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Newswise: Ancient Immune Defense System Plays an Unexpected Role in Cancer, MSK Researchers Find
Release date: 5-Nov-2024 2:10 PM EST
Ancient Immune Defense System Plays an Unexpected Role in Cancer, MSK Researchers Find
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Along with defending against pathogens, the body’s innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways — ways that have important implications for the development of cancer, researchers at MSK are discovering.

Newswise: Voters Rely on Personal Networks and News Media to Guide Them in 2024 Election Vote
Release date: 5-Nov-2024 1:55 PM EST
Voters Rely on Personal Networks and News Media to Guide Them in 2024 Election Vote
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

How do people decide who gets their vote? Americans rely primarily on personal networks and news media for voting information, according to a new report from the Civic Health and Institutions Project (CHIP50).

Release date: 5-Nov-2024 1:40 PM EST
SLU Study: Integrative Palliative Care Critical to Improve Mental Health Among Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Saint Louis University

For patients facing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, a compassionate approach to care can be transformative. Yet, a new study published in Healthcare reveals that palliative care, a service focused on enhancing the quality of life for those with serious illnesses, remains significantly underutilized among pancreatic cancer patients in the United States.

Release date: 5-Nov-2024 1:30 PM EST
SLU Study: Black Patients with Heart Failure Less Likely to Receive Palliative Care
Saint Louis University

A study by researchers at Saint Louis University shows that only one in eight patients with heart failure in the United States receive palliative care consultations within five years of diagnosis. The study also highlighted significant racial and geographic disparities. Black people were 15% less likely to receive palliative care compared to their white counterparts.

Release date: 5-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
An Open Letter Objecting to ADA Non-Hygienist Staffing Resolutions, Inviting ADA to Collaborate on Workforce Solutions
American Dental Hygienists' Association

The American Dental Association (ADA) House of Delegates recently voted on and passed Resolutions 401, 413 and 514B, that aim to remove faculty-to-s...

Release date: 5-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
ADHA Objects to ADA Non-Hygienist Staffing Resolutions, Calls for Constructive Collaboration
American Dental Hygienists' Association

– In an open letter to the healthcare community released today, American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA®) President Erin Haley-Hitz, RDH issued a stro...

Newswise: How Hypoxia Helps Cancer Spread
Release date: 5-Nov-2024 11:30 AM EST
How Hypoxia Helps Cancer Spread
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they’ve escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each is a potential therapeutic target to stop cancer recurrence, and one – MUC1 – is already in clinical trials.

Newswise: Two Key Genes Identified Linking Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis
31-Oct-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Two Key Genes Identified Linking Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In APL Bioengineering, researchers employed analysis tools and machine learning algorithms to identify two genes linked to rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis that could serve as diagnostic tools and potential targets for treatments. Drawing from a large database of genetic information, they gathered dozens of sequenced genomes from people with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis to look for any similarities, using recently developed computational methods to narrow down their search. They identified genes ATXN2L and MMP14 as significantly associated with the progression of both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis.

Newswise: Defibrillation Devices Can Save Lives Using 1,000 Times Less Electricity
31-Oct-2024 9:20 AM EDT
Defibrillation Devices Can Save Lives Using 1,000 Times Less Electricity
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In this week’s Chaos, researchers used an electrophysiological computer model of the heart’s electrical circuits to examine the effect of the applied voltage field in multiple fibrillation-defibrillation scenarios. They discovered far less energy is needed than is currently used in state-of-the-art defibrillation techniques. The authors applied an adjoint optimization method and discovered adjusting the duration and the smooth variation in time of the voltage supplied by defibrillation devices is a more efficient mechanism that reduces the energy needed to stop fibrillation by three orders of magnitude.

   
Release date: 5-Nov-2024 10:30 AM EST
At the top of the world, lead pollution reaches even pristine glaciers
Ohio State University

Human activities have led to the pollution of some of the remotest places in the world, a new study shows.


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