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Newswise: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Launches Pediatric Bariatric Surgery Program
Released: 25-Mar-2024 6:00 AM EDT
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Launches Pediatric Bariatric Surgery Program
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

The program increases much-needed access to surgical treatment for youth with obesity

Released: 25-Mar-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Regenative Labs, With Advanced Medicine of the Ozarks, Publishes Case Study Demonstrating Utilization of Wharton's Jelly Allografts in Supplementing Connective Tissue Defects Associated With Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Regenative Labs

Regenative Labs (Regenative), a leading HCT/P manufacturer, announces the publication of a case study demonstrating the utilization of its Wharton's Jelly allografts in supplementing connective tissue defects associated with tarsal tunnel syndrome.

Newswise: Breakthrough antibiotic shows promise against obstinate mycobacterial infections
Released: 25-Mar-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Breakthrough antibiotic shows promise against obstinate mycobacterial infections
National University of Singapore (NUS)

A team of scientists led by Prof Guillermo Bazan from NUS Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM) has developed a novel antibiotic named COE-PNH2 that is capable of combating hard-to-treat mycobacterial lung infections.

   
Newswise: 2 in 3 parents say their adolescent or teen worries about how sick days may impact grades
19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
2 in 3 parents say their adolescent or teen worries about how sick days may impact grades
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Many parents recognize increasing mental health concerns among children, reflected by the 1 in 5 who say they’re open to allowing a child to take a mental health day.

   
Newswise: NUS sets up AI Institute to accelerate frontier AI research and boost real-world impact for public good
Released: 24-Mar-2024 9:05 PM EDT
NUS sets up AI Institute to accelerate frontier AI research and boost real-world impact for public good
National University of Singapore (NUS)

From fortifying supply chain resilience against global disruptions and enhancing safety and resilience of energy systems to intelligent urban transport systems, personalised services and healthcare revolution – artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a force with the capacity to transform facets of our daily living and the society.

   
18-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
New compound offers hope for deadly tropical disease
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

A newly developed compound is showing promise in animal studies as a more effective treatment for human schistosomiasis, an understudied tropical disease caused by parasitic worms.

18-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Bedrest may affect cholesterol dynamics differently depending on age
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

A new study examining cholesteryl esters suggests that periods of prolonged inactivity may affect people differently depending on their age.

18-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
African catfish skin mucus yields promising antibacterial compound
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

Scientists report they have extracted a compound with powerful antibacterial properties from the skin of farmed African catfish.

Released: 24-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
American Society of Nephrology Celebrates Transformational Transplant Funding
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Delivering on its commitment to increase Americans’ access to kidney transplant by improving the transparency and efficiency of our nation’s transplant network, Congress this week approved a much-needed $23 million federal funding increase in fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the agency responsible for overseeing the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

21-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
People Use Multiple Strategies to Successfully Resolve Alcohol Use Disorder Without Treatment
Research Society on Alcoholism

While highly effective, specialty alcohol treatment may present barriers, such as cost and stigma. A variety of strategies and other factors—often in combination—help people address their problem drinking without the use of specialized alcohol services, according to a study of untreated people in recovery from alcohol use disorder.

     
18-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
How might diabetes lead to Alzheimer’s? Study suggests the liver is key
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

New research conducted in mice offers insights into what’s going on at the molecular level that could cause people with diabetes to develop Alzheimer’s disease.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
AAPM Receives a $250,000 Funding Award for Project on Communicating Radiation Risk in Medicine
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

An AAPM team has received a $250,000 Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to fund a project titled “Radiation risk in medicine: Identifying and enabling patient-provider shared decision-making.”

   
20-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Most new doctors face some form of sexual harassment, even after #MeToo
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

More than half of all new doctors face some form of sexual harassment in their first year on the job, including nearly three-quarters of all new female doctors and a third of males, a new study finds.

Newswise: Neighborhood-Level Poverty and Food Insecurity During Pregnancy Associated With Lower Birthweight and Small for Gestational Age Infants, NIH Study Finds
Released: 22-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Neighborhood-Level Poverty and Food Insecurity During Pregnancy Associated With Lower Birthweight and Small for Gestational Age Infants, NIH Study Finds
Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes NIH

A recent study suggests that living in low-income neighborhoods with limited food access during pregnancy may be associated with an increased risk of babies being born small for gestational age or with lower birthweights. Further research is needed to fully understand the relationship and to evaluate potential interventions improving food access during pregnancy and their impact on birth outcomes and child health.

Released: 22-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
USU Surgical Global Health Expert Named Fulbright Alumni Ambassador
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)

Navy Capt. (Dr.) Tamara Worlton, director of the Division of Global Surgery at the Uniformed Services University (USU) and director of Surgical Operations at USU’s Center for Global Health Engagement (CGHE), has been selected as a Fulbright Alumni Ambassador, one of the most prestigious international exchange programs in the world.

