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UrduThe Endocrine Society applauded the Court of Appeal’s ruling that transgender and gender diverse teenagers are competent to give consent to treatment to delay puberty.
Month: September 2021
Young People’s Fluctuating Beliefs on Alcohol’s Effects Influence Their Drinking and Consequences
College students’ beliefs around the likelihood and desirability of alcohol’s effects vary over time, and predict drinking level and consequences, according to a study in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
Sex Ed Curriculum Elevates Pregnancy Prevention Skills Among Native American Teens
A sex education program in Arizona significantly impacted key factors associated with pregnancy prevention among Native American teens.
Pelvic Floor Experts Issue New Recommendations for Magnetic Resonance Defecography
The recommendations were developed by the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium, a multidisciplinary organization representing the wide range of professionals involved in diagnosis and treatment of pelvic floor disorders. The new recommendations are now available on the DC&R website and appear in the journal’s October issue. Liliana Bordeianou, MD, MPH, of Massachusetts General Hospital Pelvic Floor Disorders Center and Harvard Medical School was senior author of the consensus statement.
First-of-its-kind study: Use of computer-assisted colonoscopies reduces rate of missed lesions
In the first randomized trial examining the role of a deep-learning based computer-aided detection system during colonoscopy in the U.S., researchers reported a relative reduction of the miss rate by nearly a third when computer-aided detection was used in conjunction with standard-of-care colonoscopy.
Chula Marketing Guru Cautioned Entrepreneurs Against “3Ps of Business Taboos” to Survive the Fourth Wave of COVID-19
Chula marketing professor from the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy warned entrepreneurs of the “3Ps” of things they should not do, and to hang on to their hope. This fourth wave of COVID-19 too shall soon pass.
Long Island Institutions Model the Future of Diverse STEM Education
In pursuit of diversifying the STEM education system, academic and research institutions on Long Island have come together to support emerging STEM professors from underrepresented minority groups. The newly formed collaboration, called the Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Predominately Undergraduate Institutions (PUI), includes Stony Brook University, Suffolk County Community College, Farmingdale State College, and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Climate Change Threatens Base of Polar Oceans’ Bountiful Food Webs
A study recently published in Nature Communications suggests that displacing cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones threatens to destabilize the delicate marine food web. The team was led by University of East Anglia researchers and included DOE Joint Genome Institute researchers.
Control of rhabdomyosarcoma cell identity provides clues to possible treatments
Findings from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital show how control of transcription factors by a common tumor suppressor gene may provide a therapeutic opportunity in a type of childhood cancer.
How to catch a perfect wave: Scientists take a closer look inside the perfect fluid
Scientists have reported new clues to solving a cosmic conundrum: How the quark-gluon plasma – nature’s perfect fluid – evolved into the building blocks of matter during the birth of the early universe.
Study Finds Surprising Early COPD Risks for U.S. Hispanics/Latinos
A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides the most exhaustive look to date at the risk factors, prevalence and population attributable risk (PAR) of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in U.S. Hispanics/Latinos under age 50. PAR estimates the proportion of disease attributable to exposure to disease-causing agents, such as smoking. The researchers used PAR to calculate the burden of early COPD that would be eliminated if the exposure did not take place.
Living laboratory, biodiversity hub: The Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park
Nestled at the intersection of eastern Tennessee’s Anderson and Roane Counties, the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park is a living laboratory and a major resource for conducting ecological studies.
ORNL expertise supports latest IPCC report and efforts to understand, address climate change
Improved data, models and analyses from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists and many other researchers in the latest global climate assessment report provide new levels of certainty about what the future holds for the planet and highlight the urgency of decarbonization to avoid the most severe impacts.
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health Welcomes Pediatric Nephrologist to Lead Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital
As head of the transplant program, Dr. Jain will work with the hospital’s more than 30 pediatric subspecialists.
University of Redlands launches human-animal studies major
Have you ever wondered what your dog is thinking or if cows have feelings? Are you interested in the reasons behind the behavior of animals and wish you could learn more about them? University of Redlands’ new major in human-animal studies might be for you.
Argonne teams up with GEVO to apply lab’s GREET Model to company’s net-zero project
Argonne recently teamed up with a Colorado-based biofuel company to perform a critical lifecycle analysis of its Next Gen technology to produce renewable jet fuel from corn grain in what could be a game-changer in biofuel industry.
