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Antibiotic resistance threatens millions of lives worldwide

More than 39 million people around the world could die from antibiotic-resistant infections over the next 25 years, according to a study published in The Lancet.

18 Sep 2024

FIFA and WHO unite to launch a concussion awareness initiative

In line with the Strategic Objectives for the Global Game: 2023–2027 and following on from the announcement at the IFAB AGM in March 2024, FIFA is launching Suspect and Protect: No Match is Worth the Risk, a concussion awareness campaign, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO).

18 Sep 2024

Keck Hospital of USC recognized as top performer in quality leadership

Keck Hospital of USC has been named a top performer in the 2024 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership award by Vizient, Inc., a leading health care performance improvement company.

18 Sep 2024

Underestimating health disparities based on self-reported data

A first-of-its kind analysis of data collected from England's annual health survey found that of the people who reported their health as 'poor', those living in areas of high deprivation are likely to have worse health than those living in the least deprived areas.

18 Sep 2024

Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad’s hospital monopoly after years of problems

Ballad Health, an Appalachian company with the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, may soon be required to improve its quality of care or face the possibility of being broken up.

18 Sep 2024

NIH-funded study compares eyelid surgeries for Trachomatous trichiasis

Trachomatous trichiasis, a potentially blinding condition where inward-turned eyelashes scratch the front of the eye, can successfully be treated by either of the two most common types of eyelid surgery, according to findings from a large comparison trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.

18 Sep 2024

Early specificity testing crucial for antibody drug safety

Integral Molecular, a leader in antibody discovery and characterization, has published new research in the journal mAbs, revealing that as many as one-third of antibody-based drugs exhibit nonspecific binding to unintended targets.

18 Sep 2024

Research highlights the importance of capturing social risk factors in healthcare

First-of-its-kind research by Tarang Parekh, assistant professor of epidemiology, reviewed the State Innovation Models (SIM), a payment system introduced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2013, which provides financial incentives to states to develop innovative payment models to improve healthcare systems.

17 Sep 2024

Socioeconomic disparities in coronary artery disease deaths linked to unhealthy behaviors

Lower socioeconomic status is associated with higher rates of death from coronary artery disease compared to higher socioeconomic status, and more than half of the disparities can be explained by four unhealthy behaviors.

17 Sep 2024

WHO calls for collaborative action to reduce diagnostic errors

Recognizing the urgent need for a broad-based effort globally to reduce errors in medical diagnosis, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on all stakeholders to "Get it right, make it safe!" as part of the World Patient Safety Day campaign on 17 September.

17 Sep 2024

UC San Diego Health trials spatial computing technology in operating room

Minimally invasive surgeons at UC San Diego Health are the first in the nation to evaluate the potential use of spatial computing apps on Apple Vision Pro in the operating room.

17 Sep 2024

New $3.26 million grant launches