Temple in the News
The first FDA-approved, non-drug asthma treatment is being offered to patients at Temple University Hospital. A flexible tube containing a wire is passed to the source of an asthma attack, the...
June 14, 2012
What constitutes the age of adulthood in America? What role should new research into brain maturation play in that debate? "Age boundaries are drawn for mainly political, not scientific ones," said...
June 14, 2012
In a tight economy, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study finds that one of those sacrifices is sometimes their family’s nutrition. “Our work underlined...
June 13, 2012
Researchers have found that personalized email ads make it more likely that recipients will click off or unsubscribe from emails. "Given the high level of security concerns about identity theft, and...
June 12, 2012
Trying to interpret the signals during deliberations in the child sex-abuse trial of two Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests may be a fool's errand, experts say. What was clear after one week was...
June 11, 2012
Some researchers hope a key to weight loss in the future might be brown fat, which burns calories to generate heat. Kevin Williams, head of endocrinology at Temple Hospital, said he would be all for...
June 11, 2012
Throughout the nation, a stark divide separates those with access to computers and those without. In Philadelphia, some estimate that 41 percent of people lack access to home computers. Charles...
June 11, 2012
Do babies remember their earliest years? They can learn language; sorting out words and syntax from the surrounding noise is a defining human use of memory. Nora Newcombe, a professor of psychology...
June 11, 2012
Despite long odds for many in the job market, graduating Temple senior Elliot Griffin is one of the success stories. “I contacted people who I had interned with directly,” she said about her job...
June 11, 2012
In the child sex abuse trial of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, both the prosecution and defense face significant hurdles, legal experts say. "The challenge for prosecutors is to...
June 11, 2012