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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 24-Oct-2026 19:16 ET (24-Oct-2026 23:16 GMT/UTC)

New survey finds that a majority of Americans are concerned about high blood pressure, the ‘silent killer’

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A new survey by Morning Consult and the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine finds that a majority of Americans, 60%, are concerned about high blood pressure. Nearly half of Americans have high blood pressure according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and alarmingly, this condition is increasing among children.

Mount Sinai Health System Chair of Pediatrics receives ASPN Founders’ Award for Lifetime Achievement in Pediatric Nephrology

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

The Mount Sinai Health System today announced that Lisa M. Satlin, MD, the Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Pediatrics and Chair of the Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Pediatrician-in-Chief of Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, has been named the 2026 recipient of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) Founders’ Award. The honor recognizes a lifetime of outstanding contributions to pediatric nephrology through research, education, clinical care, and leadership.

New toolkit for obesity care helps clinicians integrate lifestyle interventions with obesity medications

American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Business Announcement

Obesity medications have rapidly reshaped obesity care, but without structured lifestyle interventions, patients face higher risks of gastrointestinal side effects, inadequate nutrient intake, loss of lean mass and bone density and weight regain. The toolkit addresses the gaps between obesity medications and lifestyle support.

Creative assessments address inequalities in students’ performance

University of East London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Traditional university essays may become a thing of the past, as new research shows “authentic assessments” can eliminate the awarding gap between students of different ethnic backgrounds.

Safeguarding children in childcare: teacher confidence key to addressing trauma

Adelaide University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

From workforce shortages to child safety concerns, Australia’s early childhood education sector is under pressure. Despite these pressures, children should never bear the consequences – particularly those who have already experienced trauma.

Journal: The Australian Educational Researcher
Funder: Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

Online autism diagnoses found to be effective

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UC Riverside education scholars develop a set of telehealth tools that allow clinicians to diagnose autism remotely, especially for children who are older or have developed verbal communication skills. Such virtual assessments will help families gain access to diagnoses needed for insurance coverage.

Journal: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Engineers track eye movements to advance student simulation training, enhance clinical preparedness in Meridian

Mississippi State University
Reports and Proceedings

A Mississippi State University faculty member and undergraduate researcher are using eye-tracking technology at MSU-Meridian to study how students see, process and respond in high-pressure training scenarios, helping reshape how future healthcare professionals are educated.

Study finds benefits in being older college student while working

University of Kansas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The number of post-traditional students, or those who do not come to college straight from high school, is growing across the country. Researchers from the University of Kansas and Florida International University analyzed a group of students in a highly competitive engineering program and found some factors, like being older than 25, working while going to school, commuting and having dependents were positive predictors of key academic outcomes, including continuous GPA, graduating in six years and student retention. The findings can help schools support post-traditional students, an ever more important group of students as an enrollment cliff approaches, the researchers argue.

Journal: The Journal of Continuing Higher Education

Boyce Thompson Institute awarded USDA grant to advance youth education in plant biotechnology across New York state

Boyce Thompson Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

The Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that Dr. Georg Jander and Delanie Sickler, Education and Outreach Director at BTI, have received a multi-year award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Agriculture Non-Formal Education (FANE) program. The funding will support an ambitious new initiative titled P-BIOTEK: Plant Biotechnology Innovation, Outreach, Training, and Education for K-12 Students.

This four-year project aims to expand access to biotechnology education for K-12 students, particularly those from underserved communities in rural Upstate New York, while fostering meaningful engagement between scientists and the public.

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