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AI-based tool revolutionizes prediction of immune response to cancer

In the ongoing fight against cancer, scientists around the globe are exploring innovative approaches to unlock the mysteries of the human immune system - the complex network of organs, cells and proteins that defends the body against disease.

29 Mar 2024

Combining MRI and blood tests to avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies

MRI of the prostate, combined with a blood test, can help determine if a prostate lesion is clinically significant cancer, new research suggests.

29 Mar 2024

Polypills prove effective in reducing cardiovascular disease and mortality

A new study from researchers at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis bolsters previous findings that polypills are beneficial in preventing heart attacks and strokes and reducing deaths among people with cardiovascular risk factors, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

29 Mar 2024

Research highlights low health literacy among one-third of people with moderate to severe TBI

Low health literacy is a problem for a substantial proportion of people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to research published in The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (JHTR).

29 Mar 2024

Addressing the hidden crisis of violence against older women and women with disabilities

Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most global and national violence-related data, according to two new publications released today by the World Health Organization (WHO).

29 Mar 2024

Your doctor or your insurer? Little-known rules may ease the choice in Medicare Advantage

Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that this year they could keep either their private, Medicare Advantage insurance plan — or their doctors at Saratoga Hospital.

29 Mar 2024

Major global commitments announced to eradicate cervical cancer

Governments, donors, multilateral institutions, and partners today announced major new policy, programmatic and financial commitments, including nearly US$ 600 million in new funding, to eliminate cervical cancer.

28 Mar 2024

Study links heavy drinking to increased heart disease risk in young women

Young to middle-aged women who reported drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages per week—more than one per day, on average—were significantly more likely to develop coronary heart disease compared with those who drank less, finds a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session.

28 Mar 2024

Simple pre-surgical protocol can help prevent dangerous post-surgical infections

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) demonstrates the use of a simple pre-surgical infection prevention protocol to prevent dangerous post-surgical infections.

28 Mar 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Supreme Court and the abortion pill

In its first abortion case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the Supreme Court this week looked unlikely to uphold an appeals court ruling that would dramatically restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone.

28 Mar 2024

Using microbiota analysis for health and disease management

The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota.

28 Mar 2024

Clinical trial to test the feasibility of using at-home cancer immunotherapy

A clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC will test the feasibility of treating non-small cell lung cancer with immunotherapy provided at home.

28 Mar 2024

WHO and OHCHR launch guidance to reform legislation for ending coercive practices in mental health care

Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) are jointly launching new guidance, entitled "Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice", to support countries to reform legislation in order to end human rights abuses and increase access to quality mental health care.

28 Mar 2024

California is expanding insurance access for teenagers seeking therapy on their own

When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high school in Orange County, California, and felt so isolated and exhausted that she cried every morning.

28 Mar 2024

Longer durations of breastfeeding lowers the risk of childhood cancers

Whether duration of breastfeeding was associated with a lower risk of childhood cancers.

28 Mar 2024

Unhoused people face elevated dementia rates compared to general population

Dementia in unhoused people was 1.9 times greater than the general population, with a higher prevalence for age groups younger than 85 years, according to new research from Lawson Health Research Institute and ICES.

27 Mar 2024

Managing the rise in STIs among older adults

A new research review presented at a pre-congress day for this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024, Barcelona, 27-30 April) will look at how to manage the rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in older people, such as gonorrhea, syphilis, and genital warts.

27 Mar 2024

GPT-4 shows promise in locating brain lesions after stroke

Artificial intelligence (AI) may serve as a future tool for neurologists to help locate where in the brain a stroke occurred.

27 Mar 2024

Latest advancements in identification and treatment of concussions

There have been significant changes in the last few years in how concussions are identified and treated. Steven Broglio, director of the Michigan Concussion Center and professor at the U-M School of Kinesiology, can discuss.

27 Mar 2024

WHO and World Bank release alarming report on universal health coverage stagnation

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report, revealing an alarming stagnation in the progress towards providing people everywhere with quality, affordable, and accessible health care.

27 Mar 2024

Health Care News and Research

AI-based tool revolutionizes prediction of immune response to cancer

Combining MRI and blood tests to avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies

Polypills prove effective in reducing cardiovascular disease and mortality

Research highlights low health literacy among one-third of people with moderate to severe TBI

Addressing the hidden crisis of violence against older women and women with disabilities

Your doctor or your insurer? Little-known rules may ease the choice in Medicare Advantage

Major global commitments announced to eradicate cervical cancer

Study links heavy drinking to increased heart disease risk in young women

Simple pre-surgical protocol can help prevent dangerous post-surgical infections

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Supreme Court and the abortion pill

Using microbiota analysis for health and disease management

Clinical trial to test the feasibility of using at-home cancer immunotherapy

WHO and OHCHR launch guidance to reform legislation for ending coercive practices in mental health care

California is expanding insurance access for teenagers seeking therapy on their own

Longer durations of breastfeeding lowers the risk of childhood cancers

Unhoused people face elevated dementia rates compared to general population

Managing the rise in STIs among older adults

GPT-4 shows promise in locating brain lesions after stroke

Latest advancements in identification and treatment of concussions

WHO and World Bank release alarming report on universal health coverage stagnation

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