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UrduHeart care experts at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center are now providing patients with the AGENTTM Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB), designed to treat coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) in patients with coronary artery disease.
Nationwide flood models poorly capture risks to households and properties
Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2024 – Government agencies, insurance companies and disaster planners rely on national flood risk models from the private sector that aren’t reliable at smaller levels such as neighborhoods and individual properties, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine. In a paper published recently in the American Geophysical Union journal Earth’s Future, experts in UC Irvine’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering caution that relatively new, nation-scale flood data provides an inadequate representation of local topography and infrastructure, factors known to control the spread of floods in urban areas.
Cancer survivors and doctors show their Olympic mettle
Cancer survivors and doctors show their Olympic mettle Sylvester experts examine athletics and resilience as the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games begin MIAMI, FLA. (July 22, 2024) – Cancer affects the world’s top athletes, forcing some Olympians to compete against disease. Athletes in…
ATS Urges Do-Over on House of Representatives FY25 Interior & Environment Appropriations Bill
American Thoracic Society Environmental Health Policy Committee Chair Alison Lee, MD, strongly opposes proposed FY25 cuts that would jeopardize the health of all Americans: “Clean air, clean water and a healthy environment are essential to the health of all Americans. That is why I am calling on Congress to scrap the current FY25 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill and start over.
حدد علماء مايو كلينك نوع جديد من فقدان الذاكرة لدى البالغين الأكبر سنًا
روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا — وضع الباحثون في مايو كلينك معايير جديدة لمتلازمة فقدان الذاكرة لدى البالغين الأكبر سنًا والتي تؤثر تحديدًا على الجهاز الحوفي الدماغي، وقد يتم تشخيص هذه الحالة على سبيل الخطأ على أنها داء الزهايمر في كثير من الأحيان. الخبر السار هو أن متلازمة التنكس العصبي لفقد الذاكرة السائدة الحوفي تتفاقم بصورة أبطأ ولها تنبؤات أفضل بخصوص سَيْر المرض، كما أصبحت محددة بشكل أوضح للأطباء الذين يعملون على إيجاد إجابات لمرضى فقدان الذاكرة.
Orthopaedic Experts Available to Comment on 2024 Paris Summer Olympics
Going for the Gold! In training for and performing in the sports competitions of the Olympic Games, athletes can endure injuries that can lead to the development of lifelong musculoskeletal issues. Orthopaedic experts with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)…
Researchers discover faster, more energy-efficient way to manufacture an industrially important chemical
The reactivity of zirconium on silicon nitride enhances the conversion of propane into propylene, a key commodity chemical needed to make polypropylene. This finding hints at the reactivity researchers might achieve with other nontraditional catalysts.
Exciting the Alpha Particle
An important part of physics research is examining why theoretical calculations and experimental results sometimes don’t match. A recent physics experiment on the helium-4 nucleus and how it transitions from its basic energy state to its first excited state found evidence of a disagreement between theory and experiment. Now new calculations of the observed transition found agreement with the recent experimental results.
Stroke recovery: it’s in the genes
New research led by UCLA Health has found that specific genes may be related to the trajectory of recovery for stroke survivors, providing doctors insights useful for developing targeted therapies.
FDA Changing Lab Test Regulations: Livestreamed Expert Panel
Live from the annual conference of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC), experts will discuss how the new FDA rule on laboratory developed tests will hinder patient care. This rule will place these tests under duplicative FDA oversight, even though laboratory developed tests are already regulated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This will force many labs to stop performing these essential tests, which play a critical role in diagnosing rare disorders, such as inherited genetic conditions in newborns.
Older adults want to cut back on medication, but study shows need for caution
More than 82% of Americans age 50 to 80 take one or more kinds of prescription medication, and 80% of them say they’d be open to stopping one or more of those drugs — with major differences among people with different health conditions.
Producing water out of thin air
Earth’s atmosphere holds an ocean of fresh water. Extracting some of that moisture is seen as a potential way to provide clean drinking water to billions of people globally who face chronic shortages. A prototype device developed by University of Utah engineers for the U.S. Army harvests drinking water from atmosphere, even in arid places.
New Study Determines Incidence of and Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Reinfection Among Men with HIV, Offers New Insight on Transmission
A new study determines incidence of and risk factors for hepatitis C virus reinfection among men with HIV, and offers new insight on transmission.
bioMérieux receives U.S. FDA Special 510(k) clearance and CLIA-waiver for its BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® Respiratory/Sore Throat (R/ST) Panel Mini
bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announces that its BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® Respiratory/Sore Throat (R/ST) Panel Mini has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Special 510(k) clearance and CLIA-waiver (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments).
