A good night's sleep
Shakespeare wrote a lot about sleep, but his contemporary, dramatist Thomas Dekker, perhaps said it best: Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.
Inquiry - The Research Magazine for The University of Texas at Arlington
Creating a Healthier Society
How can we live longer, healthier lives? That's a question UT Arlington scientists, engineers, and other scholars try to answer every day through their work on viruses, sleep apnea, drug addiction, and breast milk contamination. Thanks to their novel pursuits, we soon may be able to mend facial burns suffered by military veterans and destroy a deadly bacterium that preys on the elderly.
Delving into drug addiction
A reformed drug addict meets up with old drinking buddies or stops by a former hangout. Will that trigger a relapse? If the person is a woman, the chances could be higher.
Changing the face of burn victims
Severe facial burns can be devastating. Extreme heat produces immediate injury to airway mucosa, resulting in a number of complications. The delicate tissue is slow to heal, and skin grafts, the most common treatment, don’t always work.
A novel path to kill pathogens
A dangerous, increasingly common infection caused by an opportunistic and sometimes deadly bacterium keeps Julian Hurdle awake at night plotting ways to defeat it.
Q&A: Reducing breast milk concerns
For years doctors have extolled the benefits of breastfeeding infants while remaining concerned about the potential for mothers to unwittingly pass on environmental contaminants in their milk. Now, research indicates that the risk might not be as great as feared.
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