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Released: 18-Apr-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Keys to women’s resilience after 80: more education, less stress
Ohio State University

Having a four-year college degree and a low level of stress are strongly linked to psychological resilience in American women aged 80 and older, a new study suggests.

   

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Released: 17-Apr-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Ketamine May Be More Effective in Reducing Postoperative Pain in Patients With a Higher TSP
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

A study has found that ketamine may be more helpful in preventing postoperative pain among a subset of patients with a higher tendency toward central sensitization as measured by TSP (temporal summation of pain).

Released: 17-Apr-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Dual Nerve Block May Provide Superior Pain Control During Breast Cancer Surgery, Reduce Risk of Chronic Pain
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

Using two targeted injections of local anesthetic medication may provide a comprehensive, effective means of pain control during breast cancer surgery, found a study by researchers at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

Released: 17-Apr-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Does depression affect the care and survival of patients with breast cancer?
Wiley

In a recent study, having depression before or after a breast cancer diagnosis was associated with a lower likelihood of survival. The findings are published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Released: 17-Apr-2023 8:30 AM EDT
LBBC Spring Patient Experience Newsletter: Equity and Financial Toxicity
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

While Keneene Lewis of Atlanta was undergoing chemotherapy in 2019, bill collectors were calling her home. Today, she encourages those she meets to speak up and advocate for themselves. Plus, new FDA guidance on the risk factors of dense breasts, and the petition demanding equitable access to DIEP flap breast reconstruction.

14-Apr-2023 12:00 PM EDT
AACR: Penn Medicine Preclinical Study Identifies New Target for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Results from a preclinical study from Penn Medicine, presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023, verified a new target for drug-resistant ovarian cancer and provided data to support a treatment approach that is already making its way into clinical trials.

Released: 14-Apr-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data on the latest advances across the full spectrum of cancer research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023 from April 14-19 in Orlando, Florida.

Newswise: Ice packs help manage pain after laparoscopic hysterectomies, UT Southwestern study finds
Released: 14-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Ice packs help manage pain after laparoscopic hysterectomies, UT Southwestern study finds
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The use of abdominal ice packs is a safe and effective way to help manage postoperative pain for patients who have had laparoscopic hysterectomies, an investigation by UT Southwestern clinicians has found.

Newswise: Gynecologic Oncologist Dr. Dwight Im Appears on Mercy’s Ongoing “Medoscopy” Series
Released: 13-Apr-2023 1:35 PM EDT
Gynecologic Oncologist Dr. Dwight Im Appears on Mercy’s Ongoing “Medoscopy” Series
Mercy Medical Center

Dwight D. Im, M.D., FACOG, renowned gynecologic surgeon and leader of Mercy Medical Center's prestigious gynecology and robotic surgery programs, appears as the latest guest of Mercy Medical Center’s ongoing talk show series, “Medoscopy”.

Released: 13-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Cancer Straight Talk Podcast from MSK New Episode: Katie Couric’s Cancer Journey: From Grief to Advocacy to Her Own Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

In this special episode, MSK's Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes sits down with renowned journalist and cancer screening advocate Katie Couric at The Paley Center for Media in New York City. After losing her first husband to colon cancer in 1997, Katie made history when she received her first colonoscopy on-air as host of the Today show, inspiring millions of Americans to do the same in a phenomenon known as the Couric Effect. Her role as the “screen queen” has continued ever since, taking on new meaning last year when she revealed her own breast cancer diagnosis.

Newswise: Four Early-Career Cancer Researchers Earn Prestigious Annual Award from NCCN Foundation
Released: 13-Apr-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Four Early-Career Cancer Researchers Earn Prestigious Annual Award from NCCN Foundation
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the NCCN Foundation announce four winners for the 2023 NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards. These annual awards honor up-and-coming leaders in oncology research working to investigate and advance cancer care.

