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Newswise: Long COVID Clinic Offers Hope Through Research and Treatment
Released: 26-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Long COVID Clinic Offers Hope Through Research and Treatment
University of Utah Health

For people with long COVID, a few weeks of symptoms stretches into months or even years, making a return to normal life feel impossible. The Long COVID Clinic aims to find solutions.

Newswise: Researchers develop state-of-the-art device to make artificial intelligence more energy efficient
Released: 26-Jul-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Researchers develop state-of-the-art device to make artificial intelligence more energy efficient
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have demonstrated a state-of-the-art hardware device that could reduce energy consumption for artificial intelligent (AI) computing applications by a factor of at least 1,000.

Released: 25-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT
How Evolution Tamed a Deadly Virus and Why We Should Still Worry
Harvard Medical School

Over the last century, a once-deadly mosquito-borne virus has evolved so that it no longer sickens humans. New research shows that changes in the virus’s ability to target human cells paralleled the decline in illness and death. The findings offer important lessons in virology that may help guide better preparedness for future outbreaks of other viral diseases.

   
Released: 25-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
NIH Awards Wake Forest University School of Medicine $28.2 Million to Accelerate Translation of Scientific Discoveries
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has been awarded $28.2 million from the National Institutes of Health. The seven-year award is the medical school’s third Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), which is designed to accelerate the translation of research discoveries to improve patient care.

Released: 24-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
NIH-Funded Study Aims to Reduce Suicide Risk in Young Black Kids with ADHD
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Andrea Spencer, MD, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago received a $3.8 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the intersection of racism and ADHD in driving increased suicidality in young Black children (6-11 years of age).

Newswise:Video Embedded creating-loops-of-liquid-lithium-for-fusion-temperature-control
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Released: 23-Jul-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Creating loops of liquid lithium for fusion temperature control
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

The thin slats of a PPPL prototype might create the ideal path for molten metal to carry away excess heat from a fusing plasma.

Newswise: Can we predict who will develop migraine headaches?
Released: 22-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Can we predict who will develop migraine headaches?
Washington University in St. Louis

Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, PhD, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is leading two studies to help predict who is at risk of developing migraine disorder, and to identify the changes in brain connectivity and hormone levels that precede the onset of migraine headaches in adolescents.

Newswise: Putting the power of lab-based diagnostic testing in the palm of your hand
Released: 22-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Putting the power of lab-based diagnostic testing in the palm of your hand
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. Yet PCR requires highly trained staff and costly equipment, hindering its availability, especially in low-resource settings. New research suggests a different kind of test could be more streamlined without sacrificing performance.

   
Released: 22-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Bipolar disorder & alcohol: It’s not as simple as ‘self-medication’
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

People with bipolar disorder have a high risk of alcohol use issues, which have been seen as “self medication,” but a new study shows that changes in drinking predict worsening symptoms, not vice versa.

Newswise: New Jersey Salt Marsh Sediments Offer Evidence of Hurricanes Back to the 1500s
Released: 18-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT
New Jersey Salt Marsh Sediments Offer Evidence of Hurricanes Back to the 1500s
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers University-New Brunswick-led research team employing an emerging technique to detect signs of past hurricanes in coastal sediments has found evidence of storms dating back more than 400 years.

Newswise: Mental health apps may help those waiting for care, study finds
17-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Mental health apps may help those waiting for care, study finds
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

The recent surge in people seeking mental health care across the country has led to long wait times for first appointments with therapists and psychiatrists. Now, a new study offers hope that while they wait to get care, patients could still get some relief by using evidence-based smartphone apps and wearable devices to track sleep and activity.

Newswise: Why the Most Prescribed Chemotherapy Drug Can Cause Serious Heart Damage
Released: 17-Jul-2024 2:00 PM EDT
Why the Most Prescribed Chemotherapy Drug Can Cause Serious Heart Damage
Tufts University

There’s still much to learn about how doxorubicin, a 50-year-old chemotherapy drug, causes its most concerning side effects. While responsible for saving many lives, this treatment sometimes causes cardiac damage that stiffens the heart and puts a subset of patients at risk for future heart failure. To better understand and potentially control such complications, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences researchers have isolated the immune cells that become overactive when patients take doxorubicin.

   
Newswise: Psilocybin generates psychedelic experience by disrupting brain network
14-Jul-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Psilocybin generates psychedelic experience by disrupting brain network
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological explanation for the drug’s mind-bending effects.

Released: 16-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Many breast cancer survivors do not receive genetic testing, despite being eligible
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

As cancer treatment and survivorship care relies more on understanding the genetic make-up of an individual’s tumor, a new study from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center finds that many breast cancer survivors who meet criteria for genetic counseling and testing are not receiving it.

Newswise: Study Pinpoints Origins of Creativity in the Brain
Released: 15-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Study Pinpoints Origins of Creativity in the Brain
University of Utah Health

The new results could ultimately help lead to interventions that help spark creative thought or aid people who have mental illnesses that disrupt these regions of the brain.

   
Released: 12-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Can Getting Involved in Racial Justice Activism Improve Mental and Physical Health of Black and Latinx Teens?
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Three hundred Black and Latinx teens in Chicago will be recruited to participate in the first clinical trial to measure the potential health benefits of youth-driven racial justice activism.

Newswise: Nearly One in 10 Pregnant People Who Get COVID Will Develop Long COVID
8-Jul-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Nearly One in 10 Pregnant People Who Get COVID Will Develop Long COVID
University of Utah Health

9.3% of people who get COVID while pregnant will go on to develop long COVID. The study, led by University of Utah Health researcher Torri Metz, found that common symptoms were fatigue, gastrointestinal issues, and feeling drained or exhausted by routine activities.

Newswise: Racial disparities in dementia determined by social factors
Released: 11-Jul-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Racial disparities in dementia determined by social factors
Washington University in St. Louis

A study conducted in four Latin American countries by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals that racial disparities in brain health are due to social factors, with genetic ancestry playing no role.

9-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers discovered that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while driving

Newswise: Detecting defects in tomorrow’s technology
Released: 9-Jul-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Detecting defects in tomorrow’s technology
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are applying their expertise in physics, chemistry and computer modeling to create the next generation of computer chips, aiming for processes and materials that will produce chips with smaller features.



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