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Society for Clinical Trials Presents E-MOTIVE Trial with Prestigious David Sackett Trial of the Year Award
Society for Clinical Trials

The Society for Clinical Trials (SCT) is pleased to announce that the prestigious David Sackett Trial of the Year Award will be presented to the ”Randomized Trial of Early Detection and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage (E-MOTIVE).”

Released: 6-May-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Now Available from Penn Nursing: Innovative, Online Psychedelic Course
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Penn Nursing is proud to launch a groundbreaking new online course – Educating Nurses in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy – via Open Canvas.

Released: 6-May-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Dana-Farber review article examines past and guides future efforts to reduce cancer disparities
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have examined the historical evolution of Community Outreach and Engagement initiatives at both the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers (NCI-DCCs).

Release date: 6-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Argonne hosts 2024 Science Careers in Search of Women event
Argonne National Laboratory

The annual Science Careers in Search of Women event is dedicated to increasing diversity in science, engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM).

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Newswise: Sharing the Wealth
Release date: 6-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Sharing the Wealth
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

A cancer diagnosis scares most people. Those outside of large population centers like Albuquerque have the additional concern of having to travel to get timely, specialized medical treatment. Now, a new program at The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center aims to streamline the process for all New Mexicans, regardless of where they live in the state.

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Release date: 6-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Cutting-edge tech gives students a 3D look at anatomy
University of Delaware

University of Delaware students had the ability to get a first-time, hands-on encounter with anatomy thanks to new virtual anatomy tables that can isolate ligaments, tissues, and arteries in the hand. UD is one of few schools in the country to offer this cutting-edge tech.

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Release date: 6-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Mindfulness Training Enhances Opioid Addiction Treatment
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Health trial shows mindfulness training during treatment reduces dropouts and relapses.

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Newswise: ER patient portal usage increasing, study shows
Released: 6-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
ER patient portal usage increasing, study shows
UT Southwestern Medical Center

More people are using online patient portals to view their information while in the emergency room, but access is challenging for members of medically underserved communities and the elderly, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and national colleagues found in a new study.

Released: 6-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
AANA Celebrates National Nurses Week, Honoring the Vital Contributions of CRNAs
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) proudly joins the nation in celebrating the dedication, compassion, and expertise of all nurses during National Nurses Week, May 6- 12, 2024. During this week, AANA recognizes the invaluable contributions of all nurses, particularly highlighting the essential role played by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), also known as nurse anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists, in delivering quality patient care.

Newswise: Lifelong scholar, learner and educator, the late James E. Miller honored with named programs
Released: 6-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Lifelong scholar, learner and educator, the late James E. Miller honored with named programs
University of West Florida

UWF Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering recently received a gift from Diane Miller to name the James E. Miller Bachelor and Master of Science in Computer Science programs in honor of her late husband.

Newswise: Massive study identifies new biomarkers for renal cancer subtypes, improving diagnosis and— eventually—treatment
Released: 6-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Massive study identifies new biomarkers for renal cancer subtypes, improving diagnosis and— eventually—treatment
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A new study led by University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center researchers identifies novel biomarkers in renal cell carcinomas.

Released: 6-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Nursing Grads Earn 100% Pass Rate on NCLEX Nursing Exam for First Time in Program History
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

In an historic milestone for UA Little Rock’s nursing program, December 2023 graduates from the School of Nursing earned a 100 percent pass rate for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) for the first time in program history!

Released: 6-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Ochsner Health designated 'WellSpot' by La. Dept. of Health
Ochsner Health

WellSpot is the first voluntary designation program of its kind in Louisiana, encouraging organizations and individuals to make small, healthy lifestyle changes in spaces where residents spend most of their time.

Newswise: Belfer family’s $20 million donation invigorates neurodegeneration research at MD Anderson
Released: 6-May-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Belfer family’s $20 million donation invigorates neurodegeneration research at MD Anderson
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Laurence Belfer, on behalf of Robert Belfer and the Belfer family, today announced a $20 million gift to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to strengthen neurodegeneration research through the Belfer Neurodegeneration Consortium (BNDC), a transformative multi-institutional initiative to advance the study and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

Released: 6-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
How to Help Your Child Make Friends With a Child Who Has Autism
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

As a parent, you want your child to be inclusive and accepting of the people they encounter—including those with autism spectrum disorder. Approximately 95% of children with disabilities enroll in regular schools. That means your child is likely to meet someone with autism in class or extracurricular activities, whether they realize it or not.

Released: 6-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Study Uncovers At Least One Cause of Roadblocks to Cancer Immunotherapy
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

A study led by Yale scientists, published April 25 in the journal Science Immunology, investigated the potential causes associated with T cell exclusion using a genome-wide screen of more than 1,000 human proteins.

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Released: 6-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Expert says fireflies aren’t going extinct, but their numbers are dwindling
Virginia Tech

For many people, fireflies lighting up backyards is a sign of summertime. The thrill of catching them in a jar and releasing them back into the wild is a childhood pastime. But if you have noticed a decline in fireflies over the years, you’re not alone. Virginia Tech entomologist Eric Day explains why climate and urban development are playing a big role in the decreasing numbers.

Newswise: Cal State Fullerton Named One of Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity
Released: 6-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Cal State Fullerton Named One of Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity
California State University, Fullerton

Forbes ranks Cal State Fullerton as one of the Top 500 Best Employers for Diversity in the country in 2024 for its efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.

   
Released: 6-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Launches Innovative Projects to Improve Health in Queens and Brooklyn
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced an innovative set of initiatives to support underserved communities in New York City who lack access to cancer screening and early detection. With critical support from longtime MSK Board Member Bruce Ratner, the Ratner Early Detection Initiative (REDI) draws from MSK’s deep experience in cancer science and discovery, community engagement, and compassionate patient care.

Newswise: Beyond Therapy: Virtual Reality Shows Promise in Fighting Depression
Released: 6-May-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Beyond Therapy: Virtual Reality Shows Promise in Fighting Depression
JMIR Publications

Study reveals VR's potential in revolutionizing depression treatment, offering hope to millions worldwide.

   
Newswise: Groundbreaking Microcapacitors Could Power Chips of the Future
Released: 6-May-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Groundbreaking Microcapacitors Could Power Chips of the Future
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab scientists have achieved record-high energy and power densities in microcapacitors made with engineered thin films, using materials and fabrication techniques already widespread in chip manufacturing.

Released: 6-May-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Penn Medicine at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 27th Annual Meeting
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers from the Gene Therapy Program (GTP) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present ten research abstracts, two invited talks, and a workshop presentation highlighting their translational science and discovery research on gene therapy, gene editing, and adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technology at the American Society of Cell and Gene Therapy (ASGCT) 27th Annual Meeting on May 7 - 11, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Released: 6-May-2024 8:05 AM EDT
VR Poses Privacy Risks for Kids. A New Study Finds Parents Aren’t as Worried as They Should Be.
North Carolina State University

New research finds that, while an increasing number of minors are using virtual reality (VR) apps, not many parents recognize the extent of the security and privacy risks that are specific to VR technologies.

Released: 6-May-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Quietly making noise: Measuring differential privacy could balance meaningful analytics and healthcare data security
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL researchers Vandy Tombs and Robert Bridges have developed a new method that improves on the standard method of differential privacy to allow healthcare data sharing while maintaining patient privacy.

   

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5-May-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Research to Prevent Blindness Opens Applications for Vision Research Grants
Research to Prevent Blindness

Research to Prevent Blindness is pleased to announce that it has opened a new round of grant funding for high-impact vision research, including research related to glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, inherited retinal diseases, myopia, amblyopia, low vision and many more.

Newswise: Stagflationary Environment Likely and SoCal in a Slowdown
Released: 6-May-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Stagflationary Environment Likely and SoCal in a Slowdown
California State University, Fullerton

The threat of a recession has been replaced by a slow and steady stagflationary environment of rising prices and sluggish economic growth, say Cal State Fullerton College of Business and Economics economists Anil Puri and Mira Farka.

