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Grant funds study of best practices in hospital care for elderly

Public health researchers have earned a $1.1 million grant to identify best practices at hospitals that provide cost-effective, high-quality care for Medicare recipients in need of post-discharge services.
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Study documents range of challenging meditation experiences

Though it has gained popularity in the West as medically and psychologically beneficial, meditation can produce a much wider variety of outcomes, not all of them calm and relaxing, according to a new study that analyzes meditation-related challenges.
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The Richard and Diane Longabaugh Trainee Research Development Fund

Even if you are very familiar with the work of the School of Public Health’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS), you might not be aware of the founding influence and continuing support of Richard Longabaugh, EdD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research).
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Student research success supported by unique Brown curricula

To lead a new paper in Health Affairs that describes the exceptional success of Costa Rica’s approach to primary care, student Madeline Pesec combined her own initiative and talent with Brown’s unique academic programs and alumni network.
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Researchers propose a new way to assess medication-based HIV prevention

Delivering on the promise of preventing HIV infections with antiretroviral medicines, or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), requires thinking about PrEP as a nine-step continuum of preventive care, Brown researchers write in the journal AIDS.
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Sickle cell trait may confound blood sugar readings among African-Americans

A routine diabetes test produces lower blood sugar readings in African-Americans with sickle cell trait than in those without, potentially leading patients to remain untreated or with a mistaken sense of blood sugar control, study finds.
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Medicaid expansion linked to better care quality at health centers

In the first year of Medicaid expansion, four out of eight quality indicators at federally funded health centers improved significantly in states that expanded Medicaid compared to non-expansion states, according to a new study.
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Study Maps Extroversion Types In The Brain’s Anatomy

School of Public Health scientists have mapped the similarities and the differences in the brain between the two different kinds of extroverts: “agentic” go-getters and “affiliative” people persons.
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New Center To Increase Physical Therapy Research

With a new five-year, $2.5-million grant from the Foundation for Physical Therapy, Brown University will lead a multi-institution center to train physical therapy health services researchers and to seed new studies.
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Liu wins AHA research award for diabetes, heart disease

Dr. Simin Liu is among the first scientists funded by the American Heart Association to work on its new Cardiovascular Genome-Phenome initiative. He will now have access to three major resources for a deep investigation of gene-diet interactions in cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes across different ethnic groups.
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