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Newswise: Upcycling fish scales for water pollution control and encryption
Released: 26-Feb-2024 1:05 AM EST
Upcycling fish scales for water pollution control and encryption
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Physicists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel method of repurposing fish scale waste to act as a bio-adsorbant to effectively remove the pollutant Rhodamine B from water, and a material for information encryption.

Newswise: Can they hear you now? Kids increasingly exposed to noise health risks via earbuds and headphones
20-Feb-2024 9:15 AM EST
Can they hear you now? Kids increasingly exposed to noise health risks via earbuds and headphones
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

While it’s not surprising to spot teens wearing headphones and earbuds, it’s also becoming a widespread trend among younger children, a national poll suggests

Newswise: Yoga provides unique cognitive benefits to older women at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds
Released: 26-Feb-2024 12:05 AM EST
Yoga provides unique cognitive benefits to older women at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new UCLA Health study found Kundalini yoga provided several benefits to cognition and memory for older women at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease including restoring neural pathways, preventing brain matter decline and reversing aging and inflammation-associated biomarkers – improvements not seen in a group who received standard memory training exercises.

21-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Antidepressant dispensing to adolescents and young adults surges during pandemic
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Antidepressant dispensing to adolescents and young adults increased sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic began – particularly among females – a new study finds.

Newswise: CSUF Professor Focuses on Addressing the Needs of All Students Through Special Education
Released: 25-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
CSUF Professor Focuses on Addressing the Needs of All Students Through Special Education
California State University, Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton special education Professor Janice Myck-Wayne will focus on ways to advocate for children with disabilities in her 2023 Outstanding Professor Lecture titled "From Segregation to Inclusion, the Progression of Equity in Disability Education" on Feb. 29.

Newswise: Targeting inflammatory protein could help treat severe asthma
Released: 25-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Targeting inflammatory protein could help treat severe asthma
University of South Australia

Australian scientists have revealed a promising new treatment for severe asthma, targeting a protein that controls inflammation and scarring of the airways.

Newswise: Study Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Finds Injectable Drug Used to Treat Asthma and Other Allergic Conditions May Limit Reactions in People with Multiple Food Allergies
21-Feb-2024 12:00 PM EST
Study Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Finds Injectable Drug Used to Treat Asthma and Other Allergic Conditions May Limit Reactions in People with Multiple Food Allergies
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A study led by Johns Hopkins Children’s Center shows omalizumab — an injectable, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medication for treating asthma and other allergic conditions — substantially reduced potentially life-threatening reactions in patients with an allergy to peanut and other common food allergies.

22-Feb-2024 3:05 AM EST
People Who Tend to Act Rashly When Upset May Anticipate Greater Positive and Negative Effects from Drinking Alcohol
Research Society on Alcoholism

People who tend to act rashly when upset may be more likely to expect alcohol to affect them—both positively and negatively—and may be more likely to want to drink to improve their mood. Mood changes, whether positive, negative, or neutral, did not alter these beliefs, according to a study of college students published in a recent issue of Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. This study helps to inform further research on the relationship between impulsivity and alcohol misuse.

     
Newswise: Navigating the Depths: Exploration in Underwater Navigation Using Acoustic Beacons
Released: 25-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Navigating the Depths: Exploration in Underwater Navigation Using Acoustic Beacons
Chinese Academy of Sciences

New exploration in underwater navigation, a team from the Naval University of Engineering in Wuhan, China, has created novel algorithms that rectify inertial errors using sparse acoustic signals.

Newswise: Shaping the Future: A New Technique for Sorting Micro-Particles Unveiled
Released: 24-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Shaping the Future: A New Technique for Sorting Micro-Particles Unveiled
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Thanks to the rapid progress in tiny tech, we've been mainly using microfluidics to sort tiny particles by size. But now, there's a new way to sort them by shape, which could be a big deal for medical tests and chemistry. This study shows off a new method using sound waves to separate oddly shaped particles from round ones, without needing any labels.

Released: 24-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
The Academy for Eating Disorders announces the 2024 International Conference on Eating Disorders Awardees
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) announces annual award recipients to be honored at the 2024 International Conference on Eating Disorders. The AED awards celebrate individuals who have shown exceptional dedication and achievement in the international eating disorder field.

Newswise: Markey study shows expanded cancer gene testing feasible, beneficial for patients
Released: 23-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Markey study shows expanded cancer gene testing feasible, beneficial for patients
University of Kentucky

A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in JCO Precision Oncology demonstrates a feasible way to expand germline genetic testing for patients with cancer.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Mindfulness at work protects against stress and burnout
University of Nottingham

A new study has revealed that employees who are more mindful in the digital workplace are better protected against stress, anxiety and overload.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Patient mindset training helps care teams
Stanford University

A new study from Stanford University, published Jan. 19 in Patient Education and Counseling, evaluates the effectiveness of patient mindset training on provider learning and behavior.