Newswise: Simulated Chemistry: New AI Platform Designs Tomorrow’s Cancer Drugs
1-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Simulated Chemistry: New AI Platform Designs Tomorrow’s Cancer Drugs
University of California San Diego

Researchers from University of California San Diego have developed a new AI tool to that generate new drug candidates for cancer, which could help streamline the typically laborious drug discovery process.

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Released: 6-May-2024 4:05 AM EDT
In a first, researchers generate a direct measurement of the interaction between immune cells and cancer cells from a patient’s biopsy
Bar-Ilan University

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have unveiled a technology that promises to improve cancer treatment decisions based on a patient's biopsy.

   
30-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Survey of U.S. Parents Highlights Need for More Awareness About Newborn Screening, Cystic Fibrosis and What to Do if Results are Abnormal
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

A national survey led by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found that parents have insufficient knowledge of newborn screening in general and of cystic fibrosis (CF) in particular.

5-May-2024 9:00 AM EDT
The American Association of Immunologists Partners with Oxford University Press to Publish Preeminent Immunology Journals  
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) today announced its publishing partnership with Oxford University Press (OUP). OUP will publish the AAI journals, The Journal of Immunology (The JI) and ImmunoHorizons (IH), beginning in 2025. 

   
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3-May-2024 7:00 PM EDT
American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Introduces New Brand Identity
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

Today the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), one of the world’s largest organizations of immunologists and scientists in related disciplines, is proud to announce the launch of its new brand identity.

   
Newswise: U.S. News & World Report Ranks CSUF Nursing and Business Programs Among Top Graduate Schools
Released: 3-May-2024 5:05 PM EDT
U.S. News & World Report Ranks CSUF Nursing and Business Programs Among Top Graduate Schools
California State University, Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton’s nursing-anesthesia program ranks No. 1 in California and No. 7 in the nation, and its nursing-midwifery program is ranked No. 2 in California and No. 35 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings

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Released: 3-May-2024 5:05 PM EDT
An Accurate and Inclusive Test of Mindreading: The Multiracial Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test
Wellesley College

Wellesley, Mass. – New research by Wellesley College professor Jeremy Wilmer and colleagues has produced an accurate and inclusive test of mindreading, or theory of mind.

Released: 3-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
New MSU research: Are carbon-capture models effective?
Michigan State University

Reforestation models have been over exaggerated — and not by a small factor — but by as many as three times of a factor. The goal set by the Paris Agreement in 2015 for countries to limit their global warming to 1.5 degrees is now close to being surpassed.

Released: 3-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Naqi Logix ‘Neural Earbud’ Awarded Gold Edison Awardtm in Social & Cultural Impact for Breakthrough Human-Machine Interface
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

The company’s revolutionary technology – NAQI Neural Earbuds, featuring NAQI’s Invisible User Interface – enables individuals to easily interact with digital devices through simple gestures, such as eye blinks or head tilts.

Newswise: Winners Announced for the 2024 Harrisburg
University Student Research Symposium
Released: 3-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Winners Announced for the 2024 Harrisburg University Student Research Symposium
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) held its sixth annual Student Research Symposium on April 17, 2024. The event featured engaging and timely discussions and insightful presentations from over 80 graduate and undergraduate students.

Newswise: The KDK Collaboration Identifies Rare Nuclear Decay in Long-Lived Potassium Isotope
Released: 3-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
The KDK Collaboration Identifies Rare Nuclear Decay in Long-Lived Potassium Isotope
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Potassium-40 usually decays to calcium-40, but about 10 percent of the time it decays to argon-40 through electron capture. One variant of this decay path ends in argon-40 in its ground state.

Newswise: What If Metals Could Conduct Light?
Released: 3-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
What If Metals Could Conduct Light?
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Conventional metals cannot conduct light in their interiors, but scientists have discovered that in the quantum metal ZrSiSe, electrons can give rise to plasmons.

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Newswise: Tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova honored at A Conversation With a Living Legend®
Released: 3-May-2024 3:00 PM EDT
Tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova honored at A Conversation With a Living Legend®
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Cancer survivors and tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova participated in a fireside-style chat with Robin Roberts on Wednesday, May 1, at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s signature event, A Conversation with a Living Legend ®, hosted at the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston.



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