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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 14-Aug-2025 17:11 ET (14-Aug-2025 21:11 GMT/UTC)

21-Jul-2025

Designing better brain shunts

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Bioengineers at Harvard have developed a new computational model that combines brain anatomy, fluid flow, and biomolecular transport dynamics to simulate brain shunt performance with pinpoint accuracy. Their goal: help with the creation of custom shunts that are tailored to specific patients’ anatomy and needs.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

21-Jul-2025

National Center to Reframe Aging partners with Pennsylvania Department of Aging to strengthen communications about senior centers

The Gerontological Society of America
Business Announcement

The National Center to Reframe Aging — the leading organization for proven communication strategies and tools to effectively frame aging issues — is partnering with the Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) to explore new approaches for positioning senior community centers as recognizable, in-person community hubs that connect older people to vital resources, services, and their broader communities.

21-Jul-2025

Adnan Hyder, scholar dedicated to improving health policies for low and medium income nations, named Dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health

Boston University
Business Announcement

Adnan Hyder, a globally renowned doctor and scholar who has devoted a quarter of a century to improving health care in low- and middle-income countries, will be the new dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health, as well as BU’s Robert A. Knox Professor, effective August 15. The professorship supports a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching, scholarship, and research, as well as impact on society.

21-Jul-2025

Abnormal long COVID PET/MR findings linked to future cardiac and pulmonary diseases

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Long COVID patients with abnormal cardiopulmonary PET/MR findings may be more likely to develop heart and lung diseases, according to new research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The study—which included the largest cohort of long COVID subjects with cardiopulmonary symptoms with the longest follow-up duration—suggests that abnormal cardiopulmonary PET/MR should be considered a risk factor for future cardiac and pulmonary disease and that closer monitoring is warranted in these patients.

Journal: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Funder: Spanish Society of Cardiology, AHA

21-Jul-2025

Mount Sinai researchers uncover unique biological markers in patients with mild Crohn’s disease

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by researchers at Mount Sinai Health System has identified distinct biological signatures in patients with mild Crohn’s disease, offering a potential pathway toward more personalized and less aggressive treatment strategies.

Journal: Gastroenterology

21-Jul-2025

Analysis documents changing trends in U.S. carbon emissions

Carnegie Mellon University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The United States was the world’s largest source of carbon emissions for more than a century. In a new analysis, researchers document the changing trends in U.S. carbon emissions from the late 19th century to the early 21st century, focusing on emissions from fossil fuels and industry. They discuss the main factors that contributed to the rollercoaster of changes in historical carbon emissions. The authors close by offering lessons from the U.S. experience for developing countries.

Journal: Journal of Economic Perspectives
Funder: Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University

21-Jul-2025

UC Irvine tapped to bring psychedelic therapy education to nursing students

University of California - Irvine
Business Announcement

UC Irvine is one of the first two California universities selected for a national program training faculty to integrate evidence-based psychedelic therapy into health education.

Research increasingly supports the use of psychedelics in treating difficult mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction.