Category: Health & Wellness
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Caregiver alcohol abuse can mean long-term stress on kids
Research on children in welfare system could help guide practitioners.
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Foster care, homelessness are higher education hurdles
New research shows stable housing, money for books among chief concerns.
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Parents abused as children may pass on emotional issues
Study suggests boys more vulnerable when parents have poor coping mechanisms.
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Student helps create mental health site for farmers
Her experience growing up on a farm complemented her social work education.
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Researchers find target to fight antibiotic resistance
The significance of a molecule in bacteria was previously unknown.
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Medical student recounts fighting pandemic in NYC
In the end, she says working in a ‘war scene’ was worth the long hours.
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Targeted methods to control the spread of COVID-19
New research analyzes more palatable alternatives to pandemic mandates.
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People with disabilities faced pandemic triage biases
New study urges emergency rooms to bring in advocates to close health care gap.
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Dogs needed for aging research project
The Dog Aging Project seeks to understand determinants of canine aging.
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Getting students outside and engaged during a pandemic
Christy Tweedy made sustainability active for her EcoReps.
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Can financial stress lead to physical pain in later years?
Researchers found that early stress can have an impact decades later.
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UGA to establish national NIH-funded center to fight flu
The contract will establish the Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research.
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UGA cases of COVID-19 return to previous lows
Cases of COVID-19 at UGA returned to the low levels sustained throughout March
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Web-based tool seeks to fill health care workforce gaps
C2-Health aims to have more qualified health care providers during pandemic.
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Become a Well-being Champion
Well-being Champions play a vital role in enhancing the health of the university community. They…
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How social and environmental factors affect health
Childhood trauma tips the scale.
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‘Brain glue’ helps repair circuitry in severe TBI
Reparative hydrogel mimics the composition and mechanics of the brain.
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Sugar not so nice for your child’s brain development
New research shows how high consumption of sugar affects learning, memory.
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Social media addiction linked to cyberbullying
Identifying as male and more hours spent online also contributed.
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Designing courses to help navigate COVID-19
Shannon Perry helped create and launch several pandemic-related classes.
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DawgCheck: Commit to a healthy campus
Access DawgCheck online at dawgcheck.uga.edu or through the UGA app.
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Should you take fish oil? Depends on your genotype
UGA-led research shows benefits only with a specific genetic makeup.
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Programs can reduce impact of racism on Black youth
A family-oriented approach reduced conduct problems, depression symptoms.
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Fewer rural students applying to medical school
This decrease could lead to fewer doctors in less populated areas of the country.
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