Steven Poelzing, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, led a team of cardiovascular scientists studying electrical conduction in the heart, showing increased sodium and calcium levels in the bloodstream helps keep dangerous heart rhythms at bay.
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Study exposes muscle mania stronghold on Australian young people
A world-first study has revealed that Muscle Dysmorphia (MD) is more common in Australian young people than other obsessive compulsive and eating disorders.
Researchers from Western Sydney University analysed data from the 2017 EveryBODY study – a population-based survey of eating and body image disorders – to investigate and report on the prevalence of MD.
The results, published in Psychological Medicine, reveal that – of the 3,618 Australian adolescents surveyed – 1.8% met the criteria for MD.
Dr Deborah Mitchison, from the University’s Translational Health Research Institute (THRI) and School of Medicine, said a prevalence of 1.8% is significant and highly concerning.
Research institute awards $80K in grants to projects in Charlottesville
Research institute awards $80K in grants to projects in Charlottesville By Patrick Huddleston | March 3, 2021 at 4:14 PM EST - Updated March 3 at 6:48 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) awarded grants this year totaling $80,000 to two community-focused research projects in Charlottesville.
One is a study by Jenny Roe, director of the UVA School of Architecture’s Center of Design and Health. She is partnering with Jefferson Area Board for Aging to study the impact nature experiences could have on seniors’ well-being.
The other program aims at improving access to Medicaid for noncitizen children. This will be studied by Dianne Pappas a pediatrician at UVA Health with help from the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville.
iTHRIV announces recipients of health research pilot projects
The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hub partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System has awarded $200,000 in funding to five research projects through the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.
Multi-institutional teams of scientists, physicians, and engineers will study Parkinson s disease, celiac disease, pediatric heart transplant, pediatric telemedicine, and epilepsy.
Locally, the CTSA partners administer the grants through the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV). iTHRIV is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, through award number UL1TR003015.
MUMBAI: India’s 2011 ban on endosulfan may have contributed to almost 30,000 fewer suicides by ingestion of pesticide, suggests a recent analysis.
Researchers estimated what suicide rates may have been in 2011-14 based on the previous years’ trends, and then compared those projections to the actual numbers for that period. They found 20,146 fewer male and 8,418 fewer female suicides by pesticide than expected.
Much of the decline, though, was offset by a parallel increase in suicides by hanging and other methods of poisoning, the study found, resulting in a much smaller dip in the overall cases. Among men, 92% of the decline in pesticide suicides was offset by an increase in other methods, especially hanging.