Southwest Flight 425 was about 1,000 feet closer to the ground than it should’ve been–we’ll know why soon, expert says
A Southwest Airlines flight crew is under investigation after flying dangerously close to the ocean when attempting to land at Tampa International Airport on July 14th. The plane dropped to 150 feet above the water – the height of an average water tower – before accelerating to regain altitude. This is the third time Southwest has had a low-altitude incident this year.
Beyoncé gives Kamala Harris permission to use her song “Freedom” for her presidential campaign.
CNN confirmed that Vice President Kamala Harris got approval from Beyoncé to use her song “Freedom” throughout her presidential campaign. Dr. David Allan, professor of marketing and co-director of the music industry minor program at Saint Joseph’s University, believes Harris…
L.A. County’s Unhoused Population Faces Alarming Levels of Discrimination and Violence, First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds
Research from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Randall Kuhn and colleagues at UCLA and USC shows the health risk for people experiencing homelessness goes beyond challenges inherent to living without shelter.
Socioeconomic status affects survival of children with cancer
Socioeconomic factors can influence the diagnosis and treatment of children in Texas with malignant solid tumors, increasing the risk of the cancer’s spread and lowering the five-year survival rate, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The study, published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons, identifies vulnerable populations in an effort to improve outreach and distribution of resources for better health outcomes for pediatric patients.
Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Center for Inherited Disease Research Renews 7-Year Award for Up to $98 Million
With renewed funding of up to $98.8 million for seven years, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists will continue to be a worldwide resource for discovering the genes and their variations that contribute to human disease.
Warehousing Industry Increases Health-Harming Pollutants
First of a kind study shows an average 20% spike of nitrogen dioxide polluting the air for communities located near huge warehouses; people of color harder hit …
MD Anderson Research Highlights for July 24, 2024
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.
UAlbany PoliSci Experts: Gender, Race Likely to be Key Issues Around Kamala Harris’s Bid for Nomination, Presidency
ALBANY, N.Y. (July 24, 2024) — When President Joe Biden announced Sunday his decision to exit the race for president and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, he opened the door for the United States to elect a…
Neuroscientists Discover Brain Circuits Involved in Placebo Effect for Pain Relief
Publishing in Nature, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers and colleagues discovered a pain control pathway that links the cingulate cortex in the front of the brain, through the pons region of the brainstem, to cerebellum in the back of the brain.
NCCN Oncology Research Program Celebrates 25 Years of Advancing Cancer Science
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)’s research arm achieves major milestone, showcasing years of success in fostering innovation and knowledge discovery that improves the lives of patients with cancer.
Experts Talk Human Performance and Proper Hydration for 2024 Summer Olympics
Rockville, Md. (July 24, 2024)—With only days before the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, member-experts from the American Physiological Society (APS) are available to discuss advances in human performance (anti-doping efforts) and proper hydration for competing athletes.…
3DBioFibR Inc. Joins RegeneratOR Test Bed to Advance Biomedical Materials Innovation
3DBioFibR Inc., a leader in the development of nature-inspired biomaterials, has announced its partnership with the RegeneratOR Test Bed to further its mission of revolutionizing tissue engineering.
Physical activity improves early with customized text messages in patients with heart problems
Personalized text messages effectively promoted increased physical activity for patients after significant heart events — such as a heart attack or surgery — but those effects later diminished.
Cientistas da Mayo Clinic definem novo tipo de perda de memória em idosos
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic estabeleceram novos critérios para uma síndrome de perda de memória em idosos que afeta especificamente o sistema límbico do cérebro. Muitas vezes essa síndrome pode ser confundida com a doença de Alzheimer.
BePRECISE consortium unveils guidelines to enhance reporting in precision medicine research
The inaugural reporting guidelines for precision medicine research, of which Wits University Professor Michèle Ramsay is co-author, have been published in Nature Medicine.
Científicos de Mayo Clinic definen un nuevo tipo de pérdida de memoria en las personas mayores
Investigadores de Mayo Clinic han establecido nuevos criterios para un síndrome de pérdida de memoria en las personas mayores que afecta específicamente al sistema límbico del cerebro. A menudo, este síndrome se puede confundir con la enfermedad de Alzheimer.
African research to benefit from new open data management course
Open data practices in African research institutions will be bolstered thanks to a new online course for librarians.
The ocean is becoming too loud for oysters
Baby oysters rely on natural acoustic cues to settle in specific environments, but new research from the University of Adelaide reveals that noise from human activity is interfering with this critical process.
Protect the child, save the adult: An opportunity to cut welfare costs by nearly 40%
New research* from the University of South Australia shows that people who have suffered child abuse or neglect are three times more likely to access government income support payments in early adulthood, underlining the costly and long-term effects of adverse early life experiences.
Inflation, Jobs, and Labor: Who Will Be the New Democratic Nominee?
