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Scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University showed that spraying of selenium stimulates the growth of garden sage - a plant, that is used in medicine for treatment of inflammations an...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/selenium-raised-pharmaceutical-value-of-garden-sage/?sc=rsmn

A new Australian study published in Diabetologia this week has found that overnight eating may be putting night shift workers at higher risk of chronic health conditions.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/meal-timing-may-be-crucial-for-night-shift-workers-health/?sc=rsmn

On a Thursday morning in Dallas, Fiona Strasserking, M.D., chats with her UT Southwestern colleague while internal medicine residents from the University of Zambia log on to their Zoom call. Rafi...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/out-of-africa-ut-southwestern-cardiologist-gets-to-the-heart-of-zambia-s-no-1-health-threat/?sc=rsmn

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) found that weight-loss interventions were associated with improvements in some polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) symptoms, including impr...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/weight-loss-interventions-associated-with-improvements-in-several-symptoms-of-pcos/?sc=rsmn

A mixed-methods study found that variations in policies developed to assure safe practice by late-career physicians (LCPs) makes it difficult for these programs to reach their full potential.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/policies-assuring-safe-practice-by-late-career-physicians-vary-widely-among-health-care-organizations/?sc=rsmn

A new case report published in Annals of Internal Medicine describes the success of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) in a pat...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-report-first-published-case-of-a-patient-with-treatment-emergent-neuroendocrine-prostate-cancer-who-showed-a-remarkable-response-to-an-anti-her2-antibody-drug-conjugate/?sc=rsmn

A cross-sectional study of U.S. healthcare utilization survey data provided a nationally representative measure of patient travel patterns across provider types.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/patients-outside-metropolitan-areas-often-travel-significantly-more-than-20-minutes-for-primary-care-visit/?sc=rsmn

NASA crew and ground-based scientists are sending blood cells to the International Space Station on November 4 to learn why astronauts have a higher risk of blood clots.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/health-research-launches-into-orbit-to-discover-how-spaceflight-affects-blood/?sc=rsmn

Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS, a recognized leader in the gastrointestinal surgical field, is the new Chair of the American College of Surgeons Board of Regents

https://www.newswise.com/articles/gastrointestinal-surgeon-fabrizio-michelassi-md-facs-elected-chair-of-acs-board-of-regents/?sc=rsmn

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are warning that artificial intelligence tools gaining popularity in the fields of genetics and medicine can lead to flawed conclusions about the conne...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/uw-madison-researchers-find-persistent-problems-with-ai-assisted-genomic-studies/?sc=rsmn

Certains aspects de la pandemie de COVID-19 ont ete de courte duree, comme les confinements et la distanciation sociale. Les webinaires ILAE, en revanche, ont non seulement persiste depuis 2020, ...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/deux-r-gions-de-l-ilae-collaborent-une-s-rie-de-webinaires-ayant-un-impact-professionnel/?sc=rsmn

Juhn Atsushi Wada was a Japanese-Canadian neurologist known for research on epilepsy and brain asymmetry, including the development of the Wada test to assess hemispheric dominance of language fu...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/reflections-on-the-life-and-career-of-dr-juhn-wada-1924-2023/?sc=rsmn

The funding will support a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in lung cancer screening across Los Angeles County.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-awarded-2-5-million-grant-to-increase-lung-cancer-screenings-in-underserved-communities/?sc=rsmn

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https://www.newswise.com/articles/voting-to-protect-access-to-contraception/?sc=rsmn

The supply of healthcare professionals available to provide HIV care continues to decline, even as the need for HIV care and prevention is expected to increase, reports a survey study in the Nove...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/survey-finds-continued-declines-in-hiv-clinician-workforce/?sc=rsmn

Researchers from the George Washington University and the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center have published a landmark case report that signifies a potential breakthrough in the treatm...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/first-of-a-kind-case-study-shows-remarkable-improvements-for-prostate-cancer-patient/?sc=rsmn

Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, a nationally recognized leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation, is proud to announce its participation in the upcoming American A...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/hackensack-meridian-jfk-johnson-rehabilitation-institute-leading-the-way-in-pmr-innovation-at-aapmr-2024/?sc=rsmn

UCLA Health experts Amy Cummings, MD, PhD, and Sha'Shonda Revels, MD, address frequently asked questions about the disease.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/what-you-need-to-know-about-lung-cancer/?sc=rsmn

Newswise: Latest Medical News, updated hourly. Newswise specializes in delivering the knowledge-based news behind tomorrow's headlines from the world's leading research institutions directly to journalists and to the public.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/saint-louis-university-research-high-screen-time-before-2-years-of-age-increases-risk-of-autism-by-age-12/?sc=rsmn

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago was awarded $3.7 million through the National Cancer Institute Cancer Moonshot Scholars program to advance precision diagnosis of brain tumors...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/lurie-children-s-to-develop-a-novel-genomic-test-for-more-rapid-precision-diagnosis-of-brain-tumors/?sc=rsmn

Newswise: Latest Medical News, updated hourly. Newswise specializes in delivering the knowledge-based news behind tomorrow's headlines from the world's leading research institutions directly to journalists and to the public.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/experts-weigh-in-on-how-to-cope-with-election-stress/?sc=rsmn

Pascack Valley Medical Group proudly announces the addition of three distinguished healthcare providers: Mahmood Karimi, M.D., Nina Cheung, M.D., and Jaclyn Ulzheimer, APN. Each of these provider...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/hackensack-meridian-pascack-valley-medical-group-welcomes-dr-mahmood-karimi-dr-nina-cheung-and-jaclyn-ulzheimer-apn/?sc=rsmn

Newswise: Latest Medical News, updated hourly. Newswise specializes in delivering the knowledge-based news behind tomorrow's headlines from the world's leading research institutions directly to journalists and to the public.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/actor-james-van-der-beek-announces-colon-cancer-diagnosis-at-age-47-part-of-a-growing-trend-of-young-colorectal-cancers-diagnoses/?sc=rsmn

Ivan Maillard, MD, PhD, has been named Head of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies within the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

https://www.newswise.com/articles/ivan-maillard-named-head-of-the-division-of-hematologic-malignancies-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center/?sc=rsmn

In addition to lowering your cholesterol, keeping your brain healthy and improving mental health, new research from the University of Georgia suggests omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may help war...

https://www.newswise.com/articles/high-levels-of-omega-3-omega-6-may-protect-against-cancer/?sc=rsmn