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Released: 18-Jun-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Media Tip Sheet: Biden's Plan To Protect Immigrant Spouses to U.S. Citizens
George Washington University

The Biden administration plans to announce a new executive action that will offer protection to undocumented citizens immigrants to U.S. citizens. ...

Released: 18-Jun-2024 12:00 PM EDT
New Report Finds the U.S. Has A Lot of Catching Up To Do When It Comes to Data Governance
George Washington University

New report on data governance worldwide finds the U.S. ranks poorly compared to other industrialized and medium-income countries. ...

Released: 18-Jun-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Media Tip Sheet: Russia’s Vladimir Putin Travels to North Korea to Meet with Kim Jong Un
George Washington University

Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to North Korea today to visit leader Kim Jong Un. ...

Released: 18-Jun-2024 12:00 PM EDT
GW and José Andrés Name Stacy Dean as Inaugural Carbonell Family Executive Director of the Global Food Institute
George Washington University

Dean, a food and nutrition security expert, most recently has served as the Deputy Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. ...

Released: 18-Jun-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Media Tip Sheet: Medical Legal Partnerships Can Protect Against Elder Abuse
George Washington University

About 1 in 10 people over the age of 60 have experienced some form of elder abuse, according to the National Center on Elder Abuse. Elder abuse is any intentional or negligent act by a caregiver or a... ...

Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:45 AM EDT
Confidence redefined: permanent makeup can empower individuals with skin and hair conditions
American Academy of Dermatology

Permanent makeup, also called cosmetic tattooing, is a popular form of tattooing that can be used to replace or enhance a person’s makeup application or help them camouflage certain medical conditions. The popularity of this cosmetic procedure continues to soar, with more and more individuals opting for long-lasting cosmetic enhancements.

Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Rutgers Health Researchers Find Disparities in Outcomes of Hospice Discharges
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Black patients who leave hospice care and patients with short stays in hospice care are at increased risks for being admitted to a hospital after being discharged from hospice, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Heat Wave Poses Health Dangers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers experts explain how people can protect themselves from heat-related disability or death

Newswise: Prestation de soins lors de crises fonctionnelles : « Isolé, seul, impuissant »
Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Prestation de soins lors de crises fonctionnelles : « Isolé, seul, impuissant »
International League Against Epilepsy

Comme les personnes atteintes d’épilepsie, les personnes souffrant de crises fonctionnelles vivent avec la stigmatisation, le stress et les fardeaux émotionnels et financiers – tout comme leurs partenaires de soins.

Newswise: CWRU researcher, interdisciplinary team discover breakthrough on body’s adaptation to COVID-19
Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
CWRU researcher, interdisciplinary team discover breakthrough on body’s adaptation to COVID-19
Case Western Reserve University

Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to global public health, infecting millions and claiming numerous lives. While widespread vaccination efforts have alleviated the immediate threat, lingering questions persist about the long-term effects of the virus on those infected.

Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Is Coffee Good for You or Bad for You?
University of California San Diego

The effects of coffee consumption on human health is a knotty question, but one thing is sure: coffee is a psychoactive substance.

Newswise: New Guidelines for Radiation Therapy for HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer
Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
New Guidelines for Radiation Therapy for HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

New recommendations on the optimal use of radiation therapy for HPV-associated OPSCC are based on evidence from multiple clinical trials and aim to maintain good outcomes and reduce acute and late effects.

Newswise: New 3D Technique Reveals Precancerous Pancreatic Lesions
Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:00 AM EDT
New 3D Technique Reveals Precancerous Pancreatic Lesions
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center’s Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center have developed a 3D genomic profiling technique to identify small precancerous lesions in the pancreas — called pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs) — that lead to one of the most aggressive, deadly pancreatic cancers.

Newswise: New NOvA results add to mystery of neutrinos
Released: 18-Jun-2024 11:00 AM EDT
New NOvA results add to mystery of neutrinos
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

The international collaboration presented their first results with new data in four years, featuring a new low-energy sample of electron neutrinos and a dataset doubled in size.

Released: 18-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Slowing inflammation may boost immunotherapy’s effectiveness against advanced lung cancer
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

High response rates for patients with stage 4 lung cancer after anti-inflammatory drug added temporarily to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy

Newswise: Tanzania fertilizer use increased after intervention, but changes were not sustained, study shows
Released: 18-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Tanzania fertilizer use increased after intervention, but changes were not sustained, study shows
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to use very small amounts of fertilizer, limiting their crop productivity. A 2016 intervention in Tanzania increased farmers’ fertilizer use and their crop yields. However, a follow-up study from an international team of researchers found the 2016 effects proved temporary, and farmers have since reverted to baseline low rates of fertilizer use and low crop yields.

Newswise: Dr. William Wertheim Named Executive Vice President, Stony Brook Medicine
Released: 18-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Dr. William Wertheim Named Executive Vice President, Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis announced today that William Wertheim, MD, MBA, has been promoted to executive vice president, Stony Brook Medicine. Dr. Wertheim, who has been serving as the interim executive vice president role will continue to report to the university’s president and is a member of the senior leadership team.

Released: 18-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study suggests hepatitis E may be a sexually transmitted infection
Ohio State University

Discovering that hepatitis E virus is associated with sperm in pigs suggests the virus may be both sexually transmitted and linked to male infertility, according to a new study.

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Released: 18-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Researchers Shed Light on Cause of 'Happy Hypoxia' in COVID-19 Patients
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

While many serious cases of COVID-19 are marked by respiratory distress and dangerously low blood oxygen levels — a condition referred to as hypoxia — the occurrence of “silent or happy hypoxia” affecting a subset of patients has puzzled experts since the pandemic's onset.



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