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Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – An enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen appears to have significant impact in a healthy and injured brain, scientists report. There’s mounting evidence that in the healthy brain, aromatase and the estrogen it enables...
Eric JohnsonThe Graduate School presented 28 awards at the 31st annual Graduate School Awards Banquet, held at the Alumni Center on Wednesday, April 15. The awards were given for work presented at Graduate Research Day, a yearly event that provides participants...
Children who experience multiple traumatic events, from emotional and sexual abuse to neglect, have higher blood pressures as young adults than their peers, researchers report. The difference of 10 points in the systolic pressure – the top number...
A wristband that records motion throughout a 24-hour cycle may be an inexpensive, safe way to determine which patients with major depressive disorder will respond best to commonly prescribed drugs such as Prozac. Selective serotonin reuptake...
Asthma rates among black youth living in urban Detroit and rural Georgia are essentially the same, researchers report, a finding that conflicts with the widely held theory that city life is a risk factor, and pointing instead toward poverty. About...
Christine Hurley DerisoThe role music therapy in healing . . . using interactive video games to enhance the quality of life of those with chronic conditions . . . a study of the ecological impact of thwarting Mother Nature. . . These are among the articles featured in the...
The relative cost, benefits, and complications of three minimally invasive techniques for reducing or eliminating symptomatic uterine fibroids are being compared in women who don’t have cancer and want to preserve their uterus. The Medical College...
Denise ParrishWithin the next 10 to 15 years, Dr. Leroy Hood predicts that the focus of health care will shift from disease treatment to prevention. “Biology will be the dominant science of the 21st century, just as chemistry was in the 19th century and physics...
Danielle HarrisIn January, Georgia Regents University’s James M. Hull College of Business Augusta Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased 0.2% from December. The index has increased 5.6% from January 2014. This represents eleven consecutive months of growth...
According to Dr. Wayne Lord, Associate Dean of Georgia Regents University’s College of Education, the newly created doctoral degree in educational innovation is generating a lot of attention. “We recently had 18 applicants on campus for interviews...
Kelly JasperDr. Leroy Hood, a renowned systems biologist who helped pioneer the human genome program with the development of the automated DNA sequencer, is the keynote speaker for Georgia Regents University’s 31st annual Graduate Research Day. Hood’s...
Brain levels of the lipid ceramide are high in Alzheimer’s disease, and now scientists have found increased levels of an antibody to the lipid in their disease model. While some members of this lipid family are a plus in skin cream, inside the...
StaffThe Center for Undergraduate Research & Scholarship (CURS) will offer a six-week Summer Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Program sponsored by the Provost, Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs, and the Senior Vice President...
Older, single white males with advanced bladder cancer have the highest suicide risk among those with other cancers of the male genitals and urinary system, researchers report. Genitourinary cancers – prostate, bladder, kidney, testis, and penile...
Celebrating student success is the theme of the 16th Annual Student Research and Fine Arts Conference being held at Georgia Regents University on Wednesday, March 18. The conference, sponsored by GRU’s chapter of the National Honor Society of Phi...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottTeen girls who live in rural areas are more likely than their male counterparts to have undiagnosed asthma, and they often are at a higher risk of depression, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University...
Educators from across the state of Georgia will converge upon the Georgia Regents University Summerville campus for the 17th annual Impacting Student Learning Conference on Saturday, March 21. The conference will offer teachers practical strategies...
Nicotine’s primary metabolite supports learning and memory by amplifying the action of a primary chemical messenger involved in both, researchers report. “This is the first hint of what the mechanism of the metabolite cotinine might be,” said Dr...
In December, the Hull College of Business Augusta Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased 1.1 percent from November. The index has increased 5.4 percent from December 2013. This represents ten consecutive months of growth. Housing permits increased...
Higher levels of a “danger” molecule may be one reason males tend to become hypertensive earlier and more severely than females, scientists say. They aren’t referencing a propensity to eat fried foods or drive fast cars, rather higher levels of the...