http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/ Health and Medical News Feed from Purdue University News Service en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 11:42:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-researchers-new-tool-for-the-organic-chemist-toolbox-licensed-to-sigma-aldrich.html A Purdue University researcher's U.S. patent for a safer, easier and 'greener' method to incorporate fluorine into organic compounds - a common step in materials processing, drug discovery and synthesis of agricultural treatments - has been licensed to a subsidiary of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a St. Louis-based life science and high technology company. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-researchers-new-tool-for-the-organic-chemist-toolbox-licensed-to-sigma-aldrich.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/apps-may-open-communication-door-for-children,-families-affected-by-severe,-non-verbal-autism.html Stephen and Diane Beaudoin have tried for years to fully communicate with their son, David, 11, who is diagnosed with severe, non-verbal autism. The Beaudoins credit SPEAK all!, an iPad application, with the enriched communication they now have with their son. David has been using SPEAK all! for about one year. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/apps-may-open-communication-door-for-children,-families-affected-by-severe,-non-verbal-autism.html Tue, 21 May 2013 14:04:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-highlights-need-for-advances-in-cancer-prevention,-not-just-treatment,-purdue-expert-says.html Angelina Jolie's announcement that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer highlights the need for more cancer prevention options, according to a Purdue University breast-cancer expert. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-highlights-need-for-advances-in-cancer-prevention,-not-just-treatment,-purdue-expert-says.html Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/prof-alcohol-impairment-goes-beyond-bac-number.html Drivers may think they have the green light to drive when their blood alcohol levels fall below the legal limit or the buzz wears off, but that's not the case, says a Purdue University expert. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/prof-alcohol-impairment-goes-beyond-bac-number.html Mon, 20 May 2013 11:58:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue,-jackson-lab-combine-genetics,-engineering.html Purdue University and The Jackson Laboratory have created a new bioengineering facility and will hold a joint symposium to discuss the latest research in areas from implantable medical devices to the genetics behind human diseases. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue,-jackson-lab-combine-genetics,-engineering.html Tue, 14 May 2013 13:59:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/focus-on-color-means-white-veggies-dropped-like-a-hot-potato.html Colorful vegetables are promoted as key to a healthy diet, but white vegetables, especially potatoes, shouldn't be forgotten, according to a Purdue University expert. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/focus-on-color-means-white-veggies-dropped-like-a-hot-potato.html Tue, 14 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-innovation-could-help-people-with-severe-hearing-loss.html Mel Chua, a Purdue University doctoral candidate in engineering education, received her current set of hearing aids in May 2012. She has severe hearing loss but has not worn hearing aids most of her adult life because they did not offer a significant improvement to her hearing. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-innovation-could-help-people-with-severe-hearing-loss.html Tue, 14 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-study-seeks-infant-siblings-of-children-with-autism.html Purdue University researchers are looking for infant siblings of children with autism from central Indiana and Indianapolis to participate in a study to better understand the development of autism in young children. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-study-seeks-infant-siblings-of-children-with-autism.html Thu, 09 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/health-care-data-management-firm-joins-purdue-research-park.html Family caregivers and professional health care providers can benefit from online products developed by a data management firm that has become a tenant in the Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/health-care-data-management-firm-joins-purdue-research-park.html Tue, 07 May 2013 14:38:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-wins-dreyfus-prize-in-the-chemical-sciences.html A Purdue University professor has won the 2013 Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences, this year awarded in the field of chemical instrumentation. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-wins-dreyfus-prize-in-the-chemical-sciences.html Tue, 07 May 2013 09:07:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdues-low-to-participate-in-ibj-panel-discussion-on-outlook-for-indianas-life-sciences-industry.html Purdue University researcher Philip Low will join a panel of experts on Friday (May 10) for the Indianapolis Business Journal's Power Breakfast Series focusing on the outlook for Indiana's life sciences industry. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdues-low-to-participate-in-ibj-panel-discussion-on-outlook-for-indianas-life-sciences-industry.html Thu, 02 May 2013 14:34:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/symposium-led-by-purdue,-s.-korea-teams-to-focus-on-advancements-in-organ-on-a-chip-research.html Research teams from Purdue University's Discovery Park and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology will meet May 16 for a symposium highlighting their work in advancing organ-on-a-chip activities. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/symposium-led-by-purdue,-s.