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Research by a University of Georgia psychologist shows that targeting one particular symptom of schizophrenia has a positive effect on other symptoms.

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Keywords: Schizophernia, Mental Health, Drug Discovery, Clinical Trial Data, Psychology

Along with the Helpline Center and the Rotary Club of Downtown Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken kicked off the mentoring initiative dubbed Sioux 52 on Monday, Jan. 27. Augustana University provided the research behind it.

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Keywords: augustana, Augustana Research Institute, Augustana Univeristy, Research, Sioux Falls, Mentoring, south dakota

A new study finds that active shooter incidents off campus and politics are key factors that led state legislators to pass laws allowing concealed weapons on college and university campuses between 2004 and 2016.

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Keywords: Educational Policy, Governance, Higher Education, longitudinal studies , Postsecondary Education, regression analysis, Violence, Gun Control, guns and legislation, State Legislature, Guns on campus, College, Weapon

In addition to being the first hospice in Chicago, Horizon Hospice helped pass the Illinois Hospice Licensing Law in 1983. The University of Illinois at Chicago has receive its archives.

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Keywords: Data Privacy, cyber attacks, Cyber Security, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

The Ph.D. degree will launch this fall, and prospective students are already inquiring about the program, said Dr. Donald Warne, director of the Indians Into Medicine (INMED) and Master of Public Health (MPH) programs at UND, who led the push for the new program. “There is a need for well-trained administrators with a deep understanding of Indigenous health issues,” Warne said. “There is nothing like that in the world.”

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A new study finds that many species of animals and plants likely will need to migrate under climate change, and that conservation efforts will also need to shift to be effective.

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A pair of biomarkers of brain function — one that represents “listening effort,” and another that measures ability to process rapid changes in frequencies — may help to explain why a person with normal hearing may struggle to follow conversations in noisy environments, according to a new study led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers. The researchers hoped the study could inform the design of next-generation clinical testing for hidden hearing loss, a condition that cannot currently be measured using standard hearing exams.

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Keywords: hidden hearing loss, Hearing Test, Hearing Loss

“Under-representation of Asian populations in genetic studies has meant that medical relevance for more than half of the human population is reduced,” one researcher said.

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Keywords: Genomics, Genetics, genes, University Of Virginia, University of Virginia School of Medicine, UVA, UVA School of Medicine, Public Health, Diseases, Asia, Medical Research, Coronavirus, Aakrosh Ratan, Genetic Diseases, Migration, History, human migration, drug, Drugs, Drug Development, Medicine, medical advances