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Back-to-school stress and mental health – IU School of Medicine

2019-07-08T17:15:07-04:00August 28th, 2018|Categories: Health, Kids|Tags: , , , , , |

New classes and routines, not to mention social pressures of making new friends and fitting in.  The start of a new school year can bring on stress for both parents and children. Ann Lagges, PhD, director of the Psychology Internship Program in the Department of Psychiatry, shares some quick tips to help parents deal with [...]

How a new type 1 diabetes therapy for pets also shows promise for long-term reversal of type 1 diabetes in humans – Purdue University

2018-08-28T11:32:44-04:00August 28th, 2018|Categories: Diabetes, Health, Research Spotlight|Tags: , , , , |

What if instead of daily insulin injections or wearing pumps, just getting a shot every few months could reverse Type 1 diabetes for you – or your dog? It might take ushering in healthy pancreatic cells like a Trojan horse.   A new diabetes treatment developed by researchers at Purdue University and Indiana University School [...]

Health research creates better system for treating patients with traumatic injuries /University of Notre Dame

2018-08-28T11:48:15-04:00August 28th, 2018|Categories: Health, Research Spotlight|Tags: , , |

Researchers from Memorial Hospital South and the University of Notre Dame are working together to create better ways to treat patients with traumatic injuries.  Traumatic injuries, or any kind of severe physical injury, are the leading cause of death for people 46 years old and younger in the United States.  Dr. Scott Thomas and Dr. [...]

Sarcoma awareness: Zerlin’s Story

2019-07-08T17:13:52-04:00July 23rd, 2018|Categories: Cancer, Health, Research Spotlight, Your Voice|Tags: , , , |

Sign up for All IN news! In honor of National Sarcoma Awareness month, Hoosier Author, Kimberly Smith, pays tribute to her mother, Zerlin D. Jones, who recently lost her battle with sarcoma cancer. Sarcoma Awareness Month: Author Kimberly Smith Pays Tribute to Her Mother It was [...]

How dogs are helping Purdue scientists discover better cancer treatments

2019-07-08T17:15:47-04:00May 10th, 2018|Categories: Research Spotlight|Tags: , , , , |

Only 40% of cancer patients respond to chemotherapy.  With the help of some canine friends, scientists at Purdue have developed a new method to see how a patient's body is responding to chemotherapy.  The treatment of cancer in dogs is almost identical to the treatment of cancer in humans.  Scientists at Purdue tested chemotherapy response [...]

Research spotlight on mental health

2019-07-08T17:15:59-04:00May 9th, 2018|Categories: Health, Research Spotlight|Tags: , , |

  May is Mental Health Awareness month and we are spotlighting current research studies for which you can volunteer to help improve mental health in Indiana.  First, here are some quick stats on mental health in the United States. Mental health is an important part of our overall health and well-being.  Mental illnesses are [...]

Indiana’s Poor Health Ranking; How to Get to the Top 10

2018-05-10T10:25:10-04:00May 8th, 2018|Categories: Health|Tags: , |

Why Health Rankings Matter The health ranking of a country is an important measure of success along with other things such as economic status.  For people living in the United States, it is even more important to look at health rankings at a smaller scale to see how it is impacting each person, their communities, and [...]

Colton’s story: X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH)

2019-07-08T17:16:11-04:00May 8th, 2018|Categories: Kids, Research Participant Stories|Tags: , , , |

Health Research Offers Young Man A Chance to Beat Rare Bone Condition Discover how a clinical trial at the IU School of Medicine helped Colton overcome a rare genetic bone condition called X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH). Bright. Popular. Optimistic. Those are the words Debbie Moore uses to describe her son Colton who, at 16 months of age, [...]

Indiana Residents Share What Precision Health Means to Them

2018-02-22T16:22:40-05:00February 22nd, 2018|Categories: Your Voice|Tags: , |

Over the summer, the All IN for Health team set up at the Indiana State Fair to talk to Indiana residents about the latest topic in science and medicine:  Precision Health.  While many people are familiar with the term Personalized Medicine or Precision Medicine, the concept of "Precision Health" is still new to many.  So [...]

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