A new study shows that children who play individual sports, like tennis, may have more mental health issues than those that play team sports or don’t participate in sports at all. Rebecca Nelson via Getty Images “If only I could play soccer instead of tennis,” wrote tennis star Andre Agassi […]
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Placeholder while article actions load When Liza Fisher’s body became racked by tremors shortly after she was hospitalized with covid-19 in 2020, she began an 18-month medical odyssey, consulting immunologists, cardiologists, neurologists and countless other -ologists in the hope they would know how to treat the crippling convulsions. “They had […]
Timothy Havens is the new director of the Great Lakes Research Center. Timothy Havens came to Michigan Technological University as an electrical and computer engineering researcher. As of January 1, he’s now the director of the Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), in addition to continuing his roles as director of […]
Nearly every course on entrepreneurship follows the same basic framework. To start a business, you come up with (or get assigned) an idea, do some market research, pencil-whip a few financial projections, identify a team, explore financing options — in short, take an idea and create a business plan to execute that […]
2021 has been an eventful year, particularly in medical research. Medical News Today’s editors reflect on some of the year’s highlights. In 2021 we reached the 1-year mark since World Health Organization (WHO) declared the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the world of medical research continues to grapple with […]
Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz is an epidemiologist and writer based in Sydney, Australia. His work covers chronic disease, the pandemic response, and more recently, error detection in science. In this op-ed, he discusses issues with research that have become increasingly apparent during the pandemic. Share on Pinterest“And then along came a pandemic, […]
Ask most any woman about her experience with the American healthcare system and you will likely hear stories of medical maltreatment in the form of dismissal, undertreatment or incorrect diagnosis. Add racial bias to the mix and a woman’s likelihood of being victimized in medicine is even worse. In the […]
Michigan Technological University marked a milestone in its commitment to the Grand Traverse region yesterday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that officially opened its Traverse City research workspace. Located in the Traverse Connect building at 202 Grandview Parkway, the research hub is Michigan Tech’s inaugural workspace in Northern Lower Michigan. “All […]