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UrduStudent loan debt affected people’s ability to pay their bills and meet their basic needs during the Great Recession – and the burden of that debt was disproportionately placed on Black and Latino families, a new study has found.
Month: September 2021
Officials leading hurricane response need ‘risk literacy’
New research suggests that emergency management officials often do not have the numeracy skills needed to make the best decisions based on data they receive about which residents to evacuate during a hurricane and when to make the decision.
Advancements in Prostate Cancer Treatments are Providing Better Outcomes for Men
Over the last decade, advancements have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer that are saving more lives. Tina Mayer, MD, a medical oncologist in the Prostate Cancer Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shares some insight.
JUUL ruling ‘potentially disastrous’ for teens
This week, the FDA will decide whether JUUL’s devices and nicotine pods can stay on the market. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the impacts of the ruling. Sunita Sah, associate professor at the SC Johnson School of…
Does accountability always work? Workplace bias suppression can be difficult to sustain, study shows
New research from the University of Notre Dame shows when and why bias suppression is so challenging to sustain from one decision to the next.
Using Electricity to Give Chemistry a Boost
University of Delaware chemists have discovered an efficient and sustainable way to produce iron-based metal organic framework (MOF) materials directly using renewable electricity at room temperature. Previously, MOFs—which have applications as catalysts, sensors and for gas storage—were typically produced using processes that required high heat and high pressure.
Health system execs tend to rate their organizations as ‘high performing’ – but objective clinical measures disagree
Health system executives tend to rate the performance of their organizations more favorably and “higher performing” than objective clinical quality measures indicate –
OU Engineers Move to Reduce Emissions and Improve Operating Efficiencies in Oil and Gas Industry
Whether for a natural gas pipeline or an offshore production platform, the carbon footprint of reciprocating engines in the oil and gas sector continues to get larger. Wanting to rein in these emissions, University of Oklahoma engineers have discovered that a 70% reduction in emissions from natural gas engines may be achievable.
Combining sunlight and wastewater nitrate to make the world’s No. 2 chemical
Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have created a solar-powered electrochemical reaction that not only uses wastewater to make ammonia — the second most-produced chemical in the world — but also achieves a solar-to-fuel efficiency that is 10 times better than any other comparable technology.
Materials Research Society Announces Vice President and New Board Members for 2022
Warrendale, PA—The Materials Research Society (MRS) is pleased to announce the Vice President/President Elect and new Board Members for 2022, elected by the Society’s global membership of over 12,000.
Scientists See Evidence of First-Order Phase Change in Nuclear Matter
New evidence suggests protons and neutrons go through a “first-order” phase transition to reach their melted state, a soup of quarks and gluons. This is a kind of stop-and-go change in temperature is similar to how ice melts: energy first increases the temperature.
Returning to School Sports Runs Low Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Say Loyola Medicine Experts
As students head back to school this fall, sports medicine physicians with Loyola Medicine say the risk of COVID-19 exposure among student athletes is low. As the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S., Nathaniel Jones, MD, a sports medicine physician for Loyola Medicine, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated.
Understanding Good Prostate Health for Cancer Prevention
Tina Mayer, MD, medical oncologist in the Prostate Cancer Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and an associate professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, shares information about prostate health.
Department of Energy Announces $7.6 Million for Plasma Science Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $7.6 million to support nine frontier plasma science projects at five different DOE National Laboratories.
Online talk therapy can help mothers with postpartum depression
Researchers ran the online workshops for 403 mothers with PPD between April and October last year. The workshops took place live through Zoom and included group exercises, role plays and modules on the causes of PPD, identifying and changing difficult thinking patterns, and strategies to help shift behaviours to improve mood and anxiety.
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The Medical Minute: Reducing stroke risk from AFib without blood thinners
To help prevent a stroke — a common and serious risk associated with AFib — patients are treated with blood thinners. But for some, the medication itself can be risky.
Americans should see improved water quality after federal judge strikes down water pollution rule, WVU scientist says
Nicolas Zegre, a hydrology researcher at West Virginia University, is available to discuss the recent ruling tossing Trump-era regulations allowing pollution — including industrial waste, pesticides and other chemicals — to be discharged into small streams and other waterways.
