Nutrition and aging: A two-way relationship
With so much hype in the media about miracle diets and nutritional supplements, one is invariably tempted to look for a single, food-based magic bullet that will increase the likelihood…
AI model calculates percent necrosis in osteosarcoma patients with 99% accuracy
A research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine has created and trained a machine learning model to calculate percent necrosis (PN) -; or, what percentage of a tumor is "dead" and…
Study: Nursing homes most adversely affected by employment declines since the pandemic
Among health care job sectors, nursing homes have been the most adversely affected by declines in employment growth since the pandemic—a rate more than triple that of hospitals or physician…
Dental opioid prescribing declines in the U.S., but pandemic slows progressNovember 3, 2023
Americans who have a tooth pulled or another painful dental procedure in the United States today are far less likely to get opioid painkillers than they were just a few…
WFIRM announces successful renewal of its Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site grant
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) is thrilled to announce the successful renewal of its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
New technique helps ‘visualize’ osmotic pressure within living embryonic tissues
In order to survive, organisms must control the pressure inside them, from the single-cell level to tissues and organs.
Sparsentan may be a new treatment option for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a rare kidney disorder that affects children and adults, and can lead to kidney failure.
Childhood adversity linked to COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations in adulthood
People who endured childhood adversity, like abuse or neglect, were more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19 in adulthood, a new University of Pittsburgh study found. Specifically, higher…
New prediction model estimates risk of opioid relapse early in treatment
A newly developed prediction model may be able to calculate the risk of opioid relapse among individuals in the early stages of medication treatment-;as early as three weeks into therapy.
Pharmacist prescribing for hypertension could save billions and millions of lives, study finds
If pharmacists had a larger role in prescribing medications to control blood pressure, they could prevent more than 15 million heart attacks, nearly 8 million strokes and more than 4…