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Released: 30-Apr-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Cardiologists Train Large AI Model to Assess Heart Structure, Function
Cedars-Sinai

Artificial intelligence experts at Cedars-Sinai and the Smidt Heart Institute created a dataset with more than 1 million echocardiograms, or cardiac ultrasound videos, and their corresponding clinical interpretations. Using this database, they created EchoCLIP, a powerful machine learning algorithm that can “interpret” echocardiogram images and assess key findings.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Closing the U.S./Mexico Border During COVID-19 Increased HIV Transmission
University of California San Diego

Rates of HIV transmission increased when the U.S./Mexico border was closed for COVID-19, according to a new study from University of California San Diego and Irvine.

Newswise: Consórcio global estuda a doença de Pick, uma forma rara de demência com início precoce
Released: 30-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Consórcio global estuda a doença de Pick, uma forma rara de demência com início precoce
Mayo Clinic

A Doença de Pick, uma doença neurodegenerativa de origem genética desconhecida, é um tipo raro de demência frontotemporal que afeta pessoas com menos de 65 anos. A condição causa mudanças na personalidade, no comportamento e, às vezes, compromete a linguagem. Em pacientes com a doença, as proteínas Taus se acumulam e formam aglomerados anormais chamados de corpos de Pick, que restringem os nutrientes ao cérebro e causam neurodegeneração.

Newswise: Researchers at Houston Methodist find difference in pancreatic cancer cells, offering new hope for immunotherapy effectiveness
Released: 30-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Researchers at Houston Methodist find difference in pancreatic cancer cells, offering new hope for immunotherapy effectiveness
Houston Methodist

A team led by a Houston Methodist physician established a hypothesis that the microenvironments of tumors in the pancreatic head versus the body and tail, particularly the immunotherapy receptors found on each section of the pancreas, differ. This could impact the way cancer of the pancreas is treated.

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Released: 30-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
CT-ing is believing: 630 Versa micro-CT scanner supports materials, life sciences research
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Interdisciplinary researchers in Illinois, the U.S. and around the world can advance their projects with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology's new Zeiss Xradia 630 Versa micro-CT scanner, the first of its kind with life science applications in the U.S.

Newswise: Neurosurgery Visionaries to Headline 2024 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago
Released: 30-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Neurosurgery Visionaries to Headline 2024 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is thrilled to announce the impressive lineup of esteemed speakers set to headline the highly anticipated 2024 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, taking place from May 3-5 in the vibrant city of Chicago.

Newswise: Illinois researchers develop an AI model to reduce uncertainty in evapotranspiration prediction
Released: 30-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Illinois researchers develop an AI model to reduce uncertainty in evapotranspiration prediction
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Evapotranspiration (ET) includes evaporation from soil and open water pools such as lakes, rivers, and ponds, as well as transpiration from plant leaves. The difference between precipitation and ET indicates the water balance available for societal needs, including agricultural and industrial production. However, measuring ET is challenging.

Newswise: Media Advisory: 2024 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting
Released: 30-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Media Advisory: 2024 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

Media representatives are invited to attend and cover this prestigious gathering, which will feature a comprehensive program of presentations, lectures, panel discussions and hands-on workshops covering the latest advancements, research, techniques and breakthroughs in neurosurgery — including artificial intelligence and how it is transforming neurosurgery.

Newswise: Consorcio global estudia la enfermedad de Pick, una forma rara de demencia de inicio temprano
Released: 30-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Consorcio global estudia la enfermedad de Pick, una forma rara de demencia de inicio temprano
Mayo Clinic

La enfermedad de Pick, una enfermedad neurodegenerativa de origen genético desconocido, es un tipo raro de demencia frontotemporal que afecta a personas menores de 65 años. La condición causa cambios en la personalidad, en el comportamiento y, a veces, compromete el lenguaje. En pacientes con la enfermedad, las proteínas Taus se acumulan y forman grupos anormales llamados cuerpos Pick, que restringen los nutrientes al cerebro y causan neurodegeneración.

