February 2006
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Dentistry Technology
Feb. 24, 2006
The 3M Foundation has contributed $1 million to the University of Minnesota to renovate 30-year-old teaching labs for beginning dentistry students. Patrick Lloyd, dean of the School of Dentistry, says that the gift puts the school closer to its project goal of raising $10.5 million.
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Diabetes Research
Feb. 21, 2006
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have successfully reversed diabetes in monkeys using transplanted islet cells from pigs. Such cells produce and secrete insulin. Dr. Bernhard Hering, the study’s lead researcher, says the results suggest it is possible to use pig islet cells to treat people with type 1, and possibly type 2, diabetes.
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Teasing and Eating Disorders
Feb. 16, 2006
Kids who are teased about being overweight are more likely to become binge eaters or engage in unhealthy dieting, according to public health researchers at the University of Minnesota. In her study, researcher Jess Haines says her team surveyed more than 4,700 middle- and high-school age children in 31 Minnesota schools.
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Pet Dental Health
Feb. 10, 2006
February is National Pet Dental Health Month and a reminder for owners that oral disease is the most common health problem in dogs and cats today. Gary Goldstein, a veterinary dentist with the U’s Veterinary Clinical Sciences department, says dental problems in pets go way beyond bad breath.
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Hearing Aid Implant
Feb. 9, 2006
In 1985 Dr. Samuel Levine started work on the concept of an implantable hearing aid. More than 20 years later, Levine implanted the first Minnesota patient with a completely internal hearing aid as part of a national clinical research trial.
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Pet Shrink
Feb. 3, 2006
Petra Mertens with the College of Veterinary Medicine in St. Paul is a rare breed of expert. Mertens, a veterinary animal behaviorist, helps dog owners battling with unruly behavior – a pet shrink so to speak. Mertens says aggression is the most common form of canine misbehavior.
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Compulsive Gambling Treatment
Feb. 1, 2006
There’s hope for pathological gamblers in the form of a new treatment. In a University of Minnesota study, nearly 60 percent of those who took the drug nalmefene reported significant reductions in their gambling urges, thoughts, and behaviors, according to Dr. Jon Grant, a researcher in the Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry.
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