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17-Nov-2025

Expanded effort will help standardize, improve care for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

With additional support, American Heart Association initiative seeks to close gaps in diagnosis and advance care for the most common inherited heart disease, improving outcomes for patients nationwide

17-Nov-2025

How early morning practices affect college athletes’ sleep

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study using more than 27,000 sleep records of collegiate athletes provides the best evidence to date that early morning team practices take a toll on healthy sleep. Researchers at The Ohio State University used data from wearable sleep trackers to measure sleep for 359 varsity athletes over five years.

Journal: The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

17-Nov-2025

How painkillers can contribute to anemia in cancer patients

German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center and the University of Freiburg show how certain painkillers influence the iron metabolism of liver cancer cells and can thus contribute to iron deficiency and anemia in cancer patients.

Journal: Cell Systems

17-Nov-2025

Nearly 47 million Americans are at high risk of potential health hazards from fossil fuel infrastructure

Boston University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by Boston University researchers offers a first-time look at populations living within 1.6 km (roughly a mile) of fossil fuel infrastructure across all stages of the supply chain. Published in Environmental Research Letters, the study estimates that 46.6 million people in the contiguous US live within about a mile of at least one piece of fossil fuel infrastructure. This represents 14.1% of the population.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters

17-Nov-2025

Lighting and acoustics matter for better work environments in ICUs

Institute of Science Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A 3 months study conducted in the intensive care unit (ICU) in Japan, revealed that healthcare workers experience reduced environmental satisfaction and concentration due to lack of natural light and excessive ambient noise. When designing ICUs, architects should focus on increasing natural light and mitigating noise. These factors could help enhance healthcare worker satisfaction, productivity, and quality of patient care.

Journal: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Matching Fund of Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University

17-Nov-2025

Researchers develop first-ever common language for cannabis, hemp aromas

Oregon State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have taken a significant step toward creating a standardized language for describing the aromas of cannabis and hemp.

Journal: PLOS One

17-Nov-2025

Reviving exhausted immune cells boosts tumor elimination

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study has discovered a molecular signal that tumors exploit to exhaust the T cells meant to destroy them—and how silencing that signal could revive the body’s immunity. The study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers was published Nov. 17 in Nature Immunology and shows that tumors not only evade the immune system but can actively reprogram immune cells to stop fighting.

Journal: Nature Immunology