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After Australia cut drug copays for indigenous people, hospital use declined

November 7, 2016

When the Australian government reduced drug costs for indigenous people with or at risk for chronic conditions, they became substantially less likely to need hospitalization to treat those health problems.

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Hospital readmission history a valid measure of skilled nursing quality

November 1, 2016

A new study supports the federal government’s use of a skilled nursing facility’s history of hospital readmissions as a key indicator of care quality.

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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends interventions to support breastfeeding

October 31, 2016

Dr. Maureen Phipps, chair of obstetrics and gynecology in the Alpert Medical School and a member of the task force, discusses its new recommendations supporting breastfeeding.

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Chinese medical education rising unevenly from Cultural Revolution rubble

October 31, 2016

A new research review chronicling the history and current state of medical education in China finds that the country’s quest to build up a medical education system to serve its massive population has produced a rapid, if uneven, result.

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‘Speed networking’ catalyzes collaborations on health disparities

October 26, 2016

To inspire new ideas aimed at addressing health disparities, the Office of the Vice President for Research convened an unconventional approach: “speed networking” for researchers.

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Resisting cruelty by leading aid efforts, Syrian doctor comes to Brown to study

October 17, 2016

Tortured and then forced to flee Syria, Dr. Khaled Almilaji has countered tyranny with ever-greater efforts to care for his country’s people — his latest move is to study public health at Brown.

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Cocoa compound linked to some cardiovascular biomarker improvements

October 14, 2016

A new review of 19 randomized clinical trials finds that consumption of cocoa, and therefore compounds called flavanols, may improve some biomarkers related to lipids and insulin resistance.

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Grant funds big-data study of brain connectivity

October 13, 2016

With more than $1.2 million over three years to study how complex brain networks process information, Brown has earned its second grant this fall from the federal BRAIN Initiative and shares significantly in a third.

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Infants use prefrontal cortex in learning

October 5, 2016

A group of 8-month-olds has provided evidence that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the prefrontal cortex contributes to learning during infancy.

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Bragging as a strategy: what boasting buys, and costs, a candidate

October 5, 2016

Whether it’s better to brag or to be humble can depend on what perception one seeks to change, whether hard evidence will come to light and what that evidence says, according to a new study.

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Believing that others understand helps us feel that we do — even when we don’t

October 5, 2016

New research on how people think supports the idea of a “community of knowledge,” in which people blend the perceived expertise of others into their assessment of their own understanding.

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BRAIN grant of $1.6 million powers study of neural signals

September 29, 2016

Three-year project will develop a software tool to help scientists and doctors understand how recorded brainwaves emerge from underlying neural activity.

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Formaldehyde damages proteins, not just DNA

September 29, 2016

Formaldehyde, a common toxicant and carcinogen recently subjected to new federal regulations, may be more dangerous than previously thought, a new study suggests.

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New NIH grants support child health research

September 22, 2016

Several Brown University faculty members are key participants in three projects investigating how early life and environmental exposures affect children.

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$2M grant to study simultaneous marijuana, alcohol use

September 22, 2016

Next year at colleges in three states with different marijuana use laws, a team of public health researchers will study why students often use marijuana and alcohol simultaneously.

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Brown launches the country’s first four-year, integrated MD/MPA program

September 20, 2016

The unique degree program gives students an international perspective and enables them to earn both a doctorate of medicine and a master of public affairs in just four years.

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Nursing home residents who get palliative care consults use hospitals less

September 19, 2016

The first study of how specialist palliative care consults affect nursing home end-of-life care suggests that they are associated with much less hospitalization and fewer burdensome transitions, at no extra cost to Medicare.

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Protein may be crucial in many lung ailments

September 15, 2016

New research in Nature Communications implicates the protein TMEM219 in a pathway that appears to be important in pulmonary fibrosis, asthma and cancer spread in the lung.

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Review article takes rare look at impact of advertising psychiatric drugs

September 13, 2016

Direct-to-consumer advertising of psychiatric medications appears to increase prescribing, which may be having a mixed effect on the quality of treatment, according to a new review of the very few studies on the topic.

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Public health doctoral student arrives with new national fellowship in tow

September 12, 2016

A native of Nigeria with an ongoing interest in HIV/AIDS research, Adedotun Ogunbajo will begin doctoral studies at Brown with the support of a competitive new policy fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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With MRI technique, brain scientists induce feelings about faces

September 8, 2016

In a new study, researchers report they were able to train unknowing volunteers to develop a mild but significant preference or dislike for faces that they had previously regarded neutrally.

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Negative experiences on Facebook linked to increased depression risk in young adults

September 7, 2016

A unique new study of young adults finds that negative experiences on Facebook may increase the risk of depressive symptoms, suggesting that online social interactions have important consequences for mental health.

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From DNA to disease, study describes rare, new brain disorder

September 5, 2016

In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of scientists shows how mutations in the gene GPT2 lead to a rare developmental and potentially degenerative brain disease.

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Rhode Island’s role in promising new Alzheimer’s results

August 31, 2016

Important components of a clinical trial with positive results for an Alzheimer’s drug occurred at Brown University, Butler Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.

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Brain scientists share in grant to study attention

August 30, 2016

Three Brown University faculty members have teamed up with colleagues at three other universities on a $6 million grant to study the neuroscience of attention.

