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Released: 23-Oct-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Critical Steps and More Research Needed to Support Physicians’ Mental Health, Experts Say
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A review of what's known about the crisis in physician well-being, and what can be done to address it, also suggests a need for action by health systems, and more research.

Released: 23-Oct-2024 4:50 PM EDT
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic utilizam terapia com feixe de prótons para tratar distúrbio do ritmo cardíaco
Mayo Clinic

A radioterapia é um tratamento comum para o câncer, mas ela poderia também ajudar a tratar ritmos cardíacos nocivos? A Mayo Clinic concluiu recentemente o primeiro ensaio clínico em humanos utilizando a terapia com feixe de prótons, um tipo de radiação para tratar pacientes com arritmias potencialmente fatais. Os pesquisadores afirmam que os resultados iniciais são encorajadores.

Released: 23-Oct-2024 4:25 PM EDT
Investigadores de Mayo Clinic utilizan la terapia con haz de protones para tratar trastorno del ritmo cardíaco
Mayo Clinic

La radioterapia es un tratamiento común para el cáncer, ¿pero también podría ayudar a tratar los ritmos cardíacos perjudiciales? Mayo Clinic recientemente concluyó el primer ensayo clínico en humanos utilizando la terapia con haz de protones, un tipo de radiación para tratar a pacientes con arritmias potencialmente mortales. Los investigadores afirman que los resultados iniciales son alentadores.

Released: 23-Oct-2024 4:25 PM EDT
Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Proton Beam Therapy to Treat Heart Rhythm Disorder
Mayo Clinic

Radiation therapy is a common treatment for cancer, but could it also help treat dangerous heart rhythms? Mayo Clinic recently completed the first clinical trial in humans using proton beam therapy, a type of radiation, to treat patients with potentially life-threatening arrhythmias. They say initial results are encouraging.

Released: 23-Oct-2024 4:10 PM EDT
Can Small Bursts of Activity Throughout the Day Decrease Chronic Pain?
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Setting out to prove that movement indeed is medicine for older adults with chronic knee and hip pain, Wake Forest University researchers have received a $5.7 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a five-year study.

Newswise: The World Series Causes Some Americans to
Released: 23-Oct-2024 4:00 PM EDT
The World Series Causes Some Americans to "Strike Out" on Sleep
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

A new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine shows that over a quarter of Americans (26%) say they typically feel tired during the World Series.

18-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Could Poor Sleep in Middle Age Speed Up Brain Aging?
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People in early middle age who have poor sleep quality, including having difficulty falling or staying asleep, have more signs of poor brain health in late middle age, according to a study published in the October 23, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

18-Oct-2024 2:55 PM EDT
Live Well, Think Well: Research Shows Healthy Habits Tied to Brain Health
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

In middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to a higher risk of stroke, dementia or depression later in life, according to a study published in the October 23, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 23-Oct-2024 3:20 PM EDT
Expert Offers Tips on How to Keep Halloween Spooky – and Safe
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers New Jersey Poison Control Center official discusses how adults can reduce risks of poisoning for themselves, children and pets

Newswise: Estudo da Mayo Clinic: O que ficar em pé em uma perna só pode te dizer
Released: 23-Oct-2024 2:50 PM EDT
Estudo da Mayo Clinic: O que ficar em pé em uma perna só pode te dizer
Mayo Clinic

Quanto tempo uma pessoa consegue ficar em pé — em uma perna só — é uma medida mais reveladora do envelhecimento do que mudanças na força ou na marcha, de acordo com uma nova pesquisa da Mayo Clinic. O estudo foi publicado hoje na revista PLOS ONE.

Newswise: Estudio de Mayo Clinic: Lo que estar de pie en una pierna puede decirte
Released: 23-Oct-2024 2:40 PM EDT
Estudio de Mayo Clinic: Lo que estar de pie en una pierna puede decirte
Mayo Clinic

El tiempo que una persona puede permanecer de pie, en una sola pierna, es una medida más reveladora del envejecimiento que los cambios en la fuerza o en la marcha, según una nueva investigación de Mayo Clinic. El estudio fue publicado hoy en la revista PLOS ONE.

