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Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:00 PM EDT
New Trustees Join Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation’s Hospital Foundations
Hackensack Meridian Health

New Trustees Join Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation’s Hospital Foundations

Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:40 PM EDT
New Study Reveals Insights into Lack of Durability in COVID Antibody Response to Infections and Vaccines
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Researchers at the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published a new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases investigating the short-lived antibody response following SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Sylvester Cancer Tip Sheet for March 2024
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

A transformative gift to expand research and breakthrough therapies, an upcoming conference on managing neuroendocrine tumors, FDA approval of Imetelstat for patients with anemia from myelodysplastic syndromes and a researcher advocating for making bereavement care a public health priority are all included in this month’s tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Newswise: Tube-eeze Patches Revolutionize Accessibility for Babies with Medical Equipment
Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Tube-eeze Patches Revolutionize Accessibility for Babies with Medical Equipment
Tabeeze

Babies with medical devices such as g-tubes, j-tubes, PICC lines, ports, and more often face challenges in finding suitable clothing that accommodates their needs.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center and Raritan Bay Medical Center Achieve Magnet® Designation Five Consecutive Times
Hackensack Meridian Health

“Hackensack Meridian Health is committed to transforming the way healthcare is delivered, and our nurses are integral in our mission to deliver compassionate, high-quality care to the communities we serve,” said Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health.

Newswise: New Research Continues to Support Massage Therapy for Improving Sleep Quality
Released: 19-Mar-2024 12:25 PM EDT
New Research Continues to Support Massage Therapy for Improving Sleep Quality
American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)

It's National Sleep Awareness Month, and the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) is sharing the latest research on how massage can improve sleep quality.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Honors 18 Acute and Critical Care Nurses with Circle of Excellence Award
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

AACN recognizes 18 exceptional nurses -- each nominated by colleagues -- with the 2024 Circle of Excellence award. They will be honored during AACN's 50th National Teaching Institute, to be held in Denver, May 20-22.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Report finds California's mental health crisis programs need consistent funding, community engagement
UC Davis Health

UC Davis health researchers evaluated California’s mental health crisis management and prevention programs. Their report identified gaps in the system and called for more sustainable programs and community collaborations to support people with mental illness.

Newswise: Happiness Poll: Democrats and Biden Voters Report More Happiness Than GOP and Trump Supporters
Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Happiness Poll: Democrats and Biden Voters Report More Happiness Than GOP and Trump Supporters
Florida Atlantic University

A happiness poll reveals voters of the Democratic party and U.S. President Joe Biden are happier than voters for the Republican party and former U.S. President Donald Trump, while older and wealthier adult voters are happier than younger and less-wealthy ones.

Newswise: Change in Mycn-Driven Cell State Opens Therapeutic Window in High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Change in Mycn-Driven Cell State Opens Therapeutic Window in High-Risk Neuroblastoma
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital showed that the MYCN protein promotes a switch in the cellular state within the tumor microenvironment, with slow-growing mesenchymal cells swapping to the more dangerous and faster-growing adrenergic state.

   
Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
ATS 2024 Conference Program is Live! Register Now for Scientific Sessions in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

The ATS 2024 International Conference Program is now live! Get ready for a series of dynamic scientific programming with presentations covering AI in thoracic medicine, the basic sciences, research breakthroughs and clinical treatment, as well as spotlighting the next generation of innovators in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

Newswise: Immunotherapy Targeting Cancer Fusion Protein May Hold Key to Treating Rare Liver Cancer
Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Immunotherapy Targeting Cancer Fusion Protein May Hold Key to Treating Rare Liver Cancer
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center discovered two T-cell receptors in a single patient that recognizes the fusion and can guide T cells to kill all tumor cells carrying the hybrid protein in a mouse model.

Newswise: New Ultrasound Technology May Revolutionize Respiratory Disease Diagnoses
14-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
New Ultrasound Technology May Revolutionize Respiratory Disease Diagnoses
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

By evaluating sound vibrations produced by the airflow induced within the lungs and bronchial tree during normal breathing as well as those produced by the larynx during vocalizations, doctors can identify potential disease-related abnormalities within the respiratory system.

   
Newswise: Illinois to Create Global Center of Excellence in Food and Agricultural Communications
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Illinois to Create Global Center of Excellence in Food and Agricultural Communications
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will unveil plans for a global center for food and agricultural communications today at 2 p.m. Central Time on The Cowboy Channel as part of the National Ag Day celebration.

Newswise: Conservation Value of Field Research Stations Greatly Misunderstood and Underfunded According to 173 Conservation Scientists in New Study
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Conservation Value of Field Research Stations Greatly Misunderstood and Underfunded According to 173 Conservation Scientists in New Study
Wildlife Conservation Society

Funding of field conservation research stations worldwide has been drastically reduced since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising the alarm for more than 170 conservation researchers representing 157 field stations in 56 countries in a new paper published in Conservation Letters.

