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Year-round access to RSV immunization may reduce major seasonal outbreaks

Providing year-round access to RSV immunization would minimize the risk of large seasonal outbreaks across the nation, including in both urban and rural areas.

26 Nov 2025

AI tools can ease documentation burden and reduce physician burnout

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed to automatically document patient visits show promise in reducing the time physicians spend on paperwork and may improve their work experience, according to a new randomized clinical trial conducted at UCLA Health.

26 Nov 2025

One Health approach needed in research into zoonotic disease risks

A new evidence brief, based on a study by the Juno Evidence Alliance conducted in collaboration with CABI's One Health Hub, has highlighted that a One Health approach is needed in research into zoonotic disease risks around the world.

26 Nov 2025

Urban households across Barcelona show low or moderate adherence to Mediterranean diet

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet in urban households across Barcelona is low or moderate, despite its widely recognized benefits for cardiovascular, metabolic, and mental health.

26 Nov 2025

HORIBA UK launches new philanthropic initiative to advance scientific research and broaden STEM participation

Dedicated to enhancing STEM participation, the HORIBA Foundation UK supports research and education initiatives, fostering diversity in scientific inquiry.

From HORIBA Scientific UK 26 Nov 2025

South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation

Near the back corner of the local library's parking lot, largely out of view from the main road, the South Carolina Department of Public Health opened a pop-up clinic in early November, offering free measles vaccines to adults and children.

26 Nov 2025

SISAQOL-IMI provides guidance for implementing patient-reported outcomes in cancer clinical trials

The SISAQOL-IMI consortium, co-led by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), just announced the publication of its pivotal paper in The Lancet Oncology outlining how its recommendations for patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in cancer clinical trials were developed.

26 Nov 2025

New poll finds older adults rarely discuss driving safety with healthcare providers

When today's older adults learned to drive, they might have heard the Beatles' "Drive My Car" or Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" on their car radio's Top 40 station.

26 Nov 2025

Fame may shorten singers’ lives beyond occupational hazards

Fame itself may be a critical factor in shortening singers' lives beyond the hazards of the job-at least those in the UK/Europe and North America-suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

26 Nov 2025

African statisticians provide new insights into malaria prevention

University of the Witwatersrand - Edson Mwebesa, Fellow at the Wits-based Sub-Saharan Africa Advanced Consortium for Biostatistics (SSACAB), knows children who died from late-diagnosed malaria. His research has also revealed that malaria is more prevalent in pregnant Ugandan women than in any other population.

25 Nov 2025

Implementing lifestyle medicine as a high-value care solution can lead to better outcomes

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has published a position paper calling for the implementation of lifestyle medicine as a high-value care solution that delivers on the Quintuple Aim-better health outcomes, higher patient and clinician satisfaction, greater health equity, and lower costs.

25 Nov 2025

Dysfunctional breathing is common and influenced by tobacco use and respiratory conditions

Dysfunctional breathing (DB) is frequently misdiagnosed or insufficiently treated, leading to a diminished quality of life and unnecessary medical intervention.

25 Nov 2025

Nontraditional benefits influence retention of younger government health employees

Younger workers in governmental public health place significantly higher value on nontraditional benefits than their older counterparts, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

25 Nov 2025

Most public speakers at FDA advisory committees support drug approval

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committees play a key role in evaluating the efficacy and safety of new drugs.

25 Nov 2025

Retrospective analysis shows mortality rates and risk factors after prosthetic heart valve surgeries

Mechanical valve replacement is a primary treatment for rheumatic heart disease, yet prosthesis-related adverse outcomes remain underreported in India.

25 Nov 2025

Extreme heat waves pose death risk for veterans with cardiometabolic conditions

Veterans living in California who have cardiometabolic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure experience significantly higher risk of dying during heat waves compared to cooler days, UCLA-led research finds.

25 Nov 2025

The ABC method for improving mental health

These are troubling times, where there is much to worry about. Emergency preparedness has suddenly become a highly relevant topic, and many people are plagued by a sense of unease and even fear.

25 Nov 2025

Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

Elisabeth Yoder's son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease.

25 Nov 2025

'Mental model' approach shown to reduce effects of misinformation about mRNA vaccines

Correcting misinformation after it has gone viral is a common way of informing the public that what they've encountered may be inaccurate, lack context, be unproven, or be demonstrably false.

24 Nov 2025

Trust between general practitioners and patients deepens over time, study finds

In this study, researchers aimed to understand how general practitioners experience trust in their patients, and how that trust affects patient care. Researchers interviewed 25 general practitioners across Australia.

24 Nov 2025

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Year-round access to RSV immunization may reduce major seasonal outbreaks

AI tools can ease documentation burden and reduce physician burnout

One Health approach needed in research into zoonotic disease risks

Urban households across Barcelona show low or moderate adherence to Mediterranean diet

HORIBA UK launches new philanthropic initiative to advance scientific research and broaden STEM participation

South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation

SISAQOL-IMI provides guidance for implementing patient-reported outcomes in cancer clinical trials

New poll finds older adults rarely discuss driving safety with healthcare providers

Fame may shorten singers’ lives beyond occupational hazards

African statisticians provide new insights into malaria prevention

Implementing lifestyle medicine as a high-value care solution can lead to better outcomes

Dysfunctional breathing is common and influenced by tobacco use and respiratory conditions

Nontraditional benefits influence retention of younger government health employees

Most public speakers at FDA advisory committees support drug approval

Retrospective analysis shows mortality rates and risk factors after prosthetic heart valve surgeries

Extreme heat waves pose death risk for veterans with cardiometabolic conditions

The ABC method for improving mental health

Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

'Mental model' approach shown to reduce effects of misinformation about mRNA vaccines

Trust between general practitioners and patients deepens over time, study finds

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