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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-May-2025 11:09 ET (11-May-2025 15:09 GMT/UTC)

McGill researchers develop practical new tool for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment

McGill University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of McGill University researchers has developed a cost-effective, high-throughput technology for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment.

These particles are pervasive, posing health and environmental risks, yet detecting them at the nanoscale has been difficult. The 3D-printed HoLDI-MS test platform overcomes the limitations of traditional mass spectrometry by enabling direct analysis of samples without requiring complex sample preparation. The researchers say it also will work for detection of waterborne plastic particles. HoLDI-MS stands for hollow-laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.

Journal: Communications Chemistry

NCCN Policy Summit builds bridges between primary care and oncology for better cancer outcomes

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Meeting Announcement

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network(NCCN) hosted an Oncology Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. focused on improving care coordination between primary care and oncology providers.

New CDC nPEP Guidelines should become ‘part of general medical practice’

American College of Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine from Roy Gulick, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, highlights what’s new in the updated CDC HIV Non-Occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) Guidelines.

Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine

Study shows significant increase in mental health diagnoses among publicly insured children

Emory University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Emory University study reports a substantial increase in the percentage of mental health and neurodevelopmental disorder diagnoses among publicly insured children in the United States.

Journal: JAMA

Food as medicine: How diet shapes gut microbiome health

University of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In new research published in Nature, researchers from the University of Chicago show how mice fed a Western-style diet are not able to rebuild a “healthy,” diverse gut microbiome following antibiotic treatment. These mice were also more susceptible to infection by pathogens like Salmonella. However, mice given food loosely mimicking a Mediterranean diet—high in plant-based fiber from fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—were able to quickly restore a healthy and resilient gut microbiome after antibiotics.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Simons Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy

Half of U.S. adults acknowledge health benefits of eating a plant-based diet

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

Half of U.S. adults say they know eating a plant-based diet can improve their health and help prevent chronic diseases, according to a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult survey. However, the survey also showed that just 1 in 5 primary care practitioners discuss this lifesaving message with patients.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine launches Data Science Institute

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Business Announcement

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has announced the launch of a new Data Science Institute, a dynamic, state-of-the-art resource that will strengthen researchers’ ability to harness vast amounts of data to drive biomedical breakthroughs and innovations in scientific discovery and patient care. Mimi Kim, Sc.D., professor and head of the division of biostatistics in the department of epidemiology & population health and associate director of the Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Einstein and Montefiore, has been named the institute’s inaugural director.

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