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Among some veterans, painkiller misuse strongly linked to starting heroin

August 23, 2016

In a study that followed thousands of veterans over a decade, initiating non-medical use of opioid painkillers was associated with a more than 5-fold risk of also beginning to use heroin.

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Study validates new tool for diagnosing dehydration in children

August 22, 2016

A simple new method for assessing dehydration from diarrhea, which kills hundreds of thousands of children each year worldwide, has proven accurate and reliable.

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Study shows how mutations disrupt ALS-linked protein

August 18, 2016

Structural biologists provide a new explanation for how ALS-associated genetic flaws interfere with the proper function and behavior of the protein TDP-43.

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R.I. Department of Health, Brown School of Public Health launch partnership

August 17, 2016

Rhode Island's two accredited public health entities — the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Brown University School of Public Health — launched a new academic partnership.

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Major treatment expansion could essentially eliminate hepatitis C in R.I. by 2030

August 5, 2016

As the state takes a deep look at its hepatitis C epidemic, Brown University researchers have crunched the numbers to project what could be done to lift Rhode Island’s burden of death and disease.

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To think about thinking, hundreds of scholars convene at Brown

August 3, 2016

For the first time ever, the International Conference on Thinking is taking place in the United States, bringing more than 250 scholars of cognition to Brown this week.

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Task force may be too stringent in not yet recommending melanoma screening

July 26, 2016

In an editorial in JAMA, two experts including Brown University dermatologist Dr. Martin Weinstock question a USPSTF determination that there isn't enough evidence to recommend that clinicians visual screen for skin cancer, such as melanoma.

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New theory explains how beta waves arise in the brain

July 25, 2016

In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by Brown University neuroscientists proposes a new theory — backed by data from people, animal models and computational simulation — to explain how beta waves emerge in the brain.

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Newly found, ‘thrifty’ genetic variant influences Samoan obesity

July 25, 2016

A new study reports that a genetic variant that affects energy metabolism and fat storage partly explains why Samoans have among the world’s highest levels of obesity.

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World’s most sensitive dark matter detector completes search

July 21, 2016

At a conference in the United Kingdom, scientists with the LUX dark matter experiment present results from the detector’s final 20-month run.

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For frozen embryos in dispute, scholars propose guidelines

July 18, 2016

In a new paper, two scholars — one medical, one legal — propose a set of practical guidelines to prevent the bitter arguments over frozen embryos that have confounded U.S. courts.

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Rhode Island childcare centers using federal nutrition subsidy served healthier food

July 14, 2016

A new analysis of survey responses from more than 100 child daycare center directors suggests that stronger nutritional guidelines, like those enforced by a federal food subsidy program for low-income kids, lead to healthier meals.

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Alpert Medical School, Hope Hospice extend affiliation

July 12, 2016

A new five-year agreement continues the formal educational partnership between the Alpert Medical School and Hope Hospice & Palliative Care.

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Study explains how a protein deficiency causes spinal muscular atrophy

July 11, 2016

Research that reveals what goes wrong in SMA and suggests that a mild version of the same genetic defect may protect relatives against infection, which could explain why SMA is relatively common disease.

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Meeting of the minds leads to brain science technology venture

July 11, 2016

After researchers spent years developing an artificial intelligence technology to monitor lab animal behavior, a team of recently graduated entrepreneurs is investigating its commercial potential.

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Study finds no substantial harm from primary care melanoma screening

July 8, 2016

Experts concerned that primary care screening for melanomas could lead to widespread misdiagnoses or overtreatment can take comfort in the results of a new study that found no such problems.

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$19.5M grant to bridge gaps between medical research, health care in Rhode Island

July 6, 2016

With a new five-year federal grant, the Rhode Island Center for Clinical Translational Science will strengthen connections between scientific discovery and health around the state.

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MRI technique induces strong, enduring visual association

June 30, 2016

Volunteers in a brain science experiment learned associations between patterns and color such that when shown the patterns later, they were still biased to perceive the color even if it wasn’t really there.

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A new ‘dashboard’ for Rhode Island’s overdose crisis

June 27, 2016

Full of practical, graphical guides for the general public and up-to-the-minute epidemiological data for healthcare providers and policymakers, a new website aims to use information to prevent overdose deaths

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Delirium at nursing home admission a risky sign for seniors

June 25, 2016

A large Brown University study finds patients who exhibited delirium at the time they entered a nursing home were significantly more likely to die or return to the hospital within 30 days and were less likely to recover fully if they returned home.

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R.I. Foundation awards Brown health research grants

June 21, 2016

Seed funding of $25,000 per project will jump-start five studies related to medical concerns and basic research.

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Amid Egyptian uprisings, doctors’ care for patients takes on political significance

June 20, 2016

The conditions in which medical personnel and volunteers worked during the period of military rule in Egypt challenged the established understanding of medical neutrality, a new study reveals.

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As Olympics near, study finds low levels of physical activity in Brazil

June 14, 2016

A large study confirms that physical activity provides Brazilians with significant cardio-metabolic health benefits, but reports that fewer than three in 10 participants are active.

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Study shows how judgment of sensory simultaneity may develop in the brain

June 3, 2016

In a study using tadpoles, neuroscientists tracked how the brain develops its sense of whether two sensory inputs — for example, vision and touch — happened at the same time.

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Taking control of key protein stifles cancer spread in mice

May 20, 2016

In a new study in mice, researchers overcame a process by which cancer co-opts a fundamental protein into protecting it against the body’s defenses.

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