-korea-teams-to-focus-on-advancements-in-organ-on-a-chip-research.html Thu, 02 May 2013 13:24:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-veterinary-medicine-professor-receives-grant-to-research-new-bladder-cancer-therapy-to-help-dogs,-people.html Deborah Knapp, the Dolores L. McCall Professor of Comparative Oncology at Purdue University, has received a grant from the Animal Cancer Foundation for a two-year study on bladder cancer therapy. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-veterinary-medicine-professor-receives-grant-to-research-new-bladder-cancer-therapy-to-help-dogs,-people.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:08:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/new-imaging-technology-could-reveal-cellular-secrets.html Researchers have married two biological imaging technologies, creating a new way to learn how good cells go bad. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/new-imaging-technology-could-reveal-cellular-secrets.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:17:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-college-of-veterinary-medicine-offers-free-eye-exams-for-service-dogs.html The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine will offer free eye exams for certified service dogs on May 6. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-college-of-veterinary-medicine-offers-free-eye-exams-for-service-dogs.html Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-students-invention-could-improve-workplace-safety.html Industrial and government health and safety inspectors who regularly check work sites for levels of physical, chemical and biological agents could find their own work environments safer through an innovation developed by a Purdue University graduate student. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-students-invention-could-improve-workplace-safety.html Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:32:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/report-sharing-individual-health-information-could-improve-care-and-reduce-costs-for-all.html Information collected from individual patients at doctor's office and hospital visits could be used to improve health care and reduce costs on a national scale, according to a report released by the Institute of Medicine. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/report-sharing-individual-health-information-could-improve-care-and-reduce-costs-for-all.html Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/young-children-who-stutter-needed-for-purdue-study.html The Purdue Stuttering Project is looking for 4- and 5-year-old children who stutter to participate in a five-year study to help university researchers understand why some children continue to stutter and others grow out of it. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/young-children-who-stutter-needed-for-purdue-study.html Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:45:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/breast-cancer-survivors-win-when-teaming-up-for-community-races.html Breast cancer survivors training together for a spring walk or run not only challenge images of being sick with cancer, but also personally benefit physically, emotionally and mentally, says a Purdue University expert. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/breast-cancer-survivors-win-when-teaming-up-for-community-races.html Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/matrix-bio-signs-metabolomics-biomarker-licensing-agreement-with-quest-diagnostics-for-development-of-breast-cancer-recurrence-test.html Matrix-Bio Inc. (http://www.matrix-bio.com/index.php), a diagnostics company that uses metabolite profiling to detect cancer and other diseases, has signed an exclusive global licensing and marketing agreement for metabolomic biomarkers with Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/matrix-bio-signs-metabolomics-biomarker-licensing-agreement-with-quest-diagnostics-for-development-of-breast-cancer-recurrence-test.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:11:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-part-of-indiana-black-barbershop-health-initiative-and-kickoff-at-state-house.html Purdue University is a partner of this year's Indiana Black Barbershop Health Initiative and kickoff event featuring free haircuts and health screenings at the Indiana State House on April 11. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-part-of-indiana-black-barbershop-health-initiative-and-kickoff-at-state-house.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:01:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/legal-levels-of-atrazine-alter-neuroendocrine,-reproductive-genes-in-zebrafish.html A Purdue University study found an agricultural herbicide alters reproductive and neuroendocrine genes during embryonic development in fish, a finding that will help establish a genetic profile to determine atrazine's specific effects. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/legal-levels-of-atrazine-alter-neuroendocrine,-reproductive-genes-in-zebrafish.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:47:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/research-reveals-how-antibodies-neutralize-mosquito-borne-virus.html Researchers have learned the precise structure of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus pathogen while it is bound to antibodies, showing how the infection is likely neutralized. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/research-reveals-how-antibodies-neutralize-mosquito-borne-virus.html Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/imaging-technology-could-lower-coronary-disease-mortality-rate.html Patients undergoing angioplasty or other heart-related medical procedures could benefit from a new technology being developed with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/imaging-technology-could-lower-coronary-disease-mortality-rate.html Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-students-put-on-health-fair-for-spanish-speaking-community.html Purdue University's Spanish service-learning class, Ayuda y Aprende or Help and Learn, is hosting its second health fair on April 9 at the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-students-put-on-health-fair-for-spanish-speaking-community.