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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Dec-2025 04:11 ET (29-Dec-2025 09:11 GMT/UTC)

Helping older adults embrace AI and emerging technologies with a National Science Foundation grant

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

George Mason University faculty member Y. Alicia Hong, a digital behavioral health interventionist, will support older adults in honing their digital technology skills. The program, through an interdisciplinary partnership, will pair youth and older adults to practice real-life AI scenarios.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Cornell launches initiative to unravel the science of menopause

Cornell University
Business Announcement

Drawing on cutting-edge technology and interdisciplinary expertise, researchers are launching Menopause Health Engineering, a new initiative uniting faculty from Cornell’s Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine, to uncover how menopause shapes health and disease, and to develop urgently needed treatment strategies. The inaugural team includes nine faculty across four departments, with a core in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering.

Ontology 2.0 deepens LOINC®-SNOMED collaboration, speeds global lab interoperability

Regenstrief Institute
Business Announcement

Regenstrief Institute and SNOMED International have released LOINC® Ontology 2.0, the next version of The LOINC Ontology: A LOINC and SNOMED CT Interoperability Solution and a significant advance in their ongoing collaboration to streamline the exchange and use of health data worldwide. Version 2.0 continues to support the ongoing development of standardized laboratory orders and results for exchange and use in health data systems globally. The LOINC Ontology is fully owned by Regenstrief Institute and is available free of charge under the existing LOINC royalty-free license.

New one-hour, low-cost HPV test could transform cervical cancer screening in Africa and beyond

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers led by Rice University, in collaboration with colleagues in Mozambique and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has developed a simple, affordable human papillomavirus (HPV) test that delivers results in less than an hour with no specialized laboratory required. The breakthrough could provide an option for women in low-resource settings to be screened and treated for cervical cancer in a single clinic visit, a step that global health experts say could save countless lives. The research was recently published in Nature Communications.

Journal: Nature Communications

Late-night screen use, easy access to medications tied to teen suicide attempts, study finds

Virginia Tech
Reports and Proceedings

A new study by a Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine’s child and adolescent psychiatry physician Abhishek Reddy is shedding light on factors that may be contributing to the rise in child and adolescent suicide. The research looked at the time of day, screen use and medication type related to overdose suicide attempts.

American College of Cardiology issues scientific statement on inflammation and cardiovascular disease

American College of Cardiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) released today its second Scientific Statement, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). The statement emphasizes years of clinical and basic science research, confirming that inflammation is an important underlying contributor to several CVDs, including coronary artery disease and heart failure.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Over 99% have a risk factor before heart attack, stroke or heart failure

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More than 99% of people who went on to suffer a heart attack, stroke or heart failure already had at least one risk factor above optimal level beforehand, reports a large-scale study led by Northwestern Medicine and Yonsei University in South Korea.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology