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Release date: 30-May-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Infants hear significantly more speech than music at home, UW study finds
University of Washington

A new University of Washington study, published May 21 in Developmental Science, is the first to compare the amount of music and speech that children hear in infancy. Results showed that infants hear more spoken language than music, with the gap widening as the babies get older.

Newswise: Study Reveals Worse Clinical Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients Who Reported Higher Pain and Stress
Released: 30-May-2024 4:25 PM EDT
Study Reveals Worse Clinical Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients Who Reported Higher Pain and Stress
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Secondary analyses of a phase 3 clinical trial have revealed that breast cancer patients who reported high levels of pain and stress were more likely than their study peers to experience worse invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) and worse overall survival (OS).

Newswise: Study Shows Polygenic Risk Score (PGS) Could Predict Breast Cancer Survival Outcomes
Released: 30-May-2024 4:00 PM EDT
Study Shows Polygenic Risk Score (PGS) Could Predict Breast Cancer Survival Outcomes
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Data from a large prospective cohort study reveal that a polygenic risk score has the potential to predict survival outcomes in patients with breast cancer.

Released: 30-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Promising New Treatment for Patients with HR+ HER-2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

New research from Yale Cancer Center reveals first-of-its-kind data from a phase I study in patients with hormone receptor positive HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. The results, which assess the safety and efficacy of a treatment known as PF-07248144, offer new hope for treating this aggressive type of breast cancer.

Newswise: Rising Syphilis Cases Prompt More Testing During Pregnancy
Released: 30-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Rising Syphilis Cases Prompt More Testing During Pregnancy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Syphilis numbers are on the rise in Tennessee: In women, the number of cases has risen 311%, from 290 cases in 2017 to 1,191 in 2022.

Newswise: How community stress affects Black Americans’ mental health and wellbeing
Released: 30-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
How community stress affects Black Americans’ mental health and wellbeing
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Residential segregation is an example of the long history of structural racism in the United States. Black Americans are more likely to live in low-quality neighborhoods, which contributes to disparities in health outcomes.

Newswise: Study: Access to Targeted Lung Cancer Drug Is Cost-Prohibitive Globally
Released: 30-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Study: Access to Targeted Lung Cancer Drug Is Cost-Prohibitive Globally
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

A new study that examined the cost-effectiveness of durvalumab, a targeted immunotherapy for lung cancer, could help guide drug-pricing strategies to reduce financial burdens and increase the number of patients who benefit from treatment.

Released: 30-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Cognitive Science Researcher Establishes UC San Diego’s First Fellowship in the Field
University of California San Diego

Susan Chipman, a pioneer in the field of cognitive science, has pledged a $1 million planned gift to the University of California San Diego's Department of Cognitive Science. The Susan E.F. Chipman and Robert G. Fitzgerald Graduate Fellowship Fund in Cognitive Science is the first of its kind in the UC San Diego department, which was the world's first department established in cognitive science.

Released: 30-May-2024 2:00 PM EDT
Migraine surgery reduces headache days, reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For patients with chronic migraine, nerve decompression surgery effectively reduces the number of headache days – the outcome measure preferred by neurologists – along with other measures including the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks, reports a study in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Newswise: Utah FORGE achieves crucial geothermal milestone
Released: 30-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Utah FORGE achieves crucial geothermal milestone
University of Utah

A major University of Utah-led geothermal research project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), achieved a critical breakthrough in April after hydraulically stimulating and circulating water through heated rock formations a mile and a half beneath its drill site in the Utah desert and bringing hot water to the surface.


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