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Racial disparities in asthma related to health care access, environmental factors

Racial disparities in asthma can largely be explained by looking at socioeconomic and environmental factors, such as access to healthcare, a nationwide analysis shows. The findings highlight the potential of targeted interventions, such as mobile asthma clinic programs and joint programs with schools where asthma prevalence is high.

CDC-funded research aims to improve children’s recovery from mild traumatic brain injury

According to the CDC, each year approximately 640,000 children 14 years and younger have emergency department visits related to traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Congratulations to the 2018 Imlay Innovation Grant Awardees

Imlay Innovation Investment Awardees

No bleeding required: anemia detection via smartphone

Biomedical engineers have developed a smartphone app with the aim of non-invasive detection of anemia. Instead of a blood test, the app uses photos of someone’s fingernails taken on a smartphone to determine whether the level of hemoglobin in their blood seems low. The results were published Tuesday, Dec. 4 by Nature Communications. 

Power & Precision: Proton therapy arrives in Georgia

With the opening of the Emory Proton Therapy Center, a first in Georgia and one of fewer than 30 in the nation, Winship Cancer Institute adds a powerful radiation therapy option to its broad array of cancer-fighting tools.

Experimental treatment helps 2 out of 3 peanut allergy sufferers, study finds

Results from a new study may lead to approval of what could be the first drug that ameliorates potentially deadly reactions in children with severe peanut allergies.

Zika may hijack mother-fetus immunity route

To cross the placenta, Zika virus may hijack the route by which acquired immunity is transferred from mother to fetus, new research suggests.

The results were published online Nov. 14 in Cell Host & Microbe.

Study: Majority of children unable to distinguish real guns from toy guns in comparison photos

A new research study found that a majority of children could not tell the difference between a real gun and a toy gun when presented with comparison photos.