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Barbara Browning named the 2018 New Adult Educator of the Year

Yesterday, Barbara Browning was named the 2018 New Adult Educator of the Year by the Indiana Association for Adult & Continuing Education (IAACE).

28 Apr 2018

Vermont, Montana students to talk with NASA astronauts on International Space Station

Students from Montana and Vermont will talk with astronauts on the International Space Station next week as part of NASA's Year of Education on Station.

28 Apr 2018

America's medical school selects enlisted service members interested in becoming military doctors

Twenty-three non-commissioned officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps have been given the opportunity to follow their dreams of becoming physicians thanks to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, or EMDP2.

28 Apr 2018

Ameritech Financial encourages borrowers to understand their own loan facts and options

It's been six years since the national student debt totals surpassed $1 trillion, though student debt has been a problem far longer than that.

28 Apr 2018

Airlines and in-flight content delegates attend APEX Multimedia Market

This past week, more than 200 airlines and in-flight content delegates arrived in Paris for the airline industry's only global in-flight content marketplace event, the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) MultiMedia Market.

28 Apr 2018

Three leading sleep scientists to receive the 2018 Sleep Research Society awards

The Sleep Research Society (SRS) selected three of the world's leading sleep scientists as recipients of the 2018 Sleep Research Society awards, which will be presented Monday, June 4, during the plenary session of SLEEP 2018, the 32nd annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS) in Baltimore.

28 Apr 2018

A new method for assessing auditory fitness in public safety occupations

Hearing is an important part of fitness-for-duty assessments of police officers and other public safety professionals - but standard hearing tests don't give a true picture of whether these professionals can hear and communicate in the specific "noise environments" where they must work.

28 Apr 2018

Significant update to PROGRESS-CTO International Registry presented at SCAI Scientific Sessions 2018

A significant update to the PROGRESS-CTO (PROspective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention) International Registry was presented today as late-breaking clinical science at Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Scientific Sessions 2018.

28 Apr 2018

UChicago Medicine wins prestigious Magnet Recognition

The University of Chicago Medicine received the prestigious Magnet Recognition Program designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing and patient care.

27 Apr 2018

Study shows effectiveness of novel risk tool to predict readmission rates after TAVR

A new study looked at the effectiveness of novel risk tool to predict 30-day readmission rates in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

27 Apr 2018

Personalized music activates brain network spared from ravages of dementia

Ever get chills listening to a particularly moving piece of music? You can thank the salience network of the brain for that emotional joint. Surprisingly, this region also remains an island of remembrance that is spared from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease.

27 Apr 2018

American Academy of Sleep Medicine selects 2018 award recipients

Several leaders in the field of sleep medicine and a best-selling author were selected as recipients of the 2018 American Academy of Sleep Medicine awards, which will be presented Monday, June 4, during the plenary session of SLEEP 2018, the 32nd annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC in Baltimore.

27 Apr 2018

Study provides global view of how yellow fever virus can spread between the world's cities

The deadly yellow fever virus has the potential to spread into cities around the world where it previously hasn't been seen, according to a new study led by St. Michael's Hospital.

27 Apr 2018

Study examines efficacy of 3D printing, computer modeling to predict paravalvular leak in TAVR

A new study examines the effectiveness of 3D printing technology and computer modeling to predict paravalvular leak in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). A common risk of TAVR is an ill-fitting valve which can lead to PVL.

27 Apr 2018

Researchers identify independent predictors of both delayed and early discharge post TAVR

A new study finds patients who stay in the hospital for more than 72 hours when undergoing trans-femoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TF-TAVR) procedure may be associated with negative short and long-term outcomes.

27 Apr 2018

The Truth Behind Donating Your Body to a Medical School

Cambridge University is one of a decreasing number of medical schools where undergraduates learn anatomy primarily through hands-on dissection. Cecilia Brassett, a Clinical Anatomist at The University of Cambridge, discusses her thoughts on the recent rise in donations and explains how the donors are used to train medical students.

27 Apr 2018

Zika virus can be used for treating aggressive human central nervous system tumors, shows study

A Brazilian study published April 26 in the journal Cancer Research shows for the first time in vivo that Zika virus can be used as a tool to treat aggressive human central nervous system (CNS) tumors.

27 Apr 2018

Cardiac-related hospitalizations are more during winter months, studies show

Two new studies examined seasonal variations in cardiac-related hospitalizations specifically for aortic dissection and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarctions (STEMI).

27 Apr 2018

Study to examine whether cannabidiol provides therapeutic benefit to children with autism

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are preparing a first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary investigation to determine if and how cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant, provides therapeutic benefit to children with severe symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.

27 Apr 2018

Autism disorder increases in U.S. children, shows new CDC report

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that finds the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among 11 surveillance sites as one in 59 among children aged 8 years in 2014 (or 1.7 percent).

27 Apr 2018

Education News and Research

Barbara Browning named the 2018 New Adult Educator of the Year

Vermont, Montana students to talk with NASA astronauts on International Space Station

America's medical school selects enlisted service members interested in becoming military doctors

Ameritech Financial encourages borrowers to understand their own loan facts and options

Airlines and in-flight content delegates attend APEX Multimedia Market

Three leading sleep scientists to receive the 2018 Sleep Research Society awards

A new method for assessing auditory fitness in public safety occupations

Significant update to PROGRESS-CTO International Registry presented at SCAI Scientific Sessions 2018

UChicago Medicine wins prestigious Magnet Recognition

Study shows effectiveness of novel risk tool to predict readmission rates after TAVR

Personalized music activates brain network spared from ravages of dementia

American Academy of Sleep Medicine selects 2018 award recipients

Study provides global view of how yellow fever virus can spread between the world's cities

Study examines efficacy of 3D printing, computer modeling to predict paravalvular leak in TAVR

Researchers identify independent predictors of both delayed and early discharge post TAVR

The Truth Behind Donating Your Body to a Medical School

Zika virus can be used for treating aggressive human central nervous system tumors, shows study

Cardiac-related hospitalizations are more during winter months, studies show

Study to examine whether cannabidiol provides therapeutic benefit to children with autism

Autism disorder increases in U.S. children, shows new CDC report

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