   
Released: 22-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
MD Anderson’s Institute for Data Science in Oncology announces appointment of inaugural IDSO Affiliates
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson's Institute for Data Science in Oncology today announced the appointment of its inaugural cohort of 33 IDSO Affiliates, who bring diverse expertise to advance the work of the institute and foster the data science ecosystem at MD Anderson.

Released: 22-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
AAI Announces Selection of 16 AAI Trainee Members as Major Symposium Speakers at the American Association of Immunologists’ IMMUNOLOGY2024™ Annual Conference
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

The American Association of Immunologists today announced the selection of Trainee Members as a Major Symposium speakers for the IMMUNOLOGY2024™ meeting – the premier immunology conference bringing together the best minds, sharing cutting-edge research, and providing opportunities to connect –to be held in Chicago May 3-7, 2024.

   
Newswise: Mount Sinai Is First in New York to Study a Brain-Computer Interface Designed to Record and Map the Brain’s Activity in Unprecedented Detail
22-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Is First in New York to Study a Brain-Computer Interface Designed to Record and Map the Brain’s Activity in Unprecedented Detail
Mount Sinai Health System

A multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons and neuroscientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are the first in New York to study a new brain-computer interface that’s engineered to map a large area of the brain’s surface, in real time, at resolutions hundreds of times more detailed than typical arrays used in neurosurgical procedures.

Newswise: Neonatal seizures: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations: Dr. Ronit Pressler
Released: 22-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Neonatal seizures: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations: Dr. Ronit Pressler
International League Against Epilepsy

Seizures are different in newborns. Dr. Emma Carter speaks with Dr. Ronit Pressler about recent guidelines and recommendations for treating seizures in newborns and how they were established.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 11:10 PM EDT
AAHRPP Accredits Sitero IRB
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs

The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs has awarded full accreditation to Sitero IRB of Coral Gables, Florida.

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Released: 21-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Endometriosis Awareness Month: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Cedars-Sinai

It is one of the most common and painful disorders, affecting more than 6 million women in the United States. Endometriosis is often difficult to diagnose and effectively treat. But Cedars-Sinai experts find patients can now benefit from minimally invasive procedures, medications and integrative medicine.

Newswise: New vaccine against a highly fatal tropical disease – and potential bioterror weapon – demonstrates efficacy in animal studies
Released: 21-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
New vaccine against a highly fatal tropical disease – and potential bioterror weapon – demonstrates efficacy in animal studies
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A vaccine against the bacterium that causes melioidosis was highly protective against the disease, which is endemic in many tropical areas, causing approximately 165,000 cases with 89,000 fatalities around the world each year. It is so dangerous that it is categorized as a Tier 1 Select Agent of bioterrorism.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine-led study unlocks the secrets of birth defect origins
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., March 21, 2024 – A new study led by the University of California, Irvine has revealed a potential shift in our basic knowledge of the origins of birth defects, which affect about 3 percent of babies born in the United States each year.

   
Newswise: Director of Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program 
to be 2024 Penn Nursing Commencement Speaker
Released: 21-Mar-2024 3:00 PM EDT
Director of Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program to be 2024 Penn Nursing Commencement Speaker
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Stephanie Ferguson, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Director of the Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program and Professor of the Practice of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will serve as the 2024 Penn Nursing commencement speaker.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 2:15 PM EDT
Aana Appoints John Culbertson as Vice President of Insurance Services
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has named John Culbertson, MBA, CPCU, to serve as AANA’s Vice President of Insurance Services. He will report to Chief Executive Officer Bill Bruce, MBA, CAE.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Penn Scientists Create Novel Technique to Form Human Artificial Chromosomes
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Human artificial chromosomes (HACs) capable of working within human cells could power advanced gene therapies, including those addressing some cancers, along with many laboratory applications, though serious technical obstacles have hindered their development.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 2:00 PM EDT
AANA Appoints Raheel “Bobby” Saleem as Director of Legal Affairs
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has named Raheel “Bobby” Saleem to serve as AANA’s Director of Legal Affairs. He will report to Chief Human Resources Officer Ann Bresingham.

Newswise: Scientists Find Core Regulatory Circuit Controlling Identity of Aggressive Leukemia
Released: 21-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Scientists Find Core Regulatory Circuit Controlling Identity of Aggressive Leukemia
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found a small set of proteins that maintain anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) identity, representing potential future therapeutic targets.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Mesothelioma Protein Identified With Cancer Inhibiting Effect
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

Malignant mesothelioma is a very aggressive cancer with a very poor survival and limited treatment options. Thus, a deeper knowledge of the mechanisms modulating mesothelioma initiation and progression is critical for novel therapeutic strategies.

