and vaccine safety are explored in an article in the November issue of the journal Preventive Medicine, which dedicates a section of that issue to research...
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