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5-Mar-2025

Balancing Nutrition: Micronutrient study could help prevent childhood obesity in Pacific region

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Children ages two to eight years across 11 Pacific jurisdictions are not meeting daily recommended intakes for key micronutrients, either consuming too much or too little. The research team that made the discovery also found associations between children’s micronutrient intake, obesity, and presence of acanthosis nigricans, a skin condition that is linked to insulin resistance.

Journal

Current Developments in Nutrition

Funder

U.S. Department of Agriculture, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Hawai'i Community Foundation

5-Mar-2025

Rich Brits blamed for high emissions – but they might hold the power to accelerate climate action

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Britain’s wealthiest individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of carbon emissions—but new research from the University of Bath suggests they also hold the key to accelerating climate action.

Journal

PLOS Climate

5-Mar-2025

After sexual misconduct accusations, scholars’ work is cited less

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new analysis, scholars publicly accused of sexual misconduct experienced a significant decrease in the rate at which other scholars cited their published research. Giulia Maimone of the University of California, Los Angeles, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on March 5, 2025.

Journal

PLOS One

5-Mar-2025

Rutgers Health researchers reveal health care disparities for people with disabilities

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People with disabilities have more difficulty accessing health care and more negative interactions with health care providers than people without disabilities, according to a Rutgers Health study.

Journal

Health Services Research

5-Mar-2025

Does getting ADHD drugs via telehealth increase addiction risk?

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study of people who started ADHD stimulant treatment via telehealth vs in-person visits shows no difference in risk of new substance use disorders except for young adults age 26-34. 

Journal

Health Affairs

5-Mar-2025

Innovations in core-shell nanoparticles advancing drug delivery and precision medicine

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new expert review in the peer-reviewed OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, explores how core-shell nanoparticles could revolutionize drug delivery systems and play a key role in advancing personalized and precision medicine.

Journal

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

5-Mar-2025

Ability of large language models to extract PD-L1 biomarker details from electronic health records

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News

A new study, published in the peer-reviewed journal AI in Precision Oncology, examines the ability of large language models (LLMs) to rapidly extract PD-L1 biomarker details from the electronic health record (EHR). 

Journal

AI in Precision Oncology