In The News: School of Integrated Health Sciences
Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings, 51ԹϺ research professor and a leading expert on Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials, led a five-year review of all Alzheimer’s drugs in the development pipeline. He says today there is more hope than ever that we'll one day solve Alzheimer’s.
There are at least a dozen trials worldwide testing low-dose radiation therapy, or LDRT, as a treatment for pneumonia related to Covid-19, some spurred by the same historical data Calabrese and colleagues scoured years ago. The theory: Targeted radiation to the lungs will halt the out-of-control inflammation responsible for the devastating pneumonia that bookends the course of some Covid-19 patients.
“Since COVID hit, I’ve been exercising outside. But in the heat, how can I stay cool while working out?”
51ԹϺ’s food pantry is getting a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $250,000 federal grant from the CARES Act.
51ԹϺ's food pantry is getting a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $250,000 federal grant from the CARES Act.
The 51ԹϺ Cares Food Pantry has received $250,000 in federal funding to support students, faculty and staff, Rep. Dina Titus announced Thursday.
The 51ԹϺ Department of Brain Health has formally launched the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, offering hope through scientific discovery for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s, dementia and other brain and neurological diseases. The center is the latest in a series of milestones from the department and the School of Integrated Health Sciences to better understand how a healthy brain functions, to improve care and treatment of people with brain diseases, and to identify mechanisms of brain disorders.
(Natural News) A study from the Society for Neuroscience has found that traveling to Mars may be more dangerous than previously thought. This is because astronauts may be bombarded by a constant stream of low dose radiation which, in time, can negatively affect the health of their brains.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has announced a $6 million commitment from Joy Chambers-Grundy and the late Reg Grundy to establish a center dedicated to research on and the treatment of neurological disorders.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has announced a $6 million commitment from Joy Chambers-Grundy and the late Reg Grundy to establish a center dedicated to research on and the treatment of neurological disorders.
51ԹϺ announced Monday that it has launched a center dedicated to scientific research about brain and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.
51ԹϺ announced Monday that it has launched a center dedicated to scientific research about brain and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.
