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هل تُزيد الصويا من خطر الإصابة بسرطان الثدي؟
Mayo Clinic

جاكسونفيل، فلوريدا – لقد أشعل هذا الموضوع جدلاً واسعاً. هل توجد علاقة بين الصويا وسرطان الثدي؟ يحتوي الصويا على أيزوفلافونات وهي إستروجين نباتي. وثمة صلة بين المستويات المرتفعة من الإستروجين والتعرض بشكل أكبر لخطر الإصابة بسرطان الثدي. ولكن الدراسات أظهرت أن مُنتجات الصويا لا تحتوي على مستويات عالية من الإستروجين بالقدر الذي يؤدي إلى زيادة فرص الإصابة بسرطان الثدي.

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Newswise: How Fear Unfolds inside Our Brains
11-Mar-2024 6:00 AM EDT
How Fear Unfolds inside Our Brains
University of California San Diego

The stress-induced mechanisms that cause our brain to produce feelings of fear in the absence of threats — such as in PTSD — have been mostly a mystery. Now, neurobiologists have identified the changes in brain biochemistry and mapped the neural circuitry that cause generalized fear experiences.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:15 PM EDT
New Tuberculosis Test Could Improve TB Care Globally by Increasing Access to Testing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

A new tuberculosis (TB) test disclosed in the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine’s (formerly AACC’s) Clinical Chemistry journal would allow testing for TB treatment monitoring to occur outside of a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory.

Newswise: A new approach to tissue engineering improves blood vessel formation in rats
Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
A new approach to tissue engineering improves blood vessel formation in rats
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University have developed a new synergistic approach to revascularization that could rapidly grow organized blood vessels in live rats.

   
Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Firms prefer ready-made AI software, with a few tweaks
Cornell University

In an analysis of more than 3,000 European firms, they found that many – particularly in science, retail trade, finance, real estate and manufacturing – are increasingly opting for ready-made technology that can be tailored to the specific needs of the firm.

Newswise: Adapting Particle Accelerators for Industrial Work
Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Adapting Particle Accelerators for Industrial Work
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab accelerator physicists are partnering with Fermilab, Florida International University, General Atomics and others to further develop compact, high-power, and energy-efficient SRF accelerators for work in industrial settings.

Newswise: UW researchers taught kids to code with cultural research and embroidery machines
Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
UW researchers taught kids to code with cultural research and embroidery machines
University of Washington

The team taught a group of high schoolers to code by combining cultural research into various embroidery traditions with “computational embroidery.” The method teaches kids to encode embroidery patterns on a computer through a coding language called Turtlestitch.

   
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Newswise: New Study Examines if ‘Inoperable’ Pancreatic Tumors Can Be Safely Removed
Released: 14-Mar-2024 12:00 PM EDT
New Study Examines if ‘Inoperable’ Pancreatic Tumors Can Be Safely Removed
Keck Medicine of USC

A clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC aims to provide a surgical solution for patients with a form of advanced pancreatic cancer previously considered inoperable.

Newswise: New Leadership Appointment for Penn Nursing Professor
Released: 14-Mar-2024 12:00 PM EDT
New Leadership Appointment for Penn Nursing Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

PHILADELPHIA (March 14, 2024) – Catherine C. McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been appointed Chair of Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health effective July 1, 2024. Currently, she is the Vice-Chair of the Department and the Dr. Hildegarde Reynolds Endowed Term Chair of Primary Care Nursing.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
How to check for bedbugs
American Academy of Dermatology

Bedbugs can make you itch just by thinking about them. These tiny, reddish-brown insects that feed on blood are notorious for infiltrating hotel rooms and luggage, hitchhiking their way back to a new home virtually undetected.

Newswise: Memorial Hermann Foundation Receives $10 Million Gift to Transform Heart and Vascular Care, Memorial Hermann Life Flight, in Honor of Larry D. Johnson
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Memorial Hermann Foundation Receives $10 Million Gift to Transform Heart and Vascular Care, Memorial Hermann Life Flight, in Honor of Larry D. Johnson
Memorial Hermann Health System

The Suzie and Larry Johnson Foundation, gifted $10 million to support the health system’s Heart & Vascular Institute and Memorial Hermann Life Flight®, enabling the expansion of highly advanced cardiovascular and trauma care across the Greater Houston community.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Measles 2024: What You Need to Know
RUSH

Measles cases are being reported in different parts of the United States. David Nguyen, MD, a RUSH infectious disease physician who treats adults and children, answers the most common questions about the measles virus.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
New Research Shows Black and Latinx boys Not Getting Enough Support for Post High School Aspirations
University of Delaware

In a new study published in the American Educational Research Journal, Roderick L. Carey, assistant professor in the University of Delaware's College of Education and Human Development, offers a rich, ethnographic case study on how Black and Latinx boys imagine their postsecondary futures.