Newswise: Scientists closer to solving mysteries of universe after measuring gravity in quantum world
Released: 23-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Scientists closer to solving mysteries of universe after measuring gravity in quantum world
University of Southampton

Scientists are a step closer to unravelling the mysterious forces of the universe after working out how to measure gravity on a microscopic level.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Researchers explore whether gut microbes cause some COVID-19 patients to have higher blood clot risk
Cell Press

A gut microbial metabolite called 2-methylbutyrylcarnitine (2MBC) plays a role in exacerbating thrombosis -- the formation of blood clots – researchers report February 23rd in the journal Cell Metabolism.

Newswise: Revolutionary brain stimulation technique shows promise for treating brain disorders
Released: 23-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Revolutionary brain stimulation technique shows promise for treating brain disorders
Institute for Basic Science

The human brain's adaptability to internal and external changes, known as neural plasticity, forms the foundation for understanding cognitive functions like memory and learning, as well as various neurological disorders.

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Released: 23-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
New Cedars-Sinai Study Pinpoints Why Some Injured Kidneys Do Not Heal
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered why some injured kidneys heal while others develop scarring that can lead to kidney failure. Their findings, detailed in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Science, could lead to the development of noninvasive tests to detect kidney scarring and, eventually, new therapies to reverse the condition.

Newswise: U’s Red Butte Press releases unique fine arts book
Released: 23-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
U’s Red Butte Press releases unique fine arts book
University of Utah

Oracle Bones is a fine press artists’ book published by the Red Butte Press, part of the Book Arts Program at the Marriott Library. The book contains text by Terry Tempest Williams and prints from woodblocks by Gaylord Schanilec, both produced for this edition and not previously published elsewhere.

Newswise: People With Incarceration History Less Likely to Receive Health Care, Including Cancer Screening in the U.S.
Released: 23-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
People With Incarceration History Less Likely to Receive Health Care, Including Cancer Screening in the U.S.
American Cancer Society (ACS)

A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows people with an incarceration history had worse access to and receipt of healthcare, including physical exams, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol tests, as well as dental check-ups and breast and colorectal cancer screenings compared with people without incarceration history in the United States. The findings are published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Health Forum.

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Released: 23-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Expert says West Coast flooding, mudslides remain threat from multiple large winter storms
Virginia Tech

As California and the west coast stare down yet another major winter storm, the threat of devastating flooding and mudslides is even more urgent. Drew Ellis, a climate science and meteorology expert at Virginia Tech, explains what causes these conditions.

Newswise: Expanding Federal Programs May Help to Increase the Behavioral Health Workforce
Released: 23-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Expanding Federal Programs May Help to Increase the Behavioral Health Workforce
Stony Brook University

In a new paper published in the American Psychiatric Association’s Psychiatric Services, Stony Brook University IDEA Fellow, Briana Last, PhD, and co-authors provide a comprehensive review of one federal policy that has been increasingly used to address the country’s behavioral health provider shortage crisis: loan repayment programs (LRPs).

Newswise: Nanoscale Engineers Receive $1.2 Million to Prevent Surface Pathogens
Released: 23-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Nanoscale Engineers Receive $1.2 Million to Prevent Surface Pathogens
Stony Brook University

UT Battelle LLC, a management contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science, has awarded $1.2 million to Stony Brook University researchers for a study to test surface pathogen prevention.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:45 PM EST
MD Anderson acquires inducible switch technologies for cell therapy
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson has acquired certain assets from Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. related to the CaspaCIDE switch and GoCAR platforms. As a result, MD Anderson may incorporate these technologies into its own cell therapy programs as well as make them available for licensing to interested parties.

Newswise: UTHealth Houston named first-ever SCN2A Multidisciplinary Center by FamilieSCN2A Foundation
Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
UTHealth Houston named first-ever SCN2A Multidisciplinary Center by FamilieSCN2A Foundation
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

In recognition of its expertise in treating SCN2A-related neurological disorders, UTHealth Houston has been designated as the first SCN2A Multidisciplinary Center by the FamilieSCN2A Foundation, the largest global advocacy organization for the group of disorders.

Newswise: ACSM Announces 2024 Certified Professional of the Year
Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
ACSM Announces 2024 Certified Professional of the Year
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Brian Cleven, M.S., ACSM-CEP, LAT has been named the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Certified Professional of the Year for 2024. Cleven received the award today during the 2024 IDEA & ACSM Health & Fitness Summit in Chicago, IL.

Newswise:Video Embedded measles-makes-a-comeback-what-parents-need-to-know
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Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Measles Makes a Comeback: What Parents Need to Know
Cedars-Sinai

A highly contagious childhood disease once eradicated by vaccination has made a comeback.

Newswise: Vlasov and Bashir groups develop nanoscale device for brain chemistry analysis
Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Vlasov and Bashir groups develop nanoscale device for brain chemistry analysis
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

The device, developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is silicon-based and takes advantage of techniques developed for microelectronics manufacturing.

