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8-Oct-2025
Health & Medical Environment & Energy Society & Lifestyle Technology & Space Rural & Agriculture Business & Politics More Tiny surface shapes steer cancer cells, paving the way for better lab tests and safer implants
Griffith UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers develop method to guide how MDA-MB-231 cancer cells – an invasive breast cancer cell – stuck, spread, and multiplied by tweaking the curves and chemistry of microscopic 're-entrant' structures.
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- Advanced Materials Interfaces
8-Oct-2025
Time for the gloves to come off
Edith Cowan UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
The indiscriminate use of non-sterile gloves in hospitals and clinics is significantly adding to environmental pollution, with little evidence to prove that there are substantial benefits.
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- Journal of Advanced Nursing
8-Oct-2025
Breakthrough imaging technology to debut at UT Health San Antonio Center for Brain Health
The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science CenterBusiness Announcement
The new Center for Brain Health at UT Health San Antonio, set to open in December, will have the state's first Siemens MAGNETOM 7-Tesla Terra.X magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system with a magnetic field strength more than 140,000 times that of Earth.
8-Oct-2025
Pain and antidepressant drug combo linked to increased seizure risk in older adults
American Academy of NeurologyPeer-Reviewed Publication
When older adults living in nursing homes are prescribed the pain medicine tramadol alongside certain antidepressants, their risk of seizures may go up, according to a study published October 8, 2025, in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. While this study found a link between using the medications together and an increased risk of seizures, it does not prove one causes the other.
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- Neurology
8-Oct-2025
New study identifies distinct profiles of nonverbal learning disability, offering fresh insights for diagnosis and care
The Child Mind InstitutePeer-Reviewed Publication
A study led by Dr. Amy Margolis of The Ohio State University in collaboration with researchers at the Child Mind Institute identifies four distinct profiles of Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD), providing evidence that may help refine diagnostic criteria and guide more individualized approaches to care for children and families. The study analyzed data from 180 children, and results showed that NVLD is not a uniform condition but instead presents in a variety of ways, with each profile linked to different strengths and challenges. These findings add weight to recent proposals to reconceptualize the condition as Developmental Visual-Spatial Disorder (DVSD), reflecting its core deficit in visual–spatial reasoning.
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- JAMA Network Open
8-Oct-2025
Kennesaw State professor receives grant to study cancer origins
Kennesaw State UniversityGrant and Award Announcement
The Kennesaw State University assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology recently earned a $720,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to seek clues about the hormonal control of cancer.
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- NIH/National Institutes of Health