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Review finds no indications of serious side effects of COVID-19 vaccines given to young children

A review of more than 245,000 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines given to young children (most of them age 4 and younger) found no indications of serious side effects.

6 Jun 2023

AI algorithms outperform the standard clinical risk model for predicting breast cancer risk

In a large study of thousands of mammograms, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms outperformed the standard clinical risk model for predicting the five-year risk for breast cancer. The results of the study were published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

6 Jun 2023

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality legislation sparks global condemnation

Uganda's anti-homosexuality legislation, which includes the death penalty for offenders, was signed into law on Monday by President Yoweri Museveni, sparking international condemnation.

6 Jun 2023

$Study finds fewer fractures in pre-term and low birthweight infants than normal newborns$

Study finds fewer fractures in pre-term and low birthweight infants than normal newborns

Pre-term and low birthweight infants have fewer fractures in childhood than full-term and normal-weight newborns, according to a new a study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital.

6 Jun 2023

A ‘payday loan’ from a health care behemoth

Alex Shteynshlyuger, a urologist with a practice in New York City, feels surrounded by UnitedHealth Group.

6 Jun 2023

As fewer MDs practice rural primary care, a different type of doctor helps take up the slack

For 35 years, this town's residents have brought all manner of illnesses, aches, and worries to Kevin de Regnier's storefront clinic on the courthouse square — and he loves them for it.

6 Jun 2023

Recovery from addiction is a journey. There’s no one-and-done solution.

The atmosphere inside the Allen House is easygoing as residents circulate freely through the hallways, meet in group sessions, or gather on a large outdoor patio that features a dirt volleyball court with an oversize net.

6 Jun 2023

Study analyzes chatbots through a health equity lens

Chatbots are increasingly becoming a part of health care around the world, but do they encourage bias? That's what University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers are asking as they dig into patients' experiences with the artificial intelligence (AI) programs that simulate conversation.

6 Jun 2023

Large-scale comprehensive sequencing helps downstream medical care in newborns

Researchers who lead the world's first comprehensive sequencing program for newborn infants have published the next chapter in the ongoing study of the BabySeq Project, with new findings on infants and families who have been followed for 3-5 years.

6 Jun 2023

New insights into the importance of microglia in controlling anxiety-related behaviors

The pandemic and its aftermath have raised anxiety to new levels. But the roots of anxiety-related conditions, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD), are still unclear.

5 Jun 2023

Researchers test nitroglycerin patch as treatment for menopausal women experiencing hot flashes

Women have long searched for remedies for the bothersome hot flashes that often come with menopause.

5 Jun 2023

American Indian and Alaska Native men less likely to be screened for prostate cancer, study shows

New research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that American Indian and Alaska Native men are less likely to be screened for prostate cancer compared to other racial/ethnic groups.

5 Jun 2023

Poor cardiovascular health may contribute to the development of musculoskeletal disorders

People with higher risks of cardiovascular disease are significantly more likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, and rotator cuff tendinitis, according to a new study involving researchers at the University of Utah and the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.

5 Jun 2023

Women taking oral estrogen therapy more likely to develop high blood pressure

Women ages 45 years and older taking estrogen hormone therapy in pill form were more likely to develop high blood pressure than those using transdermal (topical, applied to the skin) or vaginal formulations, according to new research published today in Hypertension, a peer-reviewed American Heart Association journal.

5 Jun 2023

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can't hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes?

5 Jun 2023

California confronts the threat of ‘tranq’ as overdose crisis rages

When the city's medical examiner announced in February that four people who had recently died of overdoses had the animal sedative xylazine in their systems, public health workers across the state sprang into action.

5 Jun 2023

Fred Hutch experts highlight research on cancer treatment advances, survivorship and precision oncology at ASCO

At the 2023 American Society for Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting—to be held June 2-6 in Chicago, Illinois—Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center experts will present research spanning survivorship, advances in treatments and clinical trials, how access to cancer care affects outcomes, integrative medicine and more.

5 Jun 2023

Health Care News and Research

Review finds no indications of serious side effects of COVID-19 vaccines given to young children

AI algorithms outperform the standard clinical risk model for predicting breast cancer risk

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality legislation sparks global condemnation

Study finds fewer fractures in pre-term and low birthweight infants than normal newborns

A ‘payday loan’ from a health care behemoth

As fewer MDs practice rural primary care, a different type of doctor helps take up the slack

Recovery from addiction is a journey. There’s no one-and-done solution.

Study analyzes chatbots through a health equity lens

Large-scale comprehensive sequencing helps downstream medical care in newborns

New insights into the importance of microglia in controlling anxiety-related behaviors

Researchers test nitroglycerin patch as treatment for menopausal women experiencing hot flashes

American Indian and Alaska Native men less likely to be screened for prostate cancer, study shows

Poor cardiovascular health may contribute to the development of musculoskeletal disorders

Women taking oral estrogen therapy more likely to develop high blood pressure

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

California confronts the threat of ‘tranq’ as overdose crisis rages

Fred Hutch experts highlight research on cancer treatment advances, survivorship and precision oncology at ASCO

Stopping treatment at two years does not seem to compromise overall survival in patients with advanced lung cancer

Reentry services for incarcerated people with substance use disorder may lower post-release risks

ACNAP 2023 highlights the artistic and scientific dimensions of cardiovascular care

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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