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Wellness Wednesday: How to practice safe stress

Beat post holiday stress with these tips.

Jan 15, 2014

Medical research is a numbers game

Most of us know BMI as body mass index.

But, for medical researchers, it represents the evolving world of “biomedical informatics,” which is transforming science before our eyes.

Jan 15, 2014

Which treatment is better? Comparative effectiveness research can answer that.

All over campus, UNMC scientists are using comparative effectiveness research.

It’s a science that looks at large data sets, or uses meta-analysis, to evaluate health outcomes. It compares different interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor health conditions.

Jan 15, 2014

James O’Dell, M.D., studies the effectiveness of drug therapies for rheumatoid arthritis.

Tailoring meds: Studying how genetics influence prescribed drugs, dosages

Julie Oestreich, Pharm.D., Ph.D., knows prescription drugs don’t work the same for everyone.

But, she wants to better understand how genes influence individual drug responses so doctors can prescribe the drug and dosage that works best for the patient being treated.

Jan 15, 2014

Wanted: Smokers to participate in tobacco marketing study

UNMC, Roswell Park Cancer Institute seek 1,000 smokers to participate in $1.4 million study

Jan 15, 2014

Mohammad Siahpush, Ph.D.

Personalized medicine requires massive computations

Imagine asking a question and getting 30,000 answers coming at you like water from a fire hose.

How would you sort through all that information and find the one answer you’re looking for?

Jan 15, 2014

Babu Guda, Ph.D.

Cure for familial breast cancer might be found in genetic mutations

Leukemia was his research niche until five years ago when breast cancer hit too close to home for San Ming Wang, M.D.

A relative’s wife had just been diagnosed with the disease; her mother and two aunts also had the disease.

Jan 15, 2014

San Ming Wang, M.D., uses
low- and high-tech tools
in his research on familial
breast cancer.

22-year-old sees promise in breast cancer research

It was an emotional experience for Brandi Preston, 22, and breast cancer researcher, San Ming Wang, M.D., associate professor of genetics, cell biology and anatomy, when they met after he spoke to Bright Pink, a support group for those affected by familial breast cancer.

Jan 15, 2014

Brandi Preston and son Peyton

Sorrell Center store to be closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Store will reopen Jan. 21.

Jan 14, 2014

LiveGreen: January is Radon Action Month

Homes should be tested for radon levels.

Jan 14, 2014