An innovative virtual course helps leaders tackle pandemic challenges in real time The end of the COVID-19 pandemic feels nearer every day, but this year’s global health emergency may well mark the start of an age of pandemics, experts agree—so the sooner the world can learn from and adapt to its challenges, the better. That’s […]
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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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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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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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Coronavirus and the Isolation Paradox
A paradox of this moment is that while social distancing is required to contain the spread of the coronavirus, it may also contribute to poor health in the long run.
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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 habits. As the leading cause of death in both the United States and the world, heart disease claims nearly 18 million lives every year, according to the […]
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Brown Plans New Integrated Wellness Center & Residence Hall
Brown University is advancing plans toward a new integrated health and wellness center and residence hall to be built on its College Hill campus.
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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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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 varies widely.
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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 Affordable Care Act. IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS of Medicaid expansion due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of patients with end-stage kidney disease who […]