Newswise Feature Channel: Healthcare

The Medical Minute: Your Organ Donation Questions Answered

Penn State Health — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 04:45:32 EST

Every eight minutes, someone joins the transplant waiting list in the United States, and just one organ donor can save up to eight lives. Penn State Health experts tell how registering as an organ donor can give others a second chance at life.

Roswell Park Researchers to Discuss Recent Discoveries and Critical Issues in Oncology at AACR 2025

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:55:38 EST

Researchers from Roswell Park will report their latest findings to colleagues from around the world at the 2025 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Chicago, Illinois, April 25-30.

Monell Center Study Identifies GLP-1 Therapies as a Possible Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

Monell Chemical Senses Center — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:45:00 EST

Monell Center investigators identified that GLP-1R agonists, a class of drugs currently used to treat type-2 diabetes and obesity, as a promising therapeutic for managing the metabolic complications associated with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS), a rare genetic disorder characterized by early-onset obesity, compulsive eating, and cognitive impairments. They used a genetically engineered mouse model of BBS that displayed the hallmark features of the condition.

Mercy Medical Center Named One of The Best Maternity Hospitals 2025 in U.S. by NEWSWEEK

Mercy Medical Center — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:35:34 EST

Newsweek has named Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, to its list of America's Best Maternity Hospitals. According to a national ranking by Newsweek based on data from Statista, Mercy is among the leading maternity care hospitals in the U.S.

New CDC Report Shows Increase in Autism in 2022 with Notable Shifts in Race, Ethnicity, and Sex

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:25:56 EST

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report examining autism among children who turned 4 and 8 years old in 2022. The CDC report, which includes data from 16 study sites across the U.S. including Maryland, found an overall prevalence of autism of 1 in 31 (3.2%) among 8-year-olds in 2022.

American Association of Neurological Surgeons Returns to Boston for its 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:05:57 EST

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the largest neurosurgical society in the world, proudly announces its return to the birthplace of neurosurgery -- Boston -- for the 2025 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, taking place April 25-28 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

ADHA and IFDH Issue Joint Position Statement on Qualified Dental Hygiene Providers

American Dental Hygienists' Association — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:05:56 EST

ADHA and IFDH Issue Joint Position Statement on Qualified Dental Hygiene Providers

Key Enzyme in Lipid Metabolism Linked to Immune System Aging

University of California San Diego — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:30:02 EST

New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2 -- a key enzyme in lipid metabolism -- accelerates white blood cell aging and alters genes associated with the onset of blood cancers.

Wesley Sundquist Named to TIME's Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

University of Utah Health — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:05:59 EST

Research in the Sundquist lab laid the foundations for the development of lenacapavir, a drug that prevents HIV infection with 99.9% to 100% efficacy and could dramatically lower infection rates worldwide.

MD Anderson Research Highlights for April 17, 2025

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:00:32 EST

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson's world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

Seeing Double at Cedars-Sinai During National Volunteer Week

Cedars-Sinai — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:45:42 EST

To mark National Volunteer Week, Cedars-Sinai is spotlighting two of the medical center's youngest volunteers, who have a very special bond: They are identical twins.

Autism Awareness Month - CDC Report Shows Increase

George Washington University — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:40:40 EST

Artificial Right Atrium for Fontan Patients Wins Key Funding

Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:20:40 EST

Researchers from Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have received key funding to support their work on a novel device: an artificial right atrium for patients with a Fontan circulation. The investigators--Cynthia Herrington, MD, and Andrew Cheng, MD, of CHLA, and Niema Pahlevan, PhD, of USC--received the USC Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity (NEMO) Prize.

Rikesh Patel, DO, Named Director of Robotics Surgery for Total Joint Replacement at University Hospitals

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:00:43 EST

University Hospitals announced that Rikesh Patel, DO, a leader in total joint replacement and complex reconstruction of hip and knee, has accepted the position of Director of Robotics Surgery for Total Joint Replacement, effective immediately.

CHOP, Penn Medicine Researchers Use Deep Learning Algorithm to Pinpoint Potential Disease-Causing Variants in Non-Coding Regions of the Human Genome

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:00:00 EST

Researchers have successfully employed an algorithm to identify potential mutations which increase disease risk in the noncoding regions our DNA, which make up the vast majority of the human genome. The findings could serve as the basis for detecting disease-associated variants in a range of common diseases.

Global Telemedicine Therapy for Dementia Shows Benefit

University of Chicago Medical Center — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:30:45 EST

Clinical trial results indicate that people living with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and their communication partners benefit from remote speech language therapy.

Prochant Achieves HITRUST r2 Certification, Strengthening Commitment to Data Security and Compliance

Prochant — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:20:19 EST

Prochant Achieves HITRUST r2 Certification, Strengthening Commitment to Data Security and Compliance

National Nursing Organizations Call for Investments in Health, Research, and the Workforce

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:15:52 EST

On behalf of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National League for Nursing, and the Oncology Nursing Society, we are deeply disturbed by the recent news reported by the Washington Post and other outlets that the Trump Administration is proposing devastating budget cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) along with further restructuring of the agencies within HHS. While our organizations recognize that this proposal is not final and still needs to move through processes at the White House and within the Office of Management and Budget, the significance of cutting this vital health department by $40 billion as reported would be catastrophic to America's health and safety.

AACR: Advancements in Combination Therapies for Liver and Pancreatic Cancers, Organoid-Based Platform for Personalized Head and Neck Cancer Treatment, Liquid Biopsies for Cancer Detection and More

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:15:41 EST

The annual meeting, which showcases cutting-edge cancer science and medicine, will feature UCLA-led research in key areas of both translational and basic scientific research. These include new combination immunotherapy approaches, updated organoid models, epigenetic markers for breast cancer risk and efforts to overcome drug resistance in liver cancer.

Once consejos para lidiar con un trastorno de ansiedad

Mayo Clinic — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:05:34 EST

Sentir de vez en cuando ansiedad es una parte normal de la vida, pero las personas con trastornos de ansiedad experimentan sentimientos frecuentes y excesivos de ansiedad, miedo, temor y panico en situaciones cotidianas. Estos sentimientos se vuelven poco saludables cuando afectan su calidad de vida y le impiden de funcionar normalmente. En esta alerta del experto, Siri Kabrick, enfermera practicante en Psiquiatria y Psicologia en Sistema de Salud de Mayo Clinic en Fairmont, Minnesota, comparte 11 consejos para lidiar con un trastorno de ansiedad.