More Than a Trillion Cicadas Are Coming. Are You Ready?
Cicadas spend the vast majority of their lifetime—more than 90%—underground. But this spring, two broods of more than a trillion cicadas will make their debut above the soil across the Midwest and Southeast in an event that has not happened in more than two centuries.
“When these emerge, it really is a unique, natural phenomenon,” says PJ Liesch, the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab, who compares the insects’ emergence to that of Monday’s total solar eclipse. “If you think about your entire lifetime, you might only have a few opportunit...
Source: TIME: Science - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Solcyré Burga Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news
Greater sense of life purpose improves brain health
A greater sense of one's purpose in life improves brain health as we age, researchers have reported.
Diffusion-weighted MRI showed positive associations in both white matter and the right hippocampus, the latter of which is an area of the brain that "retains the capacity to grow and adapt through old age," wrote a team led by Ajay Kumar Nair, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research was published March 4 in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
"Our findings suggest pathways through which an enhanced sense of purpose in life may contribute to better brain health and promote healthy aging," the group wrote.
A robust ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news
A data duel over U.S. maternal mortality
Experts agree that the U.S. maternal mortality rate is unacceptably high. And year after year of data show that disadvantaged groups, particularly Black and Native American women, die at even higher rates than women in the United States overall during pregnancy and childbirth.
But controversy broke out last week over just how bad the situation is, when a paper by academic epidemiologists published in the
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
(
AJOG
) provoked unusual pushback from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The paper suggested a widely reported tripling in t...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
‘We’re hurting.’ Trans scientists call for recognition and support from research community
Twenty-four scientists from around the globe—all of whom either identify as trans or have trans family members—have an urgent message for the scientific community: Sexual and gender minorities in science fields
face various systemic barriers, and all members of the research community must strive to address them
, the group writes today in
Cell
.
“It will be tempting for people with prejudices—unexamined or not—toward trans people to dismiss this piece as ‘woke,’” says author Fátima Sancheznieto (she/her/ella), a biomedical and social scientist at the University of Wisconsin...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 14, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Konica Minolta applauds winner, runners up of SPIE research award
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas congratulates the winner and runners-up of the Best Student Paper Award given by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) at its 2024 Medical Imaging Symposium in San Diego, CA.
Konica Minolta sponsored the award as part of its continued commitment to the education and support of young scientists in medical imaging.
The winner was Olivia F. Sandvold, a doctoral student in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania for her paper, “Hybrid spectral CT system with clinical rapid kVp-switching x-ray tube and dual-layer detector for improved iodin...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Mary Bartlett Bunge, 92, Dies; Neuroscience Pioneer in Spinal Injury Treatment
She discovered new ways to promote regeneration in the nervous system, offering hope to countless paralyzed patients worldwide. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Clay Risen Tags: Spine (Body Part) Deaths (Obituaries) Paralysis University of Miami University of Wisconsin Buoniconti, Nick Bunge, Dr. Mary Bartlett Miami (Fla) The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Source Type: news
David Bordwell, Preeminent Film Scholar, Dies at 76
David Bordwell, the noted film scholar, teacher, author and researcher known for sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm of cinema with movie lovers everywhere, has died. He was 76. Bordwell died Thursday after a long illness, the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced. He taught at the school…#davidbordwell #criterioncollection #criterionchannel #criterion #filmhistory #kristinthompson #uw #pennyan #arthurknights #liveliestart (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lantheus to supply PET tracer in large U.S. trial
Lantheus Medical Imaging will supply its experimental F-18-labeled PET imaging radiotracer MK-6240 for a large U.S. trial to investigate differences in brain pathology in people with varying types of dementia.
The National Institute on Aging-led study is named the Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) trial and will involve all 37 Alzheimer’s disease research centers in the U.S. The five-year trial will recruit 2,000 subjects and collect their imaging and blood-based biomarker data to generate etiologic profiles for cases of mixed dementia, the company said.
F-18 MK-6240 radiotracer targets ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 14, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Combining cell types may lead to improved cardiac cell therapy following heart attack
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin –Madison and other institutions have harnessed a combination of lab-grown cells to regenerate damaged heart muscle.The study, published in Circulation, addresses major challenges of using heart muscle cells… (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - January 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
New Study Uncovers'Dark Vessels' in the Ocean
Researchers have recently found a way to shine a light on ocean activity that was once conducted in the shadows. A new study published in the journal Nature was spearheaded with Global Fishing Watch (GFW), alongside researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Duke University, University…#nature #globalfishingwatch #dukeuniversity #santabarbara #skytruth #gps #southasia #southeastasia #africa #ais (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Defiant Ex-University Chancellor Slams Firing Over Online Porn: ‘I Was Given No Due Process’
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor who was fired for posting adult-oriented videos online with his wife told CNN on Friday he did nothing wrong, and said his actions are protected by his First Amendment Right to free expression. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Dr. Joe…#joegow #carmenwilson #onlyfans #pornhub #xhamster #firstamendment #borissanchez #breannakeilar #exuniversity #mediaite (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Wisconsin university chancellor was sacked after publishing his own porn series with his wife. Now they say the firing infringed on their free speech rights
Joe Gow served as chancellor for 16 years before he was fired on Wednesday. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse A university chancellor in Wisconsin was fired after he started uploading porn of him and his wife. Joe Gow was blasted by university officials, who on Wednesday called his conduct…#joegow #wisconsin #gow #jayrothman #karenwalsh #uwlacrosse #carmenwilson #wilson #sexyhealthycooking #times (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year
2024 will see term beginnings for newly appointed radiology chairs.University of WisconsinIn December, the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health named Scott Reeder, MD, PhD, chair of the department of radiology. Reeder's term becomes effective in early 2024, according to UW.Reeder has been faculty at UW-Madison since 2005 and previously served as director of the clinical magnetic resonance imaging fellowship, chief of MRI, chief of sectional cardiovascular imaging, and senior vice chair of research. As director of the UW Liver Imaging Research Program, Reeder leads work on the technical developm...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 22, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Source Type: news
Estimated Prevalence of Idiopathic Hypersomnia 1.5 Percent
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 -- Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) has an estimated prevalence of 1.5 percent, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Neurology.
David T. Plante, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and colleagues... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
