June 30, 2022

Jefferson Investigates: Guts to Joints, Traffic Patterns of Brain Molecules, and Immature Contacts in Alzheimer’s

The normal role of an gene involved in familiar Alzheimer’s, neuronal clean-up crews, and how the gut microbiome might affect osteoarthritis

May 25, 2022

Is it Seasonal Allergies or COVID-19?

Loss of smell can happen with seasonal allergy, but may also be an early sign of COVID-19 disease. Doctors weigh in for the answers.

January 20, 2022

Hope Leads to Transformation from Grief

How counselors can help clients cultivate hope and self-compassion after losing a loved one.

November 17, 2021

Wearing Scrubs Like a Shield

Identity at home and work in a time of anti-Asian hate during the pandemic.

October 20, 2021

Should I Be Worried About
Fatty Liver Disease?

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is serious but preventable. Learn if you’re at risk.

July 15, 2021

Caring For the Physical Health of Those With Mental Illness

Researchers look into methods to reduce the early mortality in those with serious mental illnesses.

June 15, 2021

Why Telehealth is Not Meeting the Needs of African Americans with Diabetes

Mistrust in physicians kept some Black patients with diabetes from using these services during the pandemic.

April 14, 2021

What Does the J&J Vaccine Pause Mean for Me?

A physician who treats clotting disorders explains what to look out for.

March 19, 2021

Why Wearing a Mask Can Be Controversial

Researchers investigate the social drivers of mask wearing during COVID-19.

February 17, 2021

MATER Staff Turns to their Mindfulness Therapy Research to Navigate COVID-19 Stressors

Proven to help moms in through opioid abuse disorder, mindfulness practice may also be helpful to others in crisis.

January 26, 2021

A Margin of Error

College of Nursing assistant professor Karen Alexander, PhD, RN, talks candidly and bravely about her unconscious bias that crept into the care she had once provided as a nurse.