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UAB health care economists estimate benefits to Medicaid expansion under the PPACA.

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Researchers at Georgia Tech are trying to open the world of tablets to children whose limited mobility makes it difficult for them to perform the common pinch and swipe gestures required to control the devices. They have cave created Access4Kids, a wireless input device that uses a sensor system to translate physical movements into fine-motor gestures to control a tablet.

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Conversations about personal identity may be difficult to have, but faculty in higher education should be prepared to consider how those issues affect both the way they teach and the way students learn.

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The Atomic Age began at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 2, 1942—quietly, in secrecy, on a squash court under the west stands of old Stagg Field at the University of Chicago.

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Ground-breaking research by a UCLA team of physicians and engineers demonstrates that prostate cancer can be diagnosed using image-guided targeted biopsy.

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The necessity of investing in basic research and the discussion of real-life success stories throughout the world will be the focus of Global R&D Trends—Implications for Material Sciences, a special symposium planned for the TMS 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas, in March.

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Parents are loud and clear: they overwhelmingly support required hearing screenings for kids all the way to age 17, according to a new poll from the University of Michigan.

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The City of Birmingham and UAB announce partnership to commemorate the seminal events of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.

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The latest generation of genomic tests for breast cancer can improve physicians’ ability to diagnose the disease and more precisely tailor each patient’s treatment, according to a study being presented at the 2012 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

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An exciting basketball game often generates deafening noise. That noise may not cause people to become deaf, but it most certainly can result in hearing loss, according to Wichita State University audiologist Ray Hull.

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A large, multi-center clinical trial led by Columbia University Medical Center shows that a new genetic test resulted in significantly more clinically relevant information than the current standard method of prenatal testing. The test uses microarray to conduct a comprehensive examination of a fetus’s DNA. Results will be in the 12/6/12 issue of NEJM.

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African American women with early stage, invasive breast cancer were 12 percent less likely than Caucasian women with the same diagnosis to receive a minimally invasive technique, axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, years after the procedure had become the standard of surgical practice, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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A new material created by Cornell University researchers is so soft it can flow like a liquid and then, strangely, return to its original shape. It is a hydrogel, a mesh of organic molecules with many small empty spaces that can absorb water like a sponge, and qualifies as a "metamaterial" with properties not found in nature.

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The University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital celebrate a milestone Tuesday: one full year of operation in a new $754 million building that’s become a home for patients, families and staff.

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A multidisciplinary team from the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at University of California, San Diego Health System has performed its 100th lead (pronounced “leed”) extraction surgery, a delicate procedure to replace the thin wiring of lifesaving heart devices such as pacemakers or implantable defibrillators. The collaborative program, pioneered at UC San Diego Health System, has a 100 percent success rate.

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Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A illustrate the combined imaging power of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) telescope.

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Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have demonstrated silk-based implantable optics that offer significant improvement in tissue imaging while simultaneously enabling photo thermal therapy, administering drugs and monitoring drug delivery. The devices also lend themselves to a variety of other biomedical functions.

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Given recent extreme weather events – the summer’s brutal heat and subsequent drought, followed by Superstorm Sandy’s disastrous path – newly green-conscious consumers may be wondering how to lessen their carbon footprint this holiday season. Plant biologist Clint Springer, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, says that buying a real Christmas tree may not solve the world’s climate ills, but it is a step in the right direction.

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The University of Virginia is partnering with global packaging leader MeadWestvaco Corporation to support the development of a new material invented by physics professor Louis A. Bloomfield.

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Experimental technology could transform field of lung transplantation.

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Respiratory conditions that restrict breathing such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common killers worldwide. But no effective treatments exist to address the major cause of death in these conditions – excess mucus production. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have described the molecular pathway responsible for excess mucus in airway cells and have used that information to design a series of new drugs that inhibit that pathway.

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A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital examined pediatric injuries associated with inflatable bouncers, such as bounce houses and moonwalks. Researchers found that from 1995 to 2010 there was a 15-fold increase in the number of inflatable bouncer-related injuries that were treated in U.S. emergency departments among children younger than 18 years of age. In 2010 alone, more than 30 children per day, or about one child every 45 minutes, were treated in hospital emergency departments for injuries associated with inflatable bouncers.

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Fifty years after scientists first posed a question about protein folding, the search for answers has led to the creation of a full-fledged field of research that led to major advances in supercomputers, new materials and drug discovery, and shaped our understanding of the basic processes of life, including so-called "protein-folding diseases" such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and type II diabetes.

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Cybercriminals and ordinary hackers are preparing, like bears at a trout stream, to steal our data, money, and identities. Here are some tips from a computer security expert at the University of Virginia.

