A study suggests there is a significant loophole in the popular policy solution to the epidemic of opioid misuse, which may limit the effectiveness of controlled substance lock-in programs.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump probably wouldn’t make the University of Nebraska-Lincoln debate team, judging by their respective performances during Sept. 26's first presidential debate.
The new Creighton University School of Dentistry facility will house some of the latest technological enhancements in dentistry, allowing for high-level specialties to expand the range of care it provides to the community.
Cell-Free RNA BCT® CE, Streck's direct-draw tube for the collection, stabilization and transport of cell-free plasma RNA, is now available.
Program will strengthen communication and coordination across hospitals and private practices to improve care and reduce costs.
The alliance will promote, develop and expand research and educational exchange in the neurosciences related to pain, the central nervous system, and other chronic diseases.
The new $35 million home for UNMC’s College of Pharmacy boasts state-of-the-art laboratories and education space equipped with next-generation technology and simulation and experiential-learning tools designed to help prepare future pharmacists for expanded roles in a changing health care landscape.
For 10 days this summer, a group of 12 Creighton students and two professors traveled to Haiti, to get a broader, deeper perspective on the Caribbean nation.
A commemorative stamp for American writer, Henry James, was released by the U.S. Postal Service on July 21. James is the 31st inductee in the U.S. Postal Service's Literary Arts Series.
July survey results at a glance: •After five straight months of advancing above growth neutral, the overall index sank below the 50.0 threshold. •More than one-third of businesses report global economic conditions as the greatest factor weighing on company sales. •More than one-fifth of companies named weakness in the farm economy as the biggest factor diminishing sales. •Manufacturing job losses were recorded for the month. •Companies expect to raise prices by 1.6 percent for the rest of 2016.
Marsh plant biomass had dropped 35 percent over 30 years
Sam Sanderson, Ph.D., a research associate professor in the UNMC College of Pharmacy, recently secured an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to find a workable solution to the problem of antibiotic resistance.
Many people think of sex trafficking as a problem in other countries, but it’s happening in every state in the U.S. Findings say prevention, protection and prosecution are best way to deal with it.
Fifty years ago this week, June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona and changed the course of American criminal justice.
Up front for Guy McHendry, Ph.D., is the TSA’s lack of communication for novice airline passengers who, when confronted with security procedures, might not have the firmest grasp of what’s expected.
Red blood cell exchange offers the risk lowering benefit of frequent blood transfusions but does so without increasing the iron stored in the body. Patients are connected to an apheresis machine which removes sickled red cells and replaces them with normal red cells from donors.
Chris Destache, Pharm.D., earned a National Institutes for Health grant last year to look into using HIV drug nanoparticles fabricated with a FDA-approved biocompatible polymer and how those drug-ladened nanoparticles can be used to help prevent HIV.
Charles E. Cather left an estate gift to create endowed funds to support University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholarship and teaching about renowned author Willa Cather.
In study for the federal government, University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologists uncover new and sobering details about life for America's homeless youth.
Ransoming of health care records not uncommon.
Alison Stewart, art history professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, uncovers documents showing an Augsburg printer paid the equivalent of $150,000 to Sebald Beham in 1548
In the Elizabethan era, the play was indeed the thing, and even so vaunted a playwright as Shakespeare was far from a widely-known quantity. The playwright’s death on April 23, 1616, was marked by precious few remembrances.
Douglas Benn, D.D.S., Ph.D., has created a simple diagnostic liquid solution that can be applied to the surface of a patient’s teeth prior to a dental X-ray and which will help show dentists whether a tooth has cavitated decay or is pre-cavity.
Memorial events, academic conferences and public readings are slated in places James knew well, including London and Paris, where he spent many years in his youth and later life, and Venice, which he visited many times.
At a glance around Room 3027 in the Harper Center on Thursday morning, Yovani Llamas counted 14 people in attendance for Creighton University’s inaugural 3 Minute Thesis competition.
The study evaluated 612 questionnaires from patients to determine their knowledge about gout and if they knew what their uric acid numerical treatment goal was.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln receives $6.5 million grant to shape state policies; will lead a $26 million national research initiative.
A survey of 675 students at colleges in 26 states found a growing percentage are using smartphones and other digital devices for non-class purposes. Most students indicate no intention of stopping.
Nearly $7 million in private donations to the University of Nebraska Foundation enabled the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to build a new "Learning Commons" space in an area that once housed books. The facility is named in honor of the late Adele Coryell Hall, whose husband, Don, serves as chairman of Hallmark Cards Inc., based in Kansas City.
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Memphis recently published an article in the American Journal of Men’s Health which found that men and their health providers are not having important discussions when it comes to prostate cancer screening and treatment.
A novel drug candidate can prevent nerve cell damage in a mouse model with Parkinson's disease. The drug protects nerve cells that produce dopamine, the chemical responsible for agility and movement that is lost in Parkinson's.
The nation's poor track record with those seeking asylum who come from different religious backgrounds continues to be a stumbling block with new wave of refugees.
As the 500th anniversary of the Reformation approaches, Lutherans and Catholics are seeking common ground and ecumenical touchstones to widen understandings of the historical Church, its ministry, and the Eucharist.
William Duckworth, Ph.D., a professor of business at Creighton University, provides five simple shopping tips when it comes to answering that question about buying electronic devices: "Do you want the protection plan?"
Study results show that physicians are underutilizing methotrexate, the leading drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), or not keeping patients on the drug long enough before switching them to more expensive biologic drug options.
An August decision by Target department stores to discontinue the practice of separating its toy aisles by gender might be the first step in creating a new generation of play, a Creighton University researcher says.
A $20 million gift from the foundation of the late Tonight Show host Johnny Carson, who was a University of Nebraska alumnus, will will offer Nebraska students an education at the vanguard of new forms of filmmaking and emerging media, such as virtual production, interactive and mobile media, film special effects, augmented and virtual reality, game design and more.
Driving simulation and real-world data recording systems will shed light on brain health, functional abilities of people with neurological problems neurological disorders
The collection of vast stores of data that may unlock new information about the development of the brain as it transitions to adolescence from childhood will soon begin for neuroscientists in Nebraska with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
New iPhone app from Apple is designed to make it easier for large numbers of HIV patients to participate in research. Will enable participants to easily complete tasks or submit surveys right from the app.
Creighton University biologist Ted Burk says more people are joining the effort to help Mexico-migrating butterflies during their summer sojourn in the Midwest.
A pair of American EMTs traveled to Nigeria this summer to teach 40 Nigerians the basics and benefits of emergency out-of-hospital health care.
A monthly survey of independent bankers in a 10-state region indicates slower economic growth in the months ahead.
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