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The researchers will ask users what tasks a robotic cat like this one could do to be helpful. Photo courtesy Hasbro

November 2017 0

Can Robot Pets be Seniors’ Best Friends?

A Brown/Hasbro team is designing smart animatronic cats and dogs to help older adults with everyday tasks.

Faculty

June 2017 0

Risk Factors Predict Hospitalization of Kids with Autism

Study findings may help prevent inpatient psychiatric care.

Alumni

A new study in finds that HbA1c tests underreport a key blood sugar measure in African-Americans with sickle cell trait. iStock photo

February 2017 0

Test Could Misdiagnose Diabetes in African-Americans

Sickle cell trait may lower blood sugar readings, causing missed diagnoses and treatment.

Alumni

Red-stained neutrophils swarm the green-stained hyphal filament of the Candida albicans fungus in an image taken from rat tissue. Image courtesy Reichner et al.

December 2016 0

Battling Deadly Fungi

Study reveals workings of immune response to deadly fungal infections.

Faculty

Though patients prescribed NSAIDs were no more likely to report persistent pain six weeks after a car crash than those prescribed opioids, the opioids were more likely to still be in use, raising concerns about dependence. Photo courtesy Pixabay

December 2016 0

Opioids, NSAIDs No Different for Chronic Pain after Crashes

But after 6 weeks, patients given opioids were more likely to still be taking them.

Campus

Paul George MD is developing training in substance abuse screening and intervention for Alpert medical students. Photo by Scott Kingsley

December 2015 0

Medical School Wins Grant to Teach Addiction Screening

Two closely related three-year grants — one to Brown University and one to Rhode Island Hospital — will integrate extensive…

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  Stephanie Graff, associate professor of medicine, led a study exploring how patients, caregivers, and clinicians define clinically meaningful outcomes in metastatic breast cancer care. The findings highlight a critical gap—while providers understand the term, patients often don’t. Yet across all groups, one thing was clear: survival isn’t the only measure that matters. Quality of life, symptom relief, and functional independence are just as important.Learn more from Dr. Graff on why these conversations are key to patient-centered care. ⬇️🔗#CancerResearch #BreastCancer #Oncology ... See MoreSee Less
  
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  During his time as an undergraduate, Maxwell Sahhar MD’28 started HopOn Harm Reduction with little more than a bag of syringes and Narcan. Today, the program has grown into a student-led initiative that has provided life-saving supplies to hundreds in East Baltimore. Now a medical student at Brown, Sahhar reflects on HopOn’s impact and how harm reduction efforts empower communities.Read more about HopOn’s growth: ... See MoreSee Less
  
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