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Innovative TB risk scoring tool enhances patient care and workflow

Caitlin Dugdale, MD, MSc, and Kimon Zachary, MD, physicians in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and assistant professors of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, are co-lead authors of a new study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, TB or Not TB? Development and Validation of a Clinical Decision Support System for the Evaluation of Suspected Tuberculosis.

29 Jan 2025

Oral fecal transplantation could help prevent graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant patients

A new study shows that oral fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a feasible and safe addition to preventing graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation for blood cancers.

28 Jan 2025

Hebrew SeniorLife's Wolk Center achieves level 2 Age-Friendly Health System status

Hebrew SeniorLife, New England's largest nonprofit provider of senior health care and living communities and the only senior care organization affiliated with Harvard Medical School, announces that its Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health has been recognized by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as an Age-Friendly Health System, level 2, Committed to Care Excellence.

27 Jan 2025

Pandemic linked to significant rise in firearm hospitalizations

Firearm injuries that sent victims to the hospital had gone down steadily over the five years before the COVID-19 pandemic began, but reversed course sharply over the next two years, a new University of Michigan study finds.

27 Jan 2025

Regular GP visits could help reduce workload in practices and hospitals

New research indicates that regularly seeing the same GP could reduce workload in practices and hospitals, potentially freeing up appointments for patients.

27 Jan 2025

New healthcare teaching facility at Aston University enhances training for students

Aston University has opened a new £1.5m healthcare teaching facility which includes two interconnecting five-bed wards and an interactive immersive room.

27 Jan 2025

Elevated uric acid levels may contribute to severe malaria outcomes in children

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators in Uganda at the Makerere University School of Medicine have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid levels and life-threatening outcomes in children with severe malaria.

27 Jan 2025

Alarming cardiovascular disease statistics highlighted in 2025 report

Heart disease kills more people than any other cause as many of the risks factors that contribute to it remain on the rise, according the data reported in the 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of U.S. and Global Data From the American Heart Association.

27 Jan 2025

An Arm and a Leg: The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care

Every year, a health care think tank called the Lown Institute ranks the 10 worst examples of "profiteering and dysfunction" in health care and "honors" the winners.

27 Jan 2025

Study shows how physical activity can enhance brain function and prevent dementia

A study led by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting that physical activity may directly improve brain function.

23 Jan 2025

New approach to treating ependymoma with leukemia drug

Rakesh Jain PhD, Director of the E.L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and A. Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, is senior author of a new study in PNAS, Targeting EPHB2/ABL1 Restores Anti-Tumor Immunity in Preclinical Models of Ependymoma.

23 Jan 2025

Pomalidomide shows promise in enhancing immune responses in myeloma

A new editorial was published in Oncoscience's Volume 12 on January 14, 2025, titled "Pomalidomide improved immune profiles in myeloma."

23 Jan 2025

New Factor XI inhibitor shows superior safety in treating atrial fibrillation

Patients with atrial fibrillation are typically prescribed an anticoagulant, or blood thinner, to reduce the risk of stroke, but many may discontinue them or never receive a prescription due to concerns of increased risk of bleeding complications.

22 Jan 2025

New technique identifies SARS-CoV-2 in blood and other fluids with high sensitivity

Investigators from Mass General Brigham have found that a method originally designed for cancer detection can also identify and monitor even tiny amounts of SARS-CoV-2 intact viral particles in blood and other fluids from patients with acute COVID-19 infections, creating the potential for guiding future treatment of patients.

22 Jan 2025

Research reveals 31% increased risk of long COVID in women

Females have a 31% higher associated risk of developing long COVID, with women aged 40 to 55 years having the highest propensity, according to a study led by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) funded by the National Institutes of Health.

22 Jan 2025

Medical School News and Research

Innovative TB risk scoring tool enhances patient care and workflow

Oral fecal transplantation could help prevent graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant patients

Hebrew SeniorLife's Wolk Center achieves level 2 Age-Friendly Health System status

Pandemic linked to significant rise in firearm hospitalizations

Regular GP visits could help reduce workload in practices and hospitals

New healthcare teaching facility at Aston University enhances training for students

Elevated uric acid levels may contribute to severe malaria outcomes in children

Alarming cardiovascular disease statistics highlighted in 2025 report

An Arm and a Leg: The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care

Study shows how physical activity can enhance brain function and prevent dementia

New approach to treating ependymoma with leukemia drug

Pomalidomide shows promise in enhancing immune responses in myeloma

New Factor XI inhibitor shows superior safety in treating atrial fibrillation

New technique identifies SARS-CoV-2 in blood and other fluids with high sensitivity

Research reveals 31% increased risk of long COVID in women

Study offers insight into how senescent cells survive after cancer treatment

Research reveals emotional and work-life strain in infertility treatment patients

Study finds anti-correlation of KLRG1 and PD-1 expression in tumor fighting T cells

Short-course antibiotics can be a game-changer in tackling ventilator-associated pneumonia

Online resource launched to empower people with vulval lichen sclerosus

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

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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