Newswise: New Features Available on the National Virtual Climate Laboratory Portal
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New Features Available on the National Virtual Climate Laboratory Portal
Argonne National Laboratory

The National Virtual Climate Laboratory is a comprehensive web portal for climate science projects. It has new website features for students, faculty and researchers including career opportunities, a news section featuring climate and student news, and a calendar of workshops and events.

Newswise: Advancing Soybean Yield Through High-Throughput UAV Phenotyping and Dynamic Modelling
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Advancing Soybean Yield Through High-Throughput UAV Phenotyping and Dynamic Modelling
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Soybeans, valued for their use as both oilseeds and grains, encounter yield limitations compared to crops like maize and rice, emphasizing the necessity for developing higher-yielding varieties .

Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Chop Researchers Find Branched Chain Amino Acid Supplementation May Aid in Concussion Recovery
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

In the first clinical trial of a targeted pharmacologic therapeutic for mild traumatic brain injury in pediatric patients, scientists have found preliminary evidence that adolescents and young adults with concussion who take a specific formulation of branched chain amino acid (BCAA) supplements after injury experience faster symptom reduction and return to physical activity.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Awards Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation $10 Million Grant to Expand Adolescent Behavioral Health Services in New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health

Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Awards Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation $10 Million Grant to Expand Adolescent Behavioral Health Services in New Jersey

18-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Researchers from IRB Barcelona and Sant Joan de Déu unveil the origin of second pediatric cancers and chemotherapy-induced mutations in healthy tissues
Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB BARCELONA)

A team from IRB Barcelona and Sant Joan de Déu Hospital · IRSJD has studied the cases of four children who have experienced two cancers during childhood and has addressed the origin of the second tumour.

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Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Expert Explains How Investment and Interest Have Created ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for Women’s March Madness
Virginia Tech

As March Madness tips off this week, the men’s NCAA Tournament is not the only game in town drawing big interest, ratings, and betting. Jadrian Wooten, a Virginia Tech collegiate associate professor in the Department of Economics, explains how investment and interest in women’s basketball has created a “virtuous cycle” spurring growth in one another to help close the gender equity gap.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Rising rates of head and facial injuries from exercise and weightlifting
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Numbers of craniofacial injuries related to exercise and weightlifting have increased sharply over the past decade, reports a study in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Newswise: A Breakthrough in Solid-State Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries: Twice the Quality with Streamlined Processes
Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
A Breakthrough in Solid-State Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries: Twice the Quality with Streamlined Processes
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has reached a significant milestone with the publication of a groundbreaking study in a globally esteemed journal, marking a crucial stride toward the commercialization of all-solid-state batteries, free from the inherent risks of explosion and fire.

Newswise: Revolutionizing Field Phenotyping: A Novel Glare Correction Technique Using Polarized Light
Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Revolutionizing Field Phenotyping: A Novel Glare Correction Technique Using Polarized Light
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Amidst challenges like a booming global population and diminishing arable land, plant phenotyping offers a way to automate agriculture and improve crop diagnostics.

Newswise: Circulating Tumor DNA Levels Predict Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Gastroesophageal Cancer Treated with a Novel Immunotherapy Combination
Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Circulating Tumor DNA Levels Predict Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Gastroesophageal Cancer Treated with a Novel Immunotherapy Combination
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Monitoring levels of DNA shed by tumors and circulating in the bloodstream could help doctors accurately assess how gastroesophageal cancers are responding to treatment, and potentially predict future prognosis, suggests a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

Newswise: Dehydration is rampant among Florida farm workers, new study shows
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Dehydration is rampant among Florida farm workers, new study shows
University of Illinois Chicago

Many still showed signs of dehydration in the morning after a shift

Newswise: Choosing Over the Counter Drugs for COVID 19? It’s Complicated
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Choosing Over the Counter Drugs for COVID 19? It’s Complicated
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers take a closer look at both the potential benefits and risks of acetaminophen, NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, as well as aspirin for the selection of OTC drugs to treat mild symptoms of COVID-19.

Newswise: Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

New oceanic research provides clear evidence of a human “fingerprint” on climate change and shows that specific signals from human activities have altered the seasonal cycle amplitude of sea surface temperatures (SST).

Newswise: Binghamton University’s Speech and Language Pathology program receives accreditation candidacy
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Binghamton University’s Speech and Language Pathology program receives accreditation candidacy
Binghamton University, State University of New York

The new Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program at Binghamton University’s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences has achieved a significant milestone toward accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).

Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Four PPPL researchers featured in the Physics of Plasmas
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPPL’s important work seeding the field of plasma physics was evident from the list of first authors in Physics of Plasmas 2023 Early Career Collection, which included four people from the Lab: Ben Isreali, Stephen Majeski, Ian Ochs and Willca Villafana.