Walking with coffee is a little-understood feat of physics
Using the cup-holding paradigm, new research indicates humans are able to switch abruptly and efficiently from one synchronous attractor to another, a mechanism that can be exploited for designing smart robots to adaptively handle complex objects in a changing environment.
As dementia’s toll on the U.S. rises, new study shows major gaps in who gets care that could help them remain at home
A new study provides stark statistics about a reality that 6 million Americans with dementia and their families live every day: one where people with dementia receive unpaid care from spouses and adult children, and where some rely on paid help. The study finds major disparities in potential family caregiver availability, and the chance that a person with dementia will move to a nursing home.
Sharp fall in amputations due to type 1 diabetes
Amputation in type 1 diabetes is becoming relatively less common in Sweden. The rate has fallen by just over 40 percent over an approximately 20-year period, a University of Gothenburg study shows.
ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS’ 2021 FOOD & NUTRITION CONFERENCE & EXPO™ TO BE HELD AS A VIRTUAL EVENT OCTOBER 16-19
The Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo™ is the news media’s best annual opportunity to hear directly from leading food experts on the latest in nutrition science research and its everyday applications.
Developing Digital Twins for Improved Hurricane Prediction
UT’s Oden Institute will lead an interdisciplinary research project to develop a computational “digital twin” framework for storm surge modeling in the Gulf Coast that bridges the gap between multi-physics simulations and knowledge discovery through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month -Get Screened
Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer affecting men and is nearly 100% survivable if detected early. But since the pandemic began about 18 months ago, prostate cancer screenings have declined with some states reporting a rise in…
Patterns in the Pandemic Decline of Public School Enrollment
Abstract Early evidence indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced public school enrollment in many states. However, little is known about the underlying patterns of these declines. Using new district-level data from Massachusetts, we find that these declines were concentrated…
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month – Know the Signs
Every year, thousands of women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Because there is no early ovarian cancer screening test, many women are diagnosed with this disease at an advanced stage. Women like Diane Papamarkos who had…
MD Anderson Research Highlights for September 8, 2021
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recently published studies in basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts.
Article of the Year!
The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) honors research led by Anne Teitelman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Associate Professor Emerita in Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health, as the 2021 JANAC (Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care) Article of the Year.
September is World Alzheimer’s Month & Healthy Aging Month
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the number of Americans diagnosed with this disease is growing fast. An estimated 6.2 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s dementia in 2021. By 2050, the number of people aged 65…
NIH-funded modern “white cane” brings navigation assistance to the 21st century
Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users a new way to navigate indoors.
Researchers show low uptake of only FDA-authorized monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19
A new analysis by a team of physician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) provides the first evidence that monoclonal antibodies were indeed underutilized in the first six months of FDA authorization.
UAlbany Experts Available to Discuss Active 2021 Hurricane Season
ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 8, 2021) – As we hit mid-September, many experts in the atmospheric science community, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are proving to be right on their predictions of an active 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Already,…
Mount Sinai Health System Generates More Than $28 Million in Medicare Savings by New York Medical Partners ACO
New York Medical Partners ACO, LLC (NYMP), met quality and cost goals for the management of about 50,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, resulting in more than $28 million in savings to Medicare, according to recently released performance data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
AACN Offers Scholarships for CCRN, PCCN Certification Applicants
Contributions from PBATS and MLBTPA fund special scholarships for nurses ready to pursue CCRN or PCCN certification. This is the first time AACN professional development scholarships have been available to support its nursing certification programs.
Mayo Clinic Conference on Brain Health and Dementia to welcome people living with dementia, caregivers and health care providers
The inaugural Mayo Clinic Conference on Brain Health and Dementia will be held virtually on Oct. 29 from 9:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. CDT with an optional workshop to follow. The event is a collaboration among Mayo Clinic, AARP and the Alzheimer’s Association.
UIC sets enrollment record for the 7th year in a row
Enrollment increased at UIC by 2% this fall to 34,199 from last year’s record of 33,518.
