Marine Organisms Hold Promise for Treating Triple Negative Breast Cancer

More than 50 percent of cancer drugs currently used have originated from natural products. Researchers have received $801,000 from the Florida Department of Health for a project to investigate the use of marine natural compounds as potential...
16-May-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Coherent? Voice Disorders Significantly Affect Listeners, Too

Researchers conducted a study to determine if there are differences in speech intelligibility (a listener’s ability to recover a speaker’s message) in healthy voices compared to those who have voice disorders like hoarseness. They also wanted to...
15-May-2019 10:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

FAU Appoints Safiya George, Ph.D. as Dean of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Safiya George, Ph.D., has been appointed as the new dean of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. She is only the third dean to be appointed in the college’s 40-year history.
24-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Propose New Theory on Alzheimer's, Amyloid Connection

“Is amyloid precursor protein the mastermind behind Alzheimer’s or is it just an accomplice?” Researchers devised a multi-functional reporter for amyloid precursor protein and tracked its localization and mobility, noticing a strange...
23-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Technology Automatically Senses How Parkinson’s Patients Respond to Medication

Adjusting the frequency and dosage of Parkinson’s patients’ medication is complex. In their “ON” state they respond positively to medication and in their “OFF” state symptoms return. Addressing these fluctuations requires a clinical...
17-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Uninformed, Overwhelmed Clients; Unrealistic Agency Expectations

Contracted private agencies provide approximately 33 percent of foster care placement services and 59 percent of family preservation services. State child welfare agencies are increasingly turning to them for a range of services. While turnover and...
16-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Despite More Violent Crimes, It’s Safer to be a Cop Today than 50 Years Ago

Dangers of policing have dramatically declined since 1970 with a 75 percent drop in police officer line-of-duty deaths. In the context of nearly 50-year monthly trends, the study also shows a statistically significant decline in felonious killings...
10-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Novel Tool Gauges Rural, Older Adults’ Knowledge of Alzheimer’s

Nursing researchers have developed a novel tool called the “Basic Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease,” to measure and assess Alzheimer’s knowledge in rural and underserved communities, in a way that matches their socioeconomic, educational...
8-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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