For many little ones, their biggest stressor is how to hide uneaten broccoli from their parents. Unfortunately, for others, they are looking for dinner, how to get their siblings where they need to be, and how to be the parent of the home. We are learning more and more that mental things, like stress, affect health. Orion Peterson looks at how early life stress … [Read more...] about Stress: It’s not just in your head
Dr. Paul Durham is looking for ways to ease your pain. In two recent Missouri State Journal segments, Durham, distinguished professor of biology and director of the Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences (CBLS) and program alumna, looks at pain and how it affects us. Childhood trauma and pain Children with trauma have painful memories. But did you know it's more than … [Read more...] about Looking at pain and how to alleviate it
Anywhere we go, there's going to be a need of some kind. Food, water, love, connection, education — the list goes on and on. Growing up in Andhra Pradesh, India, Dr. Srikant Nannapaneni saw a great need in his community: oncology doctors. To remedy that, he came to the United States to study medicine. Journey to medicine In India, it isn't as simple as choosing a career … [Read more...] about Alum uses degree to help the Ozarks, India