Rutgers Toxicologist Available to Discuss Dangers of Taking Iodine to Treat COVID-19
Professor Lewis Nelson, M.D., is available to discuss the dangers of gargling, snorting, or ingesting Betadine, an iodine-based antiseptic to treat COVID-19. “Although many topical disinfectants such as povidone-iodine, which, is also known as Betadine, generally destroy viruses on direct…
Yale Cancer Center Study Shows New Drug Combinations Improve Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
New findings from a large study led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center shows the addition of the drugs oleclumab or monalizumab to durvalumab improved progression-free survival for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
UC: Pilot study of diet/exercise in young adults with intellectual disabilities is promising
Adhering to a diet and exercise program to manage health can be a challenge for anyone.
Link between menstrual changes after COVID-19 vaccination is plausible and should be investigated
Some women say their periods change after getting a covid-19 vaccination.
Low oxygen levels are pushing fish into shallower waters, with potentially devastating impacts for fisheries and ecosystems
Fish can drown. While it may not seem like it, fish do require oxygen to breathe; it’s just that they get what they need from the oxygen dissolved in water rather than in the air.
Q&A: How a new imaging tool helps to better stage men with prostate cancer
A paper detailing the method that led to the US Food and Drug Administration approval for PSMA PET imaging, which was led by UCLA and UCSF and their nuclear medicine teams, was recently published in JAMA Oncology.
How climate change could impact algae in the global ocean
Global warming is likely to cause abrupt changes to important algal communities because of shifting biodiversity ‘break point’ boundaries in the oceans – according to research from the University of East Anglia and the Earlham Institute.
UNH Research Finds Witnessing Abuse of Sibling Can Lead to Mental Health Issues
Researchers from University of New Hampshire found that children who witness the abuse of a brother or sister by a parent can be just as traumatized as those witnessing violence by a parent against another parent. Such exposure is associated with mental health issues like depression, anxiety and anger.
Grow and eat your own vaccines?
The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm.
Tulane University names Maurita Poole as the new director of Newcomb Art Museum
Maurita N. Poole, PhD, the director and curator of the museum at Clark Atlanta University, has accepted the appointment as the new director of the acclaimed Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University.
Keeping Waste Where It Belongs: Grain Size Explains How Spent Nuclear Fuel Enters the Environment
When compounds in spent nuclear fuel break down, they can release radioactive elements into the ground and water. Scientists know that one fuel compound, neptunium dioxide, reacts with water, but they do not fully understand the process. This new study found that neptunium tends to dissolve where grains of the material come together, and larger grains are less likely to dissolve.
Scientists pretend to be Neanderthals to explore how they caught birds in caves for food
Neanderthals, our closest relatives, became extinct between 40,000 to 35,000 years ago.
World first for AI and machine learning to treat COVID-19 patients worldwide
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge along with 20 other hospitals from across the world and healthcare technology leader, NVIDIA, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict Covid patients’ oxygen needs on a global scale.
COVID-19 nasal vaccine candidate effective at preventing disease transmission
Breathe in, breathe out. That’s how easy it is for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to enter your nose.
UCLA Experts Available for Comment on “A Year of Climate Action” Stemming From the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Experts, affiliated with FSPH’s UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions, are available for comment on issues raised by the IPCC report: Dr. Jonathan Fielding, UCLA FSPH distinguished professor of health policy and management and…
UTSW Scientists Reveal How Vitamin A Enters Immune Cells in The Gut
Immunologists and geneticists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how vitamin A enters immune cells in the intestines – findings that could offer insight to treat digestive diseases and perhaps help improve the efficacy of some vaccines.
Multiple Myeloma – the Blood Cancer that Silently Impacts Vital Organs
Every year more than 1.3 million Americans will be living with, or be in remission from, a blood cancer. John Conti, M.D. discusses common symptoms and treatment.
MAIT Cell Activation May Play a Role in Fatal Outcomes Among Severe COVID-19 Cases
Antibodies and T cells play a critical role in protection from viral illness, however the exact role of T cell and antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection is unclear. To better understand the immune abnormalities linked to critical illness and death in COVID-19 patients on ICU, researchers conducted a prospective observational study investigating the association of T cell and antibody responses with fatal outcome in severe COVID-19.
Link between inflammation and pancreatic cancer development uncovered
A new study in Science finds that pancreatic cells display an adaptive response to repeated inflammation that initially protects against tissue damage but can promote tumor formation in the presence of mutant KRAS.
