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Study: SMART Program Enhances Innovative Thinking in Older …

WebResearchers at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas have demonstrated in a pilot study that cognitive training improves innovative thinking, along with corresponding positive …

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Scientists Target Link Between Chronic Pain, Cognitive Impairments

WebThey found that both the gene manipulation and the pharmacological inhibition of MNK protected against and reversed spontaneous pain and cognitive …

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Researcher Investigates Preparedness for New Disease Outbreaks …

WebThe availability of adequate health care facilities is one of the most important factors that public-health policymakers grapple with when preparing for infectious disease outbreaks …

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Study: Cough That Spreads Tuberculosis Has Pain-Linked Trigger

WebMycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes TB, produces a fatty acid called sulfolipid-1 that triggers a pain-response cough to spread the disease, according to a study published …

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Researchers Develop Wireless Health Monitoring

WebThere’s one weak link when it comes to monitoring patients’ health after they’ve returned home: the patients themselves. Wireless technology and advanced …

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New Healthcare Degree to Prepare Students for Fast-Growing Field

WebStarting this fall, the School of Interdisciplinary Studies will offer a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Studies that is designed for pre-health students who want to …

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Panelists Assess Ramifications of Health Care Overhaul

WebUT Dallas School of Management Professor John F. McCracken predicts that the health care overhaul that Congress enacted last month will lead to “a change in the social …

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Brain Performance Institute Takes New Shape

WebThe Brain Performance Institute is getting its own home — a new 62,000-square-foot facility that will bring together the latest research and training techniques designed to improve …

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Research Team Offers Healthy Take on Workplace Wellness …

Web“Previous studies simply identified the components of wellness programs in U.S. municipalities,” said Dr. L. Douglas Kiel, co-author of the study and professor of …

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School of Interdisciplinary Studies Expands Class Offerings

WebThe School of Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) created one of UT Dallas’ most popular majors when it launched its healthcare studies program four years ago. Now, the …

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UT Dallas Makes a Healthy Showing in Contests

WebUT Dallas students excelled last month in competitions held by the National Leadership Conference of the Health Occupations Students of America.. The students won four first …

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UT Dallas Steps Up to Take Annual Health Challenge

WebIn an effort to promote better health among students, faculty and staff, University President David Daniel and Senior Vice President for Business Affairs Calvin D. Jamison will help …

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Sen. Shapiro Briefed on BrainHealth Research

WebTexas State Senator Florence Shapiro was briefed on the critical brain development that occurs during the middle school years in a recent tour of the UT Dallas Center for …

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Center to Show Students the Way to Wellness

WebWith the start of a new semester comes a new batch of students — joined by even more returning ones — with questions on how to make the best health and lifestyle decisions. …

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T. Boone Pickens Donates $5 Million To UT Dallas to Advance …

WebDallas businessman and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens has donated $5 million to The University of Texas at Dallas to fund educational and research initiatives in …

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Christopher Boone PhD’13

WebHome: Plano, Texas (Though about 50% of my time is spent in Washington D.C.) UT Dallas Degree: Ph.D. in Public Affairs, 2013 Profession: Executive Director for the Health Data …

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ATEC Game Wins First Place at Medical Simulation Conference

WebA collaborative game-based simulation project between UT Dallas, UT Arlington and Baylor Scott & White Health that seeks to improve physician-nurse communication received first …

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Link Sought Between Leisure and Brain Fitness

WebHow can older adults stave off cognitive decline as they age? Can taking up hobbies improve cognitive function as we get older? UT Dallas neuroscientist Dr. Denise Park, …

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Accolades: Students Earn Management Scholarships, Media Awards

WebAccolades is an occasional News Center feature that highlights recent accomplishments of UT Dallas faculty and students. To submit items for consideration, contact your school’s …

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