Can AI Make Our World More Secure?
Can Our Emotions Keep Us Safe on the Internet?
With advancements in AI seemingly making headlines daily, it sometimes feels that our minds may become mated to, and perhaps even overcome by, machines without ...
Eat Your Fiber
Eat your fiber. We have all heard it before. You may be thinking, “My digestive system is fine! I don’t need fiber.” But, whether you like it or not, fiber has countless health benefits outside of normalizing b...
Could Transmissible Cancer in Tasmanian Devils Advance our Human Cancer Models?
There are very few people today who have not been affected by cancer. It is a horrible disease for which there is no cure, only attempts at treatments (most of which are as toxic and as painful as the disease i...
Antibody Therapy Could be the Long Awaited Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
Hope emerges in the research world as scientists move closer towards finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a heart-rending and devastating disease currently affecting over 5 million Americans. Approximat...
Head Lag in Infancy: What Is It Telling Us?
Preterm babies are born before the 37th week of pregnancy. They are at high risk for neurological and developmental consequences that can continue to have effects into childhood. Poor motor development is a com...
A New Piece in the HIV Puzzle?
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to plague the world, with nearly 37 million people living with the virus today. Although antiretroviral therapy has somewhat contained the virus by “prolonging s...
Long-term Sensory Processing Effects of Being Born Preterm
There are more than 200,000 preterm births in the United States every year. “Preterm” describes a birth that occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Studies have shown that preterm birth has been associated with v...
The Pain of Social Distress
Almost everyone has been in a stressful social situation‒ tripping in the quad, running into a new friend and immediately forgetting their name, getting called on in class when you don’t know the answer, or eve...
Connection between Walking and PTSD
Mental stress affects the lives of many, and in some cases can lead to suicidal ideations. In a recent issue of The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Dr. Simon Rosenbaum and colleagues examined the associ...
Advancements in Wound Repair
Before recent technological developments, the standard care for wounds resulted in substantial scarring and discomfort. However, a new approach that is preventative of permanent scarring is now available. In a ...