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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Apr-2025 15:08 ET (29-Apr-2025 19:08 GMT/UTC)

24-Apr-2025

AI algorithm can help identify high-risk heart patients to quickly diagnose, expedite, and improve care

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mount Sinai-led research can transform how hospitals triage, risk-stratify, and counsel patients to save lives

Journal: NEJM AI

24-Apr-2025

Stephen S. Morse named as next Editor-in-Chief of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal

Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.
Business Announcement

The Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D., to be the next Editor-in-Chief of its journal, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Dr. Morse is Professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, where he also serves as Chair of the University’s Institutional Biosafety Committee.

24-Apr-2025

AGS honors expert & emerging geriatrics leaders at 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting (#AGS25)

American Geriatrics Society
Grant and Award Announcement

@AmerGeriatrics Honors Expert & Emerging #Geriatrics Leaders at #AGS25 in Chicago, IL https://ow.ly/pG1j50VGZhO

24-Apr-2025

Society for cardiovascular angiography & interventions scientific sessions 2025 features latest clinical innovations in cardiology care

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Meeting Announcement

The annual Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) meeting, SCAI Scientific Sessions 2025, will kick off on Thursday, May 1, 2025, with nearly 2,000 scientists, researchers, innovators, and clinicians joining together to discuss advances in the field of interventional cardiology and endovascular medicine. The conference will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. from Thursday, May 1, through Saturday, May 3, highlighting innovative breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, prevention, and research.

24-Apr-2025

New bioactive compound for difficult-to-treat allergies

University of Bonn
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic itching, asthma and migraine are in many cases hard-to-treat conditions. They have in common that they are triggered by an excessive immune response—which in severe cases can be life-threatening. A team of researchers led by the University of Bonn has now identified a promising bioactive compound that could effectively reduce symptoms and slash fatality risk. The compound blocks a receptor on certain defense cells, thus preventing a derailed immune response. The study findings have been published in the journal Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy.

Journal: Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

24-Apr-2025

Rethinking stroke risk in patients with atherosclerotic carotid stenosis

University of Toyama
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Current risk assessment guidelines for ischemic stroke may underestimate patients with mild carotid stenosis. A Japanese multicenter study found that unstable plaque—particularly intraplaque hemorrhage—was a key stroke predictor. Surgical intervention, such as carotid endarterectomy, significantly reduced stroke risk compared to medical therapy alone. These findings could prompt a shift in how physicians assess and treat mild but symptomatic carotid artery disease.

Journal: Journal of Neurosurgery

24-Apr-2025

Cutting off parasite’s energy supply could help fight malaria

Stellenbosch University
Reports and Proceedings

In 2023, malaria caused 597 000 deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, with most occurring in Africa, where the deadliest malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is most prevalent. Once inside the body of an infected person, the parasite relies on a process called glycolysis—breaking down glucose (a sugar)—to produce energy and stay alive.

A new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found that blocking the enzymes involved in this process could cut off the parasite’s primary energy source and kill it. Some of these enzymes could also be good targets for new malaria drugs.