Newswise: ountainside Medical Center Successfully Performs First Case Using Ion Endoluminal System for Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy Procedures
Released: 30-Apr-2024 4:45 PM EDT
ountainside Medical Center Successfully Performs First Case Using Ion Endoluminal System for Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy Procedures
Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)

Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center is proud to announce the successful completion of its first bronchoscopy procedure using the Ion Endoluminal System, a cutting-edge robotic-assisted technology designed for minimally invasive lung biopsies.

Newswise: اتحاد عالمي لدراسة مرض بيك، وهو شكل نادر من الخرف المبكر
Released: 30-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
اتحاد عالمي لدراسة مرض بيك، وهو شكل نادر من الخرف المبكر
Mayo Clinic

مرض بيك، المرض التنكسي العصبي ذو الأصل الوراثي غير المعروف، هو خرف جبهي صدغي يؤثر على الأشخاص تحت سن 65 عامًا. تتسبب الحالة في حدوث تغييرات في الشخصية والسلوك واضطراب في اللغة أحيانًا. بالنسبة للمرضى المصابون بهذا المرض، تتراكم بروتينات تاو وتشكل كتلًا غير طبيعية تسمى أجسام بيك؛ التي تعمل على تقييد وصول العناصر المغذية إلى الدماغ وتسبب تنكسًا عصبيًا. والطريقة الوحيدة لتشخيص المرض هي فحص أنسجة الدماغ تحت المجهر بعد وفاة الشخص.

Newswise: Penn Medicine Appoints Longtime Radiology Chair Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, as Inaugural Senior Vice President for Data and Technology Solutions
Released: 30-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Penn Medicine Appoints Longtime Radiology Chair Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, as Inaugural Senior Vice President for Data and Technology Solutions
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, has been appointed to a newly created role as Senior Vice President for Data and Technology Solutions for the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), following two terms as Chair of Radiology in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. In his new role, he will lead teams and projects that will pave a path for Penn Medicine to lead the health care industry into a new, technology- and data-driven era.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 3:15 PM EDT
Positive response to Botox injection predicts better results of migraine surgery
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Preoperative Botox injections are a useful test for predicting how well patients with chronic migraine will respond to nerve decompression surgery, reports a study in the May 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: An electrifying discovery may help doctors deliver more effective gene therapies
Released: 30-Apr-2024 2:30 PM EDT
An electrifying discovery may help doctors deliver more effective gene therapies
University of Wisconsin–Madison

In an effort to improve delivery of costly medical treatments, a team of researchers in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has developed a stimulating method that could make the human body more receptive to certain gene therapies.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Protecting endangered monkeys from poachers, habitat loss
Ohio State University

Scientists have singled out red colobus species as a priority conservation target. Protection of these monkeys, they assert, can be expected to produce benefits throughout tropical African forests where hunting and climate change have led to dramatic wildlife and habitat loss.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
A new paradigm for battery recycling
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne and Toyota are collaborating on a cutting-edge battery recycling process that retains the structure of valuable components. It shows great promise to make battery recycling much more environmentally friendly and profitable.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Lurie Children’s Hospital First-in-Pediatrics to Use Technology That Lights Up Lung Cancer During Surgery
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is pleased to announce the first pediatric use of the novel fluorescent agent CYTALUX during surgery to remove lung metastases. The drug allows surgeons to better visualize cancer in the lung, as well as potentially detect additional cancerous nodules missed by preoperative imaging.

Newswise: New Study Reveals Uniqueness of Naturally Occurring Monodominant Forests in Congo
Released: 30-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
New Study Reveals Uniqueness of Naturally Occurring Monodominant Forests in Congo
Wildlife Conservation Society

Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Sangha Trinational, Republic of Congo, April 30 2024 -- A recent study, published in the scientific journal “Plant Ecology and Evolution,” sheds valuable insights into forest stands of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei (G. dewevrei) in the Sangha Trinational region.

Newswise: Astronomers share climate-friendly meeting solutions
Released: 30-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Astronomers share climate-friendly meeting solutions
Washington University in St. Louis

Carbon emissions associated with air travel to professional conferences make up a sizable fraction of the emissions produced by researchers in academia. Andrea Gokus, a McDonnell Center postdoctoral fellow in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is advocating for astronomers and others to reduce those emissions.

Newswise: A new look at cancer treatments during pregnancy
Released: 30-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
A new look at cancer treatments during pregnancy
University of Washington School of Medicine

Drs. Kachikis and Eckert stressed that more research and funding are needed, specifically in treatments that might help women remain pregnant while fighting cancers and other diseases.

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Newswise: New Jersey Oncologist Blazing Medical Trail, Now Blazes Mt. Kilimanjaro

Ahead of Women’s Health Month
Released: 30-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
New Jersey Oncologist Blazing Medical Trail, Now Blazes Mt. Kilimanjaro Ahead of Women’s Health Month
Hackensack Meridian Health

John Theurer Cancer Center physician blazes medical trail and now Mt. Kilimanjaro

Newswise: 39 North Marks its First Year of Growth with New Collaboration Hub, Expanded Team and Focus on Critical Infrastructure to Support Agtech Innovation
Released: 30-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
39 North Marks its First Year of Growth with New Collaboration Hub, Expanded Team and Focus on Critical Infrastructure to Support Agtech Innovation
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Since the 39 North AgTech Innovation District was established as a nonprofit in April 2023, it has made significant progress on advancing its three strategic pillars: Developing the physical footprint; Supporting the start-up and scale-up of 39 North companies; and Cultivating the development/amplification of the St. Louis agri-food tech narrative.

Newswise: Scientists solve chemical mystery at the interface of biology and technology
Released: 30-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Scientists solve chemical mystery at the interface of biology and technology
University of Washington

Organic electrochemical transistors allow current to flow in devices like implantable biosensors. But scientists long knew about a quirk about their activation that no one could explain. Researchers have now solved the mystery, paving the way to custom-tailored OECTs for biosensing, brain-inspired computation and beyond.

Newswise: Activity in a Room Stirs up Nanoparticles Left Over From Consumer Sprays  
Released: 30-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Activity in a Room Stirs up Nanoparticles Left Over From Consumer Sprays  
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Common household products containing nanoparticles – grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye – could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, according to a Rutgers study. In a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, a team of Rutgers researchers found people walking through a space, where a consumer product containing nanoparticles was recently sprayed, stirred residual specks off carpet fibers and floor surfaces, projecting them some three to five feet in the air.

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Newswise: Shaping the Future of Neuroendocrine Tumor Management
Released: 30-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Shaping the Future of Neuroendocrine Tumor Management
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Newly updated guidelines on neuroendocrine tumors developed by an expert at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and collaborators provide clinicians with the latest recommendations for staging and management of these rare but increasingly diagnosed tumors.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
On Teens, Nutrition, and Exercise: How to Encourage Healthy Habits
Tufts University

Experts across Tufts outline the challenges for today’s teens when it comes to healthy eating and physical activity, and how parents and caregivers can help

Newswise: Are Probiotics All They’re Cracked Up to Be?
Released: 30-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Are Probiotics All They’re Cracked Up to Be?
Tufts University

Probiotics have been touted as a treatment for everything from diarrhea to mental health disorders, with sales of probiotic supplements expected to exceed $65 billion globally in 2024.

   
Newswise: FAU and Mainstreet Research National Poll Unveils Intriguing Dynamics of 2024 Presidential Race
Released: 30-Apr-2024 12:00 PM EDT
FAU and Mainstreet Research National Poll Unveils Intriguing Dynamics of 2024 Presidential Race
Florida Atlantic University

As the 2024 presidential race heats up, a survey conducted by FAU Political Communication and Public Opinion Research Lab (PolCom Lab) and Mainstreet Research offers a glimpse into the shifting tides of American politics.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:10 AM EDT
Columbia Nursing Study Gauges Effectiveness of COVID-19 Burden Mitigation Policies
Columbia University School of Nursing

In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of state and territory-level policies enacted to reduce the severity of COVID-19's impact on older people served by home health care agencies and nursing homes.

