During extreme heat, older adults can submerge their hands and forearms in room temperature tap water to cool their core temperatures and reduce their heart rates, according to a new study by researchers in the Penn State Department of Kinesiology. 

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are joining a national collaboration to launch the Whole Person Physiome Research and Coordination Center (WPP-RCC), an initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create the first comprehensive digital map of the healthy human body. The effort will bring together leading experts in physiology, precision medicine, and computational biology to evolve our understanding of human health. The WPP-RCC is supported by 21 NIH institutes and offices as part of the NIH Whole Person Initiative and is overseen by The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (BUCASM) researchers Jessica Fetterman, PhD, FAHA, and Deepa M. Gopal, MD, MS, have received a five-year, $7 million R01 grant from the NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to fund their research, “Creation of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) Cardiovascular Biobank and Atlas.”

           

A new study by researchers from the the University of Birmingham supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and the University of Turku, Finland has revealed an important clue as to why immunotherapy fails in many patients with cancer.

The new study published in Theranostics has found for the first tim that a secreted form of a protein called Clever-1 (sClever-1) systemically suppresses the T cells that are essential for fighting cancer, providing a major new insight into the mechanisms of treatment resistance.

Barbara Riegel, Ph.D., R.N., FAHA, Emerita Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor of Gerontology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, will receive the American Heart Association’s 2025 Clinical Research Prize at the Association’s Scientific Sessions 2025. 

Keck Hospital of USC named a Vizient Top Performer for third year in a row