DES PLAINES, IL— Emergency medicine academicians in six plenary presentations will explore a variety of subjects related to the practice of emergency medicine during a special plenary session to be held on the opening day of SAEM19, the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the largest forum for the presentation…
Details
A team of researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer, Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have newly identified 34 genes that are associated with an increased risk for developing the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Genetics, will both help identify women who are at highest risk of…
Details
IMAGE: Edward Callaway is one of 100 new members and 25 foreign associates to be elected to the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. view more LA JOLLA—(May 1, 2019) The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently announced that Salk Institute Professor Edward Callaway is one of 100 new members…
Details
DES PLAINES, IL — John E. Prescott, MD, chief academic officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), will offer his prognostications of «The Future Landscape of Medical Education» when he delivers the education keynote address at the 30th annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) on Thursday, May 16. The…
Details
(New York, NY — May 2, 2019) — Mount Sinai researchers have broken new ground in the understanding of the MDM2 gene—which is often overexpressed in cancer—finding that when it acts with a specific protein, it can lead to cancer cell death. The study appears in the May 2, 2019, print edition of Molecular Cell.…
Details
IMAGE: This is a graph-plot showing the relationship between 62,040 single cells isolated from the mouse cerebellum. view more Credit: Maria C. Vladoiu, Ibrahim El-Hamami and Laura K. Donovan. TORONTO — Brain tumours are the leading cause of non-accidental death in children in Canada, but little is known about when these tumours form or how they…
Details
DES PLAINES, IL — Leading firearm injury and prevention experts, Drs. Rebecca Cunningham, and Garen Wintemute, will open SAEM19 — the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine on Wednesday, May 15 with a timely and compelling keynote address titled «with a timely presentation titled «Firearm Injury: Facts, Myths, and a Public Health…
Details
IMAGE: Left to Right: Amy Ellis (O’Connor lab), Erica Larson (Scanga lab), Alexis Balgman (O’Connor lab), Charles Scanga, Shelby O’Connor, Mark Rodgers (Scanga lab) view more PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2019 — About a third of us are walking around with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB) in our bodies, but most don’t actually end up with…
Details
IMAGE: Douglas Thornton, co-director of the University of Houston PREMIER Service which aims to help patients and providers safely and effectively manage the use of controlled substance prescriptions view more Credit: University of Houston For the first time in American history, a person is more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than from a…
Details
So, you’re concerned about the environment and interested in changing your diet. That is an important first step. As Julia Moskin and Brad Plumer reported, “the world’s food system is responsible for about one-quarter of the planet-warming greenhouse gases that humans generate each year.” To help reduce your climate impact, we have dozens of recipes…
Details