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Newswise: Survey Shows 25% of Adults Consider Weight Loss Drug Use Without Prescription
16-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Survey Shows 25% of Adults Consider Weight Loss Drug Use Without Prescription
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

A new national survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reveals 1 in 4 (25%) of 1,006 adults surveyed would consider using an injectable weight loss medication without consulting their doctor.

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Newswise: In Search of New Microscopy Tools to Observe How Cells Function
Released: 16-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
In Search of New Microscopy Tools to Observe How Cells Function
University of Utah

Two labs at the University of Utah’s Department of Chemistry joined forces to improve imaging tools that may soon enable scientists to better observe signaling in functioning cells and other molecular-scale processes central to life.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
دراسة لمايو كلينك تكتشف ارتباطًا بين خلايا الدم البيضاء المصابة بخلل وزيادة خطر التعرض للورم الميلانيني
Mayo Clinic

الأشخاص الذين لديهم فرط في خلايا الدم البيضاء المستنسخة، أو الخلايا الليمفاوية، التي تعيق أجهزتهم المناعية - وهي حالة تُسمى كثرة الخلايا الليمفاوية وحيدة النسيلة - قد يكونوا أكثر عرضة للإصابة بالعديد من المضاعفات الصحية، ومنها الورم الميلانيني، وهو شكل من أشكال سرطان الجلد. نُشرت النتائج التي توصل إليها علماء مايو كلينك في ورقة بحثية جديدة في مجلة علم الأورام السريري.

Newswise: Blueprint MedTech continues to fuel the innovation of devices to treat and diagnose conditions affecting the nervous system
Released: 16-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Blueprint MedTech continues to fuel the innovation of devices to treat and diagnose conditions affecting the nervous system
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Blueprint MedTech is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) technology incubator program that is part of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research and for the past two years has provided funding and expertise to fast-track the development of therapeutic and diagnostic devices for disorders that affect the nervous or neuromuscular systems.

Newswise:Video Embedded new-device-studied-at-cedars-sinai-means-fewer-heart-surgeries-for-babies
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Released: 16-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
New Device Studied at Cedars-Sinai Means Fewer Heart Surgeries for Babies
Cedars-Sinai

Babies born with a narrowed blood vessel now have a device specifically designed for them, thanks to research conducted in the Smidt Heart Institute and Guerin Children’s at Cedars-Sinai.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Estudo da Mayo Clinic descobre glóbulos brancos disfuncionais ligados ao aumento do risco de melanoma
Mayo Clinic

Pessoas com uma superabundância de glóbulos brancos clonados, ou linfócitos, que prejudicam o seu sistema imunológico — uma condição chamada linfocitose monoclonal de células B (LMB) — podem apresentar um risco elevado de desenvolver várias complicações de saúde, incluindo o melanoma, uma forma de câncer de pele.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers and Princeton Receive a $16 Million Grant to Study How the Brain Infers Hidden Causes for Decision Making
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Researchers from Rutgers and Princeton universities will use a $16 million federal grant award to collaborate on several research projects aimed at better understanding a key brain process that may be disrupted in mental health disorders.

Newswise: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Celebrates Hispanic-Serving Institution Week, Sept. 16-20
Released: 16-Sep-2024 2:00 PM EDT
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Celebrates Hispanic-Serving Institution Week, Sept. 16-20
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

TTUHSC El Paso provides the essential access to an education otherwise not readily available to a historically underserved region.

   
Newswise: Clinical Trial Evaluates Spatial Computing App on Apple Vision Pro in Operating Room
Released: 16-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Clinical Trial Evaluates Spatial Computing App on Apple Vision Pro in Operating Room
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to evaluate the potential use of spatial computing apps on Apple Vision Pro in the operating room.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
T cells may offer some protection in an H5N1 'spillover' scenario
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

The LJI team uncovered important similarities between H5N1 and these common viruses, which allowed them to predict that many people already have "cross-reactive" T cells that are ready to target H5N1—should it ever mutate to cause widespread disease in humans.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
New Tumor Models Provide Insights Into Deadly Sarcomas
UC Davis Health

Researchers at UC Davis and UCLA have created models for four sarcoma subtypes using stem cells. The findings may lead to new therapies.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center is the First Hospital in the World to Use the Artificial Intelligence-Powered HYDROS™ Robotic System to perform Aquablation® Therapy to Treat Prostate Enlargement
Released: 16-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center is the First Hospital in the World to Use the Artificial Intelligence-Powered HYDROS™ Robotic System to perform Aquablation® Therapy to Treat Prostate Enlargement
Hackensack Meridian Health

On the morning of Wednesday, September 4, 2024, Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center became the first hospital in the world to treat patients with Aquablation® therapy using the new HYDROS™ Robotic System.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Health System Is First in Northeast to Use Blood Tests as an Early Detection Tool for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Patients
Released: 16-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System Is First in Northeast to Use Blood Tests as an Early Detection Tool for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Patients
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System today announced that they will be among the first in the world to deploy blood-based biomarkers (blood tests) and confirmatory tests for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to patients across primary and specialty care settings—early detection tools that have never before been offered to patients in the clinical setting—as part of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) Healthcare System Preparedness Accurate Diagnosis project.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Estudio De Mayo Clinic Encuentra GlóBulos Blancos Disfuncionales Relacionados Con Un Mayor Riesgo De Melanoma
Mayo Clinic

Personas con una sobreabundancia de glóbulos blancos clonados, o linfocitos, que dañan su sistema inmunológico, una afección llamada linfocitosis monoclonal de células B (LMB), pueden tener un riesgo elevado de desarrollar diversas complicaciones de salud, incluido el melanoma, una forma de cáncer de piel.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Testing a Revolutionary Treatment Against Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Health researchers will enroll primary or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (p-MS) patients to see if an engineered immune cell therapy can halt the progression of the autoimmune disease.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: Neurodiversity Awareness in the National Spotlight
George Washington University

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and his son, Gus, went viral when Gus was seen celebrating his dad’s acceptance speech at the DNC. ...



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