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19-Sep-2025

Inhaling cannabis may greatly increase your risk of getting asthma

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If you’re looking to reduce your chances of developing lung disease, say experts at UC San Francisco, then it may be smart to avoid inhaling cannabis.

Journal: Journal of General Internal Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, VA VISN21, Simon Memorial Fund, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

19-Sep-2025

Not all heart attack patients receive the same type of care, researchers find

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While heart attack deaths have decreased in the past two decades, Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black patients continue to experience the highest mortality rate, according to a new study from researchers at Penn State.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH/National Institutes of Health

18-Sep-2025

UT Dallas researchers develop new imaging tool for earlier cancer detection

University of Texas at Dallas

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a micro imaging device that could be used with an endoscope to spot cancers at an earlier stage.

The technology uses LED lighting and hyperspectral imaging to capture near-infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths in addition to the visible light that a conventional camera registers. The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science researchers published a study describing their compact prototype in the May/June issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging.

Journal: Journal of Medical Imaging
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

18-Sep-2025

Body movement-sensing fly neurons are turned off during active motion

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a fruit fly, nerve cells that detect limb movement are silenced when the insect walks or grooms. This on-off switch may help the nervous system to shift between two states: one that supports postural reflexes that keep the body steady and another that readies it to move voluntarily. The fly’s ability to selectively suppress movement feedback, the researchers surmised, could make the insect more sensitive to sudden external events that would perturb it, and therefore quicker to respond.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Searle Scholars Program, Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship, Pew Charitable Trusts, McKnight Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York Stem Cell Foundation

18-Sep-2025

$4.5M NIDA grant will fund research to improve methadone treatment quality

University of Arizona, Office of Research and Partnerships
Grant and Award Announcement

New clinical trial aims to reduce work-related trauma and traumatic stress symptoms among methadone treatment staff to improve treatment quality and patient retention.

Funder: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse