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Released: 16-Aug-2023 11:25 AM EDT
Health Clinics in Rural NY Schools Improve Child Health Care
Cornell University

In a rural region of upstate New York, students attending schools with nonprofit-run health clinics received more medical care, relied less on urgent care, and missed less school, according to an analysis led by Cornell University researchers.

   
Released: 16-Aug-2023 11:05 AM EDT
UC Irvine scientists say deepening Arctic snowpack drives greenhouse gas emissions
University of California, Irvine

Human-caused climate change is shortening the snow cover period in the Arctic.

Newswise: Recycling Study Demonstrates New Possibilities for a Circular Plastics Economy Powered by Renewable Energy
Released: 11-Aug-2023 1:30 PM EDT
Recycling Study Demonstrates New Possibilities for a Circular Plastics Economy Powered by Renewable Energy
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrated a way to use electricity to recycle polyoxymethylene (POM), a form of plastic that’s growing in use but more challenging to recycle.

Newswise: Study shows cardamom increases appetite, burns fat
Released: 11-Aug-2023 10:15 AM EDT
Study shows cardamom increases appetite, burns fat
Texas A&M AgriLife

A new study by Texas A&M AgriLife revealed a range of health and dietary benefits of consuming cardamom, including increased appetite, fat loss and inflammation reduction, making the spice a “superfood.”

   
Released: 10-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
An unexpected way to upcycle: Plastic waste transforms into soap
Virginia Tech

A team led by Virginia Tech researchers has developed a new method for upcycling plastics into high-value chemicals known as surfactants, which are used to create soap, detergent, and more.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Now Pronounces You: Mr. & Mrs. Michael Aron
Released: 10-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Now Pronounces You: Mr. & Mrs. Michael Aron
Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)

On August 1, 2023, a heartwarming event unfolded at Mountainside Medical Center, showcasing the remarkable compassion and dedication of the hospital staff.

Newswise: Mosquitoes: Fact and Fiction When it Comes to Bite Prevention
Released: 10-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Mosquitoes: Fact and Fiction When it Comes to Bite Prevention
Tufts University

Expert Sam R. Telford, III, from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine debunks and confirms the best advice for a mosquito-free summer

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7-Aug-2023 8:50 AM EDT
Extreme cooling ended the first human occupation of Europe
University College London

Paleoclimate evidence shows that around 1.1 million years ago, the southern European climate cooled significantly and likely caused an extinction of early humans on the continent, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

3-Aug-2023 4:00 PM EDT
Long-Term Use of Certain Acid Reflux Drugs Linked to Higher Risk of Dementia
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People who take acid reflux medications called proton pump inhibitors for four-and-a-half years or more may have a higher risk of dementia compared to people who do not take these medications, according to new research published in the August 9, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. This study does not prove that acid reflux drugs cause dementia; it only shows an association.

Newswise: Having a bad hair day? Blame your genes!
Released: 9-Aug-2023 1:15 PM EDT
Having a bad hair day? Blame your genes!
Elsevier

The first gene mapping study on human scalp hair whorls not only shows that hair whorl direction has a genetic basis, but also that it is affected by multiple genes.

Released: 9-Aug-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Over one million acres of tribal land submerged by dams in the US
Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing

Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the US contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for Indigenous peoples in the United States.

Newswise: Historical DNA Study Connects Living People to Enslaved and Free African Americans at Early Ironworks
31-Jul-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Historical DNA Study Connects Living People to Enslaved and Free African Americans at Early Ironworks
Harvard Medical School

A first-of-its-kind analysis of historical DNA ties tens of thousands of living people to enslaved and free African Americans who labored at an iron forge in Maryland known as Catoctin Furnace soon after the founding of the United States. The study, spurred by groups seeking to restore ancestry knowledge to African American communities, provides a new way to complement genealogical, historical, bioarchaeological, and biochemical efforts to reconstruct the life histories of people omitted from written records and identify their present-day relatives.

   
31-Jul-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Bullying, Suicidal Thoughts Linked to More Frequent Headaches in Teens
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Teens who have been bullied by their peers, or who have considered or attempted suicide, may be more likely to have more frequent headaches than teens who have not experienced any of these problems, according to a study published in the August 2, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study does not prove that bullying or thoughts of suicide cause headaches; it only shows an association.

