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Wartime study shows regular drills protect hospital emergency responses

Regular drills are crucial if a mass casualty plan is to work in a wartime situation. Focusing on staff safety in the plan itself and taking information flows into account are also important factors for success.

21 Sep 2026

Maternal depressive symptoms linked to higher infant mortality risk

Infants born to mothers with depressive symptoms immediately after delivery had a substantially higher risk of dying before their first birthday, according to researchers involved in a Rutgers-led study of more than 414,000 births in New Jersey.

17 Sep 2026

AI-driven health app helps patients achieve better blood pressure control

Incorporating a free smartphone app featuring AI-driven health coaching, blood pressure monitoring, and behavioral incentives into a hospital's existing clinical workflows helps patients make meaningful reductions in blood pressure, findings that suggest that digital apps may offer an effective means of extending care beyond the clinic when incorporated into treatment plans.

16 Sep 2026

NIH grant funds research on environmental triggers for sickle cell disease

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a $4.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study how everyday exposures affect the health of people with sickle cell disease.

1 Sep 2026

Digital technologies reshape clinical research and public health

JMIR Publications this week released seven feature News and Perspectives articles covering how digital tools are transforming clinical research, public health readiness, health care institutions, and consumer choices.

28 Aug 2026

Poison control calls could prevent many unnecessary pediatric ER visits

About 65% of young children brought to New Jersey emergency departments for suspected poisoning probably didn't need emergency care and could have stayed home if their families had called poison control before rushing to the hospital, according to Rutgers researchers.

27 Aug 2026

Study highlights strengths and barriers of remote heart failure care

Interviews with patients hospitalized for heart failure, caregivers, providers, and organizational leaders highlighted several strengths of Mighty Heart (a major clinical trial examining the effectiveness of in home and telehealth-enabled visits from paramedics) that may support its adoption and implementation across health systems, a Columbia Nursing-led study finds.

21 Aug 2026

Wearable ultrasound patch tracks critical central venous pressure

The patch probe, with a center frequency of 8.5 MHz, provides excellent spatial resolution and penetration depth.

18 Aug 2026

Drink spiking is not just a nightclub problem, new UK data suggest

A UK-wide analysis of Drinkaware surveys found that suspected drink spiking and needling are widely underreported, with only 7% of affected 2022 respondents reporting the incident to the police. The findings also reveal gaps in public awareness, demographic differences in reported experiences, and psychological and physical effects that some respondents said persisted for decades.

17 Aug 2026

Simple scheduling change can improve health and well-being of night-shift physicians

University of Missouri researchers have found that a simple scheduling change can improve the health and well-being of physicians working overnight shifts.

17 Aug 2026

Global epilepsy burden shifts expose widening healthcare access gaps

Epilepsy remains a major public health challenge, but its burden is changing in ways that reveal health inequalities.

14 Aug 2026

Study examines how public deliberation can strengthen public health policymaking

Public health policies are commonly evaluated by their financial costs and expected outcomes. However, policy decisions must also be supported by strong evidence, political feasibility, effective implementation, and public trust to achieve lasting public health benefits.

13 Aug 2026

Studies link traumatic brain injury to high mortality in Pakistan

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Pakistan is associated with a high risk of death and disability long after the initial injury, even in mild to moderate cases, according to two new studies in JAMA Network Open led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

13 Aug 2026

UC San Diego and West Health launch new national healthcare model

America's health care system is under pressure with demand rising, hospital capacity strained and the number of patients who need care the most increasing faster than the system was built to serve.

12 Aug 2026

Automated oxygen delivery system improves precision for hospitalized patients

A University of Colorado Anschutz-led clinical trial has found an automated oxygen delivery system helped hospitalized patients spend significantly more time in their target oxygen range compared with standard care, while also reducing exposure to both low and high oxygen levels.

3 Aug 2026

Novel bioinspired dressing uses body force to heal wounds

A bioinspired material, developed by scientists at Imperial College London, accelerates wound healing and the repair of human skin.

27 Jul 2026

Burnout causes emergency physicians to leave Canadian health care

Burnout is pushing emergency physicians to leave the specialty, or to reduce clinical hours, adding to the body of research pointing to a crisis in health care in Canada, according to a new study published in CMAJ.

27 Jul 2026

New AI framework prioritizes high quality patient care in hospitals

A UVA Health emergency medicine doctor and colleague at Clemson University have developed a framework to help hospitals integrate artificial intelligence to not just increase efficiency and cut costs but ensure high-quality patient care remains the top priority.

21 Jul 2026

NHS data highlights racial disparities in medical training recruitment

Black and Asian doctors in the UK are up to 30 times less likely to be offered medical training posts in some specialties than white candidates, shows data published exclusively by The BMJ today.

15 Jul 2026

Irritable patients changed physicians’ emotions but not decisions

Irritable patient behavior influences physician emotions but does not alter clinical assessments, emphasizing the need for emotional resilience training.

15 Jul 2026