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Released: 15-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
فئة جديدة من خوارزميات الذكاء الاصطناعي التي تحسن أبحاث السرطان وعلاجاته من ابتكار باحثي مايو كلينك
Mayo Clinic

ابتكر باحثو مايو كلينك مؤخرًا فئة جديدة من خوارزميات الذكاء الاصطناعي (AI) تسمى الذكاء الاصطناعي المبني على الفرضيات والتي تمثل ابتعادًا كبيرًا عن نماذج الذكاء الاصطناعي التقليدية التي تتعلم من البيانات فقط.

Newswise: Andrew Smith, MD, PhD, named chair of Diagnostic Imaging at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Released: 15-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Andrew Smith, MD, PhD, named chair of Diagnostic Imaging at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Smith is a nationally recognized academic radiologist with expertise in body and oncologic imaging, clinical trials and imaging research and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in imaging and medicine.

11-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Antibiotics Aren’t Effective for Most Lower Tract Respiratory Infections
Georgetown University Medical Center

Use of antibiotics provided no measurable impact on the severity or duration of coughs even if a bacterial infection was present, finds a large, prospective study of people who sought treatment in U.S. primary or urgent care settings for lower-respiratory tract infections.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic criaram uma nova classe de algoritmos com IA para melhorar a pesquisa e os tratamentos contra o câncer
Mayo Clinic

Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic criaram recentemente uma nova classe de algoritmos com inteligência artificial (IA) chamada IA orientada por hipóteses; se trata de um caminho alternativo dos modelos tradicionais de IA que aprendem apenas com dados.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
University Hospital and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Launch Comprehensive Weight Management Center
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

University Hospital and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) have established a Weight Management Center designed to address obesity and its complications by providing comprehensive support to patients struggling with weight management through a multidisciplinary approach.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Media Advisory - Join the Celebrate Donate Life Month Event
Hackensack Meridian Health

Celebrate Life Month Event to be held at American Dream Mall on Wednesday, 4/17.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Investigadores de Mayo Clinic han creado una nueva clase de algoritmos impulsados por IA para mejorar la investigación y los tratamientos contra el cáncer
Mayo Clinic

Investigadores de Mayo Clinic crearon recientemente una nueva clase de algoritmos con inteligencia artificial (IA) llamada IA impulsada por hipótesis; se trata de una vía alternativa a los modelos tradicionales de IA que aprenden solo con datos.

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Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Pediatric Pulmonologist Leads Translational Research to Treat Chronic Airway Infections in children with Cystic Fibrosis
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Dr. Burgener, a pediatric pulmonologist who joined CHLA last summer from Stanford University, studies cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, pancreas and other organs.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Common dementia medication doesn’t increase risk of death, life-threatening heart abnormalities
McMaster University

Researchers with McMaster University have found that a commonly prescribed dementia medication doesn’t increase the risk of death or certain heart rhythm problems, contrary to past warnings.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Dengue: An Emerging Global Crisis - Research and Expert Insights
Newswise Review

Calling All Experts and Researchers: Share Your Insights on Dengue, Prevention, Detection and Vaccines.

Newswise: NCCN Foundation Announces Recipients for 2024 Young Investigator Awards Honoring Future Leaders of Cancer Research
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:30 AM EDT
NCCN Foundation Announces Recipients for 2024 Young Investigator Awards Honoring Future Leaders of Cancer Research
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the NCCN Foundation announce five winners for the 2024 NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards (YIA).

Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Rutgers Health Leads Effort to Improve Maternal and Infant Care in Trenton and Beyond
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Jersey Economic Development Authority taps Rutgers-led consortium as educational component of a new maternal and infant health innovation center.

Newswise: Researchers resolve old mystery of how phages disarm pathogenic bacteria
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Researchers resolve old mystery of how phages disarm pathogenic bacteria
Texas A&M AgriLife

New study details long-sought mechanisms and structures

Newswise: Leading mining companies invest R40 million in geosciences research at Wits
Released: 15-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Leading mining companies invest R40 million in geosciences research at Wits
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

The Bushveld Geology and Metallogeny Research Chair will advance the mining industry and develop the next generation of geoscientists.

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Released: 13-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Boosting the Brain’s Control of Prosthetic Devices
Cedars-Sinai

Neuroprosthetics, a technology that allows the brain to control external devices such as robotic limbs, is beginning to emerge as a viable option for patients disabled by amputation or neurological conditions such as stroke.

