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MD Anderson collaborates with the Republic of Indonesia to expand its global oncology efforts

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the expansion of its global oncology efforts through a new agreement with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia.

3 Feb 2023

What were the effects of prolonged personal protective equipment use during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Researchers explored the physical and stress-related psychological effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on healthcare workers.

2 Feb 2023

India’s ‘chit fund’ system may help meet the health needs of people

India's traditional 'chit fund' system of banking by small self-help groups may meet the health needs of the country's 1.4 billion people better than private health insurance companies, which only cover around half of medical bills, researchers say.

31 Jan 2023

Can reducing air pollution prevent multimorbidity?

Researchers argues for the need to more studies to identify a potential association between multimorbidity and air pollution, if it exists.

31 Jan 2023

Mount Sinai scientists earn $12 million to elucidate novel causes of food allergies and atopic dermatitis

Mount Sinai researchers have been awarded $12 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health to create a center to elucidate novel causes of, and contributing factors to, food allergies and atopic dermatitis.

25 Jan 2023

Calorie counting better for weight loss than intermittent fasting

In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers in the United States assessed the correlation between sleeping and eating intervals and long-term weight change.

22 Jan 2023

£150 million government funding to better support people experiencing mental health crises

Anyone experiencing a mental health emergency will benefit from more tailored emergency care and support in the community through specialized mental health ambulances, more crisis services, and improved health-based places of safety.

22 Jan 2023

Participants using Huma's clinical trial platform have high levels of engagement in COVID-19 study

Huma Therapeutics Limited ("Huma"), a leading global digital health company, today announced results of a new study in collaboration with the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge showing that participants using Huma's clinical trial platform had high, sustained levels of engagement in an observational, fully remote COVID-19 study.

13 Jan 2023

TOS and OAC support the evidence-based view of obesity presented in new AAP clinical guideline

The Obesity Society and Obesity Action Coalition have collaborated to issue a statement on the new Clinical Guideline for Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Obesity published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

13 Jan 2023

Machine learning-based behavioral intervention can improve end-of-life cancer care

Electronic nudges delivered to health care clinicians based on a machine learning algorithm that predicts mortality risk quadrupled rates of conversations with patients about their end-of-life care preferences, according to the long-term results of a randomized clinical trial published by Penn Medicine investigators in JAMA Oncology today.

12 Jan 2023

Despite doctors’ concerns, University of California renews ties with religious affiliates

As the University of California's health system renews contracts with hundreds of outside hospitals and clinics — many with religious affiliations — some of its doctors and faculty want stronger language to ensure that physicians can perform the treatments they deem appropriate, including abortions for women or hysterectomies for transgender patients.

12 Jan 2023

CAR T cell therapy may enhance the effectiveness of surgery for solid tumors

CAR T cell therapy, an approach which reprograms patients' own immune cells to attack their blood cancers, may enhance the effectiveness of surgery for solid tumors, according to a preclinical study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

11 Jan 2023

Health Systems News and Research

MD Anderson collaborates with the Republic of Indonesia to expand its global oncology efforts

What were the effects of prolonged personal protective equipment use during the COVID-19 pandemic?

India’s ‘chit fund’ system may help meet the health needs of people

Can reducing air pollution prevent multimorbidity?

Mount Sinai scientists earn $12 million to elucidate novel causes of food allergies and atopic dermatitis

Calorie counting better for weight loss than intermittent fasting

£150 million government funding to better support people experiencing mental health crises

Participants using Huma's clinical trial platform have high levels of engagement in COVID-19 study

TOS and OAC support the evidence-based view of obesity presented in new AAP clinical guideline

Machine learning-based behavioral intervention can improve end-of-life cancer care

Despite doctors’ concerns, University of California renews ties with religious affiliates

CAR T cell therapy may enhance the effectiveness of surgery for solid tumors

Did people use mental health services more during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Study suggests that long-COVID is associated with physical inactivity

New survey shows increase in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022

ASPIRE Program at HUP marks an important investment in the future of nursing

Diagnostic technologies in Asia Pacific are key to progress toward health-related SDGs

ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them

Analysis highlights substantial cost savings by reducing sedation for pediatric brain MRI examinations

Machine learning used to generate a new holistic model for coronary artery disease

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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