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Experts call for consistent measurement across the social determinants of health

Access to quality healthcare depends on the accurate evaluation of social determinants of health (SDOH), but the healthcare industry has placed insufficient effort on this according to the authors of a new Commentary. The Commentary, titled "A Call for Consistent Measurement Across the SDOH Industry Landscape," is published in the peer-reviewed journal Population Health Management.

26 Jul 2022

New project to assess the effectiveness of visit information provided to older patients

A Dartmouth-led research group, including investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and Harvard Medical School, has received a five-year, $7 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

26 Jul 2022

Study shows the efficacy of Yoga of Immortals mobile app for urinary incontinence

People with loss of urinary control who used the Yoga of Immortals mobile app – a globally used app that combines specific yogic postures in the Sanatan tradition with breathing exercises, sound therapy and meditation – found significant improvement in the frequency and severity of urine leaks at four weeks of practice, according to a Rutgers study.

26 Jul 2022

$50 million PCORI funding approved for studies focused on treating suicidal depression and bipolar depression

Research teams at Mass General Brigham's founding members, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, have been approved for more than $50 million in funding awards by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for studies focused on treating two important mental health conditions.

26 Jul 2022

Earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans traced to a wholesale fish market in Wuhan, China

An international team of 18 researchers, including a scientist at University of Utah Health, have determined that the earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans arose at a wholesale fish market in Wuhan China in December, 2019.

26 Jul 2022

Study confirms link between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis

Researchers investigate the association between Epstein-Barr virus infection and multiple sclerosis.

26 Jul 2022

Specific brain responses to traumatic experiences predict vulnerability to develop PTSD

Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and weeks after experiencing trauma, individuals facing potentially threatening situations who had less activity in their hippocampus – a brain structure critical for forming memories of situations that are dangerous and that are safe – developed more severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

26 Jul 2022

Frequent aspirin use associated with lower ovarian cancer risk in people with multiple risk factors

Frequent aspirin use is linked with lower ovarian cancer risk in individuals with multiple risk factors, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

26 Jul 2022

$31 million PCORI funding for AAFP and Penn State to study the effectiveness of asthma treatments

The American Academy of Family Physicians, in partnership with Penn State College of Medicine, has been approved for a $31 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study the comparative effectiveness of asthma treatments.

26 Jul 2022

Share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20% during the pandemic, analysis finds

From May 2020 to January 2021, the share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20 percent compared to pre-pandemic estimates, while fast-food and alcohol tweets decreased by 9 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

26 Jul 2022

Researchers pinpoint multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2

In a pair of related studies, published July 26, 2022 online via First Release in Science, researchers at University of California San Diego, with colleagues on four continents, show that the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 was at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, and resulted from at least two instances of the SARS-CoV-2 virus jumping from live animal hosts to humans working or shopping there.

26 Jul 2022

New 'decoy receptor' molecules inhibit growth of multiple myeloma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma in mice

Researchers at Stanford University have developed "decoy receptor" molecules that inhibit the growth of both multiple myeloma (MM) and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in mice.

26 Jul 2022

Researchers develop new kind of Atomic Force Microscopy probes in true 3D shapes

A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's Advanced Microfluidics and Microdevices Laboratory (AMMLab) have developed new kind of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probes in true three-dimensional shapes they call 3DTIPs. AFM technology allows scientists to observe, measure, and manipulate samples and micro and nanoscale entities with unprecedented precision.

26 Jul 2022

Attending daycare may increase lung complications in preterm children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Attending daycare in the first three years of life is linked with an increase in lung complications in children who were born prematurely and diagnosed with a form of chronic lung disease, according to new research led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

26 Jul 2022

Study: About 1.7 million people in Michigan do not want children and are 'childfree'

The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade paved the way for limits on abortion but also created uncertainty around the future of birth control.

26 Jul 2022

Differences in development of children conceived by ART are no longer apparent by late adolescence

Differences in the growth, weight, and body fat levels of children conceived through fertility treatment are small, and no longer apparent by late adolescence, finds new research.

26 Jul 2022

A pair of analyses reveals early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, likely first spread to humans from animals in two separate transmission events in a Wuhan market in late November 2019, according to a pair of analyses by international teams co-led by Scripps Research scientists.

26 Jul 2022

Research News and Research

Experts call for consistent measurement across the social determinants of health

New project to assess the effectiveness of visit information provided to older patients

Study shows the efficacy of Yoga of Immortals mobile app for urinary incontinence

$50 million PCORI funding approved for studies focused on treating suicidal depression and bipolar depression

Earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans traced to a wholesale fish market in Wuhan, China

Study confirms link between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis

Specific brain responses to traumatic experiences predict vulnerability to develop PTSD

Frequent aspirin use associated with lower ovarian cancer risk in people with multiple risk factors

$31 million PCORI funding for AAFP and Penn State to study the effectiveness of asthma treatments

Share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20% during the pandemic, analysis finds

Researchers pinpoint multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2

New 'decoy receptor' molecules inhibit growth of multiple myeloma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma in mice

Researchers develop new kind of Atomic Force Microscopy probes in true 3D shapes

Attending daycare may increase lung complications in preterm children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Study: About 1.7 million people in Michigan do not want children and are 'childfree'

Differences in development of children conceived by ART are no longer apparent by late adolescence

A pair of analyses reveals early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic

Poll: Many older adults use integrative medicine strategy to ease physical or mental health symptoms

Cocoa reduces blood pressure and arterial stiffness, study finds

PFAS exposure harms people's health and undermines America's economy

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