Newswise: International Graduate and Postdoctoral Trainees in Biomedicine Are Struggling with Career Confidence, Study Says
Released: 21-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
International Graduate and Postdoctoral Trainees in Biomedicine Are Struggling with Career Confidence, Study Says
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

A new study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and collaborators from the NIH Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (NIH BEST) consortium, examined career confidence in graduate and postdoctoral trainees and explored how to better support international trainees across a diverse array of career paths.

Newswise: Inflammation-Reducing Drug Shows No Benefit for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Nih Trial
Released: 21-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Inflammation-Reducing Drug Shows No Benefit for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Nih Trial
NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI)

The drug minocycline, an antibiotic that also decreases inflammation, failed to slow vision loss or expansion of geographic atrophy in people with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a phase II clinical study at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Newswise: Nanoparticles Developed at UTSW Effectively Fight Tumors
Released: 21-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Nanoparticles Developed at UTSW Effectively Fight Tumors
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A nanoparticle-based therapy developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists stimulated an immune pathway that eradicated tumors in mouse models of various cancer types. Their findings, published in Science Immunology, offer a new way to potentially harness the power of the body’s immune system against cancer.

Newswise: Pharmacists using AI to help lower patient readmission rates
Released: 21-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Pharmacists using AI to help lower patient readmission rates
West Virginia University

An artificial intelligence tool West Virginia University health data scientists are developing could lessen medication errors that send recently discharged patients back to the hospital while reducing health care costs.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Provides Patient New Jersey’s First Gammatile® Brain Tumor Treatment
Released: 21-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Provides Patient New Jersey’s First Gammatile® Brain Tumor Treatment
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center successfully performed the first GammaTile® implant in the state. The device was implanted in a patient with recurrent meningioma, a brain tumor, to deliver radiation immediately at the time of surgery, targeting residual cancer cells to help prevent recurrence while minimizing harm to healthy tissue.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Michigan is seeing a rise in measles: MSU experts can comment on related health issues
Michigan State University

Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an advisory to inform clinicians and public health officials of an increase in global and U.S. measles cases.

Newswise: Mentorship Award Honors Desai Sethi Urology Institute Urologist
Released: 21-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Mentorship Award Honors Desai Sethi Urology Institute Urologist
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Dr. Alan J. Wein’s long history of mentoring students and fellow faculty has been recognized by the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction.

Newswise: Dr. Nima Sharifi Pens JAMA Commentary on Prostate Cancer Variant His Team Identified
Released: 21-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Dr. Nima Sharifi Pens JAMA Commentary on Prostate Cancer Variant His Team Identified
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Desai Sethi Urology Institute (DSUI) Scientific Director Nima Sharifi, M.D., authored an invited commentary in JAMA Network Open related to a new Million Veteran Program study on the HSD3B1 genotype, an allele he helped discover more than 10 years ago.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) Submits Testimony to Congress Opposing FDA’s Proposed LDTs Rule
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

“Today, we at the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) provided testimony to Congress regarding the impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) proposed rule to impose FDA oversight on laboratory developed tests in addition to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight. While we share FDA’s goal of ensuring that laboratory developed tests are safe and effective, we have serious concerns about the agency’s proposal. If finalized, this rule would create a burdensome dual regulatory structure that would limit patient access to many life-saving tests.

Newswise: Immune Cells Identified as Key Players in Brain Health
Released: 21-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Immune Cells Identified as Key Players in Brain Health
Mount Sinai Health System

Using novel genetic and genomic tools, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shed light on the role of immune cells called macrophages in lipid-rich tissues like the brain, advancing our understanding of Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
The American Association of Immunologists Announces Election of Association Officers and Committee Leadership
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) is proud to announce the outcome of its recent elections, in which voting members of the association selected the officers and committee leaders who will guide the organization in the years ahead.

   
Released: 21-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Kazia Therapeutics licenses paxalisib to Sovargen for intractable seizures in rare central nervous system diseases
Kazia Therapeutics Limited

Kazia Therapeutics Limited (NASDAQ: KZIA), a biotechnology company specialising in oncology, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Sovargen Co., Ltd, a biotechnology company specializing in central nervous system (CNS) diseases, to develop, manufacture and commercialise paxalisib as a potential treatment of intractable epilepsy in focal cortical dysplasia type 2 (FCD T2) and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) disease.

   
Newswise: Research offers hope for preventing post-COVID ‘brain fog’ by targeting brain’s blood vessels
Released: 21-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Research offers hope for preventing post-COVID ‘brain fog’ by targeting brain’s blood vessels
University of Illinois Chicago

In a study of mice, researchers identified a mechanism that causes post-infection neurological problems



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