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Anti-abortion groups shrug off election losses, look to courts, statehouses for path forward

Anti-abortion groups are firing off a warning shot for 2024: We're not going anywhere.

22 Nov 2023

Study shows lasting effects of COVID-19 on nursing home residents

COVID-19 raced through nursing homes many times over the past few years, as the virus spread rapidly among vulnerable older adults living close together.

21 Nov 2023

Tiered tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Germany could extend healthy lifespans and save billions

In Germany, taxing sugar-sweetened beverages could prevent or postpone cases of type 2 diabetes, extend healthy lifespans and save up to €16.0 billion in societal costs over the next 20 years, according to a new study led by Karl Emmert-Fees of the Technical University of Munich, published November 21st in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.

21 Nov 2023

AHRI partners with BGI Genomics to boost its genomics and precision medicine capabilities

On October 13, 2023, in Addis Ababa, Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) and BGI Genomics signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance the Institute's genomics and precision medicine capabilities.

21 Nov 2023

New project to explore impact of psychiatric deinstitutionalization in South America

A major new research project will explore the impact of transformational changes to mental health treatment in South America.

21 Nov 2023

Long-term acute care hospital closures may have unintended consequences for patient care

Long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs) are common sites of post-acute care for patients recovering from severe respiratory failure requiring long-term mechanical ventilation.

21 Nov 2023

Heat-related mortality in Europe may have exceeded 70,000 in 2022

The burden of heat-related mortality during the summer of 2022 in Europe may have exceeded 70,000 deaths according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a research centre supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation.

21 Nov 2023

Four in five parents turn to social media for parenting advice, poll shows

Potty training, getting kids to sleep and toddler tantrums are just some of the challenges parents of young children face.

21 Nov 2023

Over 1,100 experts boycott medical journal for publishing unethical animal experiments

More than 1,100 experts have joined the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in boycotting the medical journal Nutrients until it stops publishing egregious animal experiments that could have been ethically conducted in humans.

21 Nov 2023

Nutrition plays a pivotal role in diabetes and mental health

People with diabetes (Diabetes Mellitus) are two-to-three times more likely to have depression than people without, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Current treatment includes therapy, medicine, or both.

21 Nov 2023

Call for improved data sharing practices in the pharmaceutical industry

Development of potential or improved anti-cancer treatments are being blocked or slowed down by lack of transparency in data sharing between pharmaceutical companies and research groups, according to cancer clinicians, researchers and consumers.

21 Nov 2023

Perimenopausal women need better education and support about period changes

Perimenopausal women need better education and support about how their periods might change towards the end of their reproductive life, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

21 Nov 2023

Out for blood? For routine lab work, the hospital billed her $2,400

Reesha Ahmed was on cloud nine. It was January and Ahmed was at an OB-GYN's office near her home in Venus, Texas, for her first prenatal checkup.

21 Nov 2023

Lost in the mix of Medicaid ‘unwinding’: Kentucky cut off her health care over a clerical error

The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a scary trip to the emergency room.

21 Nov 2023

Evolving overdose crisis shakes previously effective treatments

"You can't inject a horse tranquilizer and think nothing bad is gonna happen" to you, said Ty Sears, 33, a longtime drug user now in recovery.

21 Nov 2023

Revolutionizing liver transplants in pigs with magnetic anastomosis technology

The effectiveness of magnetic anastomosis technology (MAT) in Liver Transplantation.

21 Nov 2023

Study exposes AI image generators' bias in depicting surgeons, highlighting gender and racial disparities

The study analyzes the representation of gender and racial diversity in AI-generated images of surgeons, revealing that two out of three popular AI text-to-image generators predominantly depict surgeons as White and male, contrasting with the actual diversity in the field.

20 Nov 2023

AI tools show promise in personalized cancer treatment, but lag behind human experts

Treating cancer is becoming increasingly complex, but also offers more and more possibilities. After all, the better a tumor's biology and genetic features are understood, the more treatment approaches there are.

20 Nov 2023

AI-powered diagnostic tools show bias against women from ethnic groups

Machine learning algorithms designed to diagnose a common infection that affects women showed a diagnostic bias among ethnic groups, University of Florida researchers found.

20 Nov 2023

Study finds suboptimal follow-up and fall prevention for older adults after fall-related head injury

Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries in the United States for adults ages 65 and older. With 1 in 4 older adults falling annually, 27,000 deaths, 8 million emergency department (ED) visits, and 800,000 hospitalizations have occurred.

20 Nov 2023

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Anti-abortion groups shrug off election losses, look to courts, statehouses for path forward

Study shows lasting effects of COVID-19 on nursing home residents

Tiered tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Germany could extend healthy lifespans and save billions

AHRI partners with BGI Genomics to boost its genomics and precision medicine capabilities

New project to explore impact of psychiatric deinstitutionalization in South America

Long-term acute care hospital closures may have unintended consequences for patient care

Heat-related mortality in Europe may have exceeded 70,000 in 2022

Four in five parents turn to social media for parenting advice, poll shows

Over 1,100 experts boycott medical journal for publishing unethical animal experiments

Nutrition plays a pivotal role in diabetes and mental health

Call for improved data sharing practices in the pharmaceutical industry

Perimenopausal women need better education and support about period changes

Out for blood? For routine lab work, the hospital billed her $2,400

Lost in the mix of Medicaid ‘unwinding’: Kentucky cut off her health care over a clerical error

Evolving overdose crisis shakes previously effective treatments

Revolutionizing liver transplants in pigs with magnetic anastomosis technology

Study exposes AI image generators' bias in depicting surgeons, highlighting gender and racial disparities

AI tools show promise in personalized cancer treatment, but lag behind human experts

AI-powered diagnostic tools show bias against women from ethnic groups

Study finds suboptimal follow-up and fall prevention for older adults after fall-related head injury

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