In March, the Institute of Medicine (IoM) at the University of Maine requested proposals in the areas of health and life sciences for a seed grant program, which is meant to support the goals and objectives of the institute. This grant program required two or more full-time UMaine or University of Maine at Machias faculty […]
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Kelley Strout, director of the School of Nursing at the University of Maine, talked with The Maine Monitor for a story about staff shortages in nursing homes and other elderly care facilities. “You very rarely hear students say their dream career in nursing would be in a specialty such as long-term care, or caring for […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting an analysis by Jonathan Borkum, an associate adjunct professor, which characterizes migraines as a protective response to oxidant and energy imbalances in the brain.
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Individuals who experience migraines are prone to a brain energy deficit between attacks, whether through increased demand or inadequate energy production according to a new analysis which finds that an energy impairment may cause brain oxidative stress, triggering a migraine as a protective response. This analysis sheds light on why migraines occur and helps explain […]
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William DeSisto, a University of Maine professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, talked with the Bangor Daily News about his efforts to sustainability produce a cost-efficient alternative disinfectant to alcohol-based hand sanitizer. U.S. News and World Report shared the BDN story in a roundup of pandemic-related news from each state. Clean Link also reported on […]
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University of Maine researchers developed an augmented reality smartphone app for teaching nursing students an interactive lesson about heart failure. The app displays a floating, animated heart model onto the smartphone screen, which is imposed onto the video feed from the camera. A heart failure lesson is embedded into the app and offers 45 swipeable […]
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Mainebiz, the Bangor Daily News, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and the Penobscot Bay Pilot shared a news release about the University of Maine School of Nursing working with Northern Light Health and Morgan State University to increase diversity in Maine’s nursing workforce. The project earned them a $1.7 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services […]
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News-Medical.net shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a study by Caitlin Howell focused on reducing infections with novel liquid catheter coatings. Howell, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at UMaine, is a co-principal investigator on the study, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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A report compiled by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine research professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, was cited by WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) in its “Intervention Aroostook” segment. According to the report, as cited in the story, there were 132 overdose deaths in the state in the second quarter last […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Brandon Lieberthal, a University of Maine research associate in the School of Biology and Ecology, about the development of a mathematical model that can be used to identify potential superspreader locations and to predict the efficacy of mitigation strategies.
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