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HEARTS Act signed into law to protect students from cardiac arrest

President Biden earlier this week signed into law the bipartisan Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research and Training in Schools (HEARTS) Act, which will help ensure students and staff in schools nationwide are prepared to respond to a cardiac emergency.

26 Dec 2024

LGBTQ+ people relive old traumas as they age on their own

Bill Hall, 71, has been fighting for his life for 38 years. These days, he's feeling worn out.

24 Dec 2024

Researchers identify key mechanism linking brain stress to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have unveiled a critical mechanism that links cellular stress in the brain to the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

23 Dec 2024

New method detects human fecal contamination in water

The presence of human waste in sewage overflow or stormwater runoffs that ultimately find their way into rivers and lakes is a major public health hazard.

23 Dec 2024

Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people

When leaders of Florida's most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could become the nation's largest trash incinerator, so many people went to the government center to protest that overflow seating spilled into the building's atrium.

23 Dec 2024

Advancing quality integrated health services through relational community engagement

A new report, entitled "Relationality in community engagement: its role in humanizing healthcare and achieving quality integrated health Services" has been developed in collaboration with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) and launched at the Seventh edition of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) taking place in Doha on 13–14 November 2024.

21 Dec 2024

New review discusses the expanding horizons of AI in medical sciences

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has grown remarkably, fueled by innovative foundation models (FMs) such as GPT-n series by OpenAI, and derived large language models (LLMs) like Chat generative pre-trained transformer, popularly known as ChatGPT.

20 Dec 2024

New synthetic biology breakthrough improves genetic circuit integration

The research team led by Professor Jongmin Kim from the Department of Life Sciences at POSTECH, along with graduate students Hyunseop Goh and Seungdo Choi, has successfully developed the 'Synthetic Translational Coupling Element (SynTCE),' significantly enhancing the precision and integration density of genetic circuits in synthetic biology.

20 Dec 2024

Reducing hand hygiene monitoring could save hospitals time and money

Hand hygiene (HH) monitoring in hospitals could be reduced significantly, allowing infection preventionists to redirect efforts toward quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

20 Dec 2024

Annona squamosa extracts show promise in treating pain and arthritis

In Brazil, researchers have identified substances with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-hyperalgesic (against persistent pain) and anti-arthritic activity in the leaves of Annona squamosa, a tree popularly known in the country as fruta-do-conde or pinha.

20 Dec 2024

Nogo-A inhibition demonstrates potential for spinal cord injury recovery

The latest study results have been published online in the renowned "The Lancet Neurology" journal. A multi-centre clinical trial (NISCI trial: Nogo-A Inhibition in acute Spinal Cord Injury Study) investigated the antibody NG 101 (anti-Nogo-A), which blocks and thus neutralizes the body's own Nogo-A protein.

19 Dec 2024

SMART software offers new solution for modeling cell-signaling networks

Researchers at University of California San Diego have developed and tested a new software package, called Spatial Modeling Algorithms for Reactions and Transport (SMART), that can realistically simulate cell-signaling networks - the complex systems of molecular interactions that allow cells to respond to diverse cues from their environment.

19 Dec 2024

Using impulse oscillometry for lung function testing in preterm children

Infants born preterm remain vulnerable to numerous health complications, such as respiratory distress syndrome, chronic lung disease, and pulmonary dysfunction.

19 Dec 2024

Research sheds light on the ethical complexities in conducting Industry-funded cannabis studies

In the first study of its kind, research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) sheds light on the ethical complexities and systemic barriers facing scientists conducting cannabis research funded by the for-profit cannabis industry.

19 Dec 2024

Study uncovers a previously unknown genetic link to autism spectrum disorder

New research published in The American Journal of Human Genetics has identified a previously unknown genetic link to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study found that variants in the DDX53 gene contribute to ASD, providing new insights into the genetic underpinnings of the condition.

19 Dec 2024