Newswise: Automated Fake News Detection: A Simple Solution May Not Be Feasible
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Automated Fake News Detection: A Simple Solution May Not Be Feasible
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

With misinformation and disinformation proliferating online, many may wish for a simple, reliable, automated “fake news” detection system to easily identify falsehoods from truths.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Study: How home food availability affects young children’s nutrient intake
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Early childhood is an important time for learning about nutrition and establishing healthy eating behaviors. Young children rely on parents to provide food options, and the availability of food in the home affects their dietary choices.

Newswise: Information Overload Is a Personal and Societal Danger
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Information Overload Is a Personal and Societal Danger
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

We are all aware of the dangers of pollution to our air, water, and earth. In a letter recently published in Nature Human Behavior, scientists are advocating for the recognition and mitigation of another type of environmental pollution that poses equivalent personal and societal dangers: information overload.

Newswise: Consumers across political spectrum share food pricing frustrations
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Consumers across political spectrum share food pricing frustrations
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In his State of the Union address last week, President Biden touched on a topic close to the hearts of U.S. consumers: food prices. In this election year, we can expect high food costs to come up repeatedly, with candidates from both parties invoking price gouging, shrinkflation, and corporate greed.

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13-Mar-2024 1:05 AM EDT
New Study - Chimp Moms Play with Their Kids Through Good Times and Bad
Tufts University

A recent study observing wild chimpanzees over a period of more than 10 years revealed that when food gets scarcer, the adults put play aside and focus on survival, while mother chimps continue to be their children’s primary playmate – suggesting their indispensable role to foster their young’s physical and social development

Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Restricting Carbohydrates Linked with Cardiometabolic Indicators but Not Mortality
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

New study finds that getting less than 45% of total energy from carbohydrates is not associated with elevated mortality risk compared with groups that consume more carbohydrates.

Newswise: Illinois study: Tropical birds could tolerate warming better than expected
Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Illinois study: Tropical birds could tolerate warming better than expected
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or “cold-blooded” animals such as amphibians, reptiles, and insects.

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Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
National AI Campus Helps Advance Medical, Scientific Innovation
Cedars-Sinai

One group is using machine learning to develop a more reliable and efficient screening method for bladder cancer.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New bioengineered protein design shows promise in fighting COVID-19
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have been racing to develop effective treatments and preventatives against the virus. A recent scientific breakthrough has emerged from the work of researchers aiming to combat SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.

   
Newswise: 38 Year Old Colon Cancer Survivor Re-Writes Her Outlook On Life
Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
38 Year Old Colon Cancer Survivor Re-Writes Her Outlook On Life
Hackensack Meridian Health

34 year old goes to the emergency department at the urging of her brother for pain from what she thought was appendicitis and gets shock of a lifetime.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Colon cancer rates higher in rural areas
Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: Colon cancer rates higher in rural areas
Penn State Health

Technology to stop or prevent colon cancer keeps improving. Still, incident rates remain more stubborn in rural areas than urban centers. The dean of Penn State College of Medicine talks about the barriers.

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Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Hubble Tracks Jupiter's Stormy Weather
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

The giant planet Jupiter, in all its banded glory, is revisited by Hubble in images taken Jan. 5-6, 2024, capturing both sides of the planet. The many large storms and small white clouds are a hallmark of activity in Jupiter's atmosphere.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:10 AM EDT
Calder Biosciences Inc. Publishes Next-Generation Vaccine Technology in Nature Communications
Calder Biosciences Inc.

Calder Biosciences, Inc., a next-generation vaccine company, has been published in a Nature Communications article that debuts and validates the application of Calder's '3D Vaxlock' platform technology.

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Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Cancer’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Patients Experience Superior Outcomes
Cedars-Sinai

For the fourth consecutive year, the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program in the Division of Hematology and Cellular Therapy at Cedars-Sinai has achieved higher than expected survival rates in patients receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation, according to a recent report from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Demystifying nano-neuro interactions
Washington University in St. Louis

Nanomaterials already play a vital role in enhancing the performance of everyday products from electronics to cosmetics to food packaging.

   
Newswise:  Smart Water: How AI is Clearing the Waters in Urban Rivers
Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Smart Water: How AI is Clearing the Waters in Urban Rivers
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers have developed a new machine learning system to improve the accuracy and efficiency of sewer-river system models. This innovative approach, detailed in their latest publication, promises to significantly reduce parameter calibration time and enhance model precision in predicting urban water pollution.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Breast Cancer Diagnoses Plummeted During First Year of Pandemic
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

There was a 15-20% decrease in newly diagnosed breast cancer cases reported to American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer sites in 2020 compared to 2019.

11-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Bariatric surgery linked to heart health improvements in people with severe obesity
Endocrine Society

Bariatric surgery may result in significant cardiometabolic improvements, particularly among younger, female, or white people and those without comorbidities, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Newswise: Sasin BRIDGES Nobel Laureate Talk: A Financial Approach to Climate Risk
Released: 14-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Sasin BRIDGES Nobel Laureate Talk: A Financial Approach to Climate Risk
Chulalongkorn University

Professor Robert F. Engle III, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Michael Armellino Professor of Management and Finance at New York University Stern School of Business, recently delivered a provocative talk at Sasin titled “A Financial Approach to Climate Risk: Portfolios, Greenwashing, Stress Testing, and Long Run Risk,” on February 27, 2024.

