Is a Global Pandemic Prevention Pact Within Reach?
Harvard Medical SchoolThe World Health Organization’s governing body is scheduled to meet on May 27 to discuss a critically needed plan for global pandemic preparedness.
The World Health Organization’s governing body is scheduled to meet on May 27 to discuss a critically needed plan for global pandemic preparedness.
The University of Illinois Chicago study will be the first to assess whether the natural product has anti-cancer effects that could benefit patients as they await surgical treatment.
The NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma are now available for free download at NCCN.org/patientguidelines, thanks to funding from the NCCN Foundation®.
The Federation of State Physician Health Programs, Inc. (FSPHP) was honored to receive the 2024 Award of Excellence in Physician Wellness from the Medical Professional Liability (MPL) Association on May 8 th during the 2024 MPL Association Conference in Washington DC.
May is both Brain Tumor Awareness Month and National Cancer Research Month. Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is dedicated to advancing health through a better understanding of cancer and brain tumors and developing new ways to treat and prevent them.
The projects share the overall goal of using technology in new ways to improve health, especially mental health and rehabilitation. Many of the projects use gamification techniques and apps to train healthy mental habits and support health care workers in providing optimal care.
A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that repeat vaccination with updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine promotes the development of antibodies that neutralize a wide range of variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as related coronaviruses.
Rutgers researchers, aided by international collaborators, have tracked the devastation war has made on Ukraine’s hospital system. Hundreds of hospitals in Ukraine have been forced to close or operate at a reduced capacity since Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European country in February 2022.
A significant link between the use of electronic cigarettes and earlier age of asthma onset in U.S. adults was reported by UTHealth Houston researchers today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open.
Mental health has become a part of wellness discussions in schools, workplaces and health care organizations. In higher education, there has been a greater focus on mental health as one component of wellness that supports students in learning and persisting through to graduation.
Researchers will showcase promising respiratory disease research at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2024 International Conference and ATS 2024 Respiratory Innovation Summit (RIS), May 17-22 in San Diego, California.
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine proudly announces the launch of its Women's Sports Medicine (WSM) program, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated exclusively to the health care needs of female athletes. This landmark program stands as the first of its kind in the Chicagoland area, offering a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to sports medicine for women and girls.
Mercy announces opening of the new Mercy Personal Physicians at Ellicott City and expansion of the Mercy Personal Physicians at Reisterstown as Mercy's network of primary/specialty care sites continues to grow.
Hudson Santos is an internationally renowned nurse investigator and educator who studies the impact of the social determinants of health on mothers and their children and has significantly increased the school’s research footprint.
Patients with very advanced solid tumors saw no significant improvement in overall survival after receiving systemic therapy, according to a study published today in JAMA Oncology by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Yale Cancer Center.
Mayo Clinic and Mercy are making a significant advancement in their global, first-of-its-kind 10-year collaboration agreement signed in the summer of 2022. As founding members of Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect, the two organizations will now be working together to analyze de-identified patient data as they search for new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent disease, providing better outcomes and lower costs of care.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) has announced the establishment of the new Department of Health Professions Education within its F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine. This new department aims to enhance healthcare education and workforce development within the Military Health System (MHS).
A new report from the American Association for Cancer Research explains the major drivers of cancer disparities and which groups are affected most. UChicago Medicine is prioritizing research initiatives that promote cancer equity.
A nationwide assessment of how nonprofit hospitals are addressing housing-related needs in their communities appears in the latest issue of Medical Care, the official journal of the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
A Memorial Hermann ER physician offers tips on how to avoid heat illness and dehydration this summer.
Americans have gotten used to seeing their doctors and other health care providers using telehealth video visits. But a new study reveals that what a doctor has behind them during a telehealth visit can make a difference in how the patient feels about them and their care. The more professional, the better.
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a significant portion of these deaths attributed to the aggressive nature of the disease and its resistance to traditional treatments. The study's findings offer a promising new avenue for therapeutic intervention by targeting the interaction between neutrophils and lung cancer cells, potentially improving patient outcomes.
Unbound Medicine, a pioneer in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, announces the expansion of Unbound Intelligence (UBI), a groundbreaking union of artificial intelligence (AI) and human expertise, into its end-to-end platform.
The Federation of State Physician Health Programs (FSPHP) is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Baron’s two-year term as President began following the FSPHP’s 2024 Annual Member Business Meeting.
A major UK study led by health experts at the University of Stirling has found that offering financial incentives is effective in helping men to lose weight.
During a congressional briefing today, leaders from American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA), along with associations representing other advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), outlined how current Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) billing and care restrictions are out of line with many state laws and briefed on a current legislative solution to address these outdated barriers.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Forsyth County EMS have launched a program, believed to be the first in North Carolina, designed to improve outcomes for patients suffering from cardiac arrest.
A collaborative NIH-funded team is using AI to mine common chest CT scans to predict mortality. Their research identified a collection of cardiac factors that were predictive of death in a large group of patients, potentially setting the stage for improved cardiac screening.
The Kansas Institute for Precision Medicine (KIPM) will continue its mission to improve health care by training physicians and scientists in precision medicine and supporting their research, thanks to a renewed Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Cedars-Sinai has named Stephanie Cohen as its new vice president of Government and Industry Relations. Cohen will play a vital role advocating for healthcare delivery, research, education and community benefit priorities with local, state and national policymakers.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law Senate Bill 1720/House Bill 2451, a vital patient protection measure that prevents the misleading use of medical specialty titles, including “anesthesiologist” and “anesthesiology” by unqualified individuals.
In a new research commentary, the Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Medicine Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine highlights how artificial intelligence stands on the threshold of making monumental contributions to the field of sleep medicine.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have uncovered insights as to why lupus symptoms and severity present differently in individuals with the autoimmune condition, which affects up to 1.5 million Americans.
The joint guideline is designed to help clinicians manage patients who have, or are at risk of developing, glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency. At least 1% of the global population uses chronic glucocorticoid therapy as anti-inflammatory or immune-suppressive agents.
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) were due to converge on text for a global pandemic agreement during their ninth and final negotiating session in March; however, insufficient progress was made in those two weeks, in terms of finding consensus.
A study among 57,006 adolescents shows daily electronic vapor use has significantly increased by more than three-and-one-half times from 2015 to 2019. In 2015, daily use was significantly higher in boys (2.8%) than girls (1.1%). By 2021, it was higher in girls (5.6%) than boys (4.5%).
ISPOR announced the publication of a report from the ISPOR Biosimilars Special Interest Group highlighting the need for clearer guidance on when and how to conduct health technology assessments (HTAs) for biosimilars.
Researchers from the University of Illinois have demonstrated the importance of cell-type-specific targeting in the treatment of HIV. Their study, published in PNAS, is one of the first to examine the differential or cell-type specific effects of HIV latency modulation on myeloid cells, a type of immune cell made in bone marrow.
Patients now have access to this next-generation BPH treatment providing clinically-proven, immediate and lasting results
The Federation of State Physician Health Programs, Inc. (FSPHP) announced the recipients of the 2024 FSPHP Board of Directors Service Awards and the 2024 Presidential Recognition Awards on April 17, 2024 during the FSPHP 2024 Annual Education Conference in Nashville, TN.
New research from Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) – recently published online in the journal Research in Nursing & Health – has successfully validated a new, streamlined version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI), originally authored in 2002 by Eileen T. Lake, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing, the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology, and Associate Director of CHOPR, who is also lead author on this publication.
Keck Medicine of USC has launched the USC Nursing Institute to promote education, leadership development, clinical expertise and research among nurses.