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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Sign up for All IN news! Click here to become a health research volunteer. It's easy to make a difference. 5 Easy Steps to Improve Your Health Today June is Men's Health Month, and we are supporting men, boys, and families across Indiana to practice healthy living. According [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
