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Spatiotemporal trends in maternal deaths and mortality surveillance

Analysis reveals that misclassified maternal fatalities may distort US mortality statistics, emphasizing the importance of accurate death certificate reporting.

9 Oct 2024

New EU project aims to prevent and reduce loneliness

Loneliness affects many, and it harms both individuals and communities. The project "The Social Isolation and Loneliness in Europe Network: Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations on its Causes, Consequences, and Monitoring" (LONELY-EU) is designed to combat this problem: Coordinated by Professor Maike Luhmann, a psychologist at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, an international consortium is devising methods for sharing knowledge and pooling expertise.

9 Oct 2024

COVID-19 significantly raises stroke risk

Researchers conducted a metaumbrella review of 34 systematic reviews and 70 studies, uncovering a significant link between COVID-19 severity and increased stroke risk. The review emphasizes the need for further investigation into underlying mechanisms and potential biases.

9 Oct 2024

Novel compounds show promise in fighting COVID-19

New research from The Wistar Institute's Salvino lab - led by professor Joseph Salvino, Ph.D. - has identified a novel series of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors that may lead to potential new COVID-19 treatments that, according to preclinical testing, effectively inhibits COVID-19 and synergizes with existing anti-COVID therapies.

8 Oct 2024

Late-life smoking cessation can significantly extend life expectancy

Quitting smoking even as late as at 75 years of age can meaningfully increase a person's life expectancy, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier.

8 Oct 2024

Concerns rise over increased industry sponsorship in cancer clinical trials

A growing reliance on industry-sponsored cancer clinical trials in the United States is a reason for concern, say researchers from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

8 Oct 2024

Eating more beans leads to weight loss and better nutrition

Adults who consume beans show higher intake of essential nutrients, better diet quality, and improved weight outcomes, highlighting the health benefits of beans.

8 Oct 2024

Global analysis reveals disparities in access to new cancer drugs

Despite considerable progress in the discovery and development of new cancer drugs, there are significant disparities in both the availability and timeliness of these medicines worldwide, with poorer countries missing out, suggests a global analysis of new drug launches between 1990 and 2022, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

8 Oct 2024

$Longer waits in emergency care impact outcomes for hip fracture patients, study shows$

Longer waits in emergency care impact outcomes for hip fracture patients, study shows

Waiting more than 4 hours in emergency care for treatment is linked to heightened risks of death and a longer hospital stay for hip fracture patients, reveals a single centre study, published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.

8 Oct 2024

New insights into how DAPK3 regulates the migration of triple-negative breast cancer cells

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the subtype of breast cancer that is the hardest to treat. TNBC patients account for more than 20,000 cases of this condition annually in the U.S. alone.

8 Oct 2024

Study highlights rising rates of tick-borne parasitic disease in the United States

Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another tick-borne illness such as Lyme disease, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine.

8 Oct 2024

FAU researchers highlight new vaccination barriers

Vaccines to prevent common and serious infectious diseases have had a greater impact on improving human health than any other medical advance of the 20th century, surpassing even sanitation and potable water. From the global eradication of smallpox in 1980 to the unprecedented development of effective and safe mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, vaccinations have played crucial roles in preventing millions of premature deaths and hospitalizations in adults and children.

8 Oct 2024

Weekly injections of anti-obesity medications cost more than surgery

The cost of taking weekly injections of popular anti-obesity medications liraglutide (Saxenda) or semaglutide (Wegovy) exceeds that of metabolic and bariatric surgery in less than a year, according to a recent analysis published in the journal Surgical Endoscopy.

7 Oct 2024

Young Australians face stagnating life expectancy trends

Australians under 50 are experiencing stagnating life expectancy while older cohorts, especially men, are living longer, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU).

7 Oct 2024

Improved cancer survival rates among young adults under ACA

The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010 includes a Dependent Coverage Expansion (DCE) provision that permits dependents to remain on their parents' health insurance plans from age 19 to 25 years, the age group that has historically had the highest uninsured rate in the United States.

7 Oct 2024

CheekAge: Next-gen epigenetic clock accurately predicts mortality risk

Researchers developed CheekAge, an epigenetic clock based on buccal cells, and found it predicted mortality risk with significant accuracy. This study validates CheekAge as a reliable aging biomarker, outperforming first-generation clocks.

6 Oct 2024

Women who inject drugs are vulnerable to endocarditis, study shows

People who inject drugs are dying at an alarming rate from endocarditis, a serious but treatable heart-valve infection.

4 Oct 2024

Study identifies a new target for developing atrial fibrillation therapy

A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and the University of California Davis Health identified a new target for developing a therapy to treat atrial fibrillation, the most common type of abnormal heart rhythm.

4 Oct 2024

The true death toll of hurricanes in the U.S.

Researchers investigate the excess mortality associated with tropical cyclones in the contiguous United States.

4 Oct 2024

Thousands could have been saved during the pandemic with expanded use of convalescent plasma

A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that thousands of lives could have been saved during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic if convalescent plasma had been used more broadly, particularly in outpatients at high risk for severe disease and in hospitalized patients during their first few days of admission.

4 Oct 2024