It’s challenging to achieve significant curve correction during a spinal fusion “graduation” surgery for children with early onset scoliosis. Over the years, bone auto-fuses and stiffens around growing rods—making the spine tougher to straighten during this final procedure.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has released its Rutgers Research and Innovation Annual Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2024.
Heitham Hassoun, MD, chief executive of Cedars-Sinai International, will be awarded the 2024 International Healthcare Leadership Award by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL).
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released new guidance for general acute care hospitals providing a “Reminder of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Requirements.” The All Facilities Letter (AFL) clarifies the credentialing and privileging requirements for nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), and outlines the state and federal laws and regulations that form the foundation for these requirements and guide the scope of practice for CRNAs.
During every moment of any living organism’s life, enzymes are at work. These crucial proteins support life through most biological processes, including metabolism, movement, respiration, and digestion. “Enzymes’ effects in cells are part of normal physiology,” said Kathleen Mulvaney, assistant professor at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are more than five times more likely to screen positive for suicide risk compared to cisgender females, who tend to screen positive at higher rates than cisgender males, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago published in the journal Academic Pediatrics.
Argonne contributes to landmark research that could lead to better cathodes for longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries.
Roughly 96% of union members voted Thursday to reject a proposed deal with the company that would have significantly boosted pay and benefits, but fell short of other union demands. ...
By: Stephen Stone | Published: September 13, 2024 | 11:35 am | SHARE: September marks National Literacy month, a time to highlight the critical role that reading plays in a child or adult’s overall development.Helping to create advancements in the field, the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) takes an innovative approach in its constant quest to improve reading through science.
A drug that delivers chemotherapy directly to tumors has shown impressive activity against some of the hardest-to-reach cancer cells: those that have spread to the brain in patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. Research led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
UTHealth Houston and OpenAI have announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration in the United States, marking the integration of AI technology into health care and education while protecting privacy.
Mount Sinai study could lead to new treatments for fibromuscular dysplasia
The “Ozempic Revolution” did not start with celebrities posting their weight-loss success stories on Instagram, or slick TV ads featuring the earworm jingle: “Oh, Oh, Oh, Ozempic!”
A pioneering method for soil moisture retrieval using satellite navigation systems has been introduced, significantly boosting the accuracy and efficiency of global data collection.
When Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s launched in 2022, it sought to build a pioneering children’s health destination that combined multidisciplinary excellence in pediatric care with advanced research to identify and treat the roots of childhood diseases.
In an international multicenter randomized phase 3 clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, researchers tested the addition of the immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) nivolumab to treatment with tivozanib for patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
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