Released: 12-Apr-2023 12:25 PM EDT
Black Women’s Childhood Symptoms of Disordered Eating Predict Symptoms in Adulthood
Association for Psychological Science

The majority of research on disordered eating has focused on the experiences of white women, contributing to the myth that eating disorders don’t affect Black women, according to researcher Jordan E. Parker (University of California, Los Angeles). Her new research debunks this myth.

Newswise: University Hospitals Urology Institute Recognized as an Axonics® Center of Excellence
Released: 12-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
University Hospitals Urology Institute Recognized as an Axonics® Center of Excellence
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Announcement of University Hospitals in Northeast Ohio has been designated an Axonics Center of Excellence for use of therapy clinically proven to provide rapid and long-lasting relief of symptoms associated with bladder and bowel dysfunction. The designation specifically recognizes David Sheyn, MD for his expertise with Axonics Therapy.

Newswise: National Breast Cancer Foundation Awards Grant for Life-Saving Screenings for TTUHSC El Paso’s Medical Student Run Clinic
Released: 12-Apr-2023 10:00 AM EDT
National Breast Cancer Foundation Awards Grant for Life-Saving Screenings for TTUHSC El Paso’s Medical Student Run Clinic
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

The MSRC, located just outside El Paso city limits in the Sparks colonia, provides diagnostic, preventive and educational care to area residents. Located far from El Paso’s urban center, colonias are underserved neighborhoods that often lack necessities such as paved roads, public transportation, or clean running water.

Released: 11-Apr-2023 6:00 AM EDT
Pesquisa descobre que pacientes com diversos tumores em um seio podem não precisar de mastectomia
Mayo Clinic

De acordo com uma pesquisa conduzida pela Aliança para Ensaios Clínicos em Oncologia e o Centro de Câncer da Mayo Clinic, pacientes com diversos tumores em um seio podem ser capazes de evitar uma mastectomia se os tumores puderem ser removidos enquanto uma quantidade suficiente de tecido mamário puder ser preservada.

Released: 11-Apr-2023 6:00 AM EDT
توصل بحث إلى أن النساء المصابات بأورام متعددة في أحد الثديين قد لا يضطررن إلى استئصاله.
Mayo Clinic

قد تتمكن النساء المصابات بأورام متعددة في أحد الثديين من تجنب استئصاله إذا أمكن استئصال هذه الأورام مع الاحتفاظ بأنسجة ثدي كافية، وذلك وفقًا لبحث قاده التحالف الطبي للتجارب السريرية في علم الأورام ومركز مايو كلينك الشامل للسرطان.

Released: 11-Apr-2023 6:00 AM EDT
Una investigación indica que las pacientes con varios tumores en una sola mama podrían no necesitar una mastectomía
Mayo Clinic

De acuerdo con la investigación dirigida por la Alianza para Ensayos Clínicos en Oncología y el Centro Oncológico Integral de Mayo Clinic, las pacientes que tengan varios tumores en una sola mama podrían evitar una mastectomía si los tumores se pueden extraer dejando bastante tejido mamario.

Released: 10-Apr-2023 5:40 PM EDT
Crosstalk between triple negative breast cancer and microenvironment
Impact Journals LLC

The study of immunotherapy for treating triple negative breast cancer might still be at its early stages of development but is full of future promise.

Released: 7-Apr-2023 8:05 PM EDT
Kacsmaryk’s Ruling on Abortion Pill is “Devastating And Unprecedented”
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Statement from Suzanne Bell, an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, following the ruling from Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, TX, that suspends the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.

   
Released: 7-Apr-2023 5:50 PM EDT
Deep learning model estimates cancer risk from breast density
SPIE

Breast cancer is the most common cancer to affect women worldwide. According to the American Cancer Society, about 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. While it is not possible to entirely prevent breast cancer, various medical organizations advise regular screening to detect and treat cases at the early stage.

