Category: Health
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Spike Lee, University of Toronto – A Cultural Look at Moral Purity
The definition of purity doesn’t change across cultures, but ideas about the processes of purification do. Spike Lee, associate professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, explores how different cultures consider purity…and morality. Spike W. S. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School…
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Timothy Amukele, Johns Hopkins University – Drones Improving Medical Access
How do you get medical samples from one place to another in places without roads? Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University, explores the use of drones to help alleviate this problem. Dr. Timothy Amukele is an assistant professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also…
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Tierney Lorenz, Indiana University – Sex and the Immune System
Regular sexual activity can be a boon to your immune system. Tierney Lorenz, visiting research scientist at Indiana University, discusses her research into sex and the immune system. Tierney Lorenz is a visiting research scientist at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University, where she studies the relationship between…
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Mads Daugaard, University of British Columbia – Malaria Vaccine and Cancer
Chemotherapy can save lives but also be debilitating. Mads Daugaard, senior research scientist and assistant professor in the department of urology at the University of British Columbia, explores how a sugar protein may be the answer to an easier method of treating cancer. Dr. Mads Daugaard is a molecular biologist specialized in tumour-associated stress signaling…
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Avery August, Cornell University – Antibiotic Resistance and Allergies
The prevalence of allergies is on the rise in the U.S. and around the world. Avery August, professor and chair of immunology at Cornell University, discusses how the overuse of antibiotics could be to blame. Avery August is Professor of Immunology and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine…
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Joseph Chandler, Birmingham-Southern College – Music and Sleep
Can soothing music help you fall and stay asleep? Joseph Chandler, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Birmingham-Southern College, explains how even music written to make you snooze may only play a small part in the actual process of dozing off. I specialize in the behavioral neuroscience of consciousness, including individual differences in sleep and sleep…
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Florin Dolcos, University of Illinois – Anxiety Disorders and Optimism
Our country’s annual medical bill for treating anxiety is huge. Florin Dolcos, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, delves into a new discovery that may trigger a new treatment for the millions of American suffering from this affliction. Prof. Florin Dolcos is a Faculty Member in the Department of Psychology, a member…
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Martin Gerdes, New York Institute of Technology – Heart Failure
Reducing heart failures in the U.S. could save millions of people. Martin Gerdes, professor of biomedical sciences at the New York Institute of Technology, delves into a new treatment that could help us live longer and better lives. Martin Gerdes completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1978 and…
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Janet Rubin, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill – Osteoblasts
Hitting the gym can pump up your muscles, and also your skeleton. Janet Rubin, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, explains exercise can determine whether stem cells become bone or fat. My cell and molecular biological investigations over the last 20 years have been aimed…
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Peter Polos, Seton Hall University – Teen Smartphone Use At Night
Do you check Twitter in bed when you should be sleeping? Peter Polos, Clinical Associate Professor in the department of Neuroscience at Seton Hall University, explores how using a smartphone in bed can lead to harmful effects during the daytime. Dr. Peter Polos, MD, PhD, FCCP, FAASM, is a graduate of Louisiana State University School…