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Study highlights need to establish clinical practice guidelines for surgical patients receiving MOUDs

In an effort to stem the death toll from opioid overdose, United States public health officials have promoted the prescription and use of medications like buprenorphine that blunt the effects of illicit opioids such as fentanyl.

27 Oct 2025

Qureight Vascul8 model for pulmonary vascular disorders validated in peer-reviewed study, offering potential to improve treatment options and patient outcomes following surgery

Qureight, a techbio company advancing the understanding of lung and heart disease through application of its AI-powered imaging and clinical data curation platform, today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study validating its Vascul8™ model for pulmonary vascular disorders, in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.

27 Oct 2025

Boston Children's Hospital secures $8.1M for spastic paraplegia research

Boston Children's Hospital has received $8.1M in NIH funding to support and expand the Spastic Paraplegia Centers of Excellence Research Network (SP-CERN). Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Movement Disorders Program at Boston Children's, and his team will lead this multi-center effort.

24 Oct 2025

New BRIGHT Center aims to build resilience after trauma

The Medical University of South Carolina has been awarded more than $11 million by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences over five years to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) to build resilience after trauma, which will be known as the South Carolina Building Resilience through Innovative Interventions to promote Growth and Health after Trauma COBRE, or the BRIGHT Center.

24 Oct 2025

Shaping future nurses through faith-based education

Nursing education is not only about clinical skills. It also shapes the values, attitudes, and sense of responsibility of those who provide care.

24 Oct 2025

Breakthrough combo therapy lowers death risk in recurrent prostate cancer

Men whose prostate cancer returns after surgery or radiation therapy may now benefit from a new drug combination shown in clinical trials to cut the risk of death by more than 40%.

23 Oct 2025

Revolutionizing gait analysis with wearable sensors and 3D depth cameras

A study from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Sensing Institute (I-SENSE) at Florida Atlantic University reveals that foot-mounted wearable sensors and a 3D depth camera can accurately measure how people walk – even in busy clinical environments – offering a powerful and more accessible alternative to traditional gait assessment tools.

23 Oct 2025

New York Regional Diabetes Research Center established with $10.8 million NIH grant

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create the New York Regional Diabetes Research Center (NYR-DRC), a newly expanded multi-institutional center co-led with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Weill Cornell Medicine.

23 Oct 2025

Ingestible capsule developed for the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia

Researchers led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have validated an ingestible capsule in preclinical models for the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia, a condition caused by blocked or reduced blood flow to the intestines.

22 Oct 2025

UC San Diego receives $6.2 million grant to establish REACH Center for Translational Science on Whole Person Health

The University of California San Diego School of Medicine's Centers for Integrative Health has received a five-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the REACH Center for Translational Science on Whole Person Health.

22 Oct 2025

Pathogenic bacteria can block gut’s natural defense to spread infection

When harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning, such as E. coli, invade through the digestive tract, gut cells usually fight back by pushing infected cells out of the body to stop the infection from spreading.

22 Oct 2025

Updated CPR guidelines provide expanded recommendations for managing choking and opioid overdose

The "2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC)," published today in the Association's flagship journal, Circulation, marks the first full revision of lifesaving resuscitation guidance since 2020.

22 Oct 2025

$VT3989 shows promising antitumor activity in refractory mesothelioma patients$

VT3989 shows promising antitumor activity in refractory mesothelioma patients

The first-in-class YAP-TEAD inhibitor VT3989 continued to be well tolerated and demonstrated notable initial antitumor activity, particularly in patients with refractory mesothelioma, according to results from a trial led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

22 Oct 2025

Oral targeted therapy shrinks tumors in over 70% of patients with HER2-mutant NSCLC

The oral targeted therapy sevabertinib led to tumor reduction and manageable side effects in patients with HER2-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to data from a trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

22 Oct 2025

Study shows mRNA-based COVID vaccines enhance effectiveness of immune checkpoint therapy

Patients with cancer who received mRNA-based COVID vaccines within 100 days of starting immune checkpoint therapy were twice as likely to be alive three years after beginning treatment, according to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

22 Oct 2025

Discovery offers a breakthrough approach to combat prostate tumor growth

Prostate cancer relies on genetic "switches", called enhancers, that can turn on tumor-promoting genes.

22 Oct 2025

New study details how AI chatbots systematically violate ethical standards of practice

As more people turn to ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) for mental health advice, a new study details how these chatbots - even when prompted to use evidence-based psychotherapy techniques - systematically violate ethical standards of practice established by organizations like the American Psychological Association.

21 Oct 2025

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Study highlights need to establish clinical practice guidelines for surgical patients receiving MOUDs

Qureight Vascul8 model for pulmonary vascular disorders validated in peer-reviewed study, offering potential to improve treatment options and patient outcomes following surgery

Boston Children's Hospital secures $8.1M for spastic paraplegia research

New BRIGHT Center aims to build resilience after trauma

Shaping future nurses through faith-based education

Breakthrough combo therapy lowers death risk in recurrent prostate cancer

Revolutionizing gait analysis with wearable sensors and 3D depth cameras

New York Regional Diabetes Research Center established with $10.8 million NIH grant

Ingestible capsule developed for the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia

UC San Diego receives $6.2 million grant to establish REACH Center for Translational Science on Whole Person Health

Pathogenic bacteria can block gut’s natural defense to spread infection

Updated CPR guidelines provide expanded recommendations for managing choking and opioid overdose

VT3989 shows promising antitumor activity in refractory mesothelioma patients

Oral targeted therapy shrinks tumors in over 70% of patients with HER2-mutant NSCLC

Study shows mRNA-based COVID vaccines enhance effectiveness of immune checkpoint therapy

Discovery offers a breakthrough approach to combat prostate tumor growth

New study details how AI chatbots systematically violate ethical standards of practice

New AI-driven approach identifies treatments to reprogram and destroy cancer stem cells

Neighborhood environments can influence a child's risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Baby's birthweight increases risk of cardiovascular disease in preeclamptic and hypertensive women

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