SAN FRANCISCO — When Esaïe Prickett sat down in the living room with his mother, father and four older brothers, he was the only one wearing Google Glass. As Esaïe, who was 10 at the time and is 12 now, gazed through the computerized glasses, his family made faces — happy, sad, surprised, angry, bored…
Wearing shoes when we walk changes how our feet interact with the ground below us, according to a novel new study in the journal Nature of shod and unshod walkers, the state of their feet and the extent of the forces they generate with every step. The study, which echoes some of the research that…
On a sunny October day in 2017, Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, held a meeting in the West Wing to promote an initiative that would pair shelter dogs needing homes with veterans wanting to act on the increasingly widespread notion that well-trained dogs can improve the lives of people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and…
For the first decade of my career, I took cooking incredibly seriously. As a restaurant cook, not to mention a nerd, I loved steeping myself in the history of a dish and all its traditions. I obsessed over pasta shapes, flour types and varieties of tomatoes and their specific, appropriate uses. I wanted my food…
New Marketing Science Study Key Takeaways: Research shows once recreational marijuana is legalized, the number of online searches for tobacco increase by 8%, while searches for alcohol drop by 11%. The findings could have an implication on sales for the alcohol and tobacco industries. The passing of recreational cannabis increases online searches for cannabis done…
IMAGE: Mark Fendrick, a professor at the U-M Medical School and School of Public Health. view more ANN ARBOR–Millions of Americans with chronic conditions could save money on the drugs and medical services they need the most, if their health insurance plans decide to take advantage of a new federal rule issued today. And the idea…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo researchers have determined that a human gene present in 75 % of the population is a key reason why a class of drugs for Alzheimer’s disease seemed promising in animal studies only to fail in human studies. The researchers say the work suggests that in different Alzheimer’s disease patients,…
ANN ARBOR–Roughly 11% of high school seniors reported prescription drug misuse during the past year, and of those, 44% used multiple supply sources, according to a pair of University of Michigan studies. More than 70% of adolescents who obtained prescription drugs from multiple sources had a substance use disorder–involving prescription medications, other drugs and alcohol–within…
ATHENS, Ohio (July 17, 2019) – The drug addiction epidemic continues to plague the country, and thousands of lives are cut short each year due to overdose. Tragically, when a person’s life ends prematurely, much of their potential impact on the world is lost as well. This includes both lost benefits to society and lost…
VIDEO: National Jewish Health offers ‘soak and seal’ which a process that seals moisture into the skin of babies with eczema and heal cracks that may lead to the development of… view more Infants who develop eczema are more likely to develop food allergies, hay fever and asthma as they grow older, a progression known as…