As COVID-19 and Online Misinformation Spread, Children and Teens Were Poisoned with Hand Sanitizer and Alcoholic Drinks
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as false health information spread on social media, the number of children and teens poisoned with hand sanitizer or alcoholic beverages surged in Iran. These poisonings resulted in hundreds of hospitalizations and 22 deaths. Misinformation circulating on social media included the false suggestion that consuming alcohol (methanol) or hand sanitizer (ethanol or isopropyl alcohol) protected against COVID-19 infection (it does not). A major alcohol poisoning outbreak sickened nearly 6,000 Iranian adults, of whom 800 died. It was not known, however, to what extent children and adolescents were affected. For the study in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, investigators compared pediatric hospitalizations for ethanol and methanol poisoning during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Iran with the same period the previous year. They also looked at types of exposure and how those were linked to the children’s ages and clinical outcomes.
First global study of wildfire pollution reveals increase in mortality rate
The first study into the global impact of wildfire-related pollution and deaths comprehensively links short term exposure to wildfire-related fine particulate matters (PM2.5) in the air and all-cause, respiratory and cardiovascular mortalities across cities and regions around the globe.
NASA grant aids geography professor’s climate research on dryland regions
New research by Indiana University professor Natasha MacBean, supported by a NASA grant, aims to better understand dryland ecosystems, which cover about 40 percent of the Earth’s surface. Drylands support about 38 percent of the world’s population but are sensitive to moisture availability.
Recent cannabis use linked to heart attack risk in younger adults
Adults younger than 45 years who reported recently using cannabis were 2 times more likely to have had a heart attack (myocardial infarction), and this link was stronger in frequent users, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Study Reveals Dramatic Impact of Climate Change in the Sierra Nevada
The new study, published today in Global Change Biology, reveals just how dramatically climate change has impacted aquatic ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada. Scientists can use the data to anticipate changes coming in the near future, and how those changes might influence water availability.
Expert review: USDA Food Insecurity Report, how COVID-19 has intensified food insecurity
The COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified issues for people and families experiencing food insecurity. With the USDA’s Food Insecurity report set to come out today, we’d like to make sociologist Leslie Hossfeld available to you. As dean of the College…
Moffitt Cancer Center Joins Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to Help Stop Blood Cancer
Moffitt Cancer Center has joined Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to provide free screenings to eligible adults who are at a higher risk for having or developing multiple myeloma or other related conditions. This initiative is through the PROMISE Study, a national cancer screening/cohort program to help researchers understand who is at risk based on a number of factors. The goal is to detect multiple myeloma before it becomes symptomatic and to monitor those who are at increased risk in order to study and hopefully prevent the development of the disease.
Women’s Wellness: Types of Gynecologic Cancers and their Warning Signs
September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. Rutgers Cancer institute of New Jersey Gynecologic Oncology Chief Dr. James Aikins reminds women about the types of gynecologic cancers and their warning signs
Early social distancing results in smaller death tolls, but leads to larger second waves
Early social distancing results in smaller death tolls, but leads to larger second waves, according to research led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Health Agencies Continue to Fail the Public, Causing People to File Suits for Access to Treatments to Save Loved Ones
The FLCCC Alliance to host program with special guests, including patients & their families who’ve fought legal battles to get access to life-saving treatments for COVID
On social media, foster families shared their pandemic worries
An analysis of what foster families talk about on social media showed how the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up their anxieties and concerns about the children in their care.
NUS to establish Sustainable and Green Finance Institute to drive green finance education and research
The National University of Singapore (NUS) will be establishing a new research institute that will develop deep research and capabilities in the area of green finance and sustainability with an eye on Asia.
Legislation may help identify breast cancer earlier in certain at-risk women
Laws designed to help women with increased risk for missed breast cancer diagnoses may help catch the disease earlier, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
September Issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology Addresses Gender Disparities in Mentoring and Meeting the Needs of LGBTQI+ Patients
The September issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology addresses the critical issues of addressing disparities among LGBTQI+ patients and a higher interest for women mentors among female GI fellows and faculty, despite a lower number of available women mentors.