As the Democratic Party prepares for the upcoming election, the focus shifts to the economic challenges the new nominee will inherit. With key issues such as inflation, job market dynamics, and labor conditions at the forefront, the party’s choice of candidate will significantly impact how these challenges are addressed.
Biden Dropping Out of the Upcoming Election: A Major Political Shift
President Joe Biden has announced that he will not be running in the upcoming election. This decision has profound implications for the political landscape and the future of the Democratic Party, with many Democrats now rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris as a potential candidate.
Butterflies accumulate enough static electricity to attract pollen without contact, new research finds
Butterflies and moths collect so much static electricity whilst in flight, that pollen grains from flowers can be pulled by static electricity across air gaps of several millimetres or centimetres.
A New Way to Make Element 116 Opens the Door to Heavier Atoms
Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s 88-Inch Cyclotron successfully made superheavy element 116 using a beam of titanium-50. That milestone sets the team up to attempt making the heaviest element yet: 120.
Harrisburg University Research Roundup: July 2024
Harrisburg, PA – Welcome to your July 2024 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) Research Roundup! Our talented students and faculty members are busy presenting at conferences, publishing boundary-pushing research, and building fruitful partnerships with schools, agencies, and organizations.…
Vanderbilt Transplant Center Finishes Fiscal Year with Record 809 Solid Organ Transplants
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed a record number of solid organ transplants in fiscal year 2024 — 809 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric programs. The adult program performed 760 transplants, and the pediatric program completed 49 transplants during the fiscal year, which ran from July 2023 until the end of June 2024.
Using AI, CIPHER bird flu study shows greater antibody evasion in newer H5N1 strains
University of North Carolina at Charlotte scholars have found evidence that the latest variants of H5N1 influenza — commonly known as avian or bird flu — are better at evading antibodies, including those of humans, than previous iterations of the virus.
Mercy Medical Center’s Dr. Dwight Im Leads 14th Annual Gynecologic Robotic Surgery Conference in Baltimore, Maryland
The National Institute of Robotic Surgery at Mercy Medical Center presents the 14th annual Robotic Surgery Conference, “IMSWAY: A Systematic Approach to Advanced Robotic Gynecologic Surgery,” Oct. 3-5. 2024 at The Four Seasons Hotel, 200 International Drive in downtown Baltimore, MD.
Legalized Gambling Increases Irresponsible Betting Behavior, Especially Among Low-Income Populations
In a first-of-its-kind study from the University of California San Diego Rady School of Management, researchers have identified comprehensive insights into the positive and negative impacts of online gambling legalization on tax revenue and gambling behaviors in the U.S.
Mini lungs make major COVID-19 discoveries possible
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, University of California San Diego and their international collaborators have reported that more types of lung cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously thought, including those without known viral receptors.
Q&A: UW researcher aims to understand common women’s sports injuries
Several common injuries seem to haunt women’s sports. Jenny Robinson, a University of Washington assistant professor, is interested in designing better methods to help female athletes train to prevent and recover from injuries.
DeMarco and Johnson join Governor Pritzker to announce the Illinois DARPA Quantum Proving Ground
Illinois Grainger Engineering physics professor Brian DeMarco stood on stage in Chicago on Tuesday when Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the new federal- and state-funded Quantum Proving Ground (QPG), which promises to combine scientific rigor with industry and academic expertise to design the future of quantum computing.
Expert: Harris campaign must overcome ‘double bind’ to mount historic win
As the first black woman and person of South Asian descent to receive a major party nomination, as Democrats have virtually ensured, Vice President Kamala Harris will face unique challenges in minimizing attacks to her campaign, says Virginia Tech political expert Farida Jalalzai.
AANA Appoints Shayne Hauglum as Chief Science and Practice Officer
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has named Shayne Hauglum, PhD, CRNA, APRN, to serve as AANA’s Chief Science and Practice Officer. He will report to Chief Executive Officer Bill Bruce, MBA, CAE, effective September 30, 2024.
Paris Heat is a Concern for Olympic Athletes
The 2024 Summer Olympics are quickly approaching and the Paris heat is only getting worse. The last summer Olympics, in Tokyo, were the hottest on record. The Paris games, kicking off this week, could be hotter. Paris is a city…
Pagliarini named HHMI Investigator
As an HHMI Investigator, David Pagliarini, PhD, the Hugo F. & Ina C. Urbauer Professor and a BJC Investigator in the Department of Cell Biology & Physiology will receive approximately $11 million in HHMI funding over a seven-year term.
Lifestyle Behaviors and Needs After Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Qualitative Assessment
Abstract Purpose: There is a need to gain a deeper understanding of facilitators and barriers involving lifestyle behaviors among newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Design: Research team explored influences (e.g., social, cultural, environmental) for healthy lifestyle behaviors (nutrition, physical activity (PA),…