   
Newswise: GoodWalk Thailand: Designing “Walkable City” Revitalizing the Economy, Enhancing Quality of Life for City Dwellers
Released: 14-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
GoodWalk Thailand: Designing “Walkable City” Revitalizing the Economy, Enhancing Quality of Life for City Dwellers
Chulalongkorn University

Chula joins hands with the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) to design “Walkable City” using the GoodWalk Score as the criteria for selecting the pilot area to be developed as Walkable City in Bangkok as well as many cities around the country.

Newswise: Glaucoma Research Foundation Announces $2.5 Million in Grants to Cure Glaucoma
Released: 14-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Glaucoma Research Foundation Announces $2.5 Million in Grants to Cure Glaucoma
Glaucoma Research Foundation

“This is the largest annual research budget in our 46-year history,” said Thomas M. Brunner, GRF President and CEO.

Newswise: Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI, study finds
Released: 14-Mar-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI, study finds
University of Bristol

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished fat mass from muscle mass in children and adolescents more accurately than BMI.

Newswise: NSF boosts SMU engineer's AI learning research
Released: 14-Mar-2024 6:05 AM EDT
NSF boosts SMU engineer's AI learning research
Southern Methodist University

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded SMU engineering professor Digvijay Boob a five-year CAREER grant to pioneer quicker, streamlined solutions that could speed up how AI learns from data to make predictions and decisions.

Newswise: Political theorist Achille Mbembe named 2024 Holberg Prize Laureate
Released: 14-Mar-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Political theorist Achille Mbembe named 2024 Holberg Prize Laureate
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Political theorist Achille Mbembe named 2024 Holberg Prize Laureate. The Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe is Research Professor of History and Politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER), at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Newswise: It’s Hearty, It’s Meaty, It’s Mold
Released: 14-Mar-2024 6:00 AM EDT
It’s Hearty, It’s Meaty, It’s Mold
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Fungi naturally produce all the ingredients needed for a cruelty-free meat substitute. Our scientists are exploring how tuning the genomes of mushrooms and molds can transform these food sources into gourmet, nutrient-packed meals made with minimal processing and a light environmental footprint.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 5:00 AM EDT
¿La soja aumenta el riesgo de cáncer de mama?
Mayo Clinic

Ha generado varios debates. ¿Hay alguna conexión entre la soja y el cáncer de mama? La soja contiene isoflavonas, que son los estrógenos vegetales. Se han relacionado los niveles altos de estrógeno con un mayor riesgo de cáncer de mama. Sin embargo, hay estudios que demuestran que los productos de soja no contienen niveles de estrógeno lo suficientemente altos como para aumentar las probabilidades de desarrollar cáncer de mama.

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Released: 13-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Launches Singapore Office
Cedars-Sinai

In its latest global expansion, Cedars-Sinai International announced the opening of its new global office in Singapore.

Newswise: Lessons from the pandemic: the trouble with working from home
Released: 13-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Lessons from the pandemic: the trouble with working from home
Universite de Montreal

Remember when COVID-19 hit, and suddenly everyone was working from home? Well, a team of researchers in Montreal and Paris decided to dig deeper into how this shift affected office workers during the pandemic.

Newswise: Brain development of the unborn baby: a combined effect of genetics and food availability
Released: 13-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Brain development of the unborn baby: a combined effect of genetics and food availability
Universite de Montreal

A new population study led by researcher Tomas Paus , professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of Montreal and researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine, highlights the respective roles of maternal and fetal genes in the growth of the baby's cerebral cortex .

Newswise: Allostatic load is higher in women in long-term couples
Released: 13-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Allostatic load is higher in women in long-term couples
Universite de Montreal

Chronic stress that develops over decades in long-term couples does not have the same effect on men as on women: the latter is more likely to display negative physiological markers than their spouse, according to a study published in the scientific journal Psychosomatic Medicine .

Newswise: UNH Ingenuity Offers Unique Way to Track Carbon Emissions in Bodies of Water
Released: 13-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EDT
UNH Ingenuity Offers Unique Way to Track Carbon Emissions in Bodies of Water
University of New Hampshire

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are not typically associated with water ways, like streams and rivers, but emerging research shows that water bodies play an important role in storing and releasing carbon dioxide.

Newswise: Blast-related concussions linked to higher Alzheimer’s risk
Released: 13-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Blast-related concussions linked to higher Alzheimer’s risk
University of Washington School of Medicine and UW Medicine

“While our research does not prove that veterans who experienced these injuries will develop Alzheimer’s disease, it raises the possibility that they may be on a pathway leading to dementia,” said Dr. Ge Li, the paper's first author and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UW Medicine.



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