Health
Pet owners with hoarding tendencies may take toll on health of themselves, animals in care, study finds
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Department of Psychology faculty members studying hoarding behavior are teaming with faculty in the university’s College of...
Leading healthcare executive Rachel Hoover, MS, MBA, named executive vice president at UM Faculty Physicians, Inc.
BALTIMORE, May 16, 2023 – William F. Regine, MD, FACR, FASTRO, FACRO, President of University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc....
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds COMBINEDBrain to fast track research for rare neurological disorders
COMBINEDBrain’s Founder and Director, Dr. Terry Jo Bichell, understands the power of collaboration. In her years as a neuroscientist, advocate,...
Automated, accurate reporting for NGS-based clonality testing
“ we have developed a fully automated calling algorithm for determining B and T cell clonality from NGS data, with...
Drs. Dawn Hershman and Primo Lara elected group co-chairs-elect of SWOG Cancer Research Network
The board of governors of the SWOG Cancer Research Network has elected Primo N. Lara, Jr., MD, and Dawn L....
Dr. David Simon wins Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research Studying Melanoma
The prize, now in its 10th year, is given annually to at least six early-career scientists based in the New...
Suicide prevention: University of Ottawa researcher proposes assisted dying model to transform prevention
Question: In your book you argue the suicidal are oppressed by structural suicidism, a hidden oppression. Alexandre Baril: “I coined...
NIH launches largest precision nutrition research effort of its kind
The National Institutes of Health is now enrolling participants in a landmark initiative to advance nutrition research. Nutrition for Precision...
Magnetic stimulation may improve the pain, nausea of diabetic gastroparesis
AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 16, 2023) – Magnetic stimulation of a group of nerves key to how our gut and brain...
BGI Genomics advances precision medicine in Argentina, Brazil and Chile
BGI Genomics recently joined a mission business to South America in April 2023. Given that this continent ranks fourth in...
Effects of zoledronic acid on senescence and SASP markers
“In the present study, we used multiple complementary approaches to evaluate the possible effects of zoledronic acid on cellular senescence.”Credit:...
Henry Ford Health cardiologists look to the past to create new heart bypass procedure
DETROIT (May 15, 2023) – Henry Ford Health Interventional cardiologists William O’Neill, M.D., and Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D., took a page...
Clinical trial of mRNA universal influenza vaccine candidate begins
A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Asthma, COPD, health disparities research, and virtual press event: ATS 2023
May 15, 2023– We’re mere days away from the largest gathering of respiratory health professionals! You can still register to...
UArizona Health Sciences researchers unlocking new answers in the quest for safer, more effective opioid therapy
TUCSON, Arizona — University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers are taking the foot off the brake in their quest to...
Great inequality in international athletics
Athletes from less affluent countries need more education on health to prevent injuries during hard training. But, paradoxically, more knowledge...
High inflation creates stress in lower socioeconomic groups exacerbating health inequities
TORONTO, May 15, 2023 – High inflation rates are stressing certain sociodemographic groups more than others, exacerbating inequalities in health...
New study using novel approach for glioblastoma treatment shows promising results, extending survival
TORONTO - A new international study published in Nature Medicine and presented as a late-breaking abstract at the American Association...
First-in-human trial of oral drug to remove radioactive contamination begins
WHAT: A first-in-human clinical trial of an experimental oral drug for removing radioactive contaminants from inside the body has begun....
EPA’s new PFAS rules don’t account for major source of drinking water contamination
CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS – Earlier this year, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed maximum allowable levels in drinking water for...