Newswise: FDA’s ODAC Rules Unanimously on a Faster Way to Approve Multiple Myeloma Therapies
Released: 12-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
FDA’s ODAC Rules Unanimously on a Faster Way to Approve Multiple Myeloma Therapies
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

An FDA advisory committee (ODAC) voted 12-0 today in favor of a major shift in how the agency evaluates new treatments for multiple myeloma. If approved by the FDA, the result will be faster approval of new treatments for multiple myeloma.

Newswise: Utah Governor’s Medal Given to Neli Ulrich, PhD, MS, for Outstanding Research and Leadership
Released: 12-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Utah Governor’s Medal Given to Neli Ulrich, PhD, MS, for Outstanding Research and Leadership
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

Neli Ulrich joins a select group of recipients recognized for their impactful work in science and technology in Utah.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
New Device Can Treat Injury from Sepsis
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Therapeutic tool used for children with kidney issues stemming from sepsis

Released: 12-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Nursing resources affect hospital patient experience ratings
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

The nursing work environment, nurse education, and staffing levels are independent factors affecting hospital scores on a key measure of patient-centered care – with significant implications for reimbursements, reports a study in Medical Care.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Dr. Meghan Azad receives prestigious 2024 Canada Gairdner Award
University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba (UM) and the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) are thrilled with the announcement that Dr. Meghan Azad who is recognized globally for her innovative research on human breast milk and the infant microbiome has won a Canada Gairdner Momentum Award.

Newswise: Scott Oakes named Vice Dean for Clinical Science Research
Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Scott Oakes named Vice Dean for Clinical Science Research
University of Chicago Medical Center

The Vice Dean for Clinical Science Research is a new leadership role accountable for successfully implementing the research strategic plan as it pertains to clinical science within the overall BSD/PSOM research mission.

Newswise: Seth Himelhoch named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago
Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Seth Himelhoch named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago Medical Center

Himelhoch comes to UChicago from the University of Kentucky, where his public health research has focused on interventions for those with HIV and substance use disorders and cancer control.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:00 PM EDT
MD Anderson Research Highlights for April 12, 2024
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

   
Newswise: Cleveland Innovation District Partners Exceeding Many Targets Set by State and JobsOhio
Released: 12-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Cleveland Innovation District Partners Exceeding Many Targets Set by State and JobsOhio
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Since the Cleveland Innovation District launched in 2021, the founding institutions have made significant progress, including exceeding many of the targets set by the Ohio Department of Development and JobsOhio.

Newswise: Cell’s ‘Garbage Disposal’ May Have Another Role: Helping Neurons Near Skin Sense the Environment
Released: 12-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Cell’s ‘Garbage Disposal’ May Have Another Role: Helping Neurons Near Skin Sense the Environment
Johns Hopkins Medicine

The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and parts. That’s still the case, for the most part, but, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, studying nerve cells grown in the lab and mice, say that the proteasome’s role may go well beyond that.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 10:30 AM EDT
American Academy of Dermatology Association Statement on Reports on Counterfeit Injectables
American Academy of Dermatology

ROSEMONT, Ill. (Apr. 11, 2024) — The American Academy of Dermatology Association is alarmed by reports of patients suffering from illnesses resembling botulism after undergoing procedures that use possible counterfeit botulinum toxin, also known as botox. The concerning rise in counterfeit injectables poses a grave threat to patient safety, potentially resulting in severe complications such as visual impairment, blindness, infection or even stroke.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Young-Onset Dementia Tied to New Risk Factors
Alzheimer's Center at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine

“Are the risk factors for early onset Alzheimer’s the same as late onset?” asks Domenico Praticò, MD, the Scott Richards North Star Foundation Chair for Alzheimer’s Research, Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Microbiology, and Director of the Alzheimer’s Center at Temple (ACT), at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM)

Newswise: Research team led by Case Western Reserve awarded $2.75M from Department of Defense to advance clot-stabilizing nanotechnology
Released: 12-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Research team led by Case Western Reserve awarded $2.75M from Department of Defense to advance clot-stabilizing nanotechnology
Case Western Reserve University

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a team of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University a four-year, $2.75 million grant to explore new technology to generate and stabilize a protein called fibrin that is essential to maintain protective blood clots in an injured body.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
A Third of Women Experience Migraines Associated with Menstruation, Most Commonly When Premenopausal
Georgetown University Medical Center

A third of the nearly 20 million women who participated in a national health survey reports migraines during menstruation, and of them, 11.8 million, or 52.5%, were premenopausal.

