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UrduYounger siblings often take more risks as chief executives, just like they did when they were kids trying to keep up with their older brothers and sisters, according to University of Georgia management researchers. “They have to compete with siblings…
UIC’s Institute for Tuberculosis Research tapped to support $28 million drug discovery project
The University of Illinois at Chicago will work with TB Alliance to help find new drug treatments for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection considered to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide. TB Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated…
A songbird’s fate hinges on one fragile area
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers were surprised to find that a migratory songbird that breeds in the eastern and central United States is concentrated during winter in just one South American country. The study found that 91 percent of 34 Prothonotary…
Patients of Surgeons With Higher Reports of Unprofessional Behaviors Are More Likely to Suffer Complications
Patients of surgeons with higher numbers of reports from co-workers about unprofessional behavior are significantly more likely to experience complications during or after their operations, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) reported today in JAMA Surgery. “Surgical teams require…
A sound idea: a step towards quantum computing
Tsukuba, Japan – A team at the University of Tsukuba studied a novel process for creating coherent lattice waves inside silicon crystals using ultrashort laser pulses. Using theoretical calculations combined with experimental results that were obtained at the University of…
Stephanie Shiau Joins the Rutgers School of Public Health
New Brunswick, NJ – The Rutgers School of Public Health is excited to announce that Stephanie Shiau, PhD, will be joining the department of biostatistics and epidemiology as an instructor in August. Shiau’s research focuses on the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…
Vitamin D Supplementation Not Associated With Reduced Cardiovascular Events
This study, called a meta-analysis, combined the results of 21 randomized clinical trials with about 83,000 patients to look at whether vitamin D supplementation was associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease events such as heart attack or stroke. https://www.newswise.com/articles/vitamin-d-supplementation-not-associated-with-reduced-cardiovascular-events
Leading Health and Technology Organizations Release Common Cancer Data Standards to Enable Sharing Across EHR Systems and Improve Patient Care
Chicago – In an effort to advance cancer data sharing and improve the quality and coordination of patient care, three of the nation’s leading health organizations have established a core set of data elements and recommended technical specifications (the Minimal…
New Research Finds Increased CT Use for Suspected Urolithiasis Patients in ED
Reston, VA (June 19, 2019) – A new study performed in conjunction with the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute examines changing characteristics of utilization and potential disparities in US emergency department (ED) patients undergoing CT of the abdomen and…
Self-healing reverse filter opens the door for many novel applications
August 25, 2018 A self-healing membrane that acts as a reverse filter, blocking small particles and letting large ones through, is the “straight out of science fiction” work of a team of Penn State mechanical engineers. “Conventional filters, like those…