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On sleep (courtesy Dr. Andy McLean)

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Over the next few months, I’ll write about each of the six pillars of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine: restorative sleep, nutrition, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, social connection, and physical activity. Today’s subject is restorative sleep. Hopefully, your circadian rhythms have readjusted since we began “daylight savings” time in November. As most […]

Biomedical Sciences grad student wins award at 12th International Fission Yeasts meeting

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Everett Glower, a fourth-year biomedical sciences graduate student in Assistant Professor Benjamin Roche’s lab, won a poster award at the recent 12th International Fission Yeasts Meeting in Boston, Mass. Glower’s award winning poster was entitled “The Knob submodule of the mediator complex is essential for maintaining transcription initiation during quiescence.” In the lab, Glower assists […]

Erickson to discuss insomnia and circadian rhythm medicine at Neurology Grand Rounds on July 3

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For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, Joel Erickson, M.D., a physician at Sanford Health in Fargo, N.D., will give a presentation on insomnia and circadian rhythm medicine. The meeting will be held in-person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, […]

Joel Erickson presents Psychiatry Grand Rounds on “sleep-eating” Feb. 17

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Joel Erickson, M.D., will present “Psychiatric Disorders and Sleep-Related Eating” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. This presentation will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Erickson is sleep medicine specialist and psychiatrist at Sanford Health, Fargo, N.D., and a clinical assistant professor at the UND School of Medicine & Health […]