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26-Nov-2024

Emory heart team implants new blood-pumping device for first time in U.S.

Emory Health Sciences
Business Announcement

On Nov. 18, the heart failure and transplantation team at Emory University Hospital (EUH) made history, performing the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of ventricular assist device (VAD), which provides crucial care to patients with failing hearts. An expert team led by veteran cardiothoracic surgeon Mani Daneshmand, MD, successfully implanted a novel magnetically levitated pump, a VAD that has been specifically designed for patient ease and long-term health. As part of the INNOVATE clinical trial, Emory will participate in gathering data on patient experience with the device, joined by other leading medical institutions across the country, including Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Duke University and University of Chicago.

26-Nov-2024

New issue of Advances in Dental Research explores the role of women in dental, clinical, and translational research

International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Journal of Dental Research (JDR) has announced the publication of a new issue of Advances in Dental Research, a supplement to the Journal of Dental Research (JDR), entitled, "Women in Dental, Clinical, and Translational Research.”

Journal: Advances in Dental Research

26-Nov-2024

Recovery of testing for heart disease risk factors post-COVID remains patchy

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Routine screening to detect risk factors for heart disease dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, and some key measurements, such as blood pressure readings, may still lag behind pre-pandemic levels. These findings are reported in a new study by Frederick Ho and Naveed Sattar of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, and colleagues published November 26^th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.

Journal: PLOS Medicine

26-Nov-2024

Eliminating physical activity disparities between male and female youth could save hundreds of millions of dollars, new study says

CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Eliminating current physical activity disparities between male and female youth in the United States could save around $780 million for each new cohort of six-to-17-year-olds, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. In fact, bringing more equity to sports participation could save even more: $1.55 billion.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

26-Nov-2024

How long ring fingers can point to a love of alcohol

Swansea University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

There is evidence that alcohol consumption is influenced by prenatal sex steroids so experts from Swansea University and colleagues from the Medical University of Lodz decided to use a sample of students for their research into the subject.

Journal: American Journal of Human Biology

26-Nov-2024

Crnic Institute receives $2.7 million grant for an international study of Down syndrome

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Grant and Award Announcement

A landmark $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) INCLUDE Project will support the Human Trisome Project - Latin America Network, a network of research and medical care sites across the United States and in Latin America to investigate the clinical characteristics and to identify distinguishing health issues or treatments for Latinos with Down syndrome.

Funder: NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

26-Nov-2024

Conservation program prepares captive parrots for life in the wild

Texas A&M University

Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) are working with parrot free-flight experts and partners in Brazil in an effort to increase the success rate of releasing captive parrots into the wild.

Journal: Birds