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Newswise: From Cancer Patient to Cancer Nurse: Kate Lopez Gives Back to the Hospital That Cured Her
Release date: 23-Sep-2024 6:05 PM EDT
From Cancer Patient to Cancer Nurse: Kate Lopez Gives Back to the Hospital That Cured Her
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

If you ask Kate Lopez, RN, what her approach to caring for patients in the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is, she’ll tell you that the magic’s in the little things.  Those little things include gestures like ensuring patients have plenty of ice and water during chemo, adding comfort items to their rooms and, Lopez’s specialty: making them laugh.

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Newswise: Summer school in session for next-generation nuclear engineers
Release date: 23-Sep-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Summer school in session for next-generation nuclear engineers
Argonne National Laboratory

Nuclear engineers learn about advancements in nuclear reactor design at Argonne-hosted summer school.

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Release date: 23-Sep-2024 5:30 PM EDT
The heart of the question: Who can get Medicare-covered weight loss medicine?
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Wegovy (semaglutide) now has Medicare approval for coverage among people with obesity and cardiovascular disease but no diabetes; a study looks at what level of risk might make someone eligible.

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Released: 23-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Studying Sex-Specific Pain Levels in Wheelchair Users
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Josh Leonardis, a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health to study why female manual wheelchair users experience shoulder pain and pathology at greater rates than males.

   
Newswise: Latest Data Shows Decreases in Cancer Diagnoses and Early-Stage Disease Continued in Second Year of COVID-19 Pandemic
Released: 23-Sep-2024 5:00 PM EDT
Latest Data Shows Decreases in Cancer Diagnoses and Early-Stage Disease Continued in Second Year of COVID-19 Pandemic
American Cancer Society (ACS)

Using newly released cancer surveillance data, researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) found decreases in cancer diagnoses and proportion of early-stage diagnoses continued in 2021 in the United States during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proportion of late-stage diagnoses was lower in 2021 than in 2020, but has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. The findings will be presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in San Francisco, September 27 – 28, 2024.

Newswise: Families With a History of Cancer Face Various Types of Debt Even Years After Diagnosis, According to New Findings
23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Families With a History of Cancer Face Various Types of Debt Even Years After Diagnosis, According to New Findings
American Cancer Society (ACS)

Patients diagnosed with major diseases, including cancer, often experience financial hardship due to high out-of-pocket medical costs in the United States. However, little is known about changes in income, wealth, and debt before and after major disease diagnoses. New data by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows these families face various new types of debts, especially medical debt, after diagnoses. Moreover, newly diagnosed with cancer is associated with an increased likelihood of experiencing medical debt. The findings will be presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in San Francisco, September 27 – 28, 2024.

Newswise: Hurricane Disasters Impact Treatment and Care for Certain Lung Cancer Patients, New Study Finds
23-Sep-2024 2:00 PM EDT
Hurricane Disasters Impact Treatment and Care for Certain Lung Cancer Patients, New Study Finds
American Cancer Society (ACS)

A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) found that patients with stage 3 locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received radiation treatment during a hurricane disaster were more likely to experience treatment completion delays. Researchers also reported that patients treated during a hurricane were more likely to receive higher total doses of radiation and complete more fractions. These findings will be presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in San Francisco, September 27 – 28, 2024.

   
Newswise: Patients Recovering From Lung Cancer Surgery Impacted by Wildfire Disasters, According to New Findings
23-Sep-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Patients Recovering From Lung Cancer Surgery Impacted by Wildfire Disasters, According to New Findings
American Cancer Society (ACS)

New research by scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows patients impacted by a wildfire disaster while recovering from lung cancer surgery have a longer in-hospital length of stay (LOS) than similar patients treated at the same facility at times when no disasters happened. The findings will be presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in San Francisco, September 27 – 28, 2024.

   
Newswise: High Healthcare Spending and Out-of-Pocket Burden for Working-age Patients Newly Diagnosed With Cancer, Latest Research Suggests
23-Sep-2024 10:00 AM EDT
High Healthcare Spending and Out-of-Pocket Burden for Working-age Patients Newly Diagnosed With Cancer, Latest Research Suggests
American Cancer Society (ACS)

New findings by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) show total healthcare spending in the six months after a cancer diagnosis is considerable in the working-age population, with high out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for patients with private non-health maintenance organization (HMO) coverage. The study will be presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in San Francisco, September 27 – 28, 2024.

   
Newswise: Medicaid Coverage Helps People Improve Their Cardiovascular Health
19-Sep-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Medicaid Coverage Helps People Improve Their Cardiovascular Health
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Medicaid coverage had a significant impact on helping some people lower their blood pressure. The findings fill a gap left in the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment finding that Medicaid coverage leads to improved financial risk protection, better access to care, and lower mental stress, but found no impact on physical health such as blood pressure.

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Newswise: Scientific Innovation Puts the Future in Focus
Released: 23-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Scientific Innovation Puts the Future in Focus
Argonne National Laboratory

A broad-based look at the future of Argonne research.

Newswise: UChicago Medicine Performs First-in-Illinois Procedure to Treat Bladder Leaks
Released: 23-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
UChicago Medicine Performs First-in-Illinois Procedure to Treat Bladder Leaks
University of Chicago Medical Center

UChicago Medicine has become the first medical center in IL to implant the Revi neuromodulation device, a minimally-invasive, convenient alternative to existing treatments for urinary urgency incontinence (UUI).

Newswise: Beth Walker named CEO of Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans
Released: 23-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Beth Walker named CEO of Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans
Ochsner Health

Beth Walker has been named the Chief Executive Officer of Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, located at 1514 Jefferson Highway in New Orleans.

Newswise: Blood Cancers: Understanding Types, Symptoms, and Advances in Treatment
Released: 23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Blood Cancers: Understanding Types, Symptoms, and Advances in Treatment
Rutgers Cancer Institute

Claire Yun Kyoung Ryu Tiger, MD, PhD, medical oncologist in the Leukemia/Lymphoma/Hematologic Malignancies Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJBarnabas Health shares the basics about blood cancers.

Released: 23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Potential Indicators of Life on Other Planets Can Be Created in a Lab
University of Colorado Boulder

Researchers find certain biosignature molecules may not indicate life is present, contrary to popular thought.

Newswise: Simulating a Critical Point in Quark Gluon Fluid
Released: 23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Simulating a Critical Point in Quark Gluon Fluid
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Scientists are conducting experiments in search of a critical point in the Quantum Chromodynamics phase diagram. The main signatures of this point involve changes in the number of particles produced in heavy ion collisions. Modeling these observables requires an extension of the standard fluid dynamic framework

Newswise: Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
23-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in space weakened the tissues and disrupted their normal rhythmic beats when compared to earth-bound samples from the same source.



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