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Medical professors weigh in on Trump’s Tylenol comments

Kaitlyn Hughes | news editor Tammy Hughes, a professor of school psychology at Duquesne, said President Donald Trump’s advice for pregnant women to not use acetaminophen because of supposed links to autism is not informed by rigorous research. “It’s very hard to walk these things back. When you say stuff that can catch hold, and then you’re like ‘oh no sorry that wasn’t right,’ people … Continue reading Medical professors weigh in on Trump’s Tylenol comments

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Beyond the textbook: An undergrad’s view of open heart surgery

Nicholas Zotos | ads manager Over the tenure of my undergraduate education, I have had the unique opportunity to shadow a variety of physicians. This included witnessing a wide range of surgical procedures. I have seen the removal of a lung tumor, a whole limb amputation and even most recently an open heart surgery — a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). It was the first … Continue reading Beyond the textbook: An undergrad’s view of open heart surgery

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Digging into the new College of Osteopathic Medicine

by Zoe Stratos | opinions editor March 3, 2022 Duquesne’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine broke ground on the morning of March 1, advancing the mission of university founders to provide healthcare and address the needs of people in the Pittsburgh region. The idea of “breaking ground” was literal and metaphoric during the ceremony, as sponsors, county officials, the Rev. Bill Christie, proposed dean John … Continue reading Digging into the new College of Osteopathic Medicine

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College of Osteopathic Medicine receives new grant

by Luke Henne | sports editor Feb. 3, 2022 What Duquesne envisions for its proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine, set to open in the fall of 2024, is progressively gaining both momentum and monetary resources. The university announced this past week that it received a $3 million grant for the osteopathic medicine school from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, the largest it’s ever received from … Continue reading College of Osteopathic Medicine receives new grant

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Osteopathic medicine school receives ‘candidate status’

By Zoe Stratos | opinions editor Known for its strong presence in health care education, Duquesne announced Jan. 7 that the new proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) has received candidate status from the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, cementing another step toward its launch in fall 2024. The moves within the college, which was formally proposed in August 2019, are coming at the right … Continue reading Osteopathic medicine school receives ‘candidate status’

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Duquesne to add school of osteopathic medicine

By Gabriella DiPietro | Features Editor Duquesne’s campus seems to be ever-changing and evolving — a trend that will continue as the university adds a medical college to the mix. The university announced that it will be launching a College of Osteopathic Medicine, which will be the second medical school in Pittsburgh and the first Catholic osteopathic medical school in the state. The college is … Continue reading Duquesne to add school of osteopathic medicine

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Anti-vax movement to blame for outbreak

02/14/2019 By Duke Staff In the age of widespread disinformation and “fake news,” few unenlightened conspiracy theories have been stranger than the rhetoric from the league of “anti-vaxxer” parents on Facebook. Derived from a 1998 study that has since been disproven, “anti-vaxxers” are a group of people who refuse to vaccinate their children for fear that immunizations are linked to autism. While their views have … Continue reading Anti-vax movement to blame for outbreak

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Duquesne professor develops nanomedicine

Gabriella DiPietro | Asst. News Editor 04/12/2018 With the opioid epidemic still on the rise, researchers are trying to develop more effective, alternative treatments for pain management — and a Duquesne professor has managed to do just that. Jelena Janjic, Ph.D., founder and co-director of Duquesne’s Chronic Pain Research Consortium and associate professor of pharmaceutics, and her colleagues have developed the first nanomedicine targeting inflammatory … Continue reading Duquesne professor develops nanomedicine

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Brother of long-time DU employee seeks life-saving transplant

Raymond Arke | News Editor 03/15/18 Everyone is taught to share many as early as preschool. For one man with a Duquesne connection, a person willing to share a kidney could save his life. Bryan McNalley is the brother of Joan Thompson, the longtime administrative assistant for Duquesne’s Philosophy Department. She said that it will have been 30 years with the department in August. Thompson … Continue reading Brother of long-time DU employee seeks life-saving transplant

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Tips and tricks to prevent the autumn plague

By Hallie Lauer | Layout Editor 09/21/17 As the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, it once again becomes that time of the year where everyone in your lecture is coughing or sneezing or sniffling. In these tough times, many of us take to the internet to figure out how to prevent the inevitable cold that the changing of the season brings. Well, … Continue reading Tips and tricks to prevent the autumn plague

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