Why the Unvaccinated Are Unvaccinated
Those who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 say their biggest concern is vaccine safety, according to a survey from a nationwide coalition of university-based researchers.
Penn Medicine Awarded $6 Million to Advance Understanding of Human Genome Function in Health and Disease
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Penn Medicine as one of 25 award recipients across 30 sites in the United States to serve as Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) investigators, with the goal of better understanding how genetic differences impact how human genes function, and how these variations influence human health and disease.
妙佑医疗携手谷歌研究院开发人工智能新算法以改进可用于疾病治疗的大脑刺激装置
对于数百万癫痫和运动障碍（如帕金森氏病）患者而言，大脑电刺激带来更多治疗希望。在未来，电刺激还可能惠及患有精神疾病和直接脑损伤（如中风）的患者。
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Debuts New State-of-the-Art Maternal Fetal Clinic
A new 4,600-square-foot, state-of-the-art maternal fetal clinic space located at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt opened Sept. 13 to allow these specialists to further enhance and grow innovative programming that helps families seek optimal outcomes for their unborn babies.
مايو وأبحاث جوجل يطوران خوارزمية ذكاء اصطناعي جديدة لتحسين أجهزة تنبيه الدماغ لعلاج الأمراض
مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا- بالنسبة لملايين الأشخاص المصابين بالصرع واضطرابات الحركة، مثل مرض باركنسون، يعمل التنبيه الكهربائي للدماغ على توسيع إمكانيات العلاج. في المستقبل، قد يساعد التنبيه الكهربائي المصابين بأمراض نفسية وإصابات الدماغ المباشرة، مثل السكتة الدماغية.
Mayo e Google Research desenvolvem um algoritmo de IA para aprimorar dispositivos de estimulação cerebral voltados para o tratamento de doenças
Para milhões de pessoas com epilepsia e distúrbios de movimento como a doença de Parkinson, a estimulação elétrica do cérebro está expandindo as possibilidades de tratamento.
Mayo y Google Research crean nuevo algoritmo de inteligencia artificial para mejorar dispositivos de estimulación cerebral y tratar enfermedades
La estimulación cerebral amplía las alternativas de tratamiento para millones de personas que sufren de epilepsia y otros trastornos del movimiento, como la enfermedad de Parkinson.
President Biden Appoints Karen Winkfield to National Cancer Advisory Board
President Joe Biden has appointed Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, to the National Cancer Advisory Board, where she will serve a six-year term and help guide federal initiatives that focus on cancer.
American University Experts Share Insights into President Biden’s Tax Proposal
WHAT: House Democrats and President Biden have announced their plan to increase taxes on corporations and the wealthiest Americans to help pay for trillions in physical infrastructure and “human infrastructure” spending. Experts from American University’s Kogod School of Business and…
American University Experts Available to Discuss Misinformation’s Impacts
What: As misinformation continues to spread and proliferate online impacting our daily lives, the topics and issues affected range from vaccines, COVID, conspiracy theories, and the 2020 election. American University scholars are available to share their insights on a broad…
Behold the humble water flea, locked in a battle of mythological proportions
In Greek mythology, Hydra was a monstrous water serpent that lived in a swamp and terrorized nearby residents. When intrepid Hercules sliced off one of Hydra’s multiple heads, two more heads grew back in its place. This counterintuitive result — when an action taken to reduce a problem actually multiplies it — is known as a hydra effect.
Scientists demonstrate pathway to forerunner of rugged nanotubes that could lead to widespread industrial fabrication
Collaboration led by PPPL has identified a chemical pathway to an innovative nanomaterial that could lead to large-scale production for applications ranging from spacesuits to military vehicles.
NIH-funded research to address rising male infertility
Male infertility is on the rise, with significant declines in sperm quantity and quality occurring across the human population worldwide in the past two decades. The reason for this is poorly understood, but scientists suspect spermatogenesis – the process by which sperm develops – is a crucial piece in this puzzle.
Researchers explore promising treatment for MRSA ‘superbug’
A new Cornell study has found the antimicrobial properties of certain stem cell proteins could offer a potential treatment to reduce infection in skin wounds.
Anesthesia for Knee Replacement Surgery Has Considerable Carbon Footprint
Anesthesia for a single total knee replacement surgery has a carbon footprint equivalent to driving a car 42 miles, according to a study published Online First in Anesthesiology, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.