Newswise: KU Cancer Center Leads National Trial Testing Vaccine for Colon Cancer in People with Lynch Syndrome
Released: 23-Oct-2024 2:35 PM EDT
KU Cancer Center Leads National Trial Testing Vaccine for Colon Cancer in People with Lynch Syndrome
University of Kansas Cancer Center

A researcher at The University of Kansas Cancer Center is leading a national clinical trial to test a combination vaccine to prevent colon cancer in people with Lynch syndrome.

Newswise: Mayo Clinic Study: What Standing on One Leg Can Tell You
Released: 23-Oct-2024 2:15 PM EDT
Mayo Clinic Study: What Standing on One Leg Can Tell You
Mayo Clinic

How long a person can stand — on one leg — is a more telltale measure of aging than changes in strength or gait, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study appears today in the journal PLOS ONE.

Released: 23-Oct-2024 2:15 PM EDT
The Decision to Eat May Come Down to These Three Neurons
Rockefeller University

Manipulating a newly identified neural circuit can curb appetite—or spur massive overeating.

Newswise: دراسة لمايو كلينك: ما يمكن أن يشير إليه الوقوف على ساق واحدة
Released: 23-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT
دراسة لمايو كلينك: ما يمكن أن يشير إليه الوقوف على ساق واحدة
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا — يعد الوقت الذي يمكن فيه للشخص الوقوف — على قدم واحدة — قياسًا دالاً على مدى التقدم في السن أكثر من التغيرات في القوة والمشية، وذلك وفق بحث جديد أجرته مايو كلينك. ستُنشر هذه الدراسة اليوم في مجلة PLOS ONE.

Newswise: MD Anderson Expands Arts Experience Program to Enhance Healing and Well-Being for Patients
Released: 23-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT
MD Anderson Expands Arts Experience Program to Enhance Healing and Well-Being for Patients
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

As part of its ongoing commitment to patient comfort and healing, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a new focus on art to support the revitalization and expansion of its clinical facilities. This initiative will include the creation of a multisensory healing environment in both public spaces and patient care areas that are designed to prevent disease, promote health and foster well-being.

Newswise: Implantable Device May Prevent Death From Opioid Overdose
21-Oct-2024 12:10 PM EDT
Implantable Device May Prevent Death From Opioid Overdose
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers from WashU Medicine and Northwestern University developed an implantable device that can detect an overdose and rapidly deliver naloxone.

Newswise: Researchers Explore New Methods for Quantifying Chronic Pain in Women
Released: 23-Oct-2024 1:35 PM EDT
Researchers Explore New Methods for Quantifying Chronic Pain in Women
Tufts University

Researchers are developing an objective, quantitative score for pain by measuring over 30 biomarkers including stress hormones, inflammation markers and neurotransmitters, as well as other physiological responses, The aim is to eliminate variation and bias in the treatment of chronic pain in women.

Newswise: UM School of Medicine's Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, Elected as Member of Prestigious National Academy of Medicine
Released: 23-Oct-2024 1:00 PM EDT
UM School of Medicine's Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, Elected as Member of Prestigious National Academy of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, an internationally-recognized neuroscientist, who is the James and Carolyn Frenkil Dean’s Endowed Professor in the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Drug Development, and Director of the University of Maryland – Medicine Institute of Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND), has been elected as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Released: 23-Oct-2024 12:55 PM EDT
CRF® Announces 2024 SET-10 Rankings
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation® (CRF®) is proud to unveil the 2024 SET-10 (Scientific Excellence Top 10), recognizing the academic and medical institutions making the most impactful contributions to interventional cardiovascular research at TCT® 2024 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics®), the annual scientific symposium of CRF®.



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