A new University study found antiepileptic drugs are being prescribed to more than 10 percent of nursing home residents, while only 5 percent to 6 percent of residents actually suffer from epilepsy. The...

As the long, sunny days of summer approach, the University's dermatology department is offering free skin cancer screenings Monday to raise awareness of the disease and its risk factors. Peter Lee, a University...

A roomful of surgeons watched a surgeon nudge and cut bloody tissue during a pancreas operation broadcast live Tuesday to a hotel conference room from the University's new Center for Minimally Invasive...

Instead of just dispensing medications, pharmacists being trained by the University and working at Twin Cities' Fairview hospitals are taking a greater role in patient care. Reflecting a nationwide trend,...

University police are soliciting video and still photographs taken at the riot Saturday night to try to identify revelers involved in crimes. Lt. Chuck Miner said University police will inspect footage...

As the AIDS epidemic rages on at rates even higher than the dire predictions of a decade ago, the effects of the disease are increasingly visible beyond infected individuals. The disease has stymied economic...

Plans for a proposed genomic and biotechnology research alliance between the University and Mayo Clinic advanced in a meeting with Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday. The three parties met in Rochester, Minn.,...

With the first military strikes on Iraq last week, worry and anxiety about diplomacy and the timing of war gave way to concerns regarding the war's length and its potential repercussions. The anxiety surrounding...

Research suggesting people use different parts of their brains when making different types of decisions might have such far-reaching implications as explaining the choices drug abusers make or why our...

With new federal patient medical information privacy laws taking effect April 14, University researchers working with health data are facing some new changes. Although the University's prior emphasis on...

This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and the University is taking the opportunity to highlight several research programs offering free treatment to people with eating disorders. New and ongoing...

As the April 14 deadline to meet new federal standards for patient medical information privacy nears, University clinicians are in the midst of preparations. Clinicians must go through privacy training,...

University researchers have identified a genetic link shared by many patients with severe lupus, a discovery which might lead to new diagnosis and treatment methods for a complex disease disproportionately...

The pneumonia vaccine booster shot, commonly thought to protect a recipient for life, might leave patients at risk for contracting the disease as soon as one year after receiving the booster, University...

From its new digital mammography to surgery consultation, the newly opened Fairview-University Breast Center offers patients comprehensive care under one roof. Lisa Hurt, Breast Center manager, said it...

Influenced by a nationwide nursing shortage - minority nurses in particular - the University's Nursing School is sponsoring an off-campus information session Jan. 30 to attract a group of applicants that...

Richard Lindberg, whose University-performed pancreas transplant helped prove the procedure could work for older patients, died Jan. 17 from complications of heart disease. He was 69. Lindberg was 59 when...

University researchers will participate in two of the largest-ever studies evaluating the effectiveness of a new generation of schizophrenia drugs used to treat an illness that often manifests itself around...

A majority of Americans support alcohol policies that restrict minors' access to alcohol, according to a new University study. Survey respondents strongly supported punishment of adults who provide alcohol...

A Minnesotan's wish to be an organ donor after his or her death is now legally binding under a new state law. The law is designed to ease the lengthy organ donation process and help counter the huge disparity...

University researchers recently deciphered the genetic sequence of a major cow pathogen that annually costs the dairy industry several million dollars. The bacterium responsible for Johne's disease, a...

A protein associated with weight gain has been shown to spur the growth of breast cancer cells, shedding even more light on a link between obesity and cancer. Margot Cleary, the University scientist who...

A new study has found the sperm of men in three urban areas, including Minneapolis, outperforms that of men living in a semi-rural area, raising questions about the environmental factors that affect reproductive...

As a major research institution, the University is home to many medical researchers probing the depths of disease and trying to shed light on the mysteries of the human body. Some scientists assert the...

Dr. Paul Rupprecht, a former director of Boynton Health Service and a pioneer in college health programs, died last Wednesday of natural causes. He was 78. Ed Ehlinger, current Boynton director, called...

A visit to the University from the Jordanian ambassador to the United States will be even more significant following the shooting death yesterday of an American diplomat in Jordan. Karim Kawar, the Jordanian...

A grant to the University's School of Dentistry will fund research to determine if a direct relationship exists between gum disease in pregnant women and preterm births and low birth weight. Previous research...

Growing up in outstate Massachusetts, Deborah Powell made the long trip to Boston by bus and train to volunteer at the hospital at which her uncle, a neurosurgeon, worked. Those early experiences in a...

A group of middle school students came to the University to watch a sheep brain dissection Wednesday as part of a department of neuroscience outreach program that has recently received a five-year, $1.6...

University Facilities Management and 3M have partnered to develop and test cleaning products that are safer for both custodians and the environment. 3M scientists will create new cleaning chemicals for...

The Minnesota Cystic Fibrosis Center recently gained membership to a research network for the disease, creating greater opportunities to treat patients in the Midwest and across the nation. The center's...

The University has partnered with the Medtronic Foundation to combine stem cell and biomedical engineering research that might allow diseased hearts to heal through regeneration. The Academic Health Center...

Inboxes crammed with messages reading, "Get rich quick" or "Lose weight fast" have become more than just an annoyance. The University will soon take steps to filter the glut of junk e-mail clogging its...

A University of Georgia law professor said advances in human gene therapy, which might soon allow doctors to detect a potential genetic disease in a patient, will have serious legal and ethical implications. Speaking...

When the president of Columbia University announced this summer he was suspending the search for the new dean of its journalism school, it highlighted an ongoing debate at journalism programs across the...

Despite growing enrollment in ROTC nationwide, most students attending Tuesday's free barbecue at the Armory were there for the free hot dogs and a look at a Humvee, not to sign up for the officer training...

Concerned that politicians aren't listening to young people, six University students formed Votes for Students, a group aimed at making it easier for students to vote. "We think that college students are...

The largest-ever gift to the University's Crookston campus was a way for its donor to give back to the area in which he was raised. Lyle Kasprick and his wife Kathleen designated their $1 million gift...

Gina Hackett has one semester left to complete her executive assistant degree. Throughout the two-year program at South Central Technical College in Faribault, the single mother has relied on state child-care...

University law professor john a. powell will leave the University in January to lead a new research institute. Powell, founder and current executive director of the University's Institute on Race and Poverty,...

University female athletes might not be receiving equal scholarship opportunities, a women's law group announced last week. The National Women's Law Center, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Title...

When a gay Minneapolis man discovered he was HIV-positive in the late 1980s and could die, his situation inspired him to give back to the gay community. Along with three other local men, he founded the...

When Mark Yudof takes over as chancellor of the University of Texas system, he will face tasks as large as the 15-campus system he will be leading. Several issues will be waiting for Yudof when he gets...

Gophers sports legend and former University athletics director Paul Giel died Wednesday, ending a lifetime involved in University athletics. He was 69. During Giel's 18 years as University athletics director,...