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Mount Sinai launches Adams Valve Institute, specializing in complex valve surgery and valvular heart disease

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Business Announcement

Will promote innovative surgical techniques, advanced imaging, and breakthrough research to advance patient care and improve outcomes

Small-volume hypertonic saline plus furosemide linked to lower inflammatory and remodeling markers in acute heart failure

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — April 7, 2026 — A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on March 26, 2026, titled “Effects of intravenous furosemide plus small-volume hypertonic saline solutions on inflammatory, remodelling markers and epigenetics signatures of patients with congestive acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).”

Journal: Aging-US

Scientists reverse severe epilepsy in lab mice in promising step toward a cure

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have used a next-generation form of gene editing to fix the underlying cause of a severe form of epilepsy in lab mice, andt their promising results suggest the approach could eventually cure severe genetic epilepsies in people as well.

Journal: Journal of Clinical Investigation
Funder: University of Virginia Brain Institute, Ivy Biomedical Innovation Fund

NCCN announces first fellows for new advocacy academy to help drive effective cancer policy

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Grant and Award Announcement

The NCCN Advocacy Academy is a new program launched in 2026 to ensure that voices of oncology professionals are present at the health policy decision-making table. The NCCN Policy Team selected 12 doctors to participate in this first year.

Swapping meat and dairy for plant-based foods cuts climate pollution by 35%, randomized clinical trial shows

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A simple change on the dinner plate could deliver a powerful climate impact. New research published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health shows that replacing meat and dairy with a low‑fat vegan diet that includes soybeans reduced diet‑related greenhouse gas emissions by 35%. For the average individual, that reduction is comparable to eliminating roughly 600 miles of driving each year.

Journal: BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health

HIV infections would increase by 10% average if CDC funding for HIV testing ends, NIH-funded Johns Hopkins Medicine study predicts

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Timely HIV diagnosis and treatment are critical to preventing transmission. To help make this happen, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides funding for HIV testing to local health departments and community organizations. In a new NIH-funded Johns Hopkins Medicine study, researchers used a computer model to quantify the effect of funding cuts for HIV testing. They estimate that HIV infections could increase an average of 10% in 18 U.S. states if this funding is interrupted or ended.

Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases

How microbes survive in the plastisphere

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Plastic pollution is a global problem. It damages ecosystems, endangers animals, and in the form of nanoplastic particles can also have consequences for human health. A global agreement to regulate plastic pollution is therefore long overdue. However plastic particles have also become a new habitat for bacteria, viruses, fungi, and algae. The ecological significance of this ‘plastisphere’ for natural communities is the subject of numerous research projects. In this study, for example, researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel have examined bacterial metagenomes. The results show that the genomes of microbes in the plastisphere are larger and contain more gene copies associated with functional processes than those of marine plankton. This adaption ensures their survival, the researchers write in Environmental Pollution.

Journal: Environmental Pollution

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