Taking the “Ewww”… out of snail cream
June 17, 2014 – 11:07 pm | One Comment

Great news for all those women (and men) who have wanted to try the beautifying effects of snail slime but could never get past the “ick” factor. 20yrsyounger.com promises to get rid of the Ewww… while still letting women reap the anti-aging and rejuvenating benefits of snail slime cream. The process itself is called lyophilisation […]

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Brown faculty experts on the future of HIV/AIDS
November 30, 2010 – 11:31 pm | No Comments
Brown faculty experts on the future of HIV/AIDS

Brown faculty experts on the future of HIV/AIDS World AIDS Day 2010 sees some hopeful signs — and speculation that the global public health fight against HIV/AIDS may have turned a corner. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Recent, hopeful developments in the global fight against HIV/AIDS have spurred speculation, especially around World AIDS Day Dec. […]

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Researchers report data on head impacts in college football
November 18, 2010 – 8:17 pm | No Comments
Researchers report data on head impacts in college football

Researchers report data on head impacts in college football Joseph Crisco, professor of orthopaedics, and Russell Fiore, Brown’s head athletic trainer, have measured the frequency and location of head impacts in college football, position-by-position. Defensive linemen take the most hits; quarterbacks are the only players to be hit mostly from behind. Crisco, Fiore, and their […]

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Research provides new leads in the case against drug-resistant biofilms
November 10, 2010 – 3:42 pm | No Comments
Research provides new leads in the case against drug-resistant biofilms

Research provides new leads in the case against drug-resistant biofilms Films of bacteria that form around foreign materials in the body can be very difficult to defeat with drugs, but research led by Brown University biologists has identified a couple proteins that play a key role in building these “biofilms.” This pair could prove to […]

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Helical CT scans reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% compared to chest X-rays
November 4, 2010 – 4:49 pm | No Comments
Helical CT scans reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% compared to chest X-rays

Helical CT scans reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% compared to chest X-rays A national study of more than 53,000 current and former heavy smokers has demonstrated that helical CT scanning reduced lung cancer deaths by 20 percent compared to using chest X-rays. Constantine Gatsonis and colleagues at Brown’s Center for Statistical Sciences contributed methodologic […]

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Religious leaders, Brown researcher fight HIV infection in Philadelphia
November 4, 2010 – 3:23 pm | No Comments
Religious leaders, Brown researcher fight HIV infection in Philadelphia

Religious leaders, Brown researcher fight HIV infection in Philadelphia A Brown University researcher and religious leaders in Philadelphia are organizing a citywide attack on the stigma associated with HIV infection. More than 100 pastors and imams are reaching out to their congregations to encourage HIV testing, education, and compassion in Philadelphia, where the rate of […]

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Professor Emeritus H. Jack Geiger Receives Schweitzer Prize …
November 2, 2010 – 10:28 pm | No Comments
Professor Emeritus H. Jack Geiger Receives Schweitzer Prize …

Professor Emeritus H. Jack Geiger Receives Schweitzer Prize Honored for ‘Five Decades of Extending Fundamental Health Services’ and Leading Through Example Dr. H. Jack Geiger, a founding faculty member of the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at CCNY, received the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism. Dr. H. Jack Geiger, a founding faculty member of […]

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Would convenient access to affordable fresh produce improve eating habits?
November 2, 2010 – 5:25 pm | No Comments
Would convenient access to affordable fresh produce improve eating habits?

Would convenient access to affordable fresh produce improve eating habits? If your employer made fresh produce available at reasonable prices just down the hall, would you eat more fresh fruits and vegetables? Would a few health tips sweeten the deal? A new Brown University study will investigate what it takes to help people eat better. […]

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Lead poisoning maps in R.I. reveal huge disparities, guide cleanup
November 1, 2010 – 5:54 pm | No Comments
Lead poisoning maps in R.I. reveal huge disparities, guide cleanup

Lead poisoning maps in R.I. reveal huge disparities, guide cleanup Rhode Islanders under six years of age who lived in the state’s lowest income areas or in neighborhoods with lots of pre-1950 housing faced a threat of lead poisoning several times higher than average, according to a new study of data from 1993 through 2005. […]

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Size of protein aggregates, not abundance, drives spread of prion-based disease
October 28, 2010 – 11:32 pm | No Comments
Size of protein aggregates, not abundance, drives spread of prion-based disease

Size of protein aggregates, not abundance, drives spread of prion-based disease In a study that challenges the conventional wisdom about infections caused by proteins called prions, Brown researchers report in Science that the size of protein structures, rather than their abundance, determines their transmission among cells. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Mad Cow disease and […]

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Concussions: Giving brain injuries the attention they deserve
October 27, 2010 – 9:09 pm | No Comments
Concussions: Giving brain injuries the attention they deserve

Concussions: Giving brain injuries the attention they deserve No more “Just shake it off” advice. Sports organizations from Pop Warner to the NFL are starting to treat concussions as the serious injuries they are. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — An estimated 300,000 high school athletes suffer concussions on the playing fields annually. The brain is […]

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