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12-Aug-2025

New protein therapy shows promise as first-ever antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers, along with their colleagues, engineered a new molecule that appears promising as an effective antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning with fewer side effects than other molecules currently being tested, according to a new study published in the journal PNAS.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense, Martin Family Foundation

12-Aug-2025

Mount Sinai receives $4 million grant from American Cancer Society to launch Cancer Health Research Center

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a $4.08 million grant to establish the Cancer Health Research Center at Mount Sinai, a new initiative dedicated to reducing cancer-related health inequities across New York City.

Funder: American Cancer Society

12-Aug-2025

Naloxone use in older adults: GSA report covers staying safe with opioids at home

The Gerontological Society of America
Reports and Proceedings

A new Gerontological Society of America report, “Staying Safe with Opioids at Home,” describes questions about pain management and opioid reversal for older adults and their caregivers and presents a decision tree to guide their actions.

Funder: Emergent BioSolutions

12-Aug-2025

Pandemic led to no prolonged spike in anxiety levels in the U.S., study indicates

Association for Psychological Science

Anxiety symptoms among U.S. adults, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, appear to have remained stable, according to a massive online study spanning more than a decade.

Journal: Clinical Psychological Science

12-Aug-2025

Women with Down syndrome may develop Alzheimer’s disease more rapidly than men

University of California - Irvine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Brain tissue studies reveal more beta amyloid and tau accumulation in women with Down syndrome than in men.

Findings emphasize the importance of considering sex in the design of Alzheimer’s research and treatment.

The National Institutes of Health supported the study.

Journal: Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

12-Aug-2025

Historically redlined areas face disparities in emergency medical access and serious consequences for patients, new study finds

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study reveals that the legacy of redlining—a discriminatory housing policy from the 1930s—is associated with inequities in rapid access to emergency medical services (EMS) today. These disparities in prehospital care can have serious consequences for patients experiencing life-threatening conditions such as major trauma, stroke, cardiac arrest, or septic shock.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

12-Aug-2025

A fresh, multidimensional diagnosis for COPD identifies at-risk patients previously missed

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The diagnosis of COPD is improved by incorporating CT lung imaging and respiratory symptoms. This fresh, multidimensional approach better identifies patients who are at risk of poor respiratory outcomes, while ruling out those who have airflow obstruction without respiratory symptoms or structural lung disease, researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Journal: JAMA