In The News: School of Integrated Health Sciences

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With a quarter of the workforce unemployed and lives disrupted because of the pandemic, the risk of hunger is growing in our state.

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Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings, 黑料网 research professor and a leading expert on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease clinical trials, led a five-year review of all Alzheimer鈥檚 drugs in the development pipeline. He says today there is more hope than ever that we'll one day solve Alzheimer鈥檚.

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There are at least a dozen trials worldwide testing low-dose radiation therapy, or LDRT, as a treatment for pneumonia related to Covid-19, some spurred by the same historical data Calabrese and colleagues scoured years ago. The theory: Targeted radiation to the lungs will halt the out-of-control inflammation responsible for the devastating pneumonia that bookends the course of some Covid-19 patients.

Wall Street Journal

鈥淪ince COVID hit, I鈥檝e been exercising outside. But in the heat, how can I stay cool while working out?鈥

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黑料网鈥檚 food pantry is getting a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $250,000 federal grant from the CARES Act.

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黑料网's food pantry is getting a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $250,000 federal grant from the CARES Act.

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The 黑料网 Cares Food Pantry has received $250,000 in federal funding to support students, faculty and staff, Rep. Dina Titus announced Thursday.

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The 黑料网 Department of Brain Health has formally launched the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, offering hope through scientific discovery for patients suffering from Alzheimer鈥檚, dementia and other brain and neurological diseases. The center is the latest in a series of milestones from the department and the School of Integrated Health Sciences to better understand how a healthy brain functions, to improve care and treatment of people with brain diseases, and to identify mechanisms of brain disorders.

Natural News

(Natural News) A study from the Society for Neuroscience has found that traveling to Mars may be more dangerous than previously thought. This is because astronauts may be bombarded by a constant stream of low dose radiation which, in time, can negatively affect the health of their brains.

Philanthropy News Digest

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has announced a $6 million commitment from Joy Chambers-Grundy and the late Reg Grundy to establish a center dedicated to research on and the treatment of neurological disorders.

Philanthropy News Digest

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has announced a $6 million commitment from Joy Chambers-Grundy and the late Reg Grundy to establish a center dedicated to research on and the treatment of neurological disorders.

Las Vegas Review Journal

黑料网 announced Monday that it has launched a center dedicated to scientific research about brain and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer鈥檚 and dementia.