Newswise: Pecans give obesity and diabetes a slim chance
Released: 1-Aug-2023 2:20 PM EDT
Pecans give obesity and diabetes a slim chance
Texas A&M AgriLife

Daily consumption of pecans have been shown to prevent obesity and a host of related health issues like fatty liver disease and diabetes, according to a collaborative study by Texas A&M AgriLife scientists.

Released: 1-Aug-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost
University of California, Irvine

When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in this study by University of California, Irvine neuroscientists reaped a 226% increase in cognitive capacity compared to the control group.

Newswise: “Eggsplosions” and eyes don’t mix
Released: 31-Jul-2023 5:00 PM EDT
“Eggsplosions” and eyes don’t mix
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Microwaving hard-boiled eggs is one of the latest TikTok trends that can harm your eyes

Newswise: Protein Inhibits Development of COVID-19 in Live Animals
Released: 31-Jul-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Protein Inhibits Development of COVID-19 in Live Animals
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A mammalian protein previously shown by UT Southwestern microbiologists to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19 in cell culture also protected live mouse models, significantly limiting infection in the lung cells and diminishing the symptoms. The findings, published in Nature Microbiology, could lead to new strategies to treat COVID-19, which still infects thousands and kills hundreds in the U.S. every week.

   
Released: 31-Jul-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Be wary of low-acidity vinegar options when preserving food at home, Virginia Tech food safety experts say
Virginia Tech

Pickled vegetables in a mason jar. Homemade salsa. Craft ketchup. Each summer, people use a variety of home food preservation methods to make their garden harvest last all year, and many of them involve acidifying food with vinegar.  But with low-acidity vinegars becoming increasingly prevalent, consumers can’t just grab any bottle from the shelf.

   
Newswise: FAMU-FSU Researchers Advance Electric Vehicle Battery Safety with New Energy Absorption Design
Released: 27-Jul-2023 5:00 PM EDT
FAMU-FSU Researchers Advance Electric Vehicle Battery Safety with New Energy Absorption Design
Florida State University

Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are improving the safety and performance of electric vehicles through a new design that protects their batteries.

Released: 27-Jul-2023 3:15 PM EDT
MIND Diet Study Shows 'Short-Term' Impact on Cognition
RUSH

New research shows the importance of long-term commitment to the MIND diet for reaping the greatest benefit to brain health.

Newswise: Q&A: UW researcher discusses just how much energy ChatGPT uses
Released: 27-Jul-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Q&A: UW researcher discusses just how much energy ChatGPT uses
University of Washington

Training a large language model, such as ChatGPT, uses on average roughly equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of over 1,000 U.S. households, according to Sajjad Moazeni, University of Washington assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, who studies networking for AI and machine learning supercomputing.

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Released: 27-Jul-2023 2:40 PM EDT
Stem Cell Transplant Helps Treat Scleroderma
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

After the successful treatment, a patient shares his story to inspire others.

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Released: 24-Jul-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Patient Receives Rare Triple Organ Transplant
Cedars-Sinai

Valance Sams Sr.’s world was turned upside down 10 years ago when he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, a rare inflammatory disease that caused a buildup of scar tissue on his heart and left him unable to work, exercise or even walk.

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Released: 20-Jul-2023 2:40 PM EDT
Greenland Melted Recently, Shows High Risk of Sea Level Rise
University of Vermont

A large portion of Greenland was an ice-free tundra landscape—perhaps covered by trees and roaming woolly mammoths—in the recent geologic past (about 416,000 years ago).

Newswise: First Study to Directly Compare Gene Mutation Type in Individuals With CHAMP1 Disorder Indicates Key Differences
Released: 17-Jul-2023 2:25 PM EDT
First Study to Directly Compare Gene Mutation Type in Individuals With CHAMP1 Disorder Indicates Key Differences
Mount Sinai Health System

Understanding the causes of this neurodevelopmental disorder is important to the development of new precision medicine therapies.

