Strep throat, toxic shock and flesh-eating disease are only a few of the ailments caused by Group A streptococcus bacteria. Each year, strep throat alone accounts for 10 percent to 30 percent of general...

The relationship between periodontal and heart diseases is the subject of a proposed multinational study coordinated by University researchers. Teams from the School of Public Health's Division of Epidemiology...

Nursing and pharmacy students have joined forces and are poised with syringes in hand to give flu shots today at two University locations. The walk-in clinics will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at the Academic...

A United Way study ranked Minnesota the top state in the nation for overall quality of life last week. The 1998 statistics moved the state to the number-one position from its 1997 sixth-place ranking. The...

Cigarette sales will cease at the University if the Twin Cities Student Unions approve a recommendation drafted Tuesday at a meeting of the Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drugs Committee. The proposal is to...

Today marks the 13th annual World AIDS Day, being observed in 190 countries, with activities planned throughout Minnesota and the Twin Cities. Although the AIDS virus no longer commands the media spotlight...

Two days before Thanksgiving, nutrition educator Deanna Latson presented tips on healthy eating during the University Student Union-sponsored Holiday Health Fair in Willey Hall. Speaking to an audience...

Medical School student Hugh Smith left the crush of the Twin Cities and University campus Oct. 16 to experience the daily activities of a rural Minnesota doctor. Now, Smith is one of 34 third-year medical...

Today's Great American Smokeout has changed tactics. The 24th Annual American Cancer Society-sponsored day has shifted from getting smokers to abstain for a day to promoting awareness of second-hand smoke...

The use of popular African theater in presenting the perils of AIDS is the subject of a presentation today at 1 p.m. in Room 5, Blegen Hall. In more than 30 years studying African media, Louise Bourgault,...

The incidence of child neglect in Minnesota and the disproportional reporting of incidents based on race will be the subject of a federally funded University study. The Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations...

As flu season approaches, vaccine shortages have kept the University from getting its flu shots. And officials at Boynton are getting sick of waiting. David Golden, Boynton community programs specialist,...

Since he was 4 years old, Mark Heinlein has worn thick glasses. Yet Saturday, one day after his LASIK eye surgery at the University, the 38-year-old sales manager drove his car without any corrective lenses...

A University physician is using a procedure he himself developed to save the life of 11-month-old Italian baby Mannela Magaldi. Born with esophageal atresia -- a birth defect where a portion of her esophagus,...

Susan Rose, associate professor in the department of educational psychology, has been selected as one of five regional coordinators of a federally funded grant awarded for educators in deaf and hard-of-hearing...

The University's complementary and alternative medicine efforts received a boost last week in the form of a grant awarded to the University's Center for Spirituality and Healing. The National Institutes...

Last week the FDA approved a drug that aids the crippling secondary-progressive stages of multiple sclerosis. Mitoxantrone -- marketed under the name Novantrone -- was previously marketed for use in leukemia...

Every Wednesday at noon, dozens of people seeking relaxation head to the lower level of Boynton Health Services. The first 30 to arrive participate in stretching and breathing exercises guided by a yoga...

A grant awarded to the University's School of Public Health by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation last month will fund the collection of statistics to help clarify issues related to health insurance. University...

After the Food and Drug Administration approved the controversial abortion pill, RU-486, last week, University students for and against the pill have been speaking out. Personal privacy and the tendency...

Hiring a personal trainer usually isn't in a University student's budget, but a new Boynton Health Service program gives students the advice of a world-renowned exercise specialist. Now when Dan Halvorsen...

Some college students spend hours staring at television monitors numbing their brains, but patients in the University's physical therapy program do the same to stimulate theirs. The program's new study...

Gonorrhea used to go away with a dose of penicillin, but in some parts of the country the sexually transmitted disease has become resistant to the standard treatment. A recent Center for Disease Control...

For residents of a local health care center, today's open house is more than coffee and cookies. It represents a positive change in the level of personal therapeutic care now provided by the University...

University researchers discovered that using particular proteins reduces cancer in mice genetically susceptible to the disease. The four-year, $1.5 million study began last year and already has the University...

After an intensive search, the University's School of Nursing named professor Joanne Disch to a newly created position in honor of Katherine R. and C. Walton Lillehei. Disch is now the Lillehei nursing...

Five years after its inception, the University's Center for Spirituality and Healing is being honored today with an award for its work. The John Templeton Spirituality and Medicine Curricular Award recognizes...

First-year University student Daniel Fischer's experience as vice president in his high school's student council instilled in him a desire to be a leader. The University's new leadership minor is a perfect...

As part of an independent study program last year, Paul Kelley, an international relations student, spent time in Korea. When he returned to the United States, he had a difficult time reacclimating to...

Discussion ranged from ethnic cleansing to the federal government's immigration policy Tuesday evening as an intimate gathering of scholars at the Immigration History Research Center met to discuss Norwegian...

Just before 6 p.m. every Wednesday, several brass players rush into 85 Ferguson Hall for the weekly rehearsal of the Campus Orchestra. The room echoes with the sounds of instrument cases opening and rustling...

An enthusiastic audience of more than 400 gathered to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday afternoon at the Ted Mann Concert Hall. The multicultural concert featured speeches,...

In conjunction with Veterans Day, members of the University ROTC posted Old Glory and the POW/MIA flag inside the Armory gym Wednesday to open a 24-hour candlelight vigil in honor of fellow soldiers who...