Continuum
Magazine of the Brown University School of Public Health
In the News
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Current Issue
Stay-at-home orders significantly associated with reduced spread of COVID-19, study finds
New research and data suggests that stay-at-home orders helped slow the pandemic significantly. ...
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Current Issue
To examine the effects of COVID-19 on communities, Brown researchers turn to data
Brown University projects examine effects on nursing homes and medical care ...
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Current Issue
The Pandemic’s Emotional Toll
A study led by doctoral student Catherine Ettman finds COVID-19 has led to a nearly a three-fold increase in depression. ...
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In the News
Coronavirus and the Isolation Paradox
“Social distancing” is required to prevent infection. But loneliness can make us sick. IN DECEMBER, a woman in Tulsa, Okla. used a Craigslist post to plea for holiday ...
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In the News
Mindfulness Training May Help Lower Blood Pressure
A study led by Professor Eric Loucks, Ph.D., finds that mindfulness could reduce blood pressure by enhancing attention control, emotion regulation and self-awareness of both healthy and unhealthy ...
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Community
Brown Plans New Integrated Wellness Center & Residence Hall
With generous support from the family of Duncan MacMillan and from Barry Sternlicht and Mimi Reichert Sternlicht, and with architects William Rawn Associates selected, the University’s vision for ...
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In the News
GSC, CAPS Address Graduate Student Mental Health Needs
Brown University’s Graduate Student Council and Counseling and Psychological Services are collaborating on new programming to address graduate student mental health needs. ...
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Fall 2019
Stroke Patients Receive Vastly Different Amounts of Physical Therapy, Despite its Clear Benefits
Patients who receive more physical therapy are less likely to be readmitted to a hospital within a month, yet the amount of care made available to Medicare patients ...
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Fall 2019
Medicaid Expansion Linked to Reduced Mortality Among Dialysis Patients
A study finds that fewer patients with end-stage kidney disease died within a year of starting dialysis in states that expanded Medicaid coverage in the wake of the ...
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Faculty
Alzheimer’s Study Finds PET Scan Affects Patient Diagnosis, Management
The results are the first part of a national study of whether a method to detect Alzheimer’s-related plaques improves the outcomes of patients with mild cognitive impairment and ...