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UrduLoyola Medicine recently opened the Loyola Medicine Asylum Clinic at MacNeal Hospital. Founded by Yessenia Castro-Caballero, MD, FAAP, and Amy Blair, MD, FAAFP, the clinic provides evidence-based medical examinations for asylum seekers.
Year: 2022
Future wearable health tech could measure gases released from skin
Scientists have taken the first step to creating the next generation of wearable health monitors.
Insulin spray improved gait, cognitive function in patients with and without type 2 diabetes, clinical trial shows
Scientists have assessed the long-term effects of intranasal insulin on cognition and on gait in people with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
CDI Scientist Dartois Co-authors Major Update on Global TB fight
“For now, big challenges remain, but change has already come and there is cause for optimism with a healthy dose of realism,” the authors write.
Heart Experts Available to Discuss Approval of New Heart Drug
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of mavacamten, a new drug shown to provide relief to obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients experiencing shortness of breath.
High mortality for hospital referred Malawian children with low glucose or blood oxygen levels
A study in rural Malawi underscores the need for better clinical management of severely ill children with very low blood sugar or blood oxygen levels.
Study: Unprecedented Increase in Number of Border Wall Falls and Trauma
Trauma physicians at UC San Diego Health attribute the rise in injuries to a height increase of the border wall at U.S.-Mexico border.
New studies show special mental health risks for certain groups of new doctors
First-year surgery residents, and first-year medical residents in all fields who are members of sexual minorities such as LGBTQ, are more likely than others to develop depression during the stressful training period.
UW-Milwaukee to honor Willem Dafoe with honorary doctorate at 2022 commencement
Academy Award nominated actor Willem Dafoe will return to his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, on Sunday, May 22, to receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree and be the featured speaker at the university’s two commencement ceremonies.
Can computers write product reviews with a human touch?
Artificial intelligence systems can be trained to write human-like product reviews that assist consumers, marketers and professional reviewers, according to a study from Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and Indiana University.
Light-infused particles go the distance in organic semiconductors
Polaritons offer the best of two very different worlds. These hybrid particles combine light and molecules of organic material, making them ideal vessels for energy transfer in organic semiconductors. They are both compatible with modern electronics but also move speedily, thanks to their photonic origins.
Fermilab engineers develop new control electronics for quantum computers that improve performance, cut costs
Quantum computing experiments now have a new control and readout electronics option that will significantly improve performance while replacing cumbersome and expensive systems. Developed by a team of engineers at Fermilab in collaboration with the University of Chicago, the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit, or QICK for short, is easily scalable.
妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)研究人员通过CAR-T细胞装载溶瘤病毒治疗实体癌肿瘤
妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)个体化医学中心的研究人员设计出一种免疫治疗技术，通过将嵌合抗原受体-T细胞疗法，即CAR-T细胞疗法与一种抗癌病毒相结合，更有效地靶向和治疗实体癌肿瘤。
باحثو مايو كلينك يقومون بتحميل الخلايا التائية ذات مستقبلات المستضد الخيمرية ذات الفيروس المحلل للورم لعلاج الأورام السرطانية الصلبة
ابتكر باحثون من مركز مايو كلينك للطب الفردي أسلوبًا للعلاج المناعي يجمع بين العلاج بالخلايا التائية ذات مستقبلات المستضد الخيمرية، أو العلاج بخلايا CAR-T، والفيروس قاتل السرطان لاستهداف الأورام السرطانية الصلبة وعلاجها بشكل أكثر فعالية
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic carregam células CAR-T com vírus oncolítico para tratar tumores sólidos
Pesquisadores do Centro de Medicina Individualizada da Mayo Clinic criaram uma técnica de imunoterapia que combina terapia de células T com receptor de antígeno quimérico, ou terapia celular CAR-T, com um vírus que mata o câncer para direcionar melhor o alvo e tratar com mais eficiência tumores de câncer sólidos.
Follow the Keto Diet the Right Way for Weight Loss and Better Health
Chula doctors advise people to gain a better understanding of the “high-fat content Keto weight loss diet” to find out the good effects, and the side effects. The emphasis should be on weight loss to combat diseases and long-term health benefits with a balanced and moderate diet.
