First Study on Hard-to-treat Depression in Older People
About half of older adults don't respond to first-line medication for depression. A new study shows that adding a second drug to treatment with an antidepressant medication alone helps many of these patients.
Scientists Study Phytoplankton in the Pacific
A team of researchers from °®åú´«Ã½ Harbor Branch conducted experiments to better understand phytoplankton in the Pacific Ocean.
Harbor Branch ECC Takes Students to Ocean Floor of Hawaii
A new graduate course is allowing °®åú´«Ã½ °®åú´«Ã½ to see Hawaii's ocean floor without leaving Harbor Branch.
Dramatic Increase of Alcohol Abuse in Early Maturing Girls
A new study published in 'Pediatrics' shows that early maturing girls given the most parental autonomy had the highest rates of alcohol abuse, with intoxication frequency increasing an average of 234 percent.
New Technology to Monitor Blood Disorder With a Smart Phone
A researcher has a unique way to monitor sickle cell disease using a smart phone, and will develop a portable smart sensor and a phone application for patients to analyze and store their blood test results.
Harbor Branch and Amy's Island Seafood Collaborate on Cobia Project
°®åú´«Ã½ Harbor Branch and Amy's Island Seafood are partnering on an aquaculture project that will produce healthy, safe fish for consumers.
Pomponi Part of Panel on Ocean Acidification
°®åú´«Ã½ Harbor Branch research professor Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D. recently participated in a panel discussion organized by the Ocean Conservancy.
CIOERT Explores Pulley Ridge
°®åú´«Ã½ Harbor Branch scientists are once again involved in a research cruise investigating reefs off the southwest coast of Florida.
°®åú´«Ã½'s Medical School to Work with foundation2recovery.org
°®åú´«Ã½'s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine will work with foundation2recovery.org to combat the narcotic prescription drug epidemic using novel approaches for treatment, prevention and education programs.
°®åú´«Ã½ Professor Expert in Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise
Colin Polsky, Ph.D., an expert on environmental research, is available to discuss how melting ice in the Arctic affects people, infrastructure, and ecosystems worldwide.