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A new study review published by the University of Kentucky found that music therapy can be beneficial to patients before, during and after a surgical procedure and may reduce pain and recovery time.

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In a new University of Michigan poll, the majority of the public supports updating federal laws that require Internet safety standards to protect kids.

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Dana-Farber expert offers tips to fight cancer with your fork this season

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More than two dozen Texas Tech University energy commerce students and Rawls College of Business faculty hosted Lubbock community members for a seminar in solar technology and all then spent a recent Saturday afternoon lighting up Lubbock’s Tent City homeless shelter with solar lighting systems.

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Two Ohio healthcare organizations collaborate to build a multimillion dollar skilled nursing and rehabilitation center.

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Understanding how any disease progresses is one of the first and most important steps towards finding treatments to stop it. This has been the case for such brain-degenerating conditions as Alzheimer's disease. Now, after several years of incremental study, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania have been able to piece together important steps in how Parkinson’s disease (PD) spreads from cell to cell and leads to nerve cell death.

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In recognition of November as National Diabetes Month, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) is providing tools and resources to help employers identify and respond to the impact of diabetes on worker health and productivity.

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By combining the power of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new distance record for finding the farthest galaxy yet seen in the universe.

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Tuesday, November 27 2:00-3:00 pm ET. A discussion on leveraging a best practice-evidence based library of patient education for improved patient outcomes; new technologies; and the challenges encountered by clinical staff as it strives to keep up with new regulations.

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People with diabetes often develop clogged arteries that cause heart disease. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that when vitamin D levels are adequate in people with diabetes, blood vessels are less likely to clog. But in patients with insufficient vitamin D, immune cells bind to blood vessels near the heart, then trap cholesterol to block those blood vessels.

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The "Beautiful You" App, launched this month by Saint Mary's College students, promotes positive body image and a favorable life outlook. Available on iTunes for $0.99, "Beautiful You" is a great app for women to have to keep New Year's resolutions.

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James will oversee custom and open-enrollment programs for Darden Executive Education, which has helped companies and executives solve their toughest business challenges since 1955.

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Use of a simple disinfection cap can strengthen hospitals’ patient safety efforts, improve disinfection of IV catheters and lower the cost of care.

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Singer Lesley Gore (“It’s My Party,” “You Don’t Own Me”) spent the summer quietly riding the 6 train to the South Bronx to help give voice to a group of kids who often find themselves voiceless in a noisy city. The kids, ages 5 to 20, who are part of South Bronx-based Health People and its Kids-Helping-Kids mentoring program, beat the heat by rehearsing their powerful rap, “Pull Your Pants Up,” with the pop legend for its iTunes and YouTube debut.

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Artem R. Oganov, PhD, finds novel compounds in search for the keys to the paradox of missing xenon in Earth’s atmosphere; findings may pave the way for new advances in the theory of chemical bonding.

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To make sure that the food you bring home is as safe and delicious as it was at the store, it’s important to know the best way to pack and transport your groceries.

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Extended work shifts of twelve hours or longer are common and popular among hospital staff nurses, but a new study reports that nurses working longer shifts were more likely to experience burnout, job dissatisfaction, and patients were more dissatisfied with their care.

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Black men and women have twice the risk of fatal coronary heart disease as whites, but the disparity could be eliminated with better risk factor control.

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A computer animation produced by University of Delaware researchers shows the explosive development of Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm and its unusual track.

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In her lab, MHC biochemistry professor Megan Núñez has discovered a way to inhibit the ‘stickiness’ of a strain of the E. coli bacterium, possibly changing the way infection is treated.

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Chris Hummel, a concussion researcher at Ithaca College and longtime athletic trainer, says coaches, parents and referees need to be educated in recognizing and managing concussions in young athletes. Those adults also need to know when to step in and enforce mandated safety rules.

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Researchers at UAB have performed the first U.S. trial of a foam sealant injected into the lungs.

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SIFT (Shaw Institute for Field Training) and TERF (Tyson Environmental Research Fellowships) — a collaboration between Washington University’s Tyson Research Center and the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Shaw Nature Reserve in its fifth year — gives high school students experience in environmental research and prepares them for careers in biology and other sciences.

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For the last decade, prematurity has been the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. As a result of prematurity many infants enter this world too early with a small chance of survival. In order to help treat these extremely premature infants, physicians at Nationwide Children’s Hospital developed a set of guidelines tailored to meet the needs of these tiny infants, some born up to four months early. Now, a new study shows that these guidelines are not only improving survival rates for extremely premature infants, but also improving their quality of life.