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New screening tool can identify patients who may benefit from palliative care consultations

To aid in decision-making processes and increase awareness around palliative care in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), a research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has developed a screening tool to identify - within seconds - patients who may benefit from palliative care consultations or goals of care discussions.

17 Oct 2022

New findings point to specific genes linked with increased risk of frozen shoulder

Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is a common cause of shoulder pain and immobility. New findings point to specific genes associated with an increased risk of this condition, reports The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

14 Oct 2022

$Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures$

Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures

Patients who have surgery to repair bone fractures typically receive a type of injectable blood thinner, low-molecular-weight heparin, to prevent life-threatening blood clots, but a new clinical trial found that over-the-counter aspirin is just as effective.

14 Oct 2022

Largest academic collaboration aims to transform the treatment for pediatric cancers

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced the largest academic collaboration of its kind to transform and accelerate the identification of vulnerabilities in pediatric cancers and translate them into better treatments.

13 Oct 2022

Teaching self-regulation at an early stage has a positive effect on children’s later educational success

A study by the universities of Zurich and Mainz has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.

13 Oct 2022

Study shows increase in menthol use among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes

Menthol use has increased over the past decade among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes, according to a study released by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of New York.

13 Oct 2022

Grants to shed light on caregiving for Alzheimer's patients in Filipino communities

A personal mission inspires Mary Dioise Ramos every day, and now she'll have a chance to bring positive change to people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

12 Oct 2022

Study shows a new avenue of assessing muscle strength

Muscular strength and its improvement are important to everyone for their regular day-to-day life activities.

12 Oct 2022

U.S. youth continue to be enticed and hooked by expanding variety of e-cigarettes, study shows

A study released today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students reported current (past 30-day) e-cigarette use in 2022, which includes 14.1% of high school students and 3.3% of middle school students.

12 Oct 2022

Antibody response to COVID-19 vaccine not associated with time of day of vaccination

A study in Japan finds antibody response to the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine does not vary depending on the time of day when the dose was received.

12 Oct 2022

Study highlights the importance of getting vaccinated for flu

An international team of researchers has demonstrated that among patients hospitalized for influenza, those who were vaccinated had less severe infections, including reducing the odds for children requiring admittance to an intensive care unit by almost half.

12 Oct 2022

Researchers receive $9 million grant to study how ‘jumping genes’ influence Alzheimer's disease

Scientists have identified a handful of gene mutations that cause or contribute to the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

11 Oct 2022

CPR training spans across India in advance of the World Restart a Heart Day

Only 2% of adults in India know how to perform CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The American Heart Association - the world's leading voluntary health organization devoted to longer, healthier, live for all - and the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - a group of autonomous government public medical universities– are working together to train more than 150,000 students, community health care workers and others in the public in multiple states within India to reverse this trend.

11 Oct 2022

Thirdhand smoke exposure elevates biomarkers associated with the initiation of skin diseases

Thirdhand smoke, or THS, comprises the residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after tobacco has been smoked.

11 Oct 2022

Working alongside robots may increase job burnout and workplace incivility

Working alongside robots may contribute to job burnout and workplace incivility, but self-affirmation techniques could help alleviate fears about being replaced by these machines, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

11 Oct 2022

Study finds geographical differences in PCOS symptoms among black and white women

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in Alabama may be more likely to have excessive hair growth and insulin resistance, whereas women with PCOS in California may be more likely to have higher testosterone levels, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

11 Oct 2022

Exploring the possibilities of plasma-based therapies for cancer

Exploring the possibilities of atmospheric-pressure plasmas to develop and consolidate new medical therapies is the main objective of the PlasTHER network, an initiative funded by the European Union under the COST Actions.

11 Oct 2022

Infant’s brain “plastic” enough to reorganize language to the opposite side after perinatal stroke

A clinical study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center found that, for children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant's brain was 'plastic' enough for the right hemisphere to acquire the language abilities ordinarily handled by the left side while also maintaining its own language abilities as well.

10 Oct 2022

Age plays a more important role than genetics in affecting gene expression profiles as we get older

Amid much speculation and research about how our genetics affect the way we age, a University of California, Berkeley, study now shows that individual differences in our DNA matter less as we get older and become prone to diseases of aging, such as diabetes and cancer.

7 Oct 2022

UMSOM researchers identify how multiple genes of SARS-CoV-2 affect disease severity

University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have identified how multiple genes of SARS-CoV-2 affect disease severity, which could lead to new ways in how we develop future vaccines or develop newer treatments.

7 Oct 2022

Students News and Research

New screening tool can identify patients who may benefit from palliative care consultations

New findings point to specific genes linked with increased risk of frozen shoulder

Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures

Largest academic collaboration aims to transform the treatment for pediatric cancers

Teaching self-regulation at an early stage has a positive effect on children’s later educational success

Study shows increase in menthol use among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes

Grants to shed light on caregiving for Alzheimer's patients in Filipino communities

Study shows a new avenue of assessing muscle strength

U.S. youth continue to be enticed and hooked by expanding variety of e-cigarettes, study shows

Antibody response to COVID-19 vaccine not associated with time of day of vaccination

Study highlights the importance of getting vaccinated for flu

Researchers receive $9 million grant to study how ‘jumping genes’ influence Alzheimer's disease

CPR training spans across India in advance of the World Restart a Heart Day

Thirdhand smoke exposure elevates biomarkers associated with the initiation of skin diseases

Working alongside robots may increase job burnout and workplace incivility

Study finds geographical differences in PCOS symptoms among black and white women

Exploring the possibilities of plasma-based therapies for cancer

Infant’s brain “plastic” enough to reorganize language to the opposite side after perinatal stroke

Age plays a more important role than genetics in affecting gene expression profiles as we get older

UMSOM researchers identify how multiple genes of SARS-CoV-2 affect disease severity

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