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:06:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-medication-safety-expert-discusses-generic-drug-supreme-court-case.html A Purdue University medication safety expert says a U.S. Supreme Court case about the liability of generic drug manufacturers could increase the cost of medications and lead to drug shortages. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-medication-safety-expert-discusses-generic-drug-supreme-court-case.html Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:33:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/findings-to-help-in-design-of-drugs-against-virus-causing-childhood-illnesses.html New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/findings-to-help-in-design-of-drugs-against-virus-causing-childhood-illnesses.html Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:04:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/study-chimpanzees-eat-smart-when-it-comes-to-mealtime.html Chimpanzees watch what they eat and when, which may show that these primates are giving some thought to the quality of their food, according to Purdue University research. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/study-chimpanzees-eat-smart-when-it-comes-to-mealtime.html Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/hammer-down-for-health-promotes-personal-health-and-safety.html The College of Health and Human Sciences is hosting the second annual Hammer Down for Health Fitness Fair from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday (March 25) in the Purdue Memorial Union. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/hammer-down-for-health-promotes-personal-health-and-safety.html Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-cancer-culture--community-events-shine-spotlight-on-pink-ribbons-movement,-abuses,-need-for-prevention.html Author and researcher Samantha King, who wrote the 2006 book 'Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy,' will headline a panel discussion for this spring's Cancer Culture and Community Colloquium at Purdue University. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-cancer-culture--community-events-shine-spotlight-on-pink-ribbons-movement,-abuses,-need-for-prevention.html Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-offers-free-hearing-and-speech-language-screenings.html Purdue University's M.D. Steer Audiology and Speech-Language Clinics are offering free hearing and speech-language screenings by appointment March 20. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-offers-free-hearing-and-speech-language-screenings.html Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:32:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/former-surgeon-general-to-speak-at-purdue-on-individual-public-health-responsibility.html David Satcher, the 16th Surgeon General of the United States, will speak March 26 at Purdue University as part of the College of Health and Human Sciences 2013 Life Inspired events. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/former-surgeon-general-to-speak-at-purdue-on-individual-public-health-responsibility.html Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:36:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdues-new-center-for-healthy-living-opens.html The Center for Healthy Living will open Wednesday (Feb. 27) in the Purdue West Shopping Center, 1400 W. State St. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdues-new-center-for-healthy-living-opens.html Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:36:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/local-volunteers-increase-early-breast-cancer-detection-in-rural-sudan.html A team led by a Purdue University researcher engaged local volunteers to overcome the stigma and social barriers faced by women in sub-Saharan Africa that prevent early screening for breast cancer and lead to unnecessary deaths. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/local-volunteers-increase-early-breast-cancer-detection-in-rural-sudan.html Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/gpri-awards-100,000-to-study-food,-health-issues.html Food, health and nutrition are the focus of two $50,000 grand challenge awards recently funded by the university's Global Policy Research Institute. These grants are presented in collaboration with the College of Agriculture and the College of Health and Human Sciences. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/gpri-awards-100,000-to-study-food,-health-issues.html Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:27:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-trustees-approve-hospital-lease,-building-renovations.html Purdue University's Board of Trustees on Friday (Feb. 8) approved leasing space for the Purdue pharmacy program in the new Wishard Hospital office complex being built in Indianapolis. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-trustees-approve-hospital-lease,-building-renovations.html Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:06:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/researcher-taking-shot-at-flu-vaccine-thats-more-effective,-easier-to-make.html In the midst of an unusually deadly flu season and armed with a vaccine that only offers partial protection, a Purdue University researcher is working on a flu vaccine that overcomes the need to predict which strains will hit each year and eliminates the common causes of vaccine shortages. