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Hospital-based outbreak detection system stops outbreaks, saves lives
An infectious disease detection platform developed by University of Pittsburgh scientists working with UPMC infection ...
Global study links consumption of ultraprocessed foods to preventable premature deaths
A study analyzing data from nationally representative dietary surveys and mortality data from eight countries (Australia, ...
Experts report urgent need for pediatric heart support devices
At today's Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in ...
Scientists work toward a vaccine for filoviruses, Ebola's deadly kin
Filoviruses are among the globe's most lethal—indeed, so dangerous they can be handled only in high-security laboratories.
Heart donation after circulatory death technique expands transplant access
Researchers at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation ...
Donor hearts are traveling longer distances with machine perfusion
In places like Australia, where metropolitan areas are separated by an entire continent, donor hearts used to go unused ...
Health workers in Sierra Leone see surge in mpox cases
Sierra Leone is facing an increase in recorded mpox infections, with 177 new cases reported in recent days, a health ministry ...
Donor lungs safely preserved up to 20 hours out-of-body prior to transplantation
A study on donor lungs preserved outside the body before transplantation demonstrated that the hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) technique is a safe and effective lung preservation ...
Loss of empathy is a key problem in people with frontotemporal dementia—here's what's happening in the brain
Frontotemporal dementia has gained significant attention in recent years after the family of actor Bruce Willis announced in ...
Why our waistlines expand in middle age—aging stem cells shift into overdrive
It's no secret that our waistlines often expand in middle age, but the problem isn't strictly cosmetic. Belly fat accelerates ...
New Medicare program could dramatically improve affordability for cancer drugs—if patients enroll
Even for patients covered by Medicare, annual out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving cancer treatments taken in pill form have ...
Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can't get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like ...