School of Integrated Health Sciences News
With many degree offerings that are accredited by national organizations, the School of Integrated Health Sciences offers dynamic classroom instruction, laboratory/clinical practice, research, and mentoring. Our students develop skills that help them break into health-related fields and further their graduate or professional studies.
Current Integrated Health Sciences News
UNLV Brain Health researcher Lina Nih is developing a treatment that could one day alter how practitioners address stroke recovery.
An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of UNLV.
Approach aimed at lifting Nevada from its low rankings in health care access.
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Embracing the idea that we’re “better together,” UNLV’s academic health center takes another step forward.
After seeing a need for more physical therapists who can serve Native communities, three UNLV students take matters into their own hands.
Integrated Health Sciences In The News
Cleveland Clinic Genome Center researchers have unraveled how microglia, which perform key neuroprotective activities, also can transform and drive harmful processes such as inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease.
Eating? That comes naturally for Americans of just about any demographic or age group. Eating nutritionally? That takes some attention, particularly for older Americans, who face healthy eating challenges, both medical and practical, that their younger counterparts may not.
Physiotherapist reveals benefits of walking backwards
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Icobrain Aria (Icometrix, Boston, MA), a software that provides computer-assisted, automatic detection and severity grading for amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA). Icobrain Aria generates a quantitative summary report for MRI images, including severity rating scores based on the measurement and summarization of ARIA cerebral edema (ARIA-E) and ARIA cerebral microhemorrhages (ARIA-H) sites of involvement.
Is arch pain putting a serious damper on your running game? If so, it’s time to hit the sneaker shop (IRL or virtually!) to find the best running shoes for plantar fasciitis. To make sure we covered all the bases for those suffering from the sometimes chronic foot condition, we talked to four experts, including two podiatrists, and put some of their picks to the test ourselves.
Is arch pain putting a serious damper on your running game? If so, it’s time to hit the sneaker shop (IRL or virtually!) to find the best running shoes for plantar fasciitis. To make sure we covered all the bases for those suffering from the sometimes chronic foot condition, we talked to four experts, including two podiatrists, and put some of their picks to the test ourselves.