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Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Four PPPL researchers featured in the Physics of Plasmas
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPPL’s important work seeding the field of plasma physics was evident from the list of first authors in Physics of Plasmas 2023 Early Career Collection, which included four people from the Lab: Ben Isreali, Stephen Majeski, Ian Ochs and Willca Villafana.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Uniformed Services University Psychiatrists Author New Handbook to Aid Diagnosis of Psychiatric Illness
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)

Early on in their training, medical students learn the signs and symptoms of most common medical conditions. For example, they can describe the difference between heart sounds within the first few weeks of training. Except when it comes to psychiatric disorders.

Newswise: Unlocking Alzheimer's Mysteries: A Revolutionary Leap in Brain Network Analysis
Released: 19-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Unlocking Alzheimer's Mysteries: A Revolutionary Leap in Brain Network Analysis
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dementia stands as one of the most significant global health challenges of the 21st century, with over 50 million individuals worldwide currently affected, a number projected to triple by 2050, reaching 152 million, due to global population aging.

Newswise: Does AI Help or Hurt Human Radiologists’ Performance? It Depends on the Doctor
14-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Does AI Help or Hurt Human Radiologists’ Performance? It Depends on the Doctor
Harvard Medical School

Study shows AI improves performance for some radiologists but worsens it for others. Understanding who might benefit from AI and who would not is critical for designing tools that boost human performance.

11-Mar-2024 11:45 PM EDT
Toxic metal particles can be present in cannabis vapes even before the first use
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Vapes are thought to be a “safer” way to consume cannabis, but they present their own risks. Researchers have discovered toxic metal particles in vaping liquids even before first use of the device, and this toxicity was worse in illicit products. They will present their results at ACS Spring 2024.

   
Newswise: Frequency of heat days systematically underestimated in many studies
Released: 19-Mar-2024 4:00 AM EDT
Frequency of heat days systematically underestimated in many studies
University of Vienna

Many studies on the climate crisis focus on researching temperature extremes on a global scale. Scientists at the University of Vienna have now uncovered an error in an established calculation method, leading to a systematic underestimation in the frequency of heat days.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Nanoparticles activated by ultra-low-energy X-rays effectively halt the aggregation and toxicity of amyloid beta in preclinical models
Bar-Ilan University

A collaborative effort between Israeli and Italian researchers has led to the development of a new treatment strategy targeting the early-stage aggregation of A-beta before the formation of toxic oligomers.

Newswise: One small step for STEM, one giant leap for STEM-kind
Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:05 AM EDT
One small step for STEM, one giant leap for STEM-kind
University of South Australia

A manned mission to Mars: it’s the next step in the global space race. But while agencies scurry to take pole position, UniSA experts say the innovations that will help us land the red planet are far more likely to come from next generation of STEM stars in schools.

Newswise: Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and its Applications
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 PM EDT
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and its Applications
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has played a major role in developing international scientific cooperation at the highest level with mathematicians worldwide.

Newswise: Glaucoma Research Foundation Releases Informational Audiobook for Glaucoma Patients in Collaboration with Braille Institute of America
Released: 18-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Glaucoma Research Foundation Releases Informational Audiobook for Glaucoma Patients in Collaboration with Braille Institute of America
Glaucoma Research Foundation

The free glaucoma audiobook, narrated by Bianca Beach, is available for patients and their families to listen, download, and share.

Newswise: University of Utah names Kurt Dirks dean of the David Eccles School of Business
Released: 18-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EDT
University of Utah names Kurt Dirks dean of the David Eccles School of Business
University of Utah

University of Utah Provost Mitzi M. Montoya announced that Kurt Dirks has accepted an offer to serve as dean of the David Eccles School of Business. Dirks is the Bank of America Professor of Managerial Leadership and director of the Bauer Leadership Center at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

   
Newswise: Marcilynn Burke named new Dean of Tulane Law School
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Marcilynn Burke named new Dean of Tulane Law School
Tulane University

Marcilynn Burke, the current dean of law and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law at the University of Oregon and former acting assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior, has been named dean of Tulane University School of Law, effective August 5.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine launches customized generative artificial intelligence tool
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine has deployed a customized generative artificial intelligence solution called ZotGPT Chat. One of the first of its kind in the UC system, the tool was created to allow UC Irvine affiliates to explore AI in a safer, tailor-made environment.

Newswise: All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes
University of Wisconsin–Madison

The blue whale genome was published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, and the Etruscan shrew genome was published in the journal Scientific Data.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine-led research team discovers role of key enzymes that drive cancer mutations
University of California, Irvine

A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered the key role that the APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B enzymes play in driving cancer mutations by modifying the DNA in tumor genomes, offering potential new targets for intervention strategies.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Dr. Lee Peng as Chief of Gastroenterology
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Dr. Lee Peng as Chief of Gastroenterology
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center welcomed Lee F. Peng, M.D., PhD, as section chief of gastroenterology, department of medicine.



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