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Understanding the relationship between premenstrual symptoms and perinatal mood disorders

Women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) have a higher risk of perinatal depression. Conversely, women with perinatal depression have a higher risk of developing premenstrual disorders.

28 Mar 2024

Using microbiota analysis for health and disease management

The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota.

28 Mar 2024

Study provides a hopeful direction for the management of penile squamous cell carcinoma

In a recent multi-center study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers examined the effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on patients suffering from locally advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC).

28 Mar 2024

Benchmarking lifestyle medicine's effectiveness with new performance measures

An expert panel has published the first performance measures to identify remission and evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle medicine treatments, which will allow more objective comparisons between lifestyle behavior interventions and other non-lifestyle treatments.

28 Mar 2024

How do acetylsalicylic acid and warfarin interact with various nutrients?

45 drug-nutrient interactions (DNIs) that modify micro-nutritional status, particularly focusing on how acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and warfarin may affect patients through various mechanisms.

28 Mar 2024

ChatGPT shines in medical summary task, struggles with field-specific relevance

Study assesses ChatGPT's capability to summarize medical abstracts, revealing high efficiency in producing concise, accurate summaries but highlighting challenges in accurately assessing article relevance to specific medical fields.

28 Mar 2024

Improving NHS staff conditions essential for service and patient outcomes

Looking after the NHS workforce is not only an ethical imperative but also a sound investment and must be a top priority, say experts in the third report of The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS.

27 Mar 2024

Unhoused people face elevated dementia rates compared to general population

Dementia in unhoused people was 1.9 times greater than the general population, with a higher prevalence for age groups younger than 85 years, according to new research from Lawson Health Research Institute and ICES.

27 Mar 2024

Managing the rise in STIs among older adults

A new research review presented at a pre-congress day for this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024, Barcelona, 27-30 April) will look at how to manage the rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in older people, such as gonorrhea, syphilis, and genital warts.

27 Mar 2024

Navigating school attendance: Parents weigh physical and mental health in decisions

Study explores how parents decide whether their children should attend school or stay home due to sickness, revealing a cautious approach when in doubt, and highlights the significant consideration of mental health alongside physical well-being.

27 Mar 2024

Researchers develop a risk prediction model for cisplatin-induced kidney damage

Using patient data from six major U.S. cancer centers, Brigham researchers and collaborators developed a risk prediction model for moderate-to-severe kidney injury after receiving the chemotherapy drug cisplatin in the largest, first generalizable study of its kind.

27 Mar 2024

Extreme poverty linked to unexpected high cardiovascular risks

Research uncovers a surprising prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults in extreme poverty, challenging assumptions about lower risks due to their lifestyle and diet, and underscores the need for targeted health interventions and policies.

27 Mar 2024

WHO and World Bank release alarming report on universal health coverage stagnation

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report, revealing an alarming stagnation in the progress towards providing people everywhere with quality, affordable, and accessible health care.

27 Mar 2024

WHO releases first roadmap to combat postpartum hemorrhage worldwide

WHO today released its first roadmap to tackle postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) – defined as excessive bleeding after childbirth - which affects millions of women annually and is the world's leading cause of maternal deaths.

27 Mar 2024

Mobile memory tests offer new hope for Alzheimer's detection

Dedicated memory tests on smartphones enable the detection of "mild cognitive impairment", a condition that may indicate Alzheimer's disease, with high accuracy.

27 Mar 2024

Weight loss drugs associated with increased risk of aspiration pneumonia following endoscopy

New research from Cedars-Sinai suggests people who are scheduled for certain medical procedures should stop taking popular weight loss drugs in the days or weeks prior to avoid complications.

27 Mar 2024

Evolving brain sizes from 1930 to 1970 could signal decreased dementia risk, researchers say

Changes in skull and brain size, as well as the thickness of the cortex, across individuals born between the years 1930 and 1970.

27 Mar 2024

Multiomic approach boosts disease prediction accuracy beyond traditional methods

Study highlights the significant enhancement in predicting common diseases like heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and prostate cancer by integrating polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and gut microbiome scores with conventional risk factors, showcasing the potential of multiomic approaches in personalized medicine.

26 Mar 2024

Saving lives and reducing costs by implementing shared digital NHS prescribing record

Implementing a single shared digital prescribing record across the NHS in England could avoid nearly 1 million drug errors every year, stopping up to 16,000 fewer patients from being harmed, and saving up to 22 lives every year, suggests a modelling study, published online in BMJ Quality & Safety.

26 Mar 2024

Columbia researchers secure $38.95 million ARPA-H contract to build a living knee replacement

A team of researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Columbia Engineering has been awarded up to a $38.95 million contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to build a living knee replacement from biomaterials and human stem cells, including a patient's own cells.

26 Mar 2024

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Understanding the relationship between premenstrual symptoms and perinatal mood disorders

Using microbiota analysis for health and disease management

Study provides a hopeful direction for the management of penile squamous cell carcinoma

Benchmarking lifestyle medicine's effectiveness with new performance measures

How do acetylsalicylic acid and warfarin interact with various nutrients?

ChatGPT shines in medical summary task, struggles with field-specific relevance

Improving NHS staff conditions essential for service and patient outcomes

Unhoused people face elevated dementia rates compared to general population

Managing the rise in STIs among older adults

Navigating school attendance: Parents weigh physical and mental health in decisions

Researchers develop a risk prediction model for cisplatin-induced kidney damage

Extreme poverty linked to unexpected high cardiovascular risks

WHO and World Bank release alarming report on universal health coverage stagnation

WHO releases first roadmap to combat postpartum hemorrhage worldwide

Mobile memory tests offer new hope for Alzheimer's detection

Weight loss drugs associated with increased risk of aspiration pneumonia following endoscopy

Evolving brain sizes from 1930 to 1970 could signal decreased dementia risk, researchers say

Multiomic approach boosts disease prediction accuracy beyond traditional methods

Saving lives and reducing costs by implementing shared digital NHS prescribing record

Columbia researchers secure $38.95 million ARPA-H contract to build a living knee replacement

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