IMAGE: Aquifer Geriatrics, the AGS national online curriculum in geriatrics, is leveraging e-learning and geriatrics’ thought-leadership to advance much-needed training to care for older adults. view more Among many breakthroughs that have made living longer possible, better health care—and more experts to make that care possible—loom large. Given that all of us are aging, we need…
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TAMPA, Fla. — Cancer is a highly varied disease, with genetic differences among different tumor types, individuals and ancestral populations. These genetic differences can impact disease aggressiveness, the type of disease, and the response to therapy. It is important that scientists have proper tools and model systems to study how these variations affect cancer development…
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New technology quantifies capillary changes in great detail Eye is an ideal mirror for what is happening in the brain Biomarker could identify individuals at high risk of progressing to Alzheimer’s CHICAGO — Reduced blood capillaries in the back of the eye may be a new, noninvasive way to diagnose early cognitive impairment, the precursor…
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IMAGE: This infographic compares the March economic indicators for people with and without disabilities, showing slight declines for people with disabilities and modest gains for people without disabilities. view more East Hanover, NJ — April 5, 2019 — In March, job numbers again showed slight declines for Americans with disabilities, in contrast with modest gains for…
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Heart failure patients often have trouble with thinking and depression. A new study by University of Guelph researchers explains why and points to ways to prevent and treat both heart and brain maladies through the emerging field of circadian medicine. Published recently in Nature’s Scientific Reports, the study is the first to reveal how cognition…
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CHICAGO (April 5, 2019): A standardized interdisciplinary clinical pathway to identify and manage frailty in older patients has reduced the rate of one of the most debilitating complications for older patients—delirium—and kept patients from returning to the hospital within 30 days of treatment for traumatic injury. The pathway is being adapted for other surgical services…
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PITTSBURGH (April 5, 2019) — Two professors at the University of Pittsburgh received an NSF Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant for $175,000 to study the environmental effects of new anti-corrosion treatments currently being used on Pittsburgh’s lead pipes. Like many cities across the country, Pittsburgh’s water system still uses some lead pipes, and over time,…
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VIDEO: Warren discusses the article, «Attributable Failure of First-line Cancer Treatment and Incremental Costs Associated With Smoking by Patients With Cancer. » view more A study released today in JAMA Network Open reported that smoking after a cancer diagnosis is associated with substantial additional costs of cancer treatment. Hollings Cancer Center researcher Graham Warren, M.D., Ph.D.,…
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IMAGE: Ccr4-Not to the rescue. A) Ccr4-Not complex associates with RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) as it travels along a strand of DNA producing RNA. B) When RNAPII becomes stuck due to… view more Credit: Reese Laboratory, Penn State A protein complex that is involved in nearly every step in the regulatory control of gene expression in…
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IMAGE: Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, the Helen M. Shearer Term Professor of Nutrition at University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing view more Credit: Eric Sucar, Univ. of Penn. Communications PHILADELPHIA (April 5, 2019) -Breastfeeding is an accepted practice for millions of women worldwide and strongly endorse by the World Health Organization. To provide appropriate…
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