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Newswise: Early-Life Airborne Lead Exposure Associated with Lower IQ and Self-Control in NIH Study
Released: 23-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
Early-Life Airborne Lead Exposure Associated with Lower IQ and Self-Control in NIH Study
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Children who lived in areas with higher levels of airborne lead in their first five years of life appeared to have slightly lower IQs and less self-control, with boys showing more sensitivity to lead exposure, according to a new study from the NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program.

   
Newswise: The 2024 Cardiac Rehab Persons of the Year Awards
Released: 22-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
The 2024 Cardiac Rehab Persons of the Year Awards
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack University Medical Center Presents 22nd Annual Cardiac Rehabilitation Persons of the Year Awards

Newswise: Chronic stress spreads cancer … here’s how
Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Chronic stress spreads cancer … here’s how
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Stress is inevitable. But too much of it can be terrible for our health. Chronic stress can increase our risk for heart disease and strokes. It may also help cancer spread. How this works has remained a mystery—a challenge for cancer care.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
A third of trans masculine individuals on testosterone ovulate
Amsterdam UMC

"Trans masculine people are people born female but do not identify as such, for example they feel male, gender fluid or non-binary. Our examination of their ovarian tissue shows that 33% of them show signs of recent ovulation, despite being on testosterone and no longer menstruating," says Joyce Asseler, PhD candidate at Amsterdam UMC.

Newswise: Research Study on Novel Rehab Program for Heart Failure Patients, Led by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Expands to Advocate Health Site in Chicago
Released: 22-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Research Study on Novel Rehab Program for Heart Failure Patients, Led by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Expands to Advocate Health Site in Chicago
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the academic core of Advocate Health, is expanding another research study to Advocate Christ Medical Center, in Oak Lawn, Illinois, just outside Chicago. The study, which is testing a novel rehabilitation program designed for older patients hospitalized with acute heart failure, is funded by a five-year, $30 million grant, awarded to Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 2022 by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Empowering autistic teens: New clinician advice for navigating chronic pain
Newswise Review

When you’re an autistic teenager living with chronic pain, getting treatment for your pain can be a challenging experience.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Climate change linked to rise in mental distress among teens, according to Drexel study
Drexel University

Worsening human-induced climate change may have effects beyond the widely reported rising sea levels, higher temperatures, and impacts on food supply and migration – and may also extend to influencing mental distress among high schoolers in the United States.

   
Released: 22-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Yale chemists synthesize unique anticancer molecules using novel approach
Yale University

Nearly 30 years ago, scientists discovered a unique class of anticancer molecules in a family of bryozoans, a phylum of marine invertebrates found in tropical waters.

Newswise: Seeking Answers: ReSeq Project Doesn't Give Up on Finding a Diagnosis for Critically Ill Kids
Released: 22-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Seeking Answers: ReSeq Project Doesn't Give Up on Finding a Diagnosis for Critically Ill Kids
University of Utah Health

For critically ill children with unknown genetic disorders, genome sequencing can be a powerful diagnostic tool, yet more than half of sequenced kids remain undiagnosed. Where standard clinical genome analysis fails to reach a diagnosis, ReSeq’s team of geneticists and data analysts takes an in-depth second look.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Hackensack Meridian Children's Health Launches International Epilepsy Program
Hackensack Meridian Health

The Pediatric Epilepsy International Program, led by pediatric neurologist and epileptologist Eric Ségal, MD, and pediatric neurosurgeon Luke Tomycz, MD, is an extension of the Hackensack Meridian Health’s Global Health initiative, which provides concierge services to patients who travel from other countries to receive treatment.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Wendy Williams: University of Michigan FTD experts available to for interview
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

On Feb. 22, Wendy Williams' team announced that the TV host has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD. In wake of the new diagnosis, I have neurologists from University of Michigan Health who are able to speak about FTD.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University and 
Jersey Shore University Medical Centers Again Ranked
Among the Elite Hospitals in North America for Open Heart Surgery
Released: 22-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University and Jersey Shore University Medical Centers Again Ranked Among the Elite Hospitals in North America for Open Heart Surgery
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center, which are licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health for open heart surgery, have earned distinguished three-star ratings from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for their patient care and exemplary outcomes in adult cardiac surgery, from July 2020 to June 2023.

Newswise: Researchers Look at Ways to Target Early Breast Cancer Progression
Released: 22-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Researchers Look at Ways to Target Early Breast Cancer Progression
University of Kansas Cancer Center

A researcher at The University of Kansas Cancer Center has received a $930,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study a new targeted therapy option for people diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

Newswise: Colorectal cancer now leading cause of cancer death in men younger than 50 and second leading cause of cancer death in women under 50 – but this is a cancer that is largely preventable
Released: 22-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Colorectal cancer now leading cause of cancer death in men younger than 50 and second leading cause of cancer death in women under 50 – but this is a cancer that is largely preventable
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Folasade May, MD, PhD, UCLA Health cancer prevention researcher and gastroenterologist, is available for interview on a variety of topics during colorectal cancer awareness month.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Study finds high number of persistent COVID-19 infections in the general population
University of Oxford

A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that a high proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the general population lead to persistent infections lasting a month or more. The findings have been published today in the journal Nature.

