Charity News and Research

RSS

Funding from Breast Cancer Now supports research into new drugs for secondary breast cancer in the bone

Researchers are testing new combinations of drugs to treat breast cancer that’s spread to the bone, thanks to funding from Breast Cancer Now.

25 Aug 2023

Pediatric trauma admissions increased during COVID-19 pandemic

In the weeks following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health directives called for masking, social distancing, social isolation, and stay-at-home orders.

23 Aug 2023

Common genetic variants reduce clopidogrel effectiveness in British South Asians

Clopidogrel is a commonly prescribed medication used to prevent further heart attacks after an initial event. It needs to be activated in the body to be effective.

21 Aug 2023

New drug candidate nearly doubles survival for patients with aggressive childhood brain tumors

For the first time, researchers have found a potential drug candidate that improved outcomes for patients with a type of childhood brain tumor for which there are no effective treatments.

17 Aug 2023

Study investigates the impact of rapid genome sequencing for infantile epilepsy

Epilepsy in infants ranges in severity and can leave caregivers with questions about their child's health. While genetic testing to help determine the cause of epilepsy is possible, comprehensive testing does not always happen routinely and it can take a long time, leaving families waiting for answers.

17 Aug 2023

Community with high medical debt questions its hospitals’ charity spending

As 41% of American adults face medical debt, residents of this southern Colorado city contend their local nonprofit hospitals aren't providing enough charity care to justify the millions in tax breaks they receive.

17 Aug 2023

An Arm and a Leg: How a surprise bill can hitch a ride to the hospital

How did three siblings who took identical ambulance rides (from the same car wreck to the same hospital) end up with three wildly different bills? The answer lies in the No Surprises Act.

16 Aug 2023

Feds say hospitals that redistribute Medicaid money violate law

The Biden administration wants to crack down on private arrangements among some hospitals to reimburse themselves for taxes that help fund coverage for low-income people. It contends the practice violates federal law.

16 Aug 2023

North Carolina hospitals have sued thousands of their patients, a new report finds

North Carolina hospitals — led by the state's largest public medical system — have sued thousands of their patients since 2017, according to a new analysis that sheds additional light on the aggressive tactics U.S. hospitals routinely use to collect from people who fall behind on their bills.

16 Aug 2023

Patients in California county may see refunds, debt relief from charity care settlement

California's largest public hospital plans to start notifying 43,000 former patients Monday that they may be eligible for refunds or billing corrections, part of what advocates called a major legal settlement that will help force the hospital to fulfill its charity care obligations.

14 Aug 2023

Research develop a revolutionary toolkit to combat digital exclusion

Researchers create a composite indicator for digital exclusion and a related toolbox.

7 Aug 2023

Breast Cancer Now-funded research aims to improve quality of care for black women with breast cancer

Researchers are investigating how to improve the quality of care for black women with breast cancer and reduce health inequalities, thanks to funding from Breast Cancer Now.

2 Aug 2023

Tiny amounts of hydrogen sulfide could help people live healthier for longer

Future therapies to help people live healthy lives for longer could be developed from drugs that release tiny amounts of the gas hydrogen sulfide (H2S), new research has indicated.

31 Jul 2023

£1.5 million funding boost awarded for revolutionary test to improve early detection of Alzheimer's

A significant NIHR grant will enable researchers at the universities of Bath and Bristol, in collaboration with Cumulus Neuroscience, to develop revolutionary technology to help expand early dementia diagnosis.

11 Jul 2023

As nonprofit hospitals reap big tax breaks, states scrutinize their required charity spending

The public school system here had to scramble in 2018 when the local hospital, newly purchased, was converted to a tax-exempt nonprofit entity.

11 Jul 2023

$Significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery found across NHS hospitals following hip fracture$

Significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery found across NHS hospitals following hip fracture

There are significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery across NHS hospitals in England and Wales following hip fracture, a new study aimed at understanding how hospital care impacts patients' outcomes and costs has revealed.

10 Jul 2023

Bowel Research UK partners with Symplectic Grant Tracker to advance life-changing research

Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to announce that Bowel Research UK (BRUK) has chosen Symplectic Grant Tracker from Digital Science's suite of flagship products to advance its aims of funding life-changing research into bowel cancer and other bowel diseases.

6 Jul 2023

Charity News and Research

Funding from Breast Cancer Now supports research into new drugs for secondary breast cancer in the bone

Pediatric trauma admissions increased during COVID-19 pandemic

Common genetic variants reduce clopidogrel effectiveness in British South Asians

New drug candidate nearly doubles survival for patients with aggressive childhood brain tumors

Study investigates the impact of rapid genome sequencing for infantile epilepsy

Community with high medical debt questions its hospitals’ charity spending

An Arm and a Leg: How a surprise bill can hitch a ride to the hospital

Feds say hospitals that redistribute Medicaid money violate law

North Carolina hospitals have sued thousands of their patients, a new report finds

Patients in California county may see refunds, debt relief from charity care settlement

Research develop a revolutionary toolkit to combat digital exclusion

Breast Cancer Now-funded research aims to improve quality of care for black women with breast cancer

Tiny amounts of hydrogen sulfide could help people live healthier for longer

£1.5 million funding boost awarded for revolutionary test to improve early detection of Alzheimer's

As nonprofit hospitals reap big tax breaks, states scrutinize their required charity spending

Significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery found across NHS hospitals following hip fracture

Bowel Research UK partners with Symplectic Grant Tracker to advance life-changing research

Study offers new insights into why some CAR T-cells persist in children with leukemia

Immune inflammatory reaction to COVID-19 may not be the underlying cause of long Covid

SPG-15: A Mother's Fight for a Gene Therapy Cure, Maddi's Story

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Latest News