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Newswise: Mount Sinai Team Shows AI Can Detect Serious Neurologic Changes in Babies in the NICU Using Video Data Alone
11-Nov-2024 4:45 PM EST
Mount Sinai Team Shows AI Can Detect Serious Neurologic Changes in Babies in the NICU Using Video Data Alone
Mount Sinai Health System

Study findings could serve as a foundation for broader neuro-monitoring applications across intensive care units globally

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Newswise: Study Sheds Light on How BRCA1 Gene Mutations Fuel Breast Cancer
Release date: 11-Nov-2024 6:00 PM EST
Study Sheds Light on How BRCA1 Gene Mutations Fuel Breast Cancer
Harvard Medical School

At a glance: A new study in mice explains how even a single faulty copy of the BRCA1 gene can fuel tumor growth. The findings suggest the dominant “two-hit” hypothesis of cancer development may not tell the full story behind how cancer arises. Study identifies cellular changes that prime cancer-related genes for action and render cells vulnerable to tumor growth. The findings can inform new treatments that block the priming effect to prevent breast cancer formation.

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Release date: 11-Nov-2024 5:20 PM EST
Jeffrey Popma, MD, Joins CRF as Chief Scientific and Strategic Officer
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation® (CRF®) proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Popma as Chief Scientific and Strategic Officer. A world-renowned leader in cardiovascular research, Dr. Popma will drive forward pivotal programs and initiatives that will shape CRF’s future and fuel innovation at the CRF® Clinical Trials Center (CTC). His leadership will be instrumental in the development of the recently launched Real-World Data and Outcomes Center, advancing CRF’s commitment to impactful research. Additionally, as Program Director for New York Valves and TCT® (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics®), CRF’s flagship scientific meeting, Dr. Popma will play a key role in guiding the organization’s transformative contributions to the field of cardiovascular medicine.

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Newswise: Pandemic-Era Increase in Alcohol Use Persists
11-Nov-2024 5:00 PM EST
Pandemic-Era Increase in Alcohol Use Persists
Keck Medicine of USC

Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck Medicine of USC study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Newswise: Abortion and women’s future socioeconomic attainment
Release date: 11-Nov-2024 4:25 PM EST
Abortion and women’s future socioeconomic attainment
University of Utah

Adolescents in regions with fewer abortion restrictions and those who had an abortion were more likely to have graduated from college, earn higher incomes and have greater financial stability at two time-points over an almost 25-year period. Girls who became teen moms, conversely, were more likely to experience eviction, debt and food insecurity.

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Release date: 11-Nov-2024 4:10 PM EST
A new wrinkle in turtles: Their genomes fold in a unique way, Iowa State researchers find
Iowa State University

A new study led by an Iowa State University evolutionary biologist described for the first time the three-dimensional architecture of turtle genomes, which fold in a configuration unlike any other animal observed so far.

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Newswise: Gift of more than $3 million from Ernie and Patti Novak to fuel construction of the 
Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Center at UH Cleveland Medical Center
Release date: 11-Nov-2024 4:05 PM EST
Gift of more than $3 million from Ernie and Patti Novak to fuel construction of the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Center at UH Cleveland Medical Center
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals announced a $3.225 million gift from community leaders Ernie and Patti Novak to Because of You: The Campaign for University Hospitals. The funds will support construction of the new Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Center as well as the caregiver education, training and simulation programming that will occur there. The Patti and Ernie Novak Executive Board Room within the center will be named in recognition of their support.

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Newswise: Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents, according to new study
Release date: 11-Nov-2024 3:30 PM EST
Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents, according to new study
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Adolescents who meet the recommended guidelines of nine to 11 hours of sleep per day were shown to have a significantly lower risk of hypertension, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.

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Newswise: Seiber elevated to IEEE senior member
Release date: 11-Nov-2024 3:25 PM EST
Seiber elevated to IEEE senior member
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Larry Seiber, an R&D staff member in the Vehicle Power Electronics group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.

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Release date: 11-Nov-2024 2:55 PM EST
Study Reveals Disconnect in Medical Device Use and Urges Action on Cardiac Care Inequities
Beth Israel Lahey Health

In a nationwide observational study published this month in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), cardiologists from the Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) were commissioned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to examine trends in the use and long-term safety of a device widely used to treat pulmonary embolism, or blood clots in the lungs.

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Newswise: Vascular Surgeon Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS, DFSVS, MAMSE, Is ACS President-Elect
Release date: 11-Nov-2024 2:30 PM EST
Vascular Surgeon Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS, DFSVS, MAMSE, Is ACS President-Elect
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Renowned vascular surgeon Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS, DFSVS, MAMSE, is the 2024-2025 President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

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Newswise: Tumor suppressor forms gel-like assemblies to sacrifice cancer cells
Release date: 11-Nov-2024 2:30 PM EST
Tumor suppressor forms gel-like assemblies to sacrifice cancer cells
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have uncovered a previously unrecognized tumor suppression mechanism through the study of condensates and ribosome formation.

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Released: 11-Nov-2024 1:00 PM EST
Estudio: Los Adultos Mayores con Cáncer de Próstata Reciben Más Tratamientos Excesivos
Cedars-Sinai

Según un nuevo estudio dirigido por Cedars-Sinai, un porcentaje de hombres estadounidenses de edad avanzada con cáncer de próstata de riesgo intermedio y alto se someten a tratamientos que conllevan riesgos de efectos secundarios que pueden reducir significativamente la calidad de vida sin prolongarla.

Released: 11-Nov-2024 12:50 PM EST
Preguntas y respuestas de Mayo Clinic: Uso de radioterapia para tratar tumores cerebrales
Mayo Clinic

La radioterapia se ha utilizado para tratar el cáncer desde principios del siglo 20. Este tipo de tratamiento sigue siendo uno de los tratamientos más efectivos para los tumores cerebrales cancerosos (malignos) y no cancerosos (benignos). La forma en que se administra el tratamiento — y la tecnología utilizada — ha seguido evolucionando y mejorando.

Released: 11-Nov-2024 12:40 PM EST
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Using Radiation Therapy to Treat Brain Tumors
Mayo Clinic

Radiation therapy has been used to treat cancer since the beginning of the 20th century. This type of treatment continues to be one of the most effective treatments for cancerous (malignant) and noncancerous (benign) brain tumors.

Released: 11-Nov-2024 12:35 PM EST
Ochsner Transplant Institute Among Site Collaborators in New England Journal of Medicine HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplant Study
Ochsner Health

The article, Safety of Kidney Transplantation from Donors with HIV, details findings supporting HIV-to-HIV kidney transplants as safe and just as effective as those using organs from donors without HIV.

Newswise: University of Maryland Medical System Lights Up Hospitals in Green to Honor Veterans for Third Consecutive Year
Released: 11-Nov-2024 12:15 PM EST
University of Maryland Medical System Lights Up Hospitals in Green to Honor Veterans for Third Consecutive Year
University of Maryland Medical System

Maryland's largest health system honors military veterans with lighted displays as part of national initiative Operation Green Light for Veterans.



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