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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Jan-2026 22:11 ET (16-Jan-2026 03:11 GMT/UTC)

Mount Sinai receives $3.32 million grant to study new tool that predicts effectiveness of obstructive sleep apnea

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

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a $3.32 million, four-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool that has the potential to predict cardiovascular event risk and treatment response among individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The findings from this study could help clinicians make more informed recommendations about OSA treatment for their patients.

Detecting and treating diseased heart muscles as effectively as possible

Universitatsklinikum Bonn
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A multicenter study coordinated by the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) involving 26 European centers provides new insights into the course of the disease, prognosis assessment, and risk factors for severe myocarditis. The results have now been published in the renowned European Heart Journal.

Journal: European Heart Journal

More Michigan children are losing parents to overdose, suicide, homicide

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The number of Michigan children whose parents died from overdose, suicide, homicide or other substance-related causes has surged since 2000, accounting for 2 in 5 parental deaths, a new University of Michigan study found.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Cooperation and competition: How fetal and maternal cells evolved to work together

University of Connecticut
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the latest issue of the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Kshitiz, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the UConn School of Dental Medicine, demonstrates that pregnancy is not solely a conflict between mother and baby, rather, a delicate balance of cooperation and competition that has evolved overtime to ensure a successful pregnancy.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Study finds decline in long-term benzodiazepine use among older adults, but risks remain

Hebrew SeniorLife Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Older adults are increasingly discontinuing benzodiazepines soon after hospital discharge, but a significant number continue use for months, putting them at risk for serious health problems, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Funder: National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Aging

The exoskeleton for lower limbs “twin” wins the Compasso D’Oro International Award

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT
Grant and Award Announcement

Among the winners of Compasso d’Oro International Award is TWIN, the robotic exoskeleton for lower limbs developed by Rehab Technologies IIT – INAIL, the joint laboratory established by the Italian Institute of Technology and the INAIL Prosthetic Center in Budrio, with the contribution of design studio ddpstudio. Since 2013, Rehab Tech and ddpstudio have worked together to merge the functionality of cutting-edge robotics with research on form and aesthetics, creating devices that are both highly functional and visually appealing, an essential factor for user acceptance.

Cells use electricity to eliminate their ‘weakest’ neighbours to maintain healthy protective barriers

King's College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have uncovered a surprising role for electricity in keeping our body’s protective cell layers healthy.

Journal: Nature