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Enhanced beverages are gaining strong market position, despite awareness of high sugar content

Enhanced beverages are gaining a strong market position, especially since consumers are seeking out products that benefit their health.

18 Oct 2019

Fitbit and Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance team up to address gaps in atrial fibrillation

The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit today announced at the TIME 100 Health Summit in New York that they are working together to help drive timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AFib) with the aim of improving earlier detection in individuals at increased risk of stroke.

17 Oct 2019

New research center will encompass a myriad of muscle science and disease investigations

With collaborating labs across the University of Washington campus and at other Seattle-area institutions and beyond, the Center for Translational Muscle Research will encompass a myriad of muscle science and disease investigations.

17 Oct 2019

Research suggests nontraditional approach can improve outcomes for 'high-need, high-cost' patients

In crisis and with nowhere else to turn, thousands of patients with complex needs -- serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders -- every year flock to emergency rooms in Harris County, Texas and across the country.

17 Oct 2019

VHA psychiatric units have lower rates of patient safety events than general hospitals

Inpatient psychiatric units at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical centers have lower rates of adverse events and medical errors, compared to psychiatric units at general hospitals, reports a study in the November issue of Medical Care.

17 Oct 2019

Study finds little evidence of 'immigrant health paradox' among Arab Americans

First generation immigrants to the United States from Latin America, South America, and Asia have been shown to have better health outcomes and behaviors than second generation (born in the U.S. to immigrant parents) and third generation (born in the U.S. to U.S.-born parents with immigrant heritage) immigrants -- a phenomenon known as the "immigrant health paradox."

17 Oct 2019

Training social workers to address and respond to the opioid epidemic

Nancy Ochoa was 15 years old the first time she used heroin with a group of friends. At 16, four months after the birth of her first child, her occasional drug use had turned into a "necessity."

17 Oct 2019

Penn researcher-led study aims to improve long-term outcomes of lung transplants

Lung transplantation can be a life-extending option, but severe postoperative complications-including reduced lung function caused by organ rejection-often affect a recipients' quality of life and limit long-term survival.

17 Oct 2019

Sen. Grassley questions UVA Health on findings from KHN investigation

In response to a Kaiser Health News investigation into University of Virginia Health System's aggressive collection practices, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter Thursday demanding answers to questions about UVA's billing practices, financial assistance policies and even its prices.

17 Oct 2019

Study compares costs, outcomes of surgeries at teaching and non-teaching hospitals

Patients with a high risk of dying after surgery, including those with multiple chronic diseases, benefit from undergoing general or vascular procedures at a major teaching hospital as opposed to a non-teaching hospital, according to a study from researchers at Penn Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

17 Oct 2019

Modern humans do not tend to gain weight from emotional eating after a bad breakup

That pint of ice cream after a nasty breakup may not do as much damage as you think. Despite the emotional turmoil, people on average do not report gaining weight after a relationship dissolution, according to new research.

17 Oct 2019

Researchers to study efficacy of RESHAPE program to reduce stigma of primary care providers

Researchers from the George Washington University, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division of the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal, Duke University, and King's College London are developing a strategy to reduce mental health stigma among health care providers and subsequently improve detection of patients with mental illness.

17 Oct 2019

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Enhanced beverages are gaining strong market position, despite awareness of high sugar content

Fitbit and Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance team up to address gaps in atrial fibrillation

New research center will encompass a myriad of muscle science and disease investigations

Research suggests nontraditional approach can improve outcomes for 'high-need, high-cost' patients

VHA psychiatric units have lower rates of patient safety events than general hospitals

Study finds little evidence of 'immigrant health paradox' among Arab Americans

Training social workers to address and respond to the opioid epidemic

Penn researcher-led study aims to improve long-term outcomes of lung transplants

Sen. Grassley questions UVA Health on findings from KHN investigation

Study compares costs, outcomes of surgeries at teaching and non-teaching hospitals

Modern humans do not tend to gain weight from emotional eating after a bad breakup

Researchers to study efficacy of RESHAPE program to reduce stigma of primary care providers

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Democrats do drugs (prices)

Electronic medical record system may improve efforts to prevent antibiotic drug resistance

Green areas in cities can improve the wellbeing of urban citizens

Improving health insurance literacy may help minimize financial hardship among cancer survivors

Lack of physician training about eating disorders leading to avoidable deaths

Federal proposals to block Medicaid funding would affect community health centers

Tadataka and Leslie Yamada's $10 million gift will fuel new U-M Center for Global Health Equity

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Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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