First International Conference on Heterostructured Materials (HSM I)
HSMs represent an emerging class of materials that are expected to become a major field of scientific exploration for the materials, mechanics, physics and computer simulation communities in the coming years. As an emerging materials field, many fundamental issues need to be probed.
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy to Speak at Inaugural Xavier University | Ochsner Health Physician Assistant Program Class of 2022 Commencement
Xavier University of Louisiana and Ochsner Health will celebrate their inaugural Physician Assistant (PA) Program Class of 2022 with a closing ceremony and a commencement. The 28-month, full-time graduate program, which leads to a master’s degree in health sciences, began in 2020 and is comprised of three semesters of classroom instruction followed by 16 months of clinical training within Ochsner Health.
Could exercise counteract cardiotoxic chemotherapy for women with breast cancer
When you’re a breast cancer survivor, the last thing you need is another health scare. So, it’s concerning to know that up to 48 per cent of breast cancer patients will go on to fight heart disease as a direct result of chemotherapy.
The Source of the Aurora Borealis: Electrons Surfing on Alfvén Waves
Laboratory measurements give new insights into the physics of auroral electron acceleration by Alfvén waves.
UTEP Receives $5M NIH Grant to Build Imaging and Behavioral Neuroscience Facility
The Imaging and Behavioral Neuroscience facility will be built on the first floor of the Interdisciplinary Research Building as part of a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Educate to Indoctrinate: Education Systems Were First Designed to Suppress Dissent
Public primary schools were created by states to reinforce obedience among the masses and maintain social order, rather than serve as a tool for upward social mobility, suggests a study from the University of California San Diego.
Import tariffs: an alternative to a European energy embargo against Russia
Tariffs on Russian energy imports could provide the EU with a lever to reduce Russia’s financial gains from its oil and gas exports and allow it to flexibly react to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, a team of economists from the European think tank Bruegel, Harvard, and the University of Cologne propose in a letter to Science and in a working paper.
Bay Area storms get wetter in a warming world
The December 2014 North American Storm Complex was a powerful winter storm, referred to by some as California’s “Storm of the Decade.”
56% of young people are concerned about personal data security
Sociologists at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) have identified digital fears among young people.
Scientists call for cap on production to end plastic pollution
Now, after the United Nations’ historic decision to adopt a global treaty to end plastic pollution earlier this year, governmental negotiations on the agreement are set to begin on May 30th.
Investigadores de Mayo Clinic llenan con virus oncolítico a células T con receptor de antígeno quimérico para tratar cáncer de tumor sólido
Los investigadores del Centro para Medicina Personalizada en Mayo Clinic inventaron una técnica de inmunoterapia que combina la terapia de células T con receptor de antígeno quimérico (CAR-T, por sus siglas en inglés) con un virus que elimina el cáncer a fin de apuntar de forma más eficiente el tratamiento contra el cáncer de tumor sólido.
Does the drug dapagliflozin benefit hospitalized patients with COVID-19?
In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin was well tolerated regardless of kidney function, but did not significantly lower patients’ risk of organ failure, kidney problems, or death compared with placebo.
New Study Shows Hybrid Learning Led to Significant Reduction in Covid-19 Spread
A new study published in BMC Public Health shows that hybrid learning utilizing alternating school days for children offers a significant reduction in community disease spread. Total closure in favor of remote learning, however, offers little additional advantage over that hybrid option.
Cleveland Clinic Appoints Ted Ross, Ph.D., as Global Director of Vaccine Development
Ted Ross, Ph.D., has been appointed Global Director of Vaccine Development at Cleveland Clinic.
In this newly created role, he will lead the development of novel vaccine platforms for a variety of infectious diseases, including influenza, HIV and COVID-19. A highly renowned scientist with expertise in virology, vaccines, immunology and microbiology, Dr. Ross’ research focuses on the design of new vaccines and the implementation of new vaccine trials.
Clues into a Sleep Mystery
Scientists pinpoint the molecular epicenter of deep-sleep regulation.