10-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Researchers Find No Link Between COVID-19 Virus and Development of Asthma in Children
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many families worried about the long-term effects posed by the SARS-COV-2 virus. Now, researchers found that a SARS-COV-2 infection likely does not increase the risk of asthma development in pediatric patients. The findings were published today in the journal Pediatrics.

Newswise: NUS scientists uncover a missing link between poor diet and higher cancer risk
Released: 11-Apr-2024 10:05 PM EDT
NUS scientists uncover a missing link between poor diet and higher cancer risk
National University of Singapore (NUS)

A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has unearthed new findings which may help explain the connection between cancer risk and poor diet, as well as common diseases like diabetes, which arise from poor diet.

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Released: 11-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
MSU expert: what to know about avian influenza detections
Michigan State University

Although the current avian influenza outbreak began more than two years ago, detections have been made in recent weeks in cattle, cats and large commercial poultry flocks across the country and in Michigan.

Released: 11-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
فهم نوبات الصفاء الذهني لدى المصابين بالخَرَف
Mayo Clinic

روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا - بحثت مايو كلينك في دراسة حديثة أجرتها ونُشرت في مجلة داء الزهايمر والخَرَف: دورية رابطة الزهايمر، في نوبات الصفاء الذهني لدى الأشخاص المتعايشين مع المراحل المتأخرة من الخَرَف، والتي منحت نظرة ثاقبة حول كيفية كشف هذه الحالات عن نفسها.

Released: 11-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Entendimento sobre os episódios de lucidez na demência
Mayo Clinic

Um estudo recente da Mayo Clinic publicado na Alzheimer's & Dementia: O Periódico da Associação de Alzheimer investigou episódios de lucidez em pessoas que vivem com estágios posteriores de demência, fornecendo informações sobre como esses episódios ocorrem.

Newswise: New Addiction Treatment Research Receives Major Funding
Released: 11-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
New Addiction Treatment Research Receives Major Funding
University of Utah Health

Researchers at Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah have been selected by Wellcome Leap to research an innovative ultrasound-based treatment for addiction as part of a $50 million commitment.

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Newswise: Smart nanoprobe illuminates prostate cancer cells
Released: 11-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Smart nanoprobe illuminates prostate cancer cells
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIBIB-supported researchers have developed a smart nanoprobe designed to infiltrate prostate tumors and send back a signal using an optical imaging technique known as Raman spectroscopy.

   
Released: 11-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
New study validates prediction rules for pediatric intra-abdominal and traumatic brain injuries
UC Davis Health

A new study from UC Davis Health's Emergency Medicine may lead to a reduction in inappropriate computed tomography use in injured children.

Newswise: Helping diverse populations with the psychosocial impacts of cancer
Released: 11-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Helping diverse populations with the psychosocial impacts of cancer
University of Delaware

A University of Delaware professor is testing interventions that address the psychosocial needs of African American patients with cancer and their families, with the goal of boosting communication skills and decreasing anxiety and depression for children whose parents have cancer.

Newswise: U of I Receives Over $11 Million to Launch Research Center in Women’s Nutrition and Health
Released: 11-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
U of I Receives Over $11 Million to Launch Research Center in Women’s Nutrition and Health
University of Idaho

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded University of Idaho more than $11 million toward creating a biomedical research center focused on furthering studies on women’s health and nutrition.

Released: 11-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Rutgers School of Nursing reaches No. 5 national ranking in U.S. News 2024 Best Graduate Programs
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Doctor of Nursing Practice program enters the top 5. The Master’s program is No. 14.

Newswise: How to reduce the stress when caring for someone with dementia
Released: 11-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
How to reduce the stress when caring for someone with dementia
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease is challenging. In addition to the financial and physical demands, many caregivers are unprepared for the stress of trying to effectively communicate with a loved one who may be prone to agitation, verbal aggression, and hallucinations.

Released: 11-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
New EPA PFAS Ruling: MSU Experts Provide Overview of Changes
Michigan State University

Municipal water systems must remove “forever chemicals” from their tap water under a new rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency meant to prevent deaths and serious illnesses linked to the substances.

   


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