Newswise: Less is best with caffeine, energy drinks during pregnancy
Released: 17-Jul-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Less is best with caffeine, energy drinks during pregnancy
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Millions of people drink coffee, soda, and/or tea daily, making caffeinated beverages the most commonly consumed stimulants in the world. Highly caffeinated energy drinks also have been a hugely popular pick-me-up for more than two decades, especially among younger adults and teens. But pregnant individuals should be careful regarding energy drinks and their overall intake of caffeine, according to an expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Released: 14-Jul-2023 1:55 PM EDT
Owning a pet does not reduce symptoms of severe mental illness, study shows
University of York

Living with and having a close bond with a companion animal does not necessarily lead to significant mental health improvements in people with a serious mental illness, say researchers.

   
Newswise: Hidden details of Egyptian paintings revealed by chemical imaging
6-Jul-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Hidden details of Egyptian paintings revealed by chemical imaging
PLOS

On-site analysis of paint layering identifies history of alterations in ancient paintings.

   
Newswise: Meet the world's 1st outdoor sweating, breathing and walking manikin
Released: 12-Jul-2023 1:50 PM EDT
Meet the world's 1st outdoor sweating, breathing and walking manikin
Arizona State University (ASU)

In the coming decades, every region in the U.S. is expected to experience higher temperatures and more intense heat waves. Thousands of people around the country die from heat-related illnesses each year, and in Maricopa County alone in 2022 there were 425 heat-related fatalities, a 25% increase from the previous year. ASU researchers aim to better understand heat stress on the human body and what makes hot weather so deadly using ANDI the world's 1st outdoor sweating, breathing and walking manikin.

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Released: 12-Jul-2023 6:10 AM EDT
Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope caps a successful first year of science, and stunning imagery, with a detailed view of the closest star-forming region to Earth, the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, resulting in a dynamic image that belies the region’s relative quiet – and practically begs for explanation of what exactly we are looking at.

Newswise: Marine fossils are a reliable benchmark for degrading and collapsing ecosystems
Released: 11-Jul-2023 1:25 PM EDT
Marine fossils are a reliable benchmark for degrading and collapsing ecosystems
Florida Museum of Natural History

Biologists attempting to conserve and restore denuded environments are limited by their scant knowledge of what those environments looked like before the arrival of humans.

Newswise: Breaking Into Tears with Microrheology to Design Custom Eye Drops
6-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Breaking Into Tears with Microrheology to Design Custom Eye Drops
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In Physics of Fluids, Vega et al. researched human tears at the micron level to reveal new ways of customizing artificial tears to address individual symptoms of dry eye disease. The detailed insights they gained about the composition and behavior of tears could also apply to the study of ocular pathogens as well as other biological fluids. The authors collected healthy human tears and tested 10 different formulations of artificial tears and applied microrheology methods using dynamic light scattering.

   
30-Jun-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Taking Good Care of Your Teeth May Be Good for Your Brain
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Taking good care of your teeth may be linked to better brain health, according to a study published in the July 5, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study found that gum disease and tooth loss were linked to brain shrinkage in the hippocampus, which plays a role in memory and Alzheimer’s disease. The study does not prove that gum disease or tooth loss causes Alzheimer’s disease; it only shows an association.

Newswise: Apex predator of the Cambrian likely sought soft over crunchy prey
Released: 5-Jul-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Apex predator of the Cambrian likely sought soft over crunchy prey
American Museum of Natural History

Biomechanical studies on the arachnid-like front “legs” of an extinct apex predator show that the 2-foot (60-centimeter) marine animal Anomalocaris canadensis was likely much weaker than once assumed. One of the largest animals to live during the Cambrian, it was probably agile and fast, darting after soft prey in the open water rather than pursuing hard-shelled creatures on the ocean floor.

Newswise: A Large Earth-like Granitic System Exists on the Moon
Released: 5-Jul-2023 12:40 PM EDT
A Large Earth-like Granitic System Exists on the Moon
Stony Brook University

A new research finding shows that a likely large Earth-like granite system is present on the Moon. The finding, details of which are published in a Nature paper, may help expand knowledge of geothermal lunar processes.

Newswise: Gadusol: Nature's sunscreen
Released: 30-Jun-2023 6:10 PM EDT
Gadusol: Nature's sunscreen
University of Utah

New research by University of Utah biologists demonstrates how female zebrafish produce a sunblocking compound called gadusol and apply it to their eggs, providing embryonic fish protection from ultraviolet radiation.

