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AARDEX Group: Founding member of the CancerX initiative drives innovation and improves follow up for cancer patients

Adherence specialist AARDEX Group is proud to announce it is a founding member of the CancerX initiative, bringing together diverse stakeholders to drive innovation and improve follow up for cancer patients.

24 Jul 2023

Is there an association between dementia risk and neighborhood disadvantage?

Researchers determined the association between the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) quintile and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) incidence.

24 Jul 2023

Exclusion of chronic kidney disease patients from cardiovascular trials leaves significant evidence gaps

Study looks at how and where patients with CKD have been excluded from CVD RCTs over the last two decades.

24 Jul 2023

Majority of cosmetic practitioners in the UK are not qualified medical doctors, study finds

According to an analysis of the UK's cosmetic injectables industry by UCL researchers, 68% of cosmetic practitioners who are administering injections such as Botox are not qualified medical doctors.

23 Jul 2023

Top 5 foods with the highest prebiotic content

There is growing evidence that consuming prebiotics - certain types of fiber often found in plants that stimulate beneficial bacteria in your gut - can help to maintain a healthy gut microbiome.

23 Jul 2023

Genetics may play a role in dietary choices

In one of the first large-scale studies of genes related to diet, researchers have uncovered almost 500 genes that appear to directly influence the foods we eat.

23 Jul 2023

Study: A planet-friendly diet could help people to live longer and healthier

Eating more planet-friendly foods could help you live a longer, healthier life, according to new research. Researchers found that people who followed a more environmentally sustainable diet were 25% less likely to die during a follow-up period of over 30 years compared to those with a less sustainable diet.

23 Jul 2023

New report highlights how telehealth has transformed the access to care across Michigan

In just three years, millions of people across Michigan's two huge peninsulas have taken advantage of their newfound ability to connect with their doctors, nurses and therapists through a computer or phone, a new report shows.

21 Jul 2023

Proposed Labor-HHS funding bill could put endocrine research, disease prevention, and treatment at risk

The Endocrine Society opposes severe funding cuts proposed in the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) funding bill that would put life-saving endocrine research, disease prevention, and treatment at risk.

21 Jul 2023

$200 million gift guarantees tuition-free medical education at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine

A transformative $200 million gift to NYU Long Island School of Medicine will ensure generations of medical students continue to receive a tuition-free, top-quality education focused on primary care.

21 Jul 2023

Giant health system almost saved a community hospital. Now, it wants to ‘extract every dollar.’

For most of last year, St. Agnes Medical Center, based in Fresno, California, looked like a white knight poised to rescue smaller Madera Community Hospital from financial ruin.

21 Jul 2023

ASBMB urges policymakers to sustain funding for NIH

On July 19, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology released a statement expressing concerns on the National Institutes of Health budget proposed in the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies funding bill.

21 Jul 2023

NHS data suggests inducing labor at 39 weeks may reduce inequalities in adverse outcomes

NHS data suggests inducing women with uncomplicated pregnancies at 39 weeks may reduce inequalities in adverse outcomes, according to a study by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine researchers and partners.

21 Jul 2023

American Heart Association invests in the future of heart and brain health research

More than 100 scientists from across the U.S. are receiving special grants to support their research work in finding innovative solutions to fight heart disease and stroke.

21 Jul 2023

Flu and COVID-19 report offers latest surveillance data and public health advice

This fortnightly flu and COVID-19 report brings together the latest surveillance data along with the latest public health advice.

21 Jul 2023

A model-based approach to estimating vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

A group of researchers examined the effectiveness of updated vaccines and variant-matched boosters.

21 Jul 2023

Medical debt is making Americans angry. Doctors and hospitals ignore this at their peril.

For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple case of pink eye that took four years to pay off. For Mary Curley, it was the threatening collection letters from a lab that arrived more than 2½ years later, just as her husband lost his job and the family was fighting to save their home.

21 Jul 2023

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AARDEX Group: Founding member of the CancerX initiative drives innovation and improves follow up for cancer patients

Is there an association between dementia risk and neighborhood disadvantage?

Exclusion of chronic kidney disease patients from cardiovascular trials leaves significant evidence gaps

Majority of cosmetic practitioners in the UK are not qualified medical doctors, study finds

Top 5 foods with the highest prebiotic content

Genetics may play a role in dietary choices

Study: A planet-friendly diet could help people to live longer and healthier

New report highlights how telehealth has transformed the access to care across Michigan

Proposed Labor-HHS funding bill could put endocrine research, disease prevention, and treatment at risk

$200 million gift guarantees tuition-free medical education at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine

Giant health system almost saved a community hospital. Now, it wants to ‘extract every dollar.’

ASBMB urges policymakers to sustain funding for NIH

NHS data suggests inducing labor at 39 weeks may reduce inequalities in adverse outcomes

American Heart Association invests in the future of heart and brain health research

Flu and COVID-19 report offers latest surveillance data and public health advice

A model-based approach to estimating vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Medical debt is making Americans angry. Doctors and hospitals ignore this at their peril.

Industry groups in California vie for new Medicaid money

Doctors created a primary care clinic as their former hospital struggled

Pertussis vaccination responses in COPD patients

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