Can bone-strengthening exercises and/or drugs reduce fracture risk when older adults lose weight?
A new $7M study will help determine whether a combination of resistance training plus bone-strengthening exercises and/or medication can help older adults safely lose weight without sacrificing bone mass.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
After the U.S. Supreme Court issued a June 24, 2022 ruling in the Dobbs case holding that the U.S. Constitution does not protect abortion rights, the debate about protecting or limiting access to abortion has focused to a significant extent on state constitutions. John Dinan, professor of politics and international affairs at Wake Forest University, discusses the role and importance of state constitutions in shaping abortion policy in the year after Dobbs.
A new study, published in Ecology and Evolution, may help answer the question of why Nazca boobies' breeding drops by looking at their ability to forage, or search for and capture food.
The Biden Administration is expected to propose a new set of regulatory limits on carbon emissions from fossil-fueled electric power plants. What's behind the new rules and the impact they may have?
Media professor Phillip Lamarr Cunningham talks about Black representation, under-representation and the absence of representation in modern film – both nationally and internationally.
President Biden is hosting a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Dec. 13-15. Professor Lina Benabdallah says it will be an opportunity for the U.S. to re-evaluate its position in the continent and re-energize its investments.
As Tuesday’s midterm election nears, candidates are making their final push to appeal to voters. Mailboxes are full of campaign literature and it’s hard not to miss those ads on social media and other platforms.
Communication professor Mary Dalton is an expert on teacher representation in popular culture. In this Q&A she looks at teachers on “Abbott Elementary and puts them in context with other shows representing teachers in the past decade.