Released: 7-Apr-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Severe maternal morbidity, mortality of pregnant patients with COVID-19 infection during early pandemic period
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

This national-level analysis found substantial adverse maternal outcomes among pregnant patients with COVID-19 infection at delivery during the early pandemic in the U.S. Specifically, the odds of severe respiratory complications were increased among pregnant patients with COVID-19 infection at delivery.

Newswise: Researchers create embryo-like structures from monkey embryonic stem cells for the first time
Released: 6-Apr-2023 7:00 PM EDT
Researchers create embryo-like structures from monkey embryonic stem cells for the first time
Cell Press

Human embryo development and early organ formation remain largely unexplored due to ethical issues surrounding the use of embryos for research as well as limited availability of materials to study.

   
5-Apr-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Men and women have different obesity drivers, pointing to the need for tailored interventions
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new study from UCLA researchers finds sex-specific brain signals that appear to confirm that different drivers lead men and women to develop obesity.

Newswise: Case Study Shows COVID-19 Can Be Transmitted from Mother to Baby Through Placenta, Causing Brain Injury
5-Apr-2023 4:15 PM EDT
Case Study Shows COVID-19 Can Be Transmitted from Mother to Baby Through Placenta, Causing Brain Injury
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Researchers have shown that, in two cases, COVID-19 infection breached the placenta and caused brain damage in the newborn.

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4-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Live Event for April 6th: Can pregnant women’s COVID infection cause brain injury in newborns?
Newswise

A group of physicians and scientists with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine are releasing an important study that will be published in the journal Pediatrics on Thursday, showing that COVID-19 can cross into the placenta of pregnant women and cause brain injury in newborns, as evidenced with 2 cases they treated here in Miami. One of the infants also died at about 13 months old. Further testing of the infant’s brain specimen showed that the virus was still present in the brain at the time of death—which was over a year after birth.

Released: 5-Apr-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Pain out of control
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

A study conducted by the team at the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, provides evidence that certain brain areas involved in processing pain don’t function normally in fibromyalgia patients. In healthy people, they ensure that pain that we can control is easier to bear.

Released: 5-Apr-2023 1:55 PM EDT
Introduction of Diagnostic and Supplemental Imaging Legislation Would Benefit Thousands of North Carolinians
Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, applauds Representative Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth), Representative Mary Belk (D-Mecklenburg), Representative Donna McDowell White (R-Johnston) and Representative Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg) for working with Komen to introduce legislation that would remove financial barriers to imaging that can rule out breast cancer or confirm the need for a biopsy. In 2023, more than 10,730 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 1,450 will die of the disease in North Carolina alone.

   
Newswise: How an autism gene contributes to infertility
Released: 4-Apr-2023 4:40 PM EDT
How an autism gene contributes to infertility
University of California, Riverside

A University of California, Riverside, study has identified the biological underpinnings of a reproductive disorder caused by the mutation of a gene.

Released: 4-Apr-2023 4:30 PM EDT
Women’s geographic access to fertility treatment “significantly higher” in the richest parts of Britain, analysis shows
University of Exeter

Geographic access to IVF and other fertility services is significantly higher in the richest parts of Britain, a new study shows.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 1:20 PM EDT
Late HIV diagnosis still an issue in Aotearoa
University of Otago

Forty per cent of people diagnosed with HIV in Aotearoa between 2011 and 2020 were diagnosed late, a University of Otago study shows.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Patient Advocates and Health Care Professionals Call on CMS to Ensure Access to DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Advocates for individuals in need of breast reconstruction surgery delivered a letter and petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today, urging them to reinstate a procedure code that is essential for access to deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction surgery. The numbers of those signing the letter and petition keep growing.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 12:15 PM EDT
Smells influence metabolism and ageing in mice - research
University of Otago

Exposure to female odours and pheromones causes weight loss and extend the life spans of mice, which may have implications for humans, University of Otago researchers have found.

