In a new report, a group of University of Nebraska experts determine that a single nuclear warhead could cause devastating climate change, resulting in widespread drought and famine that could cost a billion lives.
An analysis of Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows women in red states are less likely to hold high-paying, high-status jobs than their counterparts in blue states. Researchers say United States political divide extends into the labor market..
Being able to quiet active neutrophils with a dual-beam laser could lead to new treatments for lung injury.
New cancer center has been under construction for nearly four years; features extensive Healing Arts Program highlighted by Chihuly Sanctuary, designed by world-renowned glass artist, Dale Chihuly
A study published May 17 in the journal Genome Biology shows how highly popular custom genetically engineered animal models are easily generated using a new patent-pending technology called Easi-CRISPR.
Creighton University hosts Trauma Symposium: An Interprofessional Focus in Trauma Care, June 16. The event is designed for medical professionals, academics and students who practice or study in the areas of trauma surgery and emergency medicine.
A pair of Creighton University undergraduates are collecting data on women in heels with an eye on the health effects of the shoes, especially as it pertains to lower back problems and the potential earlier onset of osteoarthritis in the knee.
A study at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) found that a novel device can significantly reduce contamination of blood cultures, potentially reducing risky overtreatment and unnecessary use of antibiotics for many patients. This approach could also substantially reduce healthcare costs, according to the study. Thousands of U.S. patients get their blood drawn every day for blood cultures in order to diagnose serious infections such as sepsis, which can be a deadly condition. A small but significant percentage of the blood cultures are contaminated, due in part to skin fragments containing bacteria that are dislodged during a blood draw. This leads to false results that can mislead clinicians into thinking a patient has a potentially serious bloodstream infection. The consequences are costly and put patients at risk.
Study determined veterans with PTSD exhibit deficits in attention allocation and emotional regulation when processing words specific to combat like “raid” or “seize,” but not when processing neutral words such as “bread” or “pen.”
Over the 15-minute course of Maurice Ravel’s Bolero, the snare drummer raps out 5,144 individual beats.
Health care is emerging as one of the largest global virtual and augmented reality markets outside of the video gaming industry. What aviation simulation did for the flight industry, these new technologies will do for health care education in the new center. The 2018 opening of a new $118.9 million center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha will feature the world’s most advanced technology in clinical simulation that will propel health care education into the next generation with virtual and augmented reality.
Evidence suggests that low vitamin D status may increase the risk of cancer.
In a Phase I clinical study, researchers were able to transform the immune system by taking cells damaged in Parkinson’s disease and making them cells that protect and defend against brain injury.
Andrew Hogan, PhD, an assistant professor in the Creighton University Department of History, has earned a grant from the NSF’s Science, Technology and Society program to study the evolution of attitudes and narratives about people with developmental disabilities.
Study shows that increasing dairy calcium intake in adolescent girls does not increase body fat or weight. Article chosen as the Editor’s Pick for Volume 105 Issue 5 of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Men's basketball team video coordinator knew he wanted to be involved in coaching basketball after the USA team of Air Force serviceman he coached beat the Kyrgyzstan Collegiate All-Stars in 2009.
Study to look at role of the cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10) in suppressing antibody production in certain autoimmune disorders.
Her book, which applies beyond toddlerhood, has less to do with the alphabet or numbers and more to do with ME, WE, WHY, WILL, WIGGLE, WOBBLE and WHAT IF. Dr. Jana calls them QI skills, and identifies them as necessary for 21st century success, and their development starts much earlier than most people realize -- in the first five years. In connecting with business leaders, economists and entrepreneurs, she discovered that the skills most coveted in today’s workforce are the very same as those that are best nurtured in the first five years of life.
Supplemental funding will allow three partner institutions to perform additional site visits, conduct more education and training courses, as well as build a special pathogens research network.
Using a process called LASER ART (long-acting slow effective release antiretroviral therapy), a research team has discovered an unexpected pathway to open cell storage areas for antiviral drugs. The discovery could revolutionize current treatments for HIV/AIDS by extending the actions of disease-combating medicines.
Creighton theologians ask students to examine Super Bowl as akin to religious festival.
During the past eight years, photography professor Walker Pickering has taken more than 6,600 photographs of the joy and tears involved with high school and college marching bands and drum corps.
America's college-educated actually attend church more often than those who lack a degree. The "faith-killing" impact of higher education relates to church-going habits in high school years as well as choice of college.
An analysis of 105 female college students showed that those with the highest levels of stored iron and the highest fitness levels had better grades than less-fit women with lower iron stores.
There's perhaps an unintended consequence of the SEC getting better information to investors: Firms paying up to $3 billion of additional federal, state and foreign government taxes in a single year.
Among the oldest items to be found on Creighton University’s campus is a receipt for barley that clocks in at just under four-and-a-half millennia of existence.
Eleven Creighton social work students trained for, studied for and passed a test allowing them to become certified application counselors (CAC) for people seeking to enroll in health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.
An international team of scientists analyzed grain production in 10 sub-Saharan countries. Although farmers in the region could quadruple production by optimizing plant and soil management, yields still would fall short of demand.
Andre Maciel, an assistant marketing professor at Nebraska, spent three years studying craft beer drinkers and how they train their taste buds to prefer craft beer over mass-market brands.
Most cancer treatments come in the form of chemotherapy given intravenously. This is unique because it uses a combination of two oral medications.
The patent relates to the use of Streck’s proprietary Cell-Free DNA BCT CE product for the collection of samples to analyze fetal nucleic acid for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).
11 Creighton University social work students earn certification to help people sign up for ACA insurance
Many think of eugenics as a scientific and social movement of the past, which quickly fell out of favor after World War II. In recent decades, however, the specter of eugenics has been making something of a comeback as tests for genetic disorders have become more readily available to expecting parents.
Center will educate health care personnel on how to best treat people with highly infectious diseases such as Ebola
The Canadian Patent Office awarded Streck a patent regarding its Cell-Free DNA BCT®, a direct-draw blood collection tube that stabilizes nucleated blood cells. Streck received patent #2,690,651 on October 4, 2016. The patent relates to the use of Streck’s proprietary Cell-Free DNA BCT product for the collection of samples to analyze fetal nucleic acid.
Celebrating a joint mission for Jesuit higher education, Creighton president, the Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, SJ, headed to Seville, Spain, for the installation of the first European chapter of the century-old Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit honor society, at Universidad Loyola Andalucía on Oct. 21.
Studying Andean bird species that have adapted to high altitudes, Nebraska biologist Jay Storz and his colleagues find that evolutionary change at the molecular level is idiosyncratic and less predictable.
The male dark fishing spider is just dying to father some children - and this death wish probably evolved to benefit his offspring, according to new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Gonzaga University.
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