Health
An injured child’s chance of surviving improves when treated at a trauma center prepared to care for children
Key Takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key Takeaways Trauma centers with the highest pediatric readiness scores (93 or greater) on...
More than 7,500 daily steps prior to surgery is associated with lower risk of postoperative complications
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Using Fitbit activity tracking data, researchers identified patients who might be at...
Deep dive into the gut unlocks new disease treatments
The more diverse species in your gut, the better it is for your health. Now an international team led by...
Felix Beuschlein announced as winner of 2024 Transatlantic Alliance Award in Endocrinology
Felix Beuschlein is Professor of Internal Medicine/Endocrinology and Director of the Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition at the...
Communities of color experienced fear and mistrust of institutions during COVID-19 pandemic
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A study led by researchers in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has...
Pandemic prevention consortium announces new leadership team
Recognizing the many milestones it has reached in recent months, Strategies to Prevent Spillover, or STOP Spillover, a project funded...
The Trinity Family Foundation grants major gift to Center for BrainHealth to honor the memory of Al G. Hill, Jr.
The Trinity Family Foundation has pledged a generous $4 million gift to the Center for BrainHealth to advance the science...
With smartphone videos, clinicians can analyze human movement using open source “OpenCap” platform, 25x faster and at a fraction of the cost of labs
With smartphone videos, clinicians can analyze human movement using open source "OpenCap" platform, 25x faster and at a fraction of...
New study provides ‘genetic fingerprint’ indicating disease spread by sand flies may be gaining firm foothold in the United States
CHICAGO (October 19) — Scientists have new evidence that a tropical disease once seen almost exclusively in returning travelers is...
Researchers document dramatic increase in advanced stage cervical cancer and deaths from cervical cancer in Appalachian Kentucky
While the overall incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have dropped in the U.S., the opposite has been occurring...
Killer smile? An oral pathogen increases heart attack damage
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) find that a periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis, inhibits autophagosome–lysosome fusion, and can therefore...
Restoring the function of a human cell surface protein in yeast cells
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest and most diverse group of cell surface proteins in humans. These receptors, which...
Regular health checkups may prevent the development of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD)
Niigata, Japan - A new Japanese ecological study revealed that prefecture-specific participation rates for Specific Health Checkups (SHC participation rates)...
Cizik School of Nursing researcher awarded $2.3M grant to evaluate post-pandemic eviction stress and mental health
During the COVID-19 pandemic, eviction moratoria prevented or delayed many people from experiencing homelessness. But now that the pandemic is...
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics researchers awarded $6.4M NIH grant to develop deep learning model systems to understand mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease
A five-year, $6.4 million grant to develop an integrated, multiscale artificial intelligence (AI) approach to study genetic factors associated with...
Converting brain immune cells into neurons helps mice recover after stroke
Fukuoka, Japan – Researchers at Kyushu University have discovered that turning brain immune cells into neurons successfully restores brain function...
New institute aims to address gap in nation’s health care system through highly effective yet overlooked nutrition interventions
A newly launched, first-of-its-kind institute aims to address a glaring gap in the medical system by working to integrate food-based...
New RCSI-led study seeks to understand Cystic Fibrosis in young children in ‘new era’ of care
Wednesday, 18 October 2023: A major new study led by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Children’s Health...
Immunogenicity and safety of an Escherichia coli-produced human papillomavirus (types 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58) L1 virus-like-particle vaccine: a phase 2 double-blind, randomized, controlled trial
This study is conducted by the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine...
New study uncovers profound impact of diet and genetically induced obesity on ovarian microenvironment at single-cell resolution
This study was led by Prof. Zi-Jiang Chen’ team from the Center for Reproductive Medicine of Shandong University, in collaboration...
