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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. ...

Newswise: Food insecurity in early life, pregnancy may be linked to higher chance of obesity in children, NIH-funded study finds
Released: 16-Sep-2024 11:10 AM EDT
Food insecurity in early life, pregnancy may be linked to higher chance of obesity in children, NIH-funded study finds
Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes NIH

Children who faced food insecurity during early childhood—or whose mothers experienced it during pregnancy—had a higher body mass index (BMI) and more than 50% increased chance of developing obesity or severe obesity in childhood and adolescence, according to a new study funded by the NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program.

Newswise: FDA Approves First-of-Its-Kind Cardiac Stent for Babies
Released: 16-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
FDA Approves First-of-Its-Kind Cardiac Stent for Babies
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

In 2022, a team from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles became the first in the world to implant a novel cardiac stent designed specifically for babies and young children. The stent is the first of its kind that can be expanded as a child grows—all the way to adult size.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
AANA Announces New RN/APRN Membership Category
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

AANA announced the creation of a new membership category for registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses.

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13-Sep-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Study Finds Food Insecurity Increases Hospital Stays and Odds of Readmission
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that inpatient food insecurity, experienced by caregivers during their child’s hospitalization, is associated with not only longer hospital admissions but also significantly increased odds of readmission.

Newswise: Rethinking the Use of Melatonin as a Sleep Aid for Kids
Released: 16-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Rethinking the Use of Melatonin as a Sleep Aid for Kids
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

A new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine reveals that nearly half (45%) of parents have given melatonin to a child under the age of 18 to help him or her sleep.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
WashU Medicine Leads Two Major Pandemic Preparedness Research Projects
Washington University in St. Louis

WashU Medicine scientists lead two large, multicenter programs to develop vaccines and antibody-based therapies for understudied viruses with pandemic potential. The programs are supported by two grants from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) totaling more than $30 million a year for three years.



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