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Released: 25-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Destaque para la detección precoz de 3 enfermedades cardíacas utilizando ECG-IA
Mayo Clinic

A menudo, el primer signo de una enfermedad cardiovascular puede ser un evento importante como un ataque cardíaco, un derrame cerebral o un paro cardíaco. Hoy, investigadores y médicos de Mayo Clinic están utilizando la tecnología de inteligencia artificial (IA) para señalar los problemas cardíacos temprano, aumentando las capacidades de una prueba de diagnóstico que ha existido durante más de un siglo — el electrocardiograma (ECG o EKG).

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Newswise: Central Park Zoo Releases Postmortem Testing Results for Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl
Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:20 PM EDT
Central Park Zoo Releases Postmortem Testing Results for Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl
Wildlife Conservation Society

The following statement was released today by Central Park Zoo:Postmortem testing has been completed for Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl that was found down in the courtyard of a Manhattan building a little over a year after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized on February 2, 2023.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
A flight out of this world
University of Miami

A solar-powered aircraft being developed by a University of Miami aerospace engineer could fly on Mars to help answer questions about the red planet.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Human brains are getting larger. That may be good news for dementia risk
UC Davis Health

A new study published in JAMA Neurology found human brains are getting bigger. The increased size may lead to a brain reserve, potentially reducing the risk of dementia.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Community Health Network Teams Up with Ferrum Health to Revolutionize Patient Care
Ferrum Health Inc.

Community Health Network, a leading provider of healthcare services in the state of Indiana, has announced an exciting partnership with Ferrum Health, a pioneer in healthcare artificial intelligence solutions aimed at enhancing patient care and outcomes through cutting-edge technology.

Newswise: Alumna Patricia “Patti” Martin elected to Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Alumna Patricia “Patti” Martin elected to Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
University of Alabama Huntsville

Patricia “Patti” Martin, an alumna of The University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH), has been selected to the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame (AEHOF). Martin graduated from The University of Alabama in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.

Newswise: UNC Collaborates on Regional NSF-Funded Initiative on Climate Resilience
Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
UNC Collaborates on Regional NSF-Funded Initiative on Climate Resilience
University of Northern Colorado

Up to $160 million available over the next 10 years to build climate-resilient communities in the Colorado-Wyoming region

Newswise: Essays on democracy draw attention to critical threats, explore safeguards ahead of Jan. 6
Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Essays on democracy draw attention to critical threats, explore safeguards ahead of Jan. 6
University of Notre Dame

Shortly after Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol building, the University of Notre Dame’s Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy established the January 6th, 2025, Project, which includes 10 Notre Dame faculty who are preeminent scholars of democracy.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
تسليط الضوء على الكشف المبكر عن 3 أمراض قلبية باستخدام جهاز ECG-AI
Mayo Clinic

في الغالب، تكون أول علامة على وجود مرض في القلب والأوعية الدموية هي حدوث جلطة قلبية أو سكتة دماغية أو قلبية. في الوقت الحالي، يستخدم الباحثون والأطباء في مايو كلينك تقنية الذكاء الاصطناعي (AI) للتنبيه بوجود مشاكل قلبية في وقت مبكر، مما يعزز قدرات الفحص التشخيصي المعروف منذ أكثر من قرن - جهاز تخطيط كهربائية القلب (ECG).

Newswise: Not-Quite “Magic” Oxygen-28 Observed for the First Time
Released: 25-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Not-Quite “Magic” Oxygen-28 Observed for the First Time
Department of Energy, Office of Science

According to the traditional model of nuclear shells, oxygen-28 is expected to be a doubly magic nucleus with 20 neutrons and 8 protons. However, an experiment performed at the Rare Isotope Beam Facility in Japan measured the direct decay of oxygen-28 into four neutrons and oxygen-24 and found that it is not a bound nucleus.

Newswise: Cancer therapies show promise in combating tuberculosis
Released: 25-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Cancer therapies show promise in combating tuberculosis
University of Notre Dame

A study from the University of Notre Dame, Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Institutes of Health has identified a combination of medications that may improve blood flow within granulomas, benefiting drug delivery.

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Newswise: University of Northern Colorado Achieves Federal Designation as Hispanic Serving Institution
Released: 25-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
University of Northern Colorado Achieves Federal Designation as Hispanic Serving Institution
University of Northern Colorado

As Colorado's newest Hispanic Serving Institution, the university is now eligible for new funding opportunities to support student success, but will remain equally focused on building and fostering cultural responsiveness

Newswise: Inspiring Inclusivity in Music Through Achieving Milestones and Pushing Boundaries
Released: 25-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Inspiring Inclusivity in Music Through Achieving Milestones and Pushing Boundaries
University of Northern Colorado

Jolie González Masmela, an international conducting student recently achieved three important milestones. As a woman pursuing a career in a field that has traditionally been dominated by males, she’s hoping those achievements can open paths for future generations.

