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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Jun-2025 23:10 ET (29-Jun-2025 03:10 GMT/UTC)

KTU researcher on energy revolution: sustainability is still a work in process

Kaunas University of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The world is experiencing more frequent and intense heat waves, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires due to rising greenhouse gas emissions. The energy sector is one of the largest contributors to climate change, yet it also plays a crucial role in the strategies needed to mitigate and adapt to its effects, contributing to the achievement of ambitious climate goals.

Journal: Sustainability

Community racial and ethnic representation among physicians in US internal medicine residency programs

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, underrepresented in medicine internal medicine residents remained underrepresented compared with their program’s county populations. These findings should inform racial and ethnic diversity policies to address the continuing underrepresentation among graduate medical education physicians, which adversely impacts the care of historically underserved communities.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Caregiving hours increase menopause burden, researchers find

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have identified a link between the number of caregiving hours per week a woman performs and menopause symptom burden. A novel study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, published by Elsevier, found that women caregiving for more than 15 hours a week have significantly increased odds of experiencing moderate or severe menopause symptoms. It sheds light on the adverse health outcomes associated with an increased burden of caregiving.

Journal: Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Freshwater alga could be the next superfood that feeds the world

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A green alga that grows in lakes and rivers could be the next ‘superfood’ - helping scientists to tackle global food security challenges while promoting environmental sustainability.

Journal: Journal of Food Science

Avoiding patient abandonment – ethical approaches to 'untenable' patient relationships

Wolters Kluwer Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Plastic surgeons sometimes face challenging relationships with patients, especially those with underlying psychiatric issues. An ethical framework to managing untenable surgeon-patient relationships is presented in a special Plastic Surgery Focus article in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Journal: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory authors Childhood Obesity’s most downloaded paper of 2024

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

"Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice for Childhood Obesity Treatment," authored by Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory’s Dr. Amanda Staiano and Dr. Alyssa Button, was the most downloaded paper in 2024 from Childhood Obesity, a leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to strategies for obesity prevention and weight management in children and adolescents.

Journal: Childhood Obesity

Research contrasts drought sensitivity of Eurasian and North American grasslands

Colorado State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a new paper in the journal Nature led by faculty at Colorado State University. The findings show that differences in the dominant grasses and lower species diversity in the Eurasian Steppe grasslands may make it more vulnerable to drought than the North American Great Plains.

Journal: Nature