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£3 million funding to support the development of new antimicrobials for cystic fibrosis patients

Today (16 March 2023), Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Syndicate in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) announces a £3 million Collaborative Discovery Programme for drug discovery innovators to accelerate the development of new treatments for people with CF.

20 Mar 2023

New WHO report identifies five core national targets for managing diabetes

A new report for the World Health Organization has identified five core national targets for UN member states aimed at reducing diabetes risk and ensuring that people with diabetes have equitable access to comprehensive and affordable care and prevention.

20 Mar 2023

Machine learning applications for the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of cancer

Researchers review the application of machine learning in improving cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

19 Mar 2023

California picks generic drug company Civica to produce low-cost insulin

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday announced the selection of Utah-based generic drug manufacturer Civica to produce low-cost insulin for California, an unprecedented move that makes good on his promise to put state government in direct competition with the brand-name drug companies that dominate the market.

19 Mar 2023

Attending live sporting events associated with better wellbeing

New scientific research has found that attending live sporting events improves levels of wellbeing and reduces feelings of loneliness.

17 Mar 2023

California’s tobacco control program spurs big health care savings

In the late 1980s, when smoking was still allowed on some airline flights, California boosted its tax on cigarettes from 10 to 35 cents a pack, devoting 5 cents to programs to prevent smoking.

17 Mar 2023

Could ChatGPT revolutionize obstetrics and gynecology?

The current study is a real-life demonstration of how ChatGPT could help users interested in OBG topics by making available introductory information about any area in this discipline.

17 Mar 2023

Study implicates gut microbiome and immune response in hospital-acquired infections

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers at the University of Calgary analyzed the dynamics of fecal microbiota and conducted single-cell profiling of inflammatory responses and systemic immunity to determine associations between gut microbiome dysbiosis and an increased risk of nosocomial infections.

16 Mar 2023

Research highlights the importance of ventilation and air filtration to reduce pathogen transmission

Testing of ambient air can be used to monitor the community circulation of respiratory pathogens.

16 Mar 2023

Global maternal Strep B immunization program may save millions of dollars in healthcare costs

A global maternal immunization program for group B Streptococcus - Strep B - would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs by reducing death and disability, a team led by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has found.

16 Mar 2023

Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: Medical debt delivers ‘a shocking amount of misery’

The numbers that tell the story of medical debt in the U.S. are staggering: Around 100 million Americans have health care debt, and together they owe at least $140 billion.

16 Mar 2023

The US remains a grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

Tamara Etienne's second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacerbated by a first pregnancy that had ended in miscarriage.

16 Mar 2023

Study: Black Americans lost trust in cancer information given out by the government during the pandemic

Trust in information given out by the government on cancer fell sharply among the Black population, by almost half, during the COVID-19 pandemic findings of a national US study have shown.

16 Mar 2023

Physical exercise programs tend to be easier to stick with when prescribed via mobile digital devices

Physical exercise programmes tend to be more effective and easier to stick with when they have been prescribed via mobile digital devices rather than in person or without technological support.

16 Mar 2023

Life expectancy in the UK falls down the global ranks, analysis shows

A new analysis of global rankings of life expectancy over seven decades shows the UK has done worse than all G7 countries except the USA.

16 Mar 2023

New definitions can specify high-risk comorbidity combinations for older surgical patients

A new way to identify more specific, higher-risk groups of older surgical patients can help in clinical decision-making and accurately comparing the performance of one hospital to another, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

16 Mar 2023

All-female gynecologic oncology team treating women at Hackensack University Medical Center

When Linda Muller was diagnosed with serous cell endometrial cancer in 2016, she and her husband George turned to the all-female gynecologic oncology team at John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center for her care - a decision that the couple credits with Linda's complete recovery and continued good health seven years later.

16 Mar 2023

Diagnosis and treatment of food allergies using a molecular approach

Researchers discuss molecular methods for food allergy assessments, including diagnostic and prognostic markers, as well as existing therapies.

15 Mar 2023

Delivering culturally responsive sleep health services to Indigenous adolescents

The University of Queensland and Beyond Blue have partnered to deliver culturally responsive sleep health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Queensland.

15 Mar 2023

Johns Hopkins’ ARISE program may increase the odds of home discharge for hospitalized COVID-19 patients

The Acute Hospital Rehabilitation Intensive Service (ARISE) program, developed in 2020 by the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), may increase the chances of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 getting discharged to their home rather than to a rehabilitation facility that provides post-hospitalization care services.

15 Mar 2023

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£3 million funding to support the development of new antimicrobials for cystic fibrosis patients

New WHO report identifies five core national targets for managing diabetes

Machine learning applications for the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of cancer

California picks generic drug company Civica to produce low-cost insulin

Attending live sporting events associated with better wellbeing

California’s tobacco control program spurs big health care savings

Could ChatGPT revolutionize obstetrics and gynecology?

Study implicates gut microbiome and immune response in hospital-acquired infections

Research highlights the importance of ventilation and air filtration to reduce pathogen transmission

Global maternal Strep B immunization program may save millions of dollars in healthcare costs

Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: Medical debt delivers ‘a shocking amount of misery’

The US remains a grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

Study: Black Americans lost trust in cancer information given out by the government during the pandemic

Physical exercise programs tend to be easier to stick with when prescribed via mobile digital devices

Life expectancy in the UK falls down the global ranks, analysis shows

New definitions can specify high-risk comorbidity combinations for older surgical patients

All-female gynecologic oncology team treating women at Hackensack University Medical Center

Diagnosis and treatment of food allergies using a molecular approach

Delivering culturally responsive sleep health services to Indigenous adolescents

Johns Hopkins’ ARISE program may increase the odds of home discharge for hospitalized COVID-19 patients

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