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Newswise: ISPOR Releases Emerging Good Practices Guidance on Quantifying Specialized Knowledge in Healthcare
Released: 6-Nov-2024 4:05 AM EST
ISPOR Releases Emerging Good Practices Guidance on Quantifying Specialized Knowledge in Healthcare
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR announced the publication of an ISPOR Good Practices Report that identifies existing structured expert elicitation protocols that can support healthcare decision making and provides important insights on how to choose which protocols may be the most appropriate for different scenarios, such as time-constrained decisions, early-stage technology assessments, and public health policies.

Newswise: Discovery of Rapid COVID-19 Replication Mechanism and Expanded Treatment Options
Released: 6-Nov-2024 12:00 AM EST
Discovery of Rapid COVID-19 Replication Mechanism and Expanded Treatment Options
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Seong-Jun Kim’s team from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) recently reported in a research paper that the rapid proliferation of COVID-19 is due to altered roles of mitochondria (responsible for energy production in human cells) and EGFR (responsible for growth signal transmission in cells).

Release date: 5-Nov-2024 11:20 PM EST
Rutgers Study Reveals Vaccination Patterns Among LGBTQ+ Adults in New Jersey and New York
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A new study led by Rutgers Health researchers has uncovered important insights into vaccination patterns among LGBTQ+ adults in New Jersey and New York. The findings, published in the journal Vaccine, shed light on disparities in vaccine uptake within this diverse population.

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Released: 5-Nov-2024 6:05 PM EST
Where Did Americans Find Information for the 2024 Election?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Americans rely primarily on personal networks and news media for voting information about the 2024 U.S. presidential election, according to a survey by researchers at Rutgers and other universities.

Newswise: Artificial “mini-hearts” take flight to the International Space Station
Released: 5-Nov-2024 5:00 PM EST
Artificial “mini-hearts” take flight to the International Space Station
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

The International Space Station research project will examine microgravity’s effect on heart tissue and is designed to better understand how microgravity affects the function of the human heart.

Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:55 PM EST
Stephen Wolfram presents at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for the Hertz Foundation’s Empowering Excellence Event
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation

The Hertz Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) have jointly released a keynote talk, Where the Computational Paradigm Leads (in Physics, Tech, AI, Biology, Math, ...), by visionary mathematician Stephen Wolfram, delivered to members of the Hertz Foundation board of directors and invited guests at the Empowering Excellence: The Hertz Way event held October 18 at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:40 PM EST
Program at Rutgers Supporting Veterans Facing Challenges Bolstered by $1 Million Grant
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Face the Fight, a collaboration of organizations committed to reducing veteran suicide, has awarded the grant to Vets4Warriors, a program at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care that offers around-the-clock support to veterans.

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Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:10 PM EST
Giving Veterans a Reason to Smile
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The Vet Smiles Program at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine provides free dental care to veterans in Essex County, Nj

Newswise: Rethinking Electric Bus Depots as ‘Profitable Energy Hubs’
Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:00 PM EST
Rethinking Electric Bus Depots as ‘Profitable Energy Hubs’
University of Utah

How do you electrify a populous city’s transit without destabilizing its grid? New research into Beijing’s 27,000-bus system explores using depots to generate a solar power.

Newswise: For Layered 2D Materials, Robotics Produces Cleaner Interfaces Between Stacked Sheets
Released: 5-Nov-2024 2:45 PM EST
For Layered 2D Materials, Robotics Produces Cleaner Interfaces Between Stacked Sheets
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Layered assembly of 2D materials such as graphene have potential roles in the development of new electronic devices. Manufacturing these materials at a large scale while making them atomically clean is a major challenge. In this study, researchers used a special robotic system to assemble graphene heterostructures into large sheets with atomically clean interfaces.

Released: 5-Nov-2024 2:30 PM EST
ADHA Objects to ADA Non-Hygienist Staffing Resolutions, Calls for Constructive Collaboration
American Dental Hygienists' Association

In an open letter to the healthcare community released today, American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA®) President Erin Haley-Hitz, RDH issued a strong objection to recently passed American Dental Association (ADA) resolutions that would eliminate faculty-to-student ratios in dental hygiene programs and allow unlicensed practitioners to perform dental hygiene services.

Newswise: Ancient Immune Defense System Plays an Unexpected Role in Cancer, MSK Researchers Find
Released: 5-Nov-2024 2:10 PM EST
Ancient Immune Defense System Plays an Unexpected Role in Cancer, MSK Researchers Find
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Along with defending against pathogens, the body’s innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways — ways that have important implications for the development of cancer, researchers at MSK are discovering.

Newswise: Voters Rely on Personal Networks and News Media to Guide Them in 2024 Election Vote
Released: 5-Nov-2024 1:55 PM EST
Voters Rely on Personal Networks and News Media to Guide Them in 2024 Election Vote
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

How do people decide who gets their vote? Americans rely primarily on personal networks and news media for voting information, according to a new report from the Civic Health and Institutions Project (CHIP50).

Released: 5-Nov-2024 1:40 PM EST
SLU Study: Integrative Palliative Care Critical to Improve Mental Health Among Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Saint Louis University

For patients facing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, a compassionate approach to care can be transformative. Yet, a new study published in Healthcare reveals that palliative care, a service focused on enhancing the quality of life for those with serious illnesses, remains significantly underutilized among pancreatic cancer patients in the United States.

Released: 5-Nov-2024 1:30 PM EST
SLU Study: Black Patients with Heart Failure Less Likely to Receive Palliative Care
Saint Louis University

A study by researchers at Saint Louis University shows that only one in eight patients with heart failure in the United States receive palliative care consultations within five years of diagnosis. The study also highlighted significant racial and geographic disparities. Black people were 15% less likely to receive palliative care compared to their white counterparts.

Released: 5-Nov-2024 12:55 PM EST
Chili Peppers Exhibit Antitumor Effect on Mesothelioma Cancer Cells
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

Capsaicin, the compound in chili peppers which gives them their spicy taste, may become a source of new, natural drugs for the hard-to-treat Mesothelioma type of cancer.

Released: 5-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
Australian Courts Use “Body Language” to Judge Witness Credibility
Universite de Montreal

Professor Vincent Denault shows that legal decisions by Australian judges have used myths about “body language” to assess the credibility of witnesses.

   
Released: 5-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
Expert Available: What Does Political Rhetoric Owe Democracy?
George Washington University

As one expert at the George Washington University reflects on the 2024 campaign season and the uncertainty that lays ahead, he explores the question: what does political rhetoric owe democracy? ...



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