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UrduBURLINGTON, VT — In the aftermath of George Floyd’s 2020 murder by former police officer Derek Chauvin, many families may find themselves actively engaging in–or uncomfortably fumbling around–discussions about race. For white parents looking to clearly communicate antiracist ideologies with…
Month: May 2021
Housing subsidies reduce health care costs for vulnerable veterans
Ensuring that veterans have stable housing not only reduces homelessness but also slashes the cost of providing them with publicly funded health care, according to a national study led by University of Utah Health scientists. The researchers found that veterans…
Using social values for profit cheapens them, a new study cautions
May 3, 2021 Using social values for profit cheapens them, a new study cautions. Toronto – Businesses sometimes align themselves with important values such as a clean environment, feminism, or racial justice, thinking it’s a win-win: the value gets boosted…
33% of neighborhoods in largest US cities were ‘pharmacy deserts’
Poor geographical access to pharmacies may contribute to health disparities, study shows
Speeding new treatments
UNM team creates powerful computational tool to help researchers rapidly screen molecules for anti-COVID properties
Earthquake, tsunami hazards from subduction zones might be higher than current estimates
Two of the most destructive forces of nature – earthquakes and tsunamis – might actually be more of a threat than current estimates according to new research conducted by scientists at The University of New Mexico and the Nanyang Technological…
Previously unrecognized tsunami hazard identified in coastal cities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. –A new study found overlooked tsunami hazards related to undersea, near-shore strike-slip faults, especially for coastal cities adjacent to faults that traverse inland bays. Several areas around the world may fall into this category, including the San Francisco…
Revealing the secret cocoa pollinators
International research team led by Göttingen University investigates landscape and farm-level man-agement in cocoa agroforests in Indonesia
Mini 3D brain models could speed up search for MS treatments
Tiny 3-D models that mimic vital aspects of the human nervous system have been developed in a step that could accelerate drug research for neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The millimetre-wide models – created using stem cells from…
Modulating placebo and nocebo effects
A study involving 81 participants finds that repeated transcranial direct current stimulation of the brain’s right dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex can boost the pain-relieving placebo effect and blunt the pain-enhancing nocebo effect, suggesting that changing the excitability of the dorsal…
Flatworms can sense light without eyes
Researchers report that microscopic flatworms possess a light-sensing system throughout the body that can coordinate movement. Flatworms have two sensitive eyes connected to a cerebral ganglion but can respond to light even after decapitation. Nishan Shettigar and colleagues report that,…
Evolution of Northern Hemisphere conifers
Researchers report the evolutionary history of Pinus, the largest genus of conifers. Unlike most organisms with a distribution following a latitudinal diversity gradient, conifers in the Northern Hemisphere are found mostly in middle-latitude mountainous terrain. Xiao-Quan Wang and colleagues explored…
Clinical characteristics, transmission of COVID-19 in children, young people during outbreaks in Hong Kong
What The Study Did: H ouseholds and not schools were the major route of transmission among children and youths with COVID-19 in Hong Kong, these study results suggest. Authors: Mike Yat Wah Kwan, M.Sc., M.R.C.P.C.H., of the Princess Margaret in…
Assessing child abuse hotline inquiries in wake of COVID-19
What The Study Did: I nquiries to a child abuse hotline during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with inquiries during the same period the previous year are assessed in this study. Authors: Robin Ortiz, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in…
Association between income inequality, county-level COVID-19 cases, deaths in US
What The Study Did: The findings of this study suggest an association between county-level income inequality and COVID-19 cases and deaths. Authors: Michelle C. Odden, Ph.D., of Stanford University in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed…
Researchers publish most comprehensive study yet of COVID-19 hospital mortality
Study suggests hospital mortality rates dropped rapidly in the United States after May 2020 but have not declined further
Intranasal influenza vaccine enhances immune response and offers broad protection, researchers find
ATLANTA–An influenza vaccine that is made of nanoparticles and administered through the nose enhances the body’s immune response to influenza virus infection and offers broad protection against different viral strains, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at…
Plastic pollution in the deep sea: A geological perspective
Focus study published in this month’s Geology
Mason researchers to receive funding for GPU-based computing cluster
Harbir Antil (PI), Director, Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (CMAI), and Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Rainald Löhner (co-PI), Director, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Center and Professor, Physics and Astronomy, and Mahamadi Warma, (co-PI), CMAI Faculty and Professor, Mathematical Sciences,…
Clayborne to study response properties of porphyrin molecules
Andre Clayborne, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, is set to begin a collaborative research project with co-PI Kim Michelle Lewis, Professor of Physics at Howard University, that aims to accelerate the discovery and use of porphyrin molecules for quantum information…
Northern Red Sea corals pass heat stress test with flying colors
EPFL scientists are beginning to understand why corals in the Gulf of Aqaba, along with their symbiotic algae and bacteria, resist higher temperatures particularly well
Prehistoric humans first traversed Australia by ‘superhighways’
Sandia supercomputer creates most detailed analysis ever of continental human migration
CityU scientists invent cryomicroneedles for intradermal therapeutic cell delivery
A research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) scientists recently developed a new generation of microneedles technology which allows the intradermal delivery of living cells in a minimally invasive manner. Their experiment showed that vaccination using therapeutic…
Social cognition plays a key role in everyday lives of people with multiple sclerosis
Longitudinal study by international MS research team shows that people with relapsing-remitting MS performed significantly lower in several social cognition domains, despite being classified as “cognitively normal.”