30-Mar-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Higher lithium levels in drinking water may raise autism risk
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Pregnant women whose household tap water had higher levels of lithium had a moderately higher risk of their offspring being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

Newswise: March Research Highlights
Released: 31-Mar-2023 7:25 PM EDT
March Research Highlights
Cedars-Sinai

A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news happening at Cedars-Sinai in March 2023.

Released: 30-Mar-2023 4:25 PM EDT
New Urology Clinic at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital to Open April 3
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine will open a new urology clinic at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital on Monday, April 3. The clinic will be located in the Gottlieb Professional Office Building, Suite 414.

Released: 30-Mar-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Babies’ gut microbiome not influenced by mothers’ vaginal microbiome composition
Frontiers

It has been a longstanding assumption that birth mode and associated exposure of newborns to their mothers’ vaginal microbiome during delivery greatly affects the development of babies’ gut microbiome.

Released: 30-Mar-2023 7:05 AM EDT
Higher body mass index linked to longer healing time after breast reduction surgery
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For patients undergoing breast reduction surgery (reduction mammaplasty), higher body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for delayed wound healing, reports a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 29-Mar-2023 1:25 PM EDT
Novel anti-NET antibodies in a multinational cohort
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Antiphospholipid syndrome is a understudied autoimmune disease that is nevertheless a leading causes of deadly blood clots and late-term pregnancy loss. An international study led by the University of Michigan researchers Ray Zuo, M.D., and Jason Knight, M.D., Ph.D., has discovered a new class of functional autoantibodies in APS patients that contributes to the disease's development and the systemic inflammation it induces.

20-Mar-2023 11:45 PM EDT
ACS Spring 2023 Media Briefing Schedule
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Recordings of media briefings will be posted by 10 a.m. Eastern Time on each day. Watch recorded media briefings at: www.acs.org/ACSSpring2023briefings.

   
Newswise: With SPOTS Program, SLU Med Students Encourage Skin Cancer Awareness for Young People
Released: 28-Mar-2023 6:10 PM EDT
With SPOTS Program, SLU Med Students Encourage Skin Cancer Awareness for Young People
Saint Louis University

New, unusual-looking growths or changing spots on your skin are important indicators that it is time to see a dermatologist, says Sofia Chaudhry, M.D., associate professor of dermatology at Saint Louis University’s School of Medicine.

27-Mar-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Patients with multiple tumors in one breast may not need mastectomy, research finds
Mayo Clinic

Patients who have multiple tumors in one breast may be able to avoid a mastectomy if the tumors can be removed while leaving enough breast tissue, according to research led by the Alliance in Clinical Trials in Oncology and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Newswise: Sylvester Surgical Oncologist Awarded $375,000 NCI Grant to Investigate the Role Opioids May Play in Breast Cancer
Released: 28-Mar-2023 3:50 PM EDT
Sylvester Surgical Oncologist Awarded $375,000 NCI Grant to Investigate the Role Opioids May Play in Breast Cancer
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Kristin Rojas, M.D., assistant professor of surgical oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded a three-year, $375,000 grant to investigate the role opioids may play in breast cancer.

Released: 28-Mar-2023 2:20 PM EDT
From the doctor's office to the operating room: Keep up with the latest in healthcare here
Newswise

From septic shock to sticker shock. Keep up with this ever-growing, changing sector. Below are some of the latest stories on healthcare on Newswise.

Newswise: UT Southwestern approved for $18 million for multicenter trial to improve postpartum care
Released: 28-Mar-2023 12:40 PM EDT
UT Southwestern approved for $18 million for multicenter trial to improve postpartum care
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have been approved for an $18 million funding award from the nonprofit Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to investigate ways to improve postpartum health among primarily low-income Black and Hispanic women.

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Released: 28-Mar-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Significant Disparities in Breast Cancer Care Persist, But Surgeons Can Drive Change
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Surgeons can play a key role in reducing breast cancer disparities by increasing their awareness of where disparities exist.



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