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Higher maternal blood pressure linked to placental gene modifications

Higher maternal blood pressure in pregnancy is associated with chemical modifications to placental genes, according to a study by researchers from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health.

10 Feb 2020

How lifesaving organs for transplant go missing in transit

When a human heart was left behind by mistake on a Southwest Airlines plane in 2018, transplant officials downplayed the incident. They emphasized that the organ was used for valves and tissues, not to save the life of a waiting patient, so the delay was inconsequential.

10 Feb 2020

Researchers evaluate effectiveness of medication assisted therapy for opioid use disorder

Rebecca Sutter, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, and Allison Evans Cuellar, Professor, Health Administration and Policy, CHHS, are implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of a Mobile Medication Assisted Therapy Program in the Prince William Health District that will expand capacity for opioid use disorder support and services.

9 Feb 2020

George Mason researcher to study link between endometriosis and endocrine disruptors with NIH grant

Dr. Anna Pollack, associate professor at the George Mason College of Health and Human Services has received a $1.6M grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the link between endometriosis and endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

9 Feb 2020

Neurons critical for learning and forming memories found to be synchronized

The phrase "Pavlov's dogs" has long evoked images of bells, food and salivating dogs. Even though this tried-and-true model of repetitive patterns mimics a variety of learning processes, what happens on a cellular level in the brain isn't clear.

6 Feb 2020

Roughly half of opioid prescriptions by dentists exceed pain-management guidelines

A new study suggests that roughly half of the opioid prescriptions written by dentists in the United States exceed the three-day supply recommended by federal dental pain-management guidelines.

4 Feb 2020

Study finds homicide as leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in Louisiana

Homicide is a leading cause of death among pregnant and postpartum women in Louisiana, according to an analysis of birth and death records from 2016 and 2017.

3 Feb 2020

Investigational HIV vaccine not effective in preventing HIV

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), part of the National Institutes of Health, has stopped administration of vaccinations in its HVTN 702 clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine.

3 Feb 2020

Mason researchers join NIH grant to investigate early life environmental exposures

Rosemary Higgins, Associate Dean for Research, College of Health and Human Services, and Germaine Buck Louis, Dean, CHHS, received $1,457,607 from the National Institutes of Health for: "ECHO Consortium on Perinatal Programming of Neurodevelopment."

3 Feb 2020

5 things to know about Trump’s Medicaid block grant plan

The Trump administration unveiled a plan Thursday that would dramatically revamp Medicaid by allowing states to opt out of part of the current federal funding program and instead seek a fixed payment each year in exchange for gaining unprecedented flexibility over the program.

31 Jan 2020

Past trauma exposure, depression associated with suicide ideation in deployed soldiers

Lifetime history of exposure to a traumatic event and self-reported lifetime and current depression are predictive of recent suicide ideation in deployed soldiers, according to a new JAMA Network Open study published January 29, 2020.

29 Jan 2020

California reopens the single-payer debate

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was a single-payer candidate.

28 Jan 2020

Clinical trial to test safety, effectiveness of mAb against malaria in healthy volunteers

A Phase 1 clinical trial testing the safety and effectiveness of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against malaria has begun enrolling healthy adult volunteers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The trial, sponsored by NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is the first to test mAb CIS43LS in humans. It aims to enroll up to 73 volunteers aged 18 through 50 years old who have never had malaria.

27 Jan 2020

Surgeon General urges people to stop smoking

Smoking has been proven to be bad for health, causing a string of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, lung illness, and cancer. In the 2020 Surgeon General report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on tobacco, people are discouraged from smoking to live a healthier life but are also advised not to resort to vaping.

26 Jan 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: SCOTUS punts on ACA case — for now

The Supreme Court has declined to take up immediately a case out of Texas that could overturn the entire Affordable Care Act. But that is not likely to stop the case from becoming a major political issue in the 2020 presidential and congressional campaigns.

23 Jan 2020

Oregon's health care delivery system improves access for women 's health, reduces infant deaths

Oregon's unique health care delivery system for low-income patients is resulting in fewer infant deaths, according to a recent study by Oregon State University researchers.

22 Jan 2020

Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure linked to increased risk for SIDS

Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only exposed in the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

20 Jan 2020

UT Southwestern researchers explain racial disparities in heart failure risk

Researchers at UT Southwestern have uncovered evidence that the higher prevalence of "malignant" enlargement of the heart among blacks contributes to the higher incidence of heart failure in this population.

14 Jan 2020

House Energy and Commerce Committee scheduled to hold hearing on immunosuppressive drug coverage

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Wednesday, January 8, on the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019, advancing a long-standing legislative priority of the American Society of Nephrology.

9 Jan 2020

Researchers report first structural model for key enzyme associated with inherited eye diseases

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have reported the first structural model for a key enzyme, and its activating protein, that can play a role in some genetically inherited eye diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and night blindness.

8 Jan 2020

Health and Human Services News and Research

Higher maternal blood pressure linked to placental gene modifications

How lifesaving organs for transplant go missing in transit

Researchers evaluate effectiveness of medication assisted therapy for opioid use disorder

George Mason researcher to study link between endometriosis and endocrine disruptors with NIH grant

Neurons critical for learning and forming memories found to be synchronized

Roughly half of opioid prescriptions by dentists exceed pain-management guidelines

Study finds homicide as leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in Louisiana

Investigational HIV vaccine not effective in preventing HIV

Mason researchers join NIH grant to investigate early life environmental exposures

5 things to know about Trump’s Medicaid block grant plan

Past trauma exposure, depression associated with suicide ideation in deployed soldiers

California reopens the single-payer debate

Clinical trial to test safety, effectiveness of mAb against malaria in healthy volunteers

Surgeon General urges people to stop smoking

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: SCOTUS punts on ACA case — for now

Oregon's health care delivery system improves access for women 's health, reduces infant deaths

Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure linked to increased risk for SIDS

UT Southwestern researchers explain racial disparities in heart failure risk

House Energy and Commerce Committee scheduled to hold hearing on immunosuppressive drug coverage

Researchers report first structural model for key enzyme associated with inherited eye diseases

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