healthcare › ... › fecal-incontinence
… Fecal incontinence is the loss of normal bowel control, leading to accidental leakage of stool or gas through the anus. Some women develop fecal incontinence after childbirth, while others may develop it … Fecal incontinence occurs when the muscles or nerves required for …
healthcare › ... › about-the-heart
… The heart is a muscular organ composed of four chambers: two upper chambers called atria … is full of blood, it cannot receive oxygen and nutrients from the blood inside the chambers. The heart muscle must rely on the arteries on the surface of the heart to nourish it …
education › ... › graduate-certificate-in-biomedical-sciences-and-health-equity
… The Fall 2026 application for the Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Sciences and Health Equity is now open! The priority application deadline is March 15. … Certificate in Biomedical Sciences and Health Equity is a one-year program aimed at enhancing, developing, and …
academic-centers › ... › services
… a high-throughput technology that performs protein assays on thousands of samples simultaneously, including tissue and … We offer a range of Luminex services to investigators from plate reading to full service. In Full Service assays, … increasing reproducibility. For more information, please visit the Ella automated immunoassay website . Reference …
research › ... › sexual-esteem
… as, “the feelings you have about your body and your confidence level in how you relate intimately to someone … we must look at ways to overcome barriers that prevent us from allowing ourselves the satisfaction of being confident … to express them effectively. For more information, please visit our sexual communication page. Body Image and Sexual …
research › ... › projects
… This randomized controlled trial is funded by NIH/NIDDK (1R01 DK119246, PI: … for young adults with type 1 diabetes as they transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care, compared to usual care. The behavioral intervention is … This multi-site randomized controlled trial is funded by NIH/NIDDK (1R01 DK121224, PI: …
research › ... › positioning
… the experience of sex, pleasure, and intimacy. As every person’s body and experience of disability is different, the effect on sexual positioning may vary from mild to significant. This guide offers some basic … control can make it extremely difficult for a woman to feel comfortable in an intimate and/or sexual relationship. 1 …
departments › ... › tuberculosis
… it is still a major killer today. In 2006, 1.7 million people died of the disease worldwide and more than nine … new cases of TB emerged. TB is contagious and is spread from person to person through the air, for example, as when … forms of TB bacteria that are resistant to some antibiotics commonly used to treat TB has made treatment more difficult. …
research › ... › news
… 2025 July 2025: Soomin’s manuscript on the role of mouse Poglut1 in satellite cell development … recipients. May 2025: Megan Zhang, an undergraduate student from Rice University, joined the lab for a research … from Professor Hideyuki Takeuchi's group in Japan will be a visiting postdoctoral associate in our group. February 2023: …
research › ... › health-consequences
… Interpersonal violence against women with and without disabilities is … birth, low weight newborns, and other adverse birth outcomes (World Health Organization, 2016). Although there is … to get help for IPV and its negative health consequences. Visit our Interpersonal Violence Resources page for detailed …