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Ensuring sustainable and responsible use of AI in healthcare

A new paper highlights the need for responsible and sustainable use of AI in healthcare to mitigate its environmental impact, especially concerning its high carbon footprint. It offers recommendations for reducing energy consumption and improving sustainability practices.

5 Aug 2024

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes reduce child and adolescent BMI

Study reveals that city-level sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes significantly reduce body mass index (BMI) percentiles in children and adolescents. The findings support SSB taxation as a viable strategy to combat childhood obesity.

5 Aug 2024

Urinary metals linked to higher cardiovascular disease risk and mortality

Research identifies associations between urinary metals and cardiovascular disease (CVD) as well as all-cause mortality. The findings suggest that both essential and non-essential metals in urine can serve as risk factors for CVD and mortality, emphasizing the need for strategies to mitigate these risks.

5 Aug 2024

Researchers receive $9.5M to study polyphenols' impact on cognitive health

UCLA Health researchers, in collaboration with researchers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, have received $9.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with support from European funding agencies - The Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Public Health Agency Health & Social Care (HSC) - to study the effects of polyphenols on cognitive health and the brain-gut microbiome system.

5 Aug 2024

Triploidy causes 42% of early miscarriages in horses

A study of horses – which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies – revealed that 42% of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions in the first two months of pregnancy were due to complications from an extra set of chromosomes, a condition called triploidy.

5 Aug 2024

New bioactive material regenerates high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of large-animal model

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model.

5 Aug 2024

Study: Drug-involved overdose deaths increased by over 500% in 2022

Drug-involved overdose deaths increased by over 500 percent in 2022 according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with trends attributed to synthetic opioids.

5 Aug 2024

Dance therapy reduces ethnic bullying and enhances empathy in diverse students, study shows

Bullying is the most common manifestation of violence in schools. With globalization and immigration increasing classroom diversity in schools across the United States, ethnic bullying – bullying that targets another's ethnic background or cultural identity, including racial taunts/slurs and insulting references to culturally specific customs, foods, clothing, and accents and as well as exclusion from peer groups – has increased.

5 Aug 2024

Breakthrough MS drug uses green mamba venom discovery to promote myelin repair

Ten years of work, and a little help from the green mamba snake, has resulted in a promising new drug that is already being tested in clinical trials.

5 Aug 2024

Dr. Carrie Elks receives $1.4 million NIDDK grant to explore fat cell communication and insulin resistance

The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, or NIDDK, awarded Pennington Biomedical researcher Dr. Carrie Elks a grant of $1.4 million to explore insulin resistance and inflammation in fat cells.

5 Aug 2024

PSU receives $1.9 million grant to redesign training for educators of students with disabilities

Improving outcomes for students with disabilities as they transition from high school to postsecondary education and employment starts with effective training and development opportunities for the secondary educators who support them.

5 Aug 2024

Enhanced CAR T-cell homing boosts treatment efficacy for osteosarcoma

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T–cell immunotherapy re-engineers a patient's immune cells to target cancer cells.

5 Aug 2024

Stanford, Brazil researchers develop models to predict schistosomiasis risk amidst climate change

In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to fight a widespread and debilitating parasitic disease.

5 Aug 2024

Immunotherapy significantly improves survival rates for advanced lung cancer patients, study finds

Since the first immunotherapy drug to boost the body's immune response against advanced lung cancer was introduced in the United States in 2015, survival rates of patients with the disease have improved significantly.

5 Aug 2024

New study reveals hope for successful pregnancies post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

A new national multicenter study offers hope for women who have undergone allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT).

5 Aug 2024

Study reveals high rate of head injuries and mental health issues in law enforcement officers

A new study is the first to shed light on the high prevalence of head injuries, and related mental health symptoms, in a previously overlooked population when it comes to concussion surveillance: law enforcement officers.

5 Aug 2024

Quality-of-life measurements are essential in cancer care, study says

As novel cancer treatments continually emerge, it is essential to collect data on patients' quality of life along with how the treatment is working to extend survival.

5 Aug 2024

Screening debate: Insufficient evidence to support lung cancer screening for non-smokers

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Detecting this disease in its early stages significantly improves survival rates, making low-dose CT screening an essential component in the fight against lung cancer.

5 Aug 2024

Community cafés improve diet quality for food-insecure populations, study finds

In recent years, the prevalence of food insecurity has notably increased, prompting a need for innovative programs like community cafés that use a pay-what-you-can system.

5 Aug 2024

UVA professor wins NIH Maximizing Investigator's Research Award for breakthrough biomedicine research

University of Virginia assistant engineering professor Liheng Cai has earned the Maximizing Investigator's Research Award from the National Institutes of Health.

5 Aug 2024

Medical Research News

Ensuring sustainable and responsible use of AI in healthcare

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes reduce child and adolescent BMI

Urinary metals linked to higher cardiovascular disease risk and mortality

Researchers receive $9.5M to study polyphenols' impact on cognitive health

Triploidy causes 42% of early miscarriages in horses

New bioactive material regenerates high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of large-animal model

Study: Drug-involved overdose deaths increased by over 500% in 2022

Dance therapy reduces ethnic bullying and enhances empathy in diverse students, study shows

Breakthrough MS drug uses green mamba venom discovery to promote myelin repair

Dr. Carrie Elks receives $1.4 million NIDDK grant to explore fat cell communication and insulin resistance

PSU receives $1.9 million grant to redesign training for educators of students with disabilities

Enhanced CAR T-cell homing boosts treatment efficacy for osteosarcoma

Stanford, Brazil researchers develop models to predict schistosomiasis risk amidst climate change

Immunotherapy significantly improves survival rates for advanced lung cancer patients, study finds

New study reveals hope for successful pregnancies post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Study reveals high rate of head injuries and mental health issues in law enforcement officers

Quality-of-life measurements are essential in cancer care, study says

Screening debate: Insufficient evidence to support lung cancer screening for non-smokers

Community cafés improve diet quality for food-insecure populations, study finds

UVA professor wins NIH Maximizing Investigator's Research Award for breakthrough biomedicine research

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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