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Analysis of social media language using AI models predicts depression severity for white Americans, but not Black Americans
NIH-supported study also found Black people with depression used different language compared to white people to express their thoughts on Facebook. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 26, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Altered brain connections in youth with ADHD
Youth with ADHD have elevated brain activity connecting the frontal cortex with the information processing centers deep in the brain. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Coordinating speech and breathing in the brain
Researchers identified a brain circuit that controls vocalization and prevents it from interfering with breathing in mice. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Weight-loss surgery yields long-term benefits for type 2 diabetes
Bariatric surgery helped people with type 2 diabetes better control their blood glucose years later compared to medical and lifestyle interventions. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Practices of falls risk assessment and prevention in acute hospital settings: a realist investigation - Randell R, McVey L, Wright J, Zaman H, Cheong VL, Woodcock DM, Healey F, Dowding D, Gardner P, Hardiker NR, Lynch A, Todd C, Davey C, Alvarado N.
BACKGROUND: Falls are the most common safety incident reported by acute hospitals. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence recommends multifactorial falls risk assessment and tailored interventions, but implementation is variable. AIM:... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Final NIH budget for 2024 is essentially flat
Congress has given the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a 0.6% increase, to $47.1 billion, in a final 2024 spending bill that lawmakers are expected to approve in time to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend. And several policy directives opposed by researchers have been stripped from the legislation. The tiny, $300 million bump is only one-third of the $920 million increase requested by President Joe Biden, who has promised to sign the $1.2 trillion package covering six federal agencies, and it comes after years of generous increases for NIH. But it was no surprise: Once the president and Congress agr...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 21, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Research Team Progresses to Final Phase in NIH Competition, Pioneering Autonomic Neuromodulation to Expand Applications for Spinal Stimulation
Kessler Foundation, University of Louisville, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (with the support of Medtronic), are one of the four teams to win Phase 2 of the Neuromod Prize, a competition sponsored by the National Institutes of Health EAST HANOVER, N.J., March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: DIS NPT Source Type: news

RNA deserves its own massive counterpart to the human genome project, researchers argue
This report is very much modeled on the NASEM report that initiated the Human Genome Project, ” completed in 2003, says Cheung, who wasn’t involved in the new report’s drafting. But as the report notes, “The RNome is much more complex ” than a genome. For one thing, frequent modifications to RNA mean there will be no fixed, reference sequence like the one researchers produced for the human genome. For a given RNA molecule, researchers will have to document “not only the sequence, but also the type and location of the modifica...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 21, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Experimental gene therapy for giant axonal neuropathy shows promise in NIH clinical trial
An investigational gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease that begins in early childhood, known as giant axonal neuropathy (GAN), was well tolerated and showed signs of therapeutic benefit in a clinical trial led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Currently, there is no treatment for GAN and the disease is usually fatal by 30 years of age. Fourteen children with GAN, ages 6 to 14 years, were treated with gene transfer therapy at the NIH Clinical Center and then followed for about six years to assess safety. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - March 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news

Experimental gene therapy for giant axonal neuropathy shows promise in NIH clinical trial
Treatment for rare childhood disease was well tolerated and slowed loss of motor function. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 20, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering : Fall 2022
This report presents data from the 2022 Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, sponsored by National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation and by the National Institutes of Health. The tables show trends within science, engineering, and selected health fields on graduate student enrollment, postdoc appointments, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers, as well as counts by selected characteristics, such as sex, ethnicity, race, citizenship, field of study, and source of financial support. (Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources)
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - March 20, 2024 Category: Statistics Source Type: news

Graduate Enrollment in Science, Engineering, and Health Continues to Increase among Foreign Nationals, while Postdoctoral Appointment Trends Vary across Fields
Between 2021 and 2022, graduate student enrollment in science, engineering, and health ( SEH ) fields increased by 5.0 % ( up 38,378 students ) , mostly due to an increase of 42,816 temporary visa holders enrolled in full-time master ’ s programs. Full-time SEH master ’ s enrollment in 2022 was 319,618, whereas full-time doctoral enrollment was 259,683, the highest number recorded in the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering ( GSS ) . These and other findings in this InfoBrief are from the 2022 GSS, which is sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics with...
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - March 20, 2024 Category: Statistics Source Type: news

Inflammation-reducing drug shows no benefit for dry age-related macular degeneration in NIH trial
Dry AMD affects part of the eye ’s retina that allows for clear central vision. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 20, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Severe lung infection during COVID-19 can cause damage to the heart
NIH supported study shows that the virus that causes COVID-19 can damage the heart without directly infecting heart tissue. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 20, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Repurposed drug shows promise against endometriosis-related pain in animal model
NIH-funded study suggests fenoprofen as a potential therapeutic for disease that affects 1 in 10 U.S. women. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news