The findings, based on research in mice, identify a gene that makes a protein that regulates delta waves—electrical signals between neurons that occur during the deepest phases of relaxation and are a hallmark of restorative sleep.
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water.
Dolphin bycatch from fishing practices unsustainable, study finds
An international team of researchers have developed a method to assess sustainable levels of human-caused wildlife mortality, which when applied to a trawl fishery shows that dolphin capture is not sustainable.
VA, ORNL and Harvard develop novel method to identify complex medical relationships
A team of researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has developed a novel, machine learning–based technique to explore and identify relationships among medical concepts using electronic health record data across multiple healthcare providers.
Study: Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice Has Lasting Impacts on Global Climate
As the impacts of climate change are felt around the world, no area is experiencing more drastic changes than the northern polar region.
Rutgers Researcher Aims to Protect and Regenerate Corals Through Coral Genomics with $500K NSF Grant and Award-Winning Video
A Rutgers researcher will use genomics, genetics, and cell biology to identify and understand the corals’ response to heat stress conditions and to pinpoint master regulatory genes involved in coral bleaching due to global warming and climate change. The researcher and his team will use a novel gene-editing tool as a resource to knock down some gene functions with the goal of boosting the corals’ abilities to survive.
Scientists proposed a carrier for targeted chemotherapy drug
Researchers at Ural Federal University (UrFU) have proposed the use of polyoxometallate nanoclusters as a carrier for chemotherapy drug.
A Framework for Femtech: Guiding Principles for Developing Digital Reproductive Health Tools in the United States
The United States has abysmal reproductive health indices that, in part, reflect stark inequities experienced by people of color and those with preexisting medical conditions. The growth of “femtech,” or technology-based solutions to women’s he…
Four professors elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Irvine, Calif., April 28, 2022 — A quartet of professors at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected as members by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The 242nd class of AAAS inductees includes 261 extraordinary people from around the world, recognized for their accomplishments and leadership in academia, the arts, industry, public policy and research.
Lipofilling procedure improves pain and function in finger osteoarthritis
For patients with painful finger osteoarthritis, a nonsurgical procedure called lipofilling – in which fat obtained from another part of the body is transferred into the arthritic joints – produces lasting improvements in hand function and especially pain, suggests a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
Metamaterial significantly enhances the chiral nanoparticle signals
The left hand looks like the right hand in the mirror but the left-handed glove does not fit on the right hand.
FDA Action to Remove Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes Improves Health Equity, Says American Thoracic Society
Today, the FDA announced its decision to “prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and all characterizing flavors in cigars.”
Unravelling the origins of the human spine
The spinal column is the central supporting structure of the skeleton in all vertebrates.
Additions to Natural History Collections Declining
A new study from the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates reveals that new additions of vertebrate specimens to natural history collections are declining precipitously. The authors suggest that it is vital to maintain collecting efforts in order to address future unforeseen ecological issues.
Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in hospitalized adults differ by age
A just-published study provides previously unknown answers about which hospitalized COVID-19 patients are most likely to need mechanical ventilation or to die.
Neural pathway key to sensation of pleasant touch identified
Researchers from the Washington University Center for the Study of Itch and Sensory Disorders have identified a specific neuropeptide and a neural circuit that transmit pleasant touch from the skin to the brain. The findings eventually may help scientists better understand and treat disorders characterized by touch avoidance and impaired social development.
What drives rechargeable battery decay? Depends on how many times you’ve charged it
How quickly a battery electrode decays depends on properties of individual particles in the battery – at first. Later on, the network of particles matters more.
DNA Analysis Provides Insight into Associations Between Worse COVID and Other Conditions
Through analyzing human DNA samples in a large biobank, Penn Medicine researchers found associations between genetic variants with severe COVID and conditions involving blood clots and respiratory issues
Department of Energy Announces $10 Million for DOE Traineeship in Computational High Energy Physics
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $10 million in funding for traineeships in computational high energy physics. This funding will support graduate student research that trains the next generation of computational scientists and engineers needed to deliver scientific discoveries.
New earthquake assessments available to strengthen preparedness in Europe
During the 20th century, earthquakes in Europe accounted for more than 200,000 deaths and over 250 billion Euros in losses.