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New approach to immunotherapy provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response in preclinical models

A new approach to cancer immunotherapy that uses one type of immune cell to kill another - rather than directly attacking the cancer - provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response that shrinks ovarian, lung, and pancreatic tumors in preclinical disease models, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

25 Oct 2022

Minorities with common form of lung cancer face longer wait times for receiving radiation therapy

A new study has revealed significant racial disparities in how quickly minorities with the most common form of lung cancer receive potentially lifesaving radiation therapy compared with their white counterparts.

25 Oct 2022

Hospitals said they lost money on Medicare patients. Some made millions, a state report finds.

Atrium Health, the largest hospital system in North Carolina, has declared publicly that in 2019 it provided $640 million in services to Medicare patients that were never paid for, by far the largest "community benefit" it provided that year.

25 Oct 2022

Regenstrief Institute and Indiana Department of Health partner on an influenza surveillance data pilot study

Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana Department of Health are collaborating on an influenza surveillance data pilot study to provide in-depth data and analysis of the spread of Influenza in Indiana, similar to how Regenstrief has provided data on COVID-19.

20 Oct 2022

Study uses pluripotent stem cell models to investigate stress response in PTSD patients

Stem cell-derived neurons from combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) react differently to a stress hormone than those from veterans without PTSD, a finding that could provide insights into how genetics can make someone more susceptible to developing PTSD following trauma exposure.

20 Oct 2022

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have learned that the way the brain processes the complex emotion of regret may be linked to an individual's ability to cope with stress, and altered in psychiatric disorders like depression.

19 Oct 2022

Medically tailored meals could result in net cost savings of $13.6 billion each year

Adopting more programs that make and deliver medically tailored meals to people with serious, diet-sensitive diseases could result not only in improved health outcomes in the form of fewer hospitalizations nationally, but in a net cost savings of approximately $13.6 billion each year, according to new research from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

17 Oct 2022

The impact of COVID-19 on the metrics for stroke care

A recent study evaluated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke code (SC) metrics.

14 Oct 2022

Researchers receive £9.8m to tackle the rising challenge of non-communicable diseases in West Africa

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are teaming up with the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons to tackle the rising challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in West Africa.

14 Oct 2022

HIV patients with moderate immune suppression at greater risk of severe COVID-19 "breakthrough" infection

People with HIV who have moderate immune suppression appear to be at greater risk of severe COVID-19 "breakthrough" infection after vaccination, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

13 Oct 2022

‘Massive global failure’ led to COVID-19 deaths and reversal of UN goals, report says

Global failures on multiple levels led to a “staggering death toll” from COVID-19 and the reversal of advances made towards UN development goals, a report by the Lancet’s Commission on the pandemic says.

13 Oct 2022

World Mental Health Day 2022: Mental Health for All

News-Medical speaks to Prof. Charlotte Hanlon, psychiatrist and researcher, about her work within the field of Global Mental Health and the importance of raising awareness around this year's theme, "Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority."

10 Oct 2022

Research identifies new clue for preventing and treating gliomas

An important new clue for preventing and treating brain tumors known as gliomas has been identified in research led by the Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine.

7 Oct 2022

Two studies show increasing signs of severe strain in U.S. emergency care

Despite decades of effort to change emergency care at American hospitals and cope with ever-growing numbers of patient visits, the system is showing increasing signs of severe strain, according to two new studies.

7 Oct 2022

Specific brain circuit initially implicated in animals found to be impaired in people with cocaine or heroin addiction

White matter in the brain that was previously implicated in animal studies has now been suggested to be specifically impaired in the brains of people with addiction to cocaine or heroin, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Baylor College of Medicine.

6 Oct 2022

Health Systems News and Research

New approach to immunotherapy provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response in preclinical models

Minorities with common form of lung cancer face longer wait times for receiving radiation therapy

Hospitals said they lost money on Medicare patients. Some made millions, a state report finds.

Regenstrief Institute and Indiana Department of Health partner on an influenza surveillance data pilot study

Study uses pluripotent stem cell models to investigate stress response in PTSD patients

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

Medically tailored meals could result in net cost savings of $13.6 billion each year

The impact of COVID-19 on the metrics for stroke care

Researchers receive £9.8m to tackle the rising challenge of non-communicable diseases in West Africa

HIV patients with moderate immune suppression at greater risk of severe COVID-19 "breakthrough" infection

‘Massive global failure’ led to COVID-19 deaths and reversal of UN goals, report says

World Mental Health Day 2022: Mental Health for All

Research identifies new clue for preventing and treating gliomas

Two studies show increasing signs of severe strain in U.S. emergency care

Specific brain circuit initially implicated in animals found to be impaired in people with cocaine or heroin addiction

Vaccine hesitancy not the main barrier to immunization in low-income countries

New project secures NIH funding to tackle chronic health disparities

What are the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and SARS-CoV-2 infection on mental health?

Routine newborn screening for sickle cell disease urgently needed to save lives in Africa

Black women more likely to die from breast cancer despite lower incidence, ACS report finds

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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