Childbearing delay among physicians, nonphysicians
What The Study Did: Researchers compared the likelihood of delayed childbearing among physicians and nonphysicians. Authors: Andrea N. Simpson, M.D., of the University of Toronto, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website…
Factors associated with access, timing of coronavirus testing among US adults after onset of fever
What The Study Did: Study r esults suggest underuse of coronavirus testing in patients with fever may contribute to community transmission. Authors: Mark J. Pletcher, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author. To access…
NYUAD study sequences genome of extinct date palms germinated from 2,000 year-old seeds
This study marks the first time researchers have sequenced the genomes of plants from ancient germinated seeds
Development of microsatellite markers for censusing of endangered rhinoceros
Today, the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is critically endangered, with fewer than 100 individuals surviving in Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. To ensure survival of the threatened species, accurate censusing is necessary to determine the genetic diversity…
Scientists find small molecule cocktail to improve stem cell use in research, medicine
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have devised a four-part small-molecule cocktail that can protect stem cells called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from stress and maintain normal stem cell structure and function. The researchers suggest that the…
New understanding of ovarian follicle development may lead to novel reproductive therapies
Mullerian inhibiting substance keeps follicles dormant until they are ready to release eggs during ovulation. Targeting this hormone could preserve follicles and eggs lost to aging or chemotherapy, improve the harvesting of eggs during IVF, or create a ne
Morris Animal Foundation receives $100K from Merck Animal Health for animal cancer studies
DENVER/April 29, 2021 – Merck Animal Health, a research-driven pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of veterinary medicines, products and services, has donated $100,000 to Morris Animal Foundation to support animal cancer research. The gift also…
Equipping crop plants for climate change
Biologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU in Munich) have significantly enhanced the tolerance of blue-green algae to high light levels – with the aid of artificial evolution in the laboratory. Sunlight, air and water are all that cyanobacteria (more commonly known as…
At the heart of globalization
A new, federally funded, international research center at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich will study globalization from an unusual angle. It will consider the complexities of worldwide networks of mutual dependency in terms of the dynamics of “dis:connectivity”. On the surface,…
Distance perception in echolocating bats
A study examines distance perception in bats. Many bat species use echolocation–emitting sound signals and analyzing the returning echoes–to assess their distance from an object. However, it is unclear whether translating a signal-to-echo delay into distance is an innate or…
Substance use, physical activity by adolescent before, during COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: C hanges in adolescents’ use of e-cigarettes, cannabis and alcohol and in physical activity behaviors following the COVID-19 stay-at-home order in California are examined in this study. Authors: Benjamin W. Chaffee, D.D.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., of the…
Patient characteristics, COVID-19 in-hospital mortality in us during COVID-19
What The Study Did: This study of registry patients evaluates whether any changes in the in-hospital COVID-19 mortality rates during the first nine months of the pandemic were associated with individual characteristics of patients with COVID-19. Authors: Gregory A. Roth,…
Dietary breadth since the advent of industrial agriculture
Most human populations currently consume a restricted diet, compared with a century ago, a study finds. The carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of human tissues can provide clues to past and present diets and food webs. To directly compare the…
Volunteer Firefighters Have Higher Levels of “Forever Chemicals”
Volunteer firefighters — who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service — have higher levels of “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in their bodies than the general public, according to a Rutgers study. It is the first study to evaluate volunteer firefighters’ exposure to PFAS.
Study finds heart transplantation using donation after cardiac death with NRP
Can increase organ availability by 20%
Atrial fenestration during AVSD repair is associated with increased mortality
Boston, MA (May 2, 2021) – A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, shows an association between decreased survival at five years and leaving an atrial communication at biventricular repair of unbalanced AVSD after adjusting for…
AATS Foundation scholarships shown to support success in academic surgery
More than 40 percent of recipients received multiple NIH grants
Pulmonary endarterectomy achieves excellent results for patients with segmental CTEPH
Proportion of patients with segmental disease has increased dramatically over the last 15 years; 76% of patients with segmental disease treated with PEA were highly functional within 12 months of procedure
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Acquires North Jersey Immedicenter Locations
ountainside Medical Center has announced today its acquisition of Immedicenter offices in Bloomfield and Clifton. The offices will be renamed Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Immedicenter.
Three ways to improve scholarly writing to get more citations
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Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions bestows highest designation ranking to lead
2021 MSCAI recipients recognized during the SCAI 2021 Scientific Sessions Virtual Conference
Low profile thoracic aortic endograft device reduces complications and expands patient pool
Boston, MA (May 1, 2021) – Preliminary results of a clinical trial, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, showed that a new, low-profile thoracic aortic endograft is safe and effective in the treatment of descending thoracic aortic aneurysm…
Study: Nurses’ physical, mental health connected to preventable medical errors
A study led by The Ohio State University College of Nursing finds that critical care nurses in poor physical and mental health reported significantly more medical errors than nurses in better health. The study, which was conducted before the COVID-19…
Study finds up to 24 percent of esophagectomy patients can develop VTE post-operatively
Boston, MA (May 1, 2021) – A new study presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, found that the percentage of patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer who suffer Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) post-operatively is much higher than previously reported, with…
A glimmer of hope: New weapon in the fight against liver diseases
Niigata, Japan–Researchers from Niigata University , the University of Tokyo, Osaka University and Tokyo Medical University, Japan have developed a new approach that could revolutionize the treatment, prevention, and possibly reversal of the damages caused by liver diseases. This novel…
Most mitral regurgitation patients treated with TEER will require surgery if treatment fails
Up to 95% are precluded from mitral repair surgery