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/researcher-taking-shot-at-flu-vaccine-thats-more-effective,-easier-to-make.html Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:03:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/weaver-to-receive-spirit-of-the-land-grant-mission-award.html Nutrition scientist and professor Connie Weaver will receive Purdue University's 2012 Spirit of the Land-Grant Mission Award for improving nutrition recommendations for children, adolescents and adults nationwide through her research in calcium absorption and bone health. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/weaver-to-receive-spirit-of-the-land-grant-mission-award.html Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:45:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/new-modeling-approach-transforms-imaging-technologies.html Researchers are improving the performance of technologies ranging from medical CT scanners to digital cameras using a system of models to extract specific information from huge collections of data and then reconstructing images like a jigsaw puzzle. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/new-modeling-approach-transforms-imaging-technologies.html Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:44:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-features-5-students-dedicated-to-health,-wellness.html Purdue University is recognizing five students who are pursuing careers in health fields, such as athletic training, medicine and medical equipment development. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-features-5-students-dedicated-to-health,-wellness.html Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-university-student-health-center-selects-director.html Gail A. Walenga, assistant vice president for student affairs at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, will become the Purdue University Student Health Center's director, effective Friday (Feb. 1). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-university-student-health-center-selects-director.html Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:58:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/experts-new-football-helmet-technology-can-cut-g-force-to-brain-by-50-percent.html The football head injury experts featured in recent Sports Illustrated coverage of Junior Seau's brain injuries say new brain-saving helmet technology is available that would massively decrease energy delivered to the brain during impacts. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/experts-new-football-helmet-technology-can-cut-g-force-to-brain-by-50-percent.html Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:45:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/youth-with-disabilities-invited-to-participate-in-purdue-swim,-sports-program.html Children ages 3-18 with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities can participate in a five-week Purdue University physical activity and aquatics program that begins in March. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/youth-with-disabilities-invited-to-participate-in-purdue-swim,-sports-program.html Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:07:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/expert-junior-seau-cte-was-not-caused-by-football-concussions.html A football concussion researcher says the CTE damage discovered in the brain of deceased NFL All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau was likely not caused by concussions, but rather by an accumulation of thousands of subconcussive blows to the head. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/expert-junior-seau-cte-was-not-caused-by-football-concussions.html Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:51:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/surgeons-may-use-hand-gestures-to-manipulate-mri-images-in-or.html Doctors may soon be using a system in the operating room that recognizes hand gestures as commands to tell a computer to browse and display medical images of the patient during a surgery. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/surgeons-may-use-hand-gestures-to-manipulate-mri-images-in-or.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:40:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/new-tool-to-help-brain-surgeons-one-step-closer-to-operating-room.html A new tool that could allow for faster, more comprehensive testing of brain tissue during surgery successfully identified the cancer type, grade and tumor margins in five brain surgery patients, according to a Purdue University and Brigham and Women's Hospital study. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/new-tool-to-help-brain-surgeons-one-step-closer-to-operating-room.html Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:57:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/new-biochip-technology-uses-tiny-whirlpools-to-corral-microbes.html Researchers have demonstrated a new technology that combines a laser and electric fields to create tiny centrifuge-like whirlpools to separate particles and microbes by size, a potential lab-on-a-chip system for medicine and research. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/new-biochip-technology-uses-tiny-whirlpools-to-corral-microbes.html Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/prof-how-to-help-children-cope-with-shooting,-prepare-them-for-school-monday.html While parents and caregivers are struggling to understand Friday's (Dec. 14) tragic school shooting in Connecticut, they need to be ready to help children with their questions and fears, says a Purdue University child development expert. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/prof-how-to-help-children-cope-with-shooting,-prepare-them-for-school-monday.html Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:19:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/nutrition-prof-milk-is-ho-ho-wholesome-.html More adults should consider following Santa's lead and enjoy milk more often, says a Purdue University nutrition expert. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/nutrition-prof-milk-is-ho-ho-wholesome-.html