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25-Mar-2025

Milk as Medicine: New Study Shows Breast Milk Transforms Challenges into Triumphs

University of Oklahoma
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In 2010, University of Oklahoma researcher David Fields, Ph.D., was pouring over research data when he discovered something he thought was odd: His data showed that at 6 months of age, formula-fed babies born of mothers who were categorized as medically obese weighed about 5% units less fat than breastfed babies in the same dataset. That discovery struck him as unusual and led him on a research journey to better understand breast milk. Now, he’s studying the connections between maternal gestational diabetes, breastfeeding and infant health.

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Association

25-Mar-2025

OU researcher leverages technology for alcohol disorder interventions in primary care

University of Oklahoma
Business Announcement

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 7 adults in the United States will experience a substance use disorder during their lifetime. University of Oklahoma College of Medicine faculty member Brandi Fink, Ph.D., is working with primary care clinics and health care systems to identify people with an alcohol use disorder and intervene early before the problem worsens.

25-Mar-2025

Special issue of Academic Emergency Medicine explores the science of errors in emergency care

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), has published its March issue dedicated to the topic of errors in emergency care, with a strong emphasis on diagnostic error. This special issue, supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), brings together leading scholars and clinicians to discuss aspects of errors relevant to emergency care and propose actionable solutions.

Journal: Academic Emergency Medicine

25-Mar-2025

CU Cancer Center researchers identify the ‘switch’ that allows intestinal cells to regenerate after injury

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center have solved a cellular mystery that may lead to better therapies for colorectal and other types of cancer.

Peter Dempsey, PhD, professor of pediatrics–developmental biology in the CU School of Medicine, and Justin Brumbaugh, PhD, assistant professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at CU Boulder, recently published a paper in the journal Nature Cell Biology showing the importance of the H3K36 methylation process in regulating plasticity and regeneration in intestinal cells.

Journal: Nature Cell Biology

25-Mar-2025

Transforming cardiovascular care through upfront combination therapy

Ochsner Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ochsner Health Medical Director for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology, Carl J. “Chip” Lavie, Jr., MD, recently co-authored a groundbreaking research study featured in the prestigious Mayo Clinic Proceedings highlighting the comparative efficacy of lipid-lowering therapies for reducing cardiovascular risks and led by Maciej Banach, MD,PhD from Poland and leader of the International Lipid Expert Panel ( ILEP).

Journal: Mayo Clinic Proceedings

25-Mar-2025

Postpartum female preference for cooler temperatures linked to brain changes

Baylor College of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mothers experience major metabolic adaptations during pregnancy and lactation to support the development and growth of the new life. Although many metabolic changes have been studied, body temperature regulation and environmental temperature preference during and after pregnancy remain poorly understood. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions show that postpartum female mice develop new environmental temperature preferences and reveal brain changes mediating these changes.

Journal: Molecular Metabolism

25-Mar-2025

Could an arthritis drug unlock lasting relief from epilepsy and seizures? UW–Madison researchers see promising results in mice

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A drug typically prescribed for arthritis halts brain-damaging seizures in mice that have a condition like epilepsy, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. If the drug proves viable for human patients, it would be the first to provide lasting relief from seizures even after they stopped taking it.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Lily's Fund, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy