Ear News and Research

RSS

Mount Sinai awarded more than $4 million to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million by the National Cancer Institute for a large-scale study to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women who have been previously diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

10 Aug 2021

Researchers reveal how pneumonia-causing bacteria obtain essential nutrient from our bodies

Australian researchers have revealed how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) obtains the essential nutrient, manganese, from our bodies, which could lead to better therapies to target what is a life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant pathogen.

6 Aug 2021

Study showcases the potential of human-body communications with binaural hearing aids

Modern portable devices are the result of great progress in miniaturization and wireless communications. Now that these devices can be made even smaller and lighter without loss of functionality, it's likely that a great part of next-generation electronics will revolve around wearable technology.

6 Aug 2021

Mobile interventional stroke team travels to patients for providing faster access to surgical treatment

Stroke patients were almost twice as likely to be functionally independent - mobile and able to perform daily tasks - at 90 days post-stroke if they were treated by a specialized mobile stroke team that traveled to them to perform mechanical clot removal, compared to those who were transferred to a thrombectomy stroke center, according to research conducted within the Mount Sinai Health System and published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

5 Aug 2021

Drug-eluting endotracheal tubes for preventing airway complications

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have created a coating that can be applied to endotracheal tubes and release antimicrobial peptides that target infectious bacteria with specificity.

4 Aug 2021

Sanctions prevent cheating and lead to better, more mutually beneficial fig-wasp relationships

Removal of an offender's hand, tongue or ear: punishments described in Babylon's Hammurabi Code, depended on the nature of the crime.

2 Aug 2021

CHOP researchers identify two proteins that could be used for a potential NTHi vaccine

Scientists at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have identified two proteins that could be used for a potential vaccine against nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi).

2 Aug 2021

At urgent care, he got 5 stitches and a big surprise: A plastic surgeon’s bill for $1,040

It was a Sunday morning in late November when Bryan Keller hopped on a bike for a routine ride to pick up his groceries, cruising with ease in a relatively empty New York City.

2 Aug 2021

UVA researchers overturn conventional wisdom on action of key hormone receptors within cells

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overturned conventional wisdom on the workings of vital hormone receptors within cells, a finding that could boost drug development for diabetes and related metabolic disorders, cancer and other diseases.

31 Jul 2021

Study examines the role of programmed cell death ligands in skin immune responses

T cells are a crucial part of the human adaptive immune system. In response to a foreign invader in the body, various subsets of T cells are responsible for several functions that include killing infected cells and secreting signaling molecules called cytokines that tell other immune cells where to go and what to do.

29 Jul 2021

Healthy eating during pregnancy is fundamental for mother and child

Healthy and balanced nutrition during pregnancy and early infancy is important for mother and child. However, despite some recent progress in Europe, there is still a long way to achieve the nutrition targets set by the WHO to improve maternal, infant and young child nutrition.

29 Jul 2021

Children exposed to second-hand marijuana smoke may experience viral respiratory infections

Children whose parents regularly smoke or vape marijuana may experience viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, more frequently than those whose parents do not smoke, according to a study published in the journal Pediatric Research.

28 Jul 2021

The delta variant thrives in a state of political and public health discord

The day after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson finished his bicentennial bus tour to drum up tourism to the state in mid-July, Chicago issued a travel advisory warning about visiting Missouri.

21 Jul 2021

Study finds dramatic decreases in antibiotic dispensing for children during the pandemic

As children made fewer visits to health facilities and engaged in social distancing and other COVID-19 mitigation measures, a smaller number of them also received prescription drugs, a new study suggests.

20 Jul 2021

New online tool launched to accelerate discoveries for reversing progressive hearing loss

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine launched a new online tool that could more quickly advance medical discoveries to reverse progressive hearing loss.

19 Jul 2021

Patient's case report reveals link between Bell’s palsy and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

The case of a patient who experienced two facial palsies – one after the first and another after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – strongly suggests that Bell’s palsy (facial nerve palsy of unknown cause) is linked to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, doctors write in the journal BMJ Case Reports.

19 Jul 2021

Antihypertension drug may benefit patients with neurofibromatosis type 2

New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear indicates that the blood pressure drug losartan may benefit patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a hereditary condition associated with vestibular schwannomas, or noncancerous tumors along the nerves in the brain that are involved with hearing and balance.

15 Jul 2021

Researchers gain new insights into the pathology of Usher syndrome

Human Usher syndrome (USH) is the most common form of hereditary deaf-blindness. Sufferers can be deaf from birth, suffer from balance disorders, and eventually lose their eyesight as the disease progresses.

12 Jul 2021

Structure-guided T cell vaccine design could offer broad protection SARS-CoV-2 variants

Gaurav Gaiha, MD, DPhil, a member of the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, studies HIV, one of the fastest-mutating viruses known to humankind.

2 Jul 2021

Researchers develop innovative hearing contact lens for people with hearing impairment

Excessive noise, hearing loss, vascular constriction, old age - hearing difficulties can be caused by many factors. To help improve the quality of life of people with hearing impairment, Mannheim start-up Vibrosonic have developed a new, innovative hearing aid with an integrated loudspeaker that sits directly on the eardrum.

2 Jul 2021

Ear News and Research

Mount Sinai awarded more than $4 million to evaluate anal cancer screening in high-risk women

Researchers reveal how pneumonia-causing bacteria obtain essential nutrient from our bodies

Study showcases the potential of human-body communications with binaural hearing aids

Mobile interventional stroke team travels to patients for providing faster access to surgical treatment

Drug-eluting endotracheal tubes for preventing airway complications

Sanctions prevent cheating and lead to better, more mutually beneficial fig-wasp relationships

CHOP researchers identify two proteins that could be used for a potential NTHi vaccine

At urgent care, he got 5 stitches and a big surprise: A plastic surgeon’s bill for $1,040

UVA researchers overturn conventional wisdom on action of key hormone receptors within cells

Study examines the role of programmed cell death ligands in skin immune responses

Healthy eating during pregnancy is fundamental for mother and child

Children exposed to second-hand marijuana smoke may experience viral respiratory infections

The delta variant thrives in a state of political and public health discord

Study finds dramatic decreases in antibiotic dispensing for children during the pandemic

New online tool launched to accelerate discoveries for reversing progressive hearing loss

Patient's case report reveals link between Bell’s palsy and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Antihypertension drug may benefit patients with neurofibromatosis type 2

Researchers gain new insights into the pathology of Usher syndrome

Structure-guided T cell vaccine design could offer broad protection SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers develop innovative hearing contact lens for people with hearing impairment

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Latest News