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California offers a lifeline for medical residents who can’t find abortion training

Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community — including access to abortion care.

10 Jan 2024

Nicotine beliefs elicit dose-response reactions in human brains

Researchers investigate whether nicotine-related beliefs may influence brain processes in a dose-dependent manner similar to pharmaceutical effects.

10 Jan 2024

Hearing aid usage linked to reduced mortality in adults with hearing impairments

Researchers determine the relationship between the use of hearing aids and mortality among adult United States residents with hearing impairment.

10 Jan 2024

Injectable hydrogel paves the way for painless defibrillation and arrhythmia prevention

A breakthrough study led by Dr. Mehdi Razavi at The Texas Heart Institute (THI), in collaboration with a biomedical engineering team of The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) Cockrell School of Engineering led by Dr. Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, sets the foundation of a ground-breaking treatment regimen for treating ventricular arrhythmia.

9 Jan 2024

The secret to human brain's learning efficiency revealed

Researchers from the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit and Oxford University's Department of Computer Science have set out a new principle to explain how the brain adjusts connections between neurons during learning.

9 Jan 2024

People with NCDs disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, report shows

Researchers at the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC) say people with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic lung ailments were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 Jan 2024

BCG vaccine's impact on innate immunity explained at cellular level

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is one of the world’s oldest and most widely used vaccines. It was developed in the early 20th century to provide protection from tuberculosis.

9 Jan 2024

Zika virus effective in eliminating neuroblastoma tumors in mice, study finds

Injecting neuroblastoma tumors with Zika virus shrank or eliminated those tumors in studies with mice, suggesting that the virus could someday serve as an effective cancer therapy, according to a study led by Nemours Children's Health researchers and published today in Cancer Research Communications, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

9 Jan 2024

New imaging technique could transform diagnosis and treatment of steatotic liver disease

Steatotic liver disease (SLD), previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which includes a range of conditions caused by fat build-up in the liver due to abnormal lipid metabolism, affects about 25% of the population worldwide, making it the most common liver disorder.

9 Jan 2024

CRISPR cures on the horizon: Breakthrough center aims to heal rare, deadly genetic diseases

Children and adults with rare, deadly genetic diseases have fresh hope for curative therapies, thanks to a new collaboration between the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) and Danaher Corporation, a global life sciences and diagnostics innovator.

9 Jan 2024

Study links early screen time to atypical sensory processing in toddlers

Babies and toddlers exposed to television or video viewing may be more likely to exhibit atypical sensory behaviors, such as being disengaged and disinterested in activities, seeking more intense stimulation in an environment, or being overwhelmed by sensations like loud sounds or bright lights, according to data from researchers at Drexel's College of Medicine published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

9 Jan 2024

Food education program empowers kids to choose fresh, flavorful food years later

To encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among youth, experiential food education programs such as gardening and cooking lessons have increased across both community and school settings.

9 Jan 2024

Is maternal stress associated with blood glucose levels during pregnancy among women attending a fertility center?

A new study explores stress in relation to glucose levels during treatment at a fertility center since this is likely to impact conception rates and pregnancy success.

9 Jan 2024

How does religion impact vaccination coverage?

The effect of religious attitudes on real-world vaccination uptake.

9 Jan 2024

Amino acid nanoparticles show promise for cancer treatment

Amino acids, such as tyrosine and tryptophan, are the fundamental building blocks that make up proteins.

8 Jan 2024

New study reveals widespread diagnostic errors in seriously ill hospitalized adults

A study of seriously ill patients from academic medical centers across the country has found that nearly a quarter had a delayed or missed diagnosis.

8 Jan 2024

AI-enabled digital stethoscope could improve the diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy

New research from Mayo Clinic suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could improve the diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially life-threatening and treatable condition that weakens the heart muscle of women during pregnancy or in the months after giving birth.

8 Jan 2024

IU researchers aim to develop a new therapy for glaucoma

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are using a novel approach to hopefully develop a new therapy for glaucoma, a complex disease that eventually leads to blindness, thanks to a new five-year, $2 million R01 grant from the National Eye Institute.

8 Jan 2024

UCSF research lays the groundwork for preventing deafness

Researchers have found a gene that links deafness to cell death in the inner ear in humans – creating new opportunities for averting hearing loss.

8 Jan 2024

School connectedness predicts reduced depression and aggressive behavior in Black adolescents

School connectedness – the degree to which students feel part of their school community – influences more than grades.

8 Jan 2024

Education News and Research

California offers a lifeline for medical residents who can’t find abortion training

Nicotine beliefs elicit dose-response reactions in human brains

Hearing aid usage linked to reduced mortality in adults with hearing impairments

Injectable hydrogel paves the way for painless defibrillation and arrhythmia prevention

The secret to human brain's learning efficiency revealed

People with NCDs disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, report shows

BCG vaccine's impact on innate immunity explained at cellular level

Zika virus effective in eliminating neuroblastoma tumors in mice, study finds

New imaging technique could transform diagnosis and treatment of steatotic liver disease

CRISPR cures on the horizon: Breakthrough center aims to heal rare, deadly genetic diseases

Study links early screen time to atypical sensory processing in toddlers

Food education program empowers kids to choose fresh, flavorful food years later

Is maternal stress associated with blood glucose levels during pregnancy among women attending a fertility center?

How does religion impact vaccination coverage?

Amino acid nanoparticles show promise for cancer treatment

New study reveals widespread diagnostic errors in seriously ill hospitalized adults

AI-enabled digital stethoscope could improve the diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy

IU researchers aim to develop a new therapy for glaucoma

UCSF research lays the groundwork for preventing deafness

School connectedness predicts reduced depression and aggressive behavior in Black adolescents

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