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DALLAS - Feb. 22, 2021 - Three decades-old antibiotics administered together can block a type of pain triggered by nerve damage in an animal model, UT Southwestern researchers report. The finding, published online today in
PNAS, could offer an alternative to opioid-based painkillers, addictive prescription medications that are responsible for an epidemic of abuse in the U.S.
Over 100 million Americans are affected by chronic pain, and a quarter of these experience pain on a daily basis, a burden that costs an estimated $600 billion in lost wages and medical expenses each year. For many of these patients - those with cancer, diabetes, or trauma, for example - their pain is neuropathic, meaning it s caused by damage to pain-sensing nerves.
Monday, February 22nd, 2021
In February 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Alabama Department of Public Health awarded Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) a 3-year, Civil Money Penalty (CMP) grant to purchase a license to implement Bingocize
® – a strategic combination of exercise and the game of bingo – in 40 Certified Nursing Facilities (CNF) across the state of Alabama.
Bingocize® Creator and Co-Director of the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Center for Applied Science in Health & Aging (CASHA), Dr. Jason Crandall, partnered with project director, Dr. Brett Davis from AUM’s Department of Kinesiology to prepare and submit the grant. AUM is working with faculty and students from the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Alabama at Huntsville, the University of North Alabama, and the University of South Alabama to implement Bingocize® throughout the entire state. Crandall remarked, “C
5 Lee Faculty Receive Tenure Monday, February 22, 2021
Dr. Charlotte Webb.
Following its annual board meeting this month, Lee University’s Board of Directors has awarded tenure to five faculty members. The new tenured faculty members are Dr. Joseph Daft, Dr. Rebecca Hergert, Jordan Holt, Dr. Christopher Stephenson, and Dr. Charlotte Webb.
Dr. Daft joined Lee’s College of Arts and Sciences as an assistant professor of biology and health science in 2015. He teaches courses in health science, microbiology, and anatomy. Dr. Daft earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in pathology with a focus on diabetes-based pathology and immunology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and his Bachelor of Science (BS) from Juniata College. While at UAB, Dr. Daft served as a graduate research assistant and teaching assistant. He has also been a research fellow at the University of Toledo and an adjunct professor at the University of Montevallo.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) The number of people in Alabama hospitals with COVID-19 dipped Thursday to around 1,000, the lowest since late autumn. The decline in hospitalizations, daily new.