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Newswise: Improve Sustainability in Eye Clinics With This One Simple Trick: Stop Throwing Away Eye Drops Before They Expire
Released: 17-Oct-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Improve Sustainability in Eye Clinics With This One Simple Trick: Stop Throwing Away Eye Drops Before They Expire
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

New findings from AAO 2024 suggest that simply adhering to the FDA-regulated expiration dates could not only reduce medication and plastic waste, but also save millions of dollars annually, and potentially prevent nationwide eye drop shortages.

Newswise: Isekai Fiction: Reviving Thai Literature with a Contemporary Style that Appeals to a New Generation
Released: 17-Oct-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Isekai Fiction: Reviving Thai Literature with a Contemporary Style that Appeals to a New Generation
Chulalongkorn University

From poetry to prose in an alternate world genre, an innovative teaching media for Thai literature by a Thai lecturer from the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, which invites the modern generation to talk, ask questions, and discuss characters and stories in Thai literature, connecting them to life and current social issues, transforming the Thai literature classroom making it trendy, fun, and no longer boring.

Newswise: Southwest Foodservice Excellence Enters Exclusive Partnership with Stephen Ritz
Released: 17-Oct-2024 8:25 AM EDT
Southwest Foodservice Excellence Enters Exclusive Partnership with Stephen Ritz
Green Bronx Machine

Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE) and Stephen Ritz, an internationally acclaimed, award-winning, educator, author, and founder of Green Bronx Machine, have announced an exclusive partnership aimed at improving access to fresh fruits and vegetables and integrating garden learning into classroom curriculum.

   
Newswise: WHOI Scientists Discover Fastest Degrading Bioplastic in Seawater
Released: 17-Oct-2024 8:10 AM EDT
WHOI Scientists Discover Fastest Degrading Bioplastic in Seawater
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

After years of testing, a new version of CDA was found to be the fastest degrading bioplastic material tested in seawater—and it’s a promising replacement for other foam plastic materials, like Styrofoam, which can linger in the environment for many years.

Newswise: Engineers Build Zero-Trust, Real-Time Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Renewables on the Grid
Released: 17-Oct-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Engineers Build Zero-Trust, Real-Time Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Renewables on the Grid
Iowa State University

An Iowa State engineer is leading development of cybersecurity tools to guard power grids that carry renewable energy resources such as such as wind or solar farms. The researchers will develop "zero-trust" tools to reduce cyber exposure. The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting the project.

Released: 17-Oct-2024 7:45 AM EDT
Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Create mRNA Vaccine to Prevent and Treat C. difficile
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new vaccine provides hope for treating and even preventing the highly contagious and difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile infection, more commonly known as C. difficile or C. diff. In animal models, this first mRNA-LNP C. difficile vaccine was found to protect against C. difficile first-time infections and relapsing infections by inducing a robust immune response, promote clearance of existing C. diff bacteria from the gut, and even overcome deficits in host immunity to protect animals after infection.

Released: 17-Oct-2024 6:00 AM EDT
Tatuaje 3D ayuda a restaurar el aspecto natural después de la reconstrucción mamaria
Mayo Clinic

El cáncer de mama es el cáncer más diagnosticado en mujeres alrededor del mundo. La mastectomía es parte del plan de tratamiento de la mujer en aproximadamente el 35% de los casos e implica la extracción de todo el tejido de uno o ambos senos, incluidos los pezones y las areolas en algunos casos. Aunque se considera un procedimiento que salva la vida de las mujeres con cáncer de mama, puede tener un impacto emocional que puede llevarlas a una distorsión de la autoimagen.

Newswise: Two Rescued Southern Sea Otters Make Public Debut at the New York Aquarium
Released: 17-Oct-2024 6:00 AM EDT
Two Rescued Southern Sea Otters Make Public Debut at the New York Aquarium
Wildlife Conservation Society

Two female southern sea otters are debuting at the New York Aquarium.

Released: 17-Oct-2024 6:00 AM EDT
Tatuagem 3D ajuda a restaurar a aparência natural após a reconstrução mamária
Mayo Clinic

O câncer de mama é o câncer mais diagnosticado nas mulheres ao redor do mundo. A mastectomia faz parte do plano de tratamento da mulher em cerca de 35% dos casos e envolve a remoção de todo o tecido de uma ou ambas as mamas, incluindo os mamilos e as aréolas em alguns casos. Embora seja considerado um procedimento que salva a vida das mulheres com câncer de mama, ele pode ter um impacto emocional que pode levá-las a uma distorção de auto-imagem.

Released: 17-Oct-2024 5:25 AM EDT
Bio X Cell Announces Board of Director Appointments
Bio X Cell

Bio X Cell, LLC ("BXC" or the "Company"), the world's leading producer of monoclonal antibodies for pre-clinical in vivo research applications, is pleased to announce the appointments of Alan Hirzel and Kevin Ballinger to its Board of Directors.

Newswise: Buy Your Groceries Online? Watch Out for This Food Labeling Gap
15-Oct-2024 6:50 AM EDT
Buy Your Groceries Online? Watch Out for This Food Labeling Gap
Tufts University

Study shows a lack of present, accessible, and legible information about the food consumers buy online, while marketing claims are still prominent. The absence of accessible food labeling can have tangible consequences for public health.

Released: 17-Oct-2024 3:00 AM EDT
وشم ثلاثي الأبعاد يساعد في استعادة المظهر الطبيعي للثدي بعد إعادة بناءه
Mayo Clinic

لاكروس، ولاية ويسكنسن — سرطان الثدي هو السرطان الأكثر تشخيصًا لدى النساء على مستوى العالم. ويشكل استئصال الثدي جزءًا من الخطة العلاجية للنساء في حوالي 35% من الحالات، ويتضمن استئصال جميع الأنسجة في أحد الثديين أو كليهما، بما في ذلك الحلمات والهالات في بعض الأحيان. ورغم أن هذا الإجراء يُعد إجراءً منقذًا للحياة بالنسبة للنساء المصابات بالسرطان، إلا أنه قد يكون له أثر عاطفي سلبي يمكن أن يؤدي إلى تشوه الصورة الذاتية.

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Released: 16-Oct-2024 8:45 PM EDT
Breakthrough Clinical Trial Reveals Better Treatment for Advanced Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Updated results from a phase 3 clinical trial are expected to change the way advanced stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is treated. Details appear in a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. Drs. Kara Kelly of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sharon Castellino of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine/Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University served as pediatric leads of this important trial in children and adults with lymphoma.

15-Oct-2024 12:50 PM EDT
For Multiple Sclerosis, Medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Reduce Fatigue
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

In a study of commonly used treatments for multiple sclerosis, both medical and behavioral interventions, and a combination of the two, resulted in significant improvements in fatigue. Researchers say the findings could shape treatment approaches to one of the most challenging symptoms experienced by people with multiple sclerosis.

Newswise: Study Finds HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplants Are as Safe and Effective as Those Using Organs From Donors Without HIV
Released: 16-Oct-2024 5:15 PM EDT
Study Finds HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplants Are as Safe and Effective as Those Using Organs From Donors Without HIV
Johns Hopkins Medicine

According to findings from a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and released today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV is safe. Perhaps more importantly, the study authors also found that HIV-to-HIV kidney transplants are comparable in effectiveness to those using organs from donors without HIV.



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