Newswise: Fighting for Better Access: AMDF Calls for Action During National AMD Advocacy Week
Released: 22-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Fighting for Better Access: AMDF Calls for Action During National AMD Advocacy Week
American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF)

Millions face vision loss from AMD, yet access to crucial services, assistive devices, and care remain a hurdle. AMDF declares the 4th week of February Access in Sight! AMD Advocacy and Action Week (Feb 25th-29th) to mobilize efforts and demand change for the macular degeneration and low vision community. #AccessinSight

Newswise: Study Reveals New Insights Into Immune System Role in Lung Cancer Risk
19-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Study Reveals New Insights Into Immune System Role in Lung Cancer Risk
Mount Sinai Health System

Recent developments in cancer research have highlighted the vital role of the immune system, particularly in the notable successes of cancer immunotherapy. Now, a paradigm-shifting study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York in collaboration with the University of Helsinki and Massachusetts General Hospital sheds light on how variations in immune genetics influence lung cancer risk, potentially paving the way for enhanced prevention strategies and screening. The findings were described in the February 22 online issue of Science.

Newswise: Star of Mother Cabrini Biopic Visits Sbarro Health Research Organization On Premier of Film
Released: 22-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Star of Mother Cabrini Biopic Visits Sbarro Health Research Organization On Premier of Film
Newswise

Cristiana Della’Anna, the actress who portrays Mother Cabrini in the upcoming biopic, Cabrini, visits with Sbarro Health Research Organization Founder and President Antonio Giordano

   
Released: 22-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
UK Markey Cancer Center study reveals extent of undiagnosed cancer cases caused by pandemic
University of Kentucky

Over 134,000 cancer cases went undiagnosed in the U.S. during the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Immune Cell Receptor Provides Promising Immunotherapy Target
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Drugs that target a receptor on immune cells called activin receptor 1C may combat tumor-induced immune suppression and help patients’ immune systems fight back against cancer, according to a study by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 10:25 AM EST
BMI OrganBank, Atrium Health and LifeShare Carolinas Partner to Launch Nation's First Organ Banking Technology
BMI OrganBank

Atrium Health's Division of Abdominal Transplant, Carolinas Medical Center (DAT Atrium), LifeShare Carolinas, one of nation's leading Organ Procurement Organizations, and BMI OrganBank, a developer of organ perfusion systems based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, announced today that their organizations have partnered to develop and launch the nation's first Organ Banking technology, which will greatly expand the possibilities for organ preservation and reconditioning.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Michigan Ross Professor Sarah Miller Examines Relationship of Reproductive Health and Economics in Financial Times Poll
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Access to reproductive health care — and abortion in particular — is an issue that resonates with voters’ deeply held personal beliefs and reflects their underlying moral, philosophical, and religious views. But is it also an economic issue?

   
21-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Kidney cancer treatments and tumor biology can activate different immune-modifying processes in patients
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

The findings out of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute highlight that the mechanisms of immune modulation are different in patients treated with immunotherapy and anti-angiogenic combinations. The results also point to the role of tumor biology in the diversity and actions of tumor-infiltrating immune cells brought into action by these treatments. The findings might be important for predicting or understanding treatment outcomes in advanced kidney cancer.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Receives $2.6 Million Grant From PolyBio Research Foundation for Long COVID Clinical Trials
Released: 22-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
Mount Sinai Receives $2.6 Million Grant From PolyBio Research Foundation for Long COVID Clinical Trials
Mount Sinai Health System

Funding will also support researching other complex illnesses and medical education

Newswise: Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Named President of the Heart Valve Society
Released: 22-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Named President of the Heart Valve Society
Mount Sinai Health System

World leader in aortic valve reconstruction is first Mount Sinai surgeon to lead the international organization

Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:30 AM EST
Advocating for Equitable Cancer Care: A Call to Establish Comprehensive Survivorship Programming and Enhance Genetic Testing Discussions
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

Two new measurements have been added to the Health Equity Report Card (HERC)—a tool for improving the quality and equity of cancer care. This expansion is part of ongoing efforts to address the impact of structural and interpersonal racism as a cause of disparities in cancer outcomes in the United States.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
ألوان الطيف للبول: ما هو الطبيعي وما هو غير ذلك
Mayo Clinic

أوستن، ولاية مينيسوتا — يتفاوت لون البول الطبيعي ولكنه عادةً ما يتراوح بين الشفاف والأصفر الباهت. ولكن اللون الدقيق يعتمد على كمية المياه التي تشربها، حيث تخفف السوائل من الأصباغ الصفراء في البول. فكلما أكثرت من السوائل، زادت شفافية البول. ولكن عندما تشرب كمية أقل، يصبح اللون الأصفر داكنًا أكثر.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Evidence review: Maternal mental conditions drive climbing death rate in U.S.
Children's National Hospital

Painting a sobering picture, a research team led by Children’s National Hospital culled years of data demonstrating that maternal mental illness is an under-recognized contributor to the death of new mothers.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
O espectro de cores da urina: o que é normal e o que não é
Mayo Clinic

A cor habitual da urina varia, mas normalmente se apresenta entre translúcida e amarela clara. A cor exata depende da quantidade de água ingerida. Os líquidos diluem os pigmentos amarelos na urina. Então, quanto mais água bebermos, mais clara ela será. Quanto menos bebermos, mais intensa ficará a cor amarela.

Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
El arcoíris de colores de la orina: ¿qué es normal y qué no?
Mayo Clinic

El color regular de la orina cambia, pero generalmente varía de claro a amarillo pálido. El tono exacto depende de la cantidad de agua que se beba. Los líquidos diluyen los pigmentos amarillos de la orina. Entonces, cuanto más beba, más clara será la orina. Cuanto menos beba, la orina será más amarilla.

Newswise: Dr. Brian Brenner Named 2024 Resident/Fellow of the Year
Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:00 AM EST
Dr. Brian Brenner Named 2024 Resident/Fellow of the Year
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

ASRA Pain Medicine awards Dr. Brian Brenner for his contributions to regional anesthesia and pain medicine.

Newswise: Mask Wearing and Skincare Preservatives: A Double Challenge for Skin Health
Released: 22-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
Mask Wearing and Skincare Preservatives: A Double Challenge for Skin Health
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Amidst growing concerns over air pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of masks and skincare products containing preservatives like MeP has risen. This study investigates the combined effects of MeP and hypoxia on skin health, using advanced metabolomics and network toxicology to uncover the underlying mechanisms of dermal toxicity.

Newswise: New LongCOVID research launched by PolyBio's global consortium of scientists
Released: 22-Feb-2024 7:00 AM EST
New LongCOVID research launched by PolyBio's global consortium of scientists
PolyBio Research Foundation

PolyBio Research Foundation today announced the second phase of its LongCovid Research Consortium (LCRC), including the distribution of $15M to fund research and clinical trials.

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Released: 22-Feb-2024 12:05 AM EST
Patients Diagnosed With New-Onset, Persistent AFib Are More Likely to Have These Risk Factors
Cedars-Sinai

Patients who present with persistent atrial fibrillation at diagnosis are more likely to have certain risk factors as compared with patients with occasional atrial fibrillation (AFib). The findings, led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 11:05 PM EST
Alzheimer’s blood test performs as well as FDA-approved spinal fluid tests
Washington University in St. Louis

Scientists report a major step toward a simple blood test for Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden showed that a blood test is as good at identifying people in early stages of the disease as cerebrospinal fluid tests approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The findings indicate that a blood test soon may replace more expensive and invasive brain scans and spinal taps for detecting signs of Alzheimer’s in the brain.

Newswise: Uptake of HIV prevention medication doubles with mix of digital health interventions, study finds
20-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Uptake of HIV prevention medication doubles with mix of digital health interventions, study finds
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A UCLA Health-led study found a combination of interventions of one-on-one telehealth coaching, peer support forums, and automated text messages more than doubled the use of the HIV prevention strategy, called PrEP, among younger, at-risk Americans, a group that historically has had low use of the medication.

Newswise: Intravascular Imaging Significantly Improves Survival, Safety, and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Stenting Procedures Over Conventional Angiography
20-Feb-2024 9:25 AM EST
Intravascular Imaging Significantly Improves Survival, Safety, and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Stenting Procedures Over Conventional Angiography
Mount Sinai Health System

Results from this large-scale synthesis of all prior clinical trials could increase usage of several types of high-resolution imaging for guiding interventional coronary procedures

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Sinus headache? Maybe not.
Released: 21-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
The Medical Minute: Sinus headache? Maybe not.
Penn State Health

The pressure and pain you feel during a bad cold might not be a sinus headache. A Penn State Health expert breaks down a popular misnomer.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Home Health Care Linked to Increased Hospice Use at End-of-Life, Study Reveals
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Home health care use in the last three years of a patient’s life is associated with a higher likelihood of hospice care at the end of life, according to a Rutgers Health study.

Newswise: Monell Center Neuroscientist Receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Collaborative Pairs Project Award
Released: 21-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Monell Center Neuroscientist Receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Collaborative Pairs Project Award
Monell Chemical Senses Center

The overall goal of the team is to discover fundamental rules and mechanisms that govern information storage, namely how memories are made and stored. The teams will be looking for and measuring changes in neural circuitry that correspond to memory formation.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Hippo signaling pathway gives new insight into systemic sclerosis
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Systemic sclerosis causes the skin to tighten and harden resulting in a potentially fatal autoimmune condition that is associated with lung fibrosis and kidney disease. University of Michigan Health researchers have studied the pathology of systemic sclerosis to understand better the disease and identify key pathways in the disease process that can be targeted therapeutically.

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Released: 21-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
UMSOM and UMB Faculty Receive $10.6 Million in State Funding for Abortion Clinical Care Training Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine

A $10.6 million training grant has been awarded to the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) to administer Maryland’s Abortion Clinical Care Training Program.



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