Newswise: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute earns fifth consecutive Magnet® designation recognizing excellence in nursing practice and patient care
Released: 25-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute earns fifth consecutive Magnet® designation recognizing excellence in nursing practice and patient care
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

For the fifth straight time, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has awarded Magnet® status to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, recognizing excellence in nursing practice and patient care.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 2:00 PM EDT
Research Identifies Characteristics of Cities That Would Support Young People’s Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

As cities around the world continue to draw young people for work, education, and social opportunities, a new study identifies characteristics that would support young urban dwellers’ mental health.

Newswise: Shining a Light on Reversing Type 2 Diabetes This Diabetes Alert Day 2024
Released: 25-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Shining a Light on Reversing Type 2 Diabetes This Diabetes Alert Day 2024
Hackensack Meridian Health

With diabetes increasing at an alarming rate in the United States, Diabetes Alert Day® is meant to be a one-day “wake-up call” to the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of understanding your risk. The sooner you know your risk, the sooner you can take steps to prevent or even learn to manage the disease

Newswise:Video Embedded ornl-helping-roll-to-roll-consortium-scale-up-hydrogen-technology
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Released: 25-Mar-2024 1:00 PM EDT
ORNL helping Roll-to-Roll Consortium scale up hydrogen technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is providing national leadership in a new collaboration among five national laboratories to accelerate U.S. production of clean hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 12:35 PM EDT
Nucleus Genomics launches to bring whole-genome sequencing to the public
Nucleus Genomics

Nucleus Genomics, the next-generation genetic testing and analysis company, today announced the launch of its DNA analysis product to bring the benefits of personalized medicine to everyone.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Friend or foe: A closer look at the role of health care algorithms in racial and ethnic disparities
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

For years, it was harder for Black patients to secure a coveted spot on the national kidney transplant waitlist because a clinical algorithm was making Black patients appear healthier than they were.

Newswise: Counted: Data Collection on Student Parents
Released: 25-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Counted: Data Collection on Student Parents
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

To comply with a recent California bill, the CSU is now collecting data on student parents—which will help the university better serve this group.

Newswise: Unique regional partnerships a key theme in SkyNano’s story
Released: 25-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Unique regional partnerships a key theme in SkyNano’s story
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Anna Douglas’ grand vision, strategic moves and laser focus have helped propel her through seven years of building her company, SkyNano, and land $16 million in government and commercial research and development contracts.

Newswise: Dr. Jean Giddens from Virginia Commonwealth University Appointed Chair of the AACN Board of Directors
Released: 25-Mar-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Dr. Jean Giddens from Virginia Commonwealth University Appointed Chair of the AACN Board of Directors
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

AACN is pleased to announce that Jean Giddens, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, dean and professor of nursing at the Virginia Commonwealth University, has been appointed Chair of the AACN Board of Directors. Dr. Giddens officially began her two-year term as Board Chair at noon today following AACN’s Spring 2024 Business Meeting in Washington, DC.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 12:00 PM EDT
COVID-19 Pandemic Has Left an Enduring Imprint on Colorectal Cancer Surgery
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

In a retrospective analysis of 105,517 patients with colorectal cancer, researchers found that colorectal cancer surgical cases fell by 17.3% during the first year of the pandemic.

Newswise: Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health
21-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health
Case Western Reserve University

A team of researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has provided fresh insight into the dangers some common household chemicals pose to brain health.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
The Art of Controlling Epileptic Seizures
Cedars-Sinai

Artist Syril Strickler was 47 when she had her first epileptic seizure, waking up in the hospital after neighbors found her unconscious in the street. For 10 years, seizures every few weeks brought her life to a virtual standstill—until Cedars-Sinai physicians performed a surgery that gave Strickler her life back.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Jet Lag Is a Drag: Why It Happens and How to Avoid It
Baylor University

Anyone who has traveled has probably experienced jet lag – that exhausted feeling that comes after long travel and trips. But why do we feel jet lagged and how can we avoid it?

Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
AACR: Progress treating pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy for head and neck cancers, potential biomarker for aggressive neuroendocrine carcinomas and more
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

The annual meeting will feature more than 40 regular, late-breaking and clinical trial abstracts from UCLA physicians and scientists, who will present their latest work in key areas of translational and basic scientific research, including new compounds and drug targets, combination immunotherapy approaches, updated organoid models, survivorship research and more.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Anesthesiologist, Emergency Physician and Radiologist Groups Maintain Support for Texas Medical Association Challenge to Flawed No Surprises Act Implementation
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), American College of Radiology® (ACR®) and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) submitted their fifth amicus brief in support of the Texas Medical Association’s (TMA) suit challenging the federal government’s improper implementation of the No Surprises Act.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
How firearms move from legal purchase to criminal use
UC Davis Health

A new study of California firearm data identifies specific risk factors associated with a legally purchased gun that is later used in a crime.

Newswise: UC San Diego Health First in Region to Implant Dual Chamber, Leadless Pacemaker
Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UC San Diego Health First in Region to Implant Dual Chamber, Leadless Pacemaker
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health is the first in San Diego to implant the world’s first dual chamber, leadless pacemaker system to help treat abnormal heart rhythms.

Newswise: Gut microbiome offers clues to disparities in rectal cancer
Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Gut microbiome offers clues to disparities in rectal cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The composition of the gut microbiomes in a group of rectal cancer patients reveals distinct signatures by race, ethnicity, and age of onset, with white Hispanics showing significant presence of one specific type of bacteria, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.

Newswise: Colorectal Cancer Gene Implicated in Broad Range of Solid Tumors
Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Colorectal Cancer Gene Implicated in Broad Range of Solid Tumors
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A gene associated with colorectal cancer appears to also play a role in the development of other solid tumors, according to a study of over 350,000 patient biopsy samples conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Foundation Medicine. 

Newswise: High neighborhood eviction rate may harm Black moms’ mental health
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
High neighborhood eviction rate may harm Black moms’ mental health
Ohio State University

Living in a neighborhood with high eviction rates over time is associated with higher rates of psychological distress among pregnant Black women compared to those who live in areas with lower eviction rates, a new study has found.

Newswise: URI Couple and Family Therapy program to increase family therapy in addiction treatment, improve patient and family outcomes
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
URI Couple and Family Therapy program to increase family therapy in addiction treatment, improve patient and family outcomes
University of Rhode Island

Substance use disorder, particularly involving opioids, is a continuing crisis in the country, impacting not just the person suffering from addiction, but also those closest to them.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Solar eclipse: experts share answers about science, safety, pet reactions
Virginia Tech

On Monday, April 8, much of the United States will have the opportunity to witness a partial or total eclipse.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Anesthesia Medical Societies Announce Launch of National Pain Medicine Coalition
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Today the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine) have launched the new Pain Medicine Coalition (PMC) to advance the common goals of the pain medicine community and to advocate for responsible pain care for all patients.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Grant projects to unlock potential, secure the future of open networks
Virginia Tech

For centuries, “open sesame” have been the magic words used to gain access to a cave of treasures. When it comes to the wonders of wireless, there’s only one magic phrase for unlocking the wireless future: “Open Radio Access networks” (O-RAN).

Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Food production using controlled environment agriculture and agrivoltaics systems could become the new normal
Virginia Tech

New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Virginia Tech suggests that technologies such as controlled environment agriculture and agrivoltaics may become part of the future of farming. Controlled environment agriculture systems are typically enclosed or indoors.

Newswise: Combining novel biomaterial and microsurgery might enable faster tissue recovery
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Combining novel biomaterial and microsurgery might enable faster tissue recovery
Penn State Materials Research Institute

For soft tissue to recover and regrow, it needs blood vessels to grow to deliver oxygen and nutrients. Sluggish vascularization, however, can slow or even prevent recovery and regrowth of lost or damaged soft tissue after a severe injury or serious illness such as cancer.

Newswise: Simulating the Fourth State of Matter to Harness Fusion
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Simulating the Fourth State of Matter to Harness Fusion
Department of Energy, Office of Science

As you gaze into the night sky, stars look like tiny, glowing pinpricks shining through the dark. But inside those stars, reactions occur that produce staggering amounts of energy. All stars – including our sun – produce energy through a powerful reaction called fusion.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 9:50 AM EDT
Endocrine Society congratulates 2024 Early Investigator Award winners
Endocrine Society

The Endocrine Society has selected five recipients for its Early Investigator Awards.

Newswise: A new dawn for flexible electronics: eliminating energy waste
Released: 25-Mar-2024 9:15 AM EDT
A new dawn for flexible electronics: eliminating energy waste
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers have unveiled an innovative approach to create flexible organic integrated circuits (ICs) devoid of parasitic capacitance. This advancement heralds a substantial enhancement in the dynamic performance and operating frequency of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) and rectifying diodes, charting a course towards the realization of high-performance, cost-effective, and energy-efficient flexible electronics.



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