   
Newswise: Political expert on what the GOP South Carolina primary means for Nikki Haley, Donald Trump
Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Political expert on what the GOP South Carolina primary means for Nikki Haley, Donald Trump
Virginia Tech

The Republican race for a candidate to take on President Joe Biden in November’s election continues to be a two-person show, with Saturday’s South Carolina primary the latest stage. Virginia Tech political expert Caitlin Jewitt answers questions about the shape of the race through the South Carolina primary, the Super Tuesday contest on March 5, and beyond.

Newswise: Global warming increases the diversity of active soil bacteria
Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:00 PM EST
Global warming increases the diversity of active soil bacteria
University of Vienna

Warmer soils harbour a greater diversity of active microbes, according to a new study from researchers at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna. The study, published in Science Advances, represents a significant shift in our understanding of how microbial activity in the soil influences the global carbon cycle and possible feedback mechanisms on the climate. Until now, scientists have assumed that higher soil temperatures accelerate the growth of microbes, thus increasing the release of carbon into the atmosphere. However, this increased release of carbon is actually caused by the activation of previously dormant bacteria.

Newswise: 'Invaluable' program gives respite to parents of children with special needs
Released: 23-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
'Invaluable' program gives respite to parents of children with special needs
University of Rhode Island

The program, organized by URI College of Nursing Professor Chris McGrane, provides respite care for parents of children with special needs, at no cost to them. For four hours every Saturday afternoon, McGrane and her team of URI students, take care of children with special needs, giving parents a chance to take a break from the sometimes daunting responsibilities of care.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Researchers identify new choice of therapy for rare autoimmune disease EGPA
McMaster University

An international team, including researchers from McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, has identified a new therapeutic for patients with a rare autoimmune disease called eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). A biologic drug called benralizumab has been shown to be non-inferior to mepolizumab in the treatment of EGPA.

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Released: 23-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
NJIT Marketing Experts Measure Brain Waves and Skin Current to Predict Emotions
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Machines still can’t think, but now they can validate your feelings, based on new research from New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Jorge Fresneda.

     
Released: 23-Feb-2024 1:00 PM EST
African American patients on Medicaid are less likely to undergo surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

African American patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are less likely to receive surgical treatment, reports the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Newswise: Helping stroke survivors bounce back
Released: 23-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Helping stroke survivors bounce back
Northern Arizona University

Nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke every year, and most end up with some level of permanent motor disability. One researcher at Northern Arizona University is developing a device that could help healthcare providers personalize care for stroke survivors—and improve their chances of full recovery.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded raising-the-bar-for-medical-ai
VIDEO
Released: 23-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Raising the Bar for Medical AI
Harvard Medical School

From the invention of the wheel to the advent of the printing press to the splitting of the atom, history is replete with cautionary tales of new technologies emerging before humanity was ready to cope with them.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 12:00 PM EST
Higher body mass index linked to complications after autologous breast reconstruction
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For women undergoing autologous breast reconstruction – reconstruction using the patient's own tissues, rather than implants – the risks of overall and specific complications are increased at higher body mass index (BMI) levels, reports the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Newswise: Researchers makes promising discoveries on role of vitamin B6 in pancreatic cancer
Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Researchers makes promising discoveries on role of vitamin B6 in pancreatic cancer
University of Oklahoma

Vitamin B6 is beneficial in many ways, notably for its role in maintaining a strong immune system.

Newswise: An increase in blood-sucking black flies is expected in Germany
Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
An increase in blood-sucking black flies is expected in Germany
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Only six millimeters in length, black flies (Simuliidae) may look harmless like house flies, but their bites can be very unpleasant.

   
Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Lab-spun sponges form perfect scaffolds for growing skin cells to heal wounds
University of Surrey

A new technique for electrospinning sponges has allowed scientists from the University of Surrey to directly produce 3D scaffolds – on which skin grafts could be grown from the patient’s own skin.

Newswise: No More Weighting
Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
No More Weighting
University of Northern Colorado

Alumna and professional weightlifter pursues her second Olympic games

Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Genes affect your blood pressure from early childhood
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Certain genes associated with hypertension affect blood pressure from early in life, and they increase the risk of cardiovascular disease as you get older. However, you can do something about it.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Hearing relaxing words in your sleep slows your heart down
University of Liege

This discovery by researchers from the GIGA - Center of Research Cyclotron at ULiège reveals that the sleeping body also reacts to the external world during sleep, explaining how some information from the sensory environment can affect sleep quality.

Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
School focus on grades, test scores linked to violence against teachers
Ohio State University

Violence against teachers is likely to be higher in schools that focus on grades and test scores than in schools that emphasize student learning, a new study has found.

Newswise: Neurobiology: How bats distinguish different sounds
Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Neurobiology: How bats distinguish different sounds
Goethe University Frankfurt

Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata) lives in the subtropical and tropical forests of Central and South America, where it mostly feeds on pepper fruit

Released: 23-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Penn Medicine researchers receive $2.1 million grant to fund long COVID research
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine has received a $2.1M grant from PolyBio Research Foundation to expand long COVID research. The grant, issued via PolyBio’s Long COVID Research Consortium (LCRC), will support studies to characterize mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 persistence in the gut, including determining the impact of viral reservoirs on gut microbiome ecosystems.



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