Newswise: New gene signature could transform immunotherapy for gastrointestinal cancers
Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
New gene signature could transform immunotherapy for gastrointestinal cancers
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A recent study in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer research reveals a promising advancement in predicting patient responses to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. The newly developed DNA damage response-related immune activation (DRIA) signature could serve as a groundbreaking biomarker, providing valuable guidance for ICI therapy decisions.

Newswise: A Rare and Little-Known Group of Monkeys Could Help Save Africa’s Tropical Forests
Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
A Rare and Little-Known Group of Monkeys Could Help Save Africa’s Tropical Forests
Wildlife Conservation Society

Conservationists and scientists from almost 20 institutions in the United States, Europe, and Africa, have concluded that immediate conservation efforts to protect red colobus monkey species could have cascading net positive impacts on African tropical forest health in the face of a growing biodiversity crisis.

Newswise: Advancing genomic medicine: National Cancer Center Japan's role in personalized cancer treatment
Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Advancing genomic medicine: National Cancer Center Japan's role in personalized cancer treatment
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In a significant stride towards personalized cancer care, the National Cancer Center Japan (NCCJ) has marked a decade of progress in cancer genomic medicine (CGM). A comprehensive review outlines the evolution of CGM in Japan, highlighting the pivotal role of the NCCJ in this advancement. The study encapsulates the historical milestones, current achievements, and future directions in the field of CGM.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Experts and Research on ARFID
Newswise

ARFID, short for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, is a relatively new eating disorder that is gaining attention in both medical circles and on social media platforms.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Susan G. Komen® Urges Personalized Approach in Response to Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen believes final recommendations made by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on screening mammography diminish the significance of regular screening mammography and could exacerbate the troubling fact that 25% of eligible women have foregone mammograms in the past two years.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
New breast cancer screening recommendations aim to address health inequities, especially among Black women
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Challenges remain in ensuring equitable access to screening and addressing gaps in evidence regarding supplemental screening modalities and the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, notes Joann Elmore, MD, MPH, a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in a newly published editorial in JAMA.

Newswise: Unlocking the immune system: cGAS-STING pathway offers new hope for cancer breakthroughs
Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Unlocking the immune system: cGAS-STING pathway offers new hope for cancer breakthroughs
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A groundbreaking study has recognized the cGAS-STING signaling pathway as a formidable ally in the immune system's battle against cancer. This pivotal discovery may pave the way for innovative immunotherapies capable of amplifying the body's inherent defenses to detect and eradicate cancer cells, signifying a substantial advance towards more potent cancer treatments.

   
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Released: 30-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Rubin Observatory Achieves Another Major Milestone: Reflective Coating of the 8.4-meter Primary/Tertiary Mirror
Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Vera C. Rubin Observatory's successfully coats 8.4-meter primary/tertiary mirror in on-site coating chamber

30-Apr-2024 10:30 AM EDT
ACR statement on final USPSTF breast cancer screening recommendations
American College of Radiology (ACR)

The final United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations, while an improvement over previous guidance, do not go far enough to save more women’s lives. Women at average risk for breast cancer should start annual screening at age 40.

Newswise: Biodegradable ‘living plastic’ houses bacterial spores that help it break down
29-Apr-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Biodegradable ‘living plastic’ houses bacterial spores that help it break down
University of California San Diego

A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry’s environmental footprint. Researchers have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filled with bacterial spores that, when exposed to nutrients present in compost, germinate and break down the material at the end of its life cycle.

Newswise: Machine Listening: Making Speech Recognition Systems More Inclusive
25-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Machine Listening: Making Speech Recognition Systems More Inclusive
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

One group commonly misunderstood by voice technology are individuals who speak African American English, or AAE.

Released: 30-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Making more batteries with fewer materials
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory is working with Talon Metals to develop a process that could dramatically increase the number of electric vehicle batteries produced from mined nickel ore.


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