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Researchers unlock new insights into hard-to-treat neuroendocrine tumors

Researchers at Boston Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute conducted one of the first-ever analyses of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) at single cell resolution, unlocking new insights into this rare and often hard-to-treat cancer.

28 Sep 2023

Smoking during pregnancy more than doubles risk of premature birth, study finds

Cambridge researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers – more than double the previous estimate.

28 Sep 2023

Weighing the risks and benefits of COVID-19 precautions in 2023

A new editorial paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on September 22, 2023, entitled, "Reassessing the risks and benefits of COVID-19 precautions in 2023."

28 Sep 2023

Social isolation linked to higher depression levels during the COVID-19 pandemic

Higher levels of depressive symptoms have been reported during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with other times in history, and as much as three times higher than prior to the pandemic.

28 Sep 2023

Commonly used anti-viral drugs reduce risk of hospitalization, death in patients with mild COVID-19

New Cleveland Clinic-led research shows commonly used COVID-19 anti-viral drugs Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir) and Lagevrio (molnupiravir) reduce risk of hospitalization and death in high-risk patients with mild disease, even with Omicron subvariants.

28 Sep 2023

Acute kidney injury patients on dialysis may be overtreated

Patients with acute kidney injury requiring outpatient dialysis after hospital discharge receive the same care as those with the more common end-stage kidney disease, according to a study led by UC San Francisco.

28 Sep 2023

Hospitalized COVID patients displayed multiple organ abnormalities five months after infection

A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection, some of which have been shown through previous work to be evidence of tissue damage.

28 Sep 2023

Bioengineered human stomach micro-physiological system reveals unseen defense mechanisms

A groundbreaking development in biomedical engineering has led to the creation of a human stomach micro-physiological system (hsMPS), representing a significant leap forward in understanding and treating various gastrointestinal diseases, including stomach cancer.

28 Sep 2023

Virtual reality vs. opioids: clinical trial of non-pharmacological pain management during burn wound care

Researchers assessed the feasibility and efficacy of virtual reality as a non-pharmaceutical intervention for managing procedural pain in adult burn patients during dressing changes compared to standard opioid-based approaches.

28 Sep 2023

Examining the cardiac pathology in fatal cases of yellow fever

The characteristics of yellow fever (YF)-related myocardial damage.

28 Sep 2023

New Medicare Advantage plans tailor offerings to Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+

As Medicare Advantage continues to gain popularity among seniors, three Southern California companies are pioneering new types of plans that target cultural and ethnic communities with special offerings and native-language practitioners.

28 Sep 2023

Who polices hospitals merging across markets? States give different answers

St. Louis' largest health system, BJC HealthCare, plans to merge with Kansas City's second-largest, Saint Luke's Health System, uniting more than 28 hospitals on both sides of Missouri by the end of this year.

28 Sep 2023

Hotter days in New York linked to spike in substance abuse hospital visits

New study finds a positive correlation between rising temperatures and increased hospital visits for alcohol and substance-related disorders in New York State. The research suggests that climate change could exacerbate negative outcomes related to substance abuse.

27 Sep 2023

Self‐administration of investigational intranasal spray may be a new option to treat rapid heartbeat

A fast-acting medication delivered as a nasal spray may someday allow patients with intermittent rapid heartbeats to treat it themselves as soon as they develop symptoms, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

27 Sep 2023

Loss of abdominal fat may be key to reversing prediabetes

Prediabetes is a condition that precedes type 2 diabetes and increases the risk of heart attack, kidney and eye disease, and several types of cancer. Currently, there is no approved drug therapy for prediabetes available.

27 Sep 2023

HMS researcher to lead $104 million effort to study bacteria and antibiotic resistance

Harvard Medical School researcher Johan Paulsson will lead a multi-institutional $104 million effort to study bacteria and antibiotic resistance, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today.

27 Sep 2023

New imaging agent predicts early metabolic response to HER2-targeted therapy in metastatic breast cancer

A new imaging agent, 68Ga-ABY-025, can predict early metabolic response to human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted treatment in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients, according to new research published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

27 Sep 2023

Improving treatment outcomes for individuals with acute spinal cord injury

A special focus issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Neurotrauma highlights the latest findings of the North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN), aimed at improving outcomes for individuals with acute spinal cord injury (SCI).

27 Sep 2023

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': More Medicaid messiness

Federal officials have instructed at least 30 states to reinstate Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for half a million people, including children, after an errant computer program wrongly determined they were no longer eligible.

27 Sep 2023

Study investigates association between menopause stage and cerebral hemodynamics

Driven by changing estrogen levels, the menopause transition has a major influence on physiology during aging.

27 Sep 2023

Hospital News and Research

Researchers unlock new insights into hard-to-treat neuroendocrine tumors

Smoking during pregnancy more than doubles risk of premature birth, study finds

Weighing the risks and benefits of COVID-19 precautions in 2023

Social isolation linked to higher depression levels during the COVID-19 pandemic

Commonly used anti-viral drugs reduce risk of hospitalization, death in patients with mild COVID-19

Acute kidney injury patients on dialysis may be overtreated

Hospitalized COVID patients displayed multiple organ abnormalities five months after infection

Bioengineered human stomach micro-physiological system reveals unseen defense mechanisms

Virtual reality vs. opioids: clinical trial of non-pharmacological pain management during burn wound care

Examining the cardiac pathology in fatal cases of yellow fever

New Medicare Advantage plans tailor offerings to Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+

Who polices hospitals merging across markets? States give different answers

Hotter days in New York linked to spike in substance abuse hospital visits

Self‐administration of investigational intranasal spray may be a new option to treat rapid heartbeat

Loss of abdominal fat may be key to reversing prediabetes

HMS researcher to lead $104 million effort to study bacteria and antibiotic resistance

New imaging agent predicts early metabolic response to HER2-targeted therapy in metastatic breast cancer

Improving treatment outcomes for individuals with acute spinal cord injury

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': More Medicaid messiness

Study investigates association between menopause stage and cerebral hemodynamics

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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