Newswise: ChatGPT Tricks Teachers
Released: 28-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
ChatGPT Tricks Teachers
University of California San Diego

Can you tell if what you’re reading right now was written by a human or generated by artificial intelligence? Do you care? Those are essentially the questions that University of California San Diego researchers asked in an experiment with ChatGPT at a regional high school.

26-Jun-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Poverty negatively impacts structural wiring in children’s brains, study indicates
Washington University in St. Louis

A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals that household and community poverty may influence brain health in children. Childhood obesity and lower cognitive function may explain, at least partially, poverty’s influence on the brain.

   
Newswise: Higher Doses of Oral Semaglutide Improves Blood Sugar Control and Weight Loss
Released: 26-Jun-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Higher Doses of Oral Semaglutide Improves Blood Sugar Control and Weight Loss
University of North Carolina Health Care System

John Buse, MD, PhD, the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, and an international team of researchers have presented new findings about new higher-dose formulations of oral semaglutide. Their study found that once-daily oral semaglutide taken at 25 mg and 50 mg did a better job in lowering blood sugar levels and promoting weight loss than the lowest dose of 14 mg.

Newswise: Cave excavation pushes back the clock on early human migration to Laos
Released: 21-Jun-2023 2:15 PM EDT
Cave excavation pushes back the clock on early human migration to Laos
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

15 years of archaeological work in the Tam Pa Ling cave in Laos has yielded a reliable chronology of early human occupation of the site, scientists report in Nature Communications. Excavations reveal that humans lived in the area for at least 70,000 years – and likely even longer.

Released: 21-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
A UCI-led study found that plant extracts used by indigenous people hold promise in treatment of ataxia.
University of California, Irvine

A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers have discovered that extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices are able to rescue the function of ion channel proteins carrying mutations that cause human Episodic Ataxia.

   
Newswise: Wildfire Smoke Threatens Already Endangered Orangutans
Released: 15-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Wildfire Smoke Threatens Already Endangered Orangutans
Cornell University

Pronounced vocal and behavioral changes caused. by wildfire smoke make it possible to assess the health of wild orangutan populations by monitoring the frequency and quality of their sounds.

Newswise: Phosphate, a key building block of life, found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Released: 14-Jun-2023 4:35 PM EDT
Phosphate, a key building block of life, found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
University of Washington

An international team has found that the water on one of Saturn’s moons harbors high concentrations of phosphates, a key building block of life. The team detected evidence of phosphates in particles ejected from the ice-covered global ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

Newswise: Human-caused climate change at the center of recent California wildfires
8-Jun-2023 3:10 PM EDT
Human-caused climate change at the center of recent California wildfires
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A new study by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist and collaborators shows that nearly all the recent increase in summer wildfire burned area in California is attributable to human-caused (anthropogenic) climate change. Anthropogenic simulations yielded burn areas an average of 172% higher than natural variation simulations.

Released: 7-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Research Highlights the Dangers of Anti-Trans Legislation
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

More states are banning gender-affirming care for minors. Conversion therapy is still legal in much of the country. New studies show why that’s a deadly combination.

   
30-May-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Deep-brain stimulation during sleep strengthens memory
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

This study provides provides the first physiological evidence from inside the human brain supporting the dominant scientific theory on how the brain consolidates memory during sleep. Further, deep-brain stimulation during a critical time in the sleep cycle appeared to improve memory consolidation.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: The best cancer care treats body, mind and spirit
Released: 31-May-2023 11:25 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: The best cancer care treats body, mind and spirit
Penn State Health

During cancer treatment, everyone focuses on the part of the anatomy where the tumor is growing. A Penn State Cancer Institute oncologist talks about why you shouldn’t neglect everything else.

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Released: 30-May-2023 11:10 AM EDT
Webb Maps Surprisingly Large Plume Jetting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Enceladus—a tiny, icy moon of Saturn—is one of the most intriguing objects in the search for signs of life beyond our own planet.

Newswise: Experimental Drug Inhibits or Prevents Diabetic Eye Disease in Wilmer Eye Institute Study
Released: 25-May-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Experimental Drug Inhibits or Prevents Diabetic Eye Disease in Wilmer Eye Institute Study
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have evidence that an experimental drug may prevent or slow vision loss in people with diabetes. The results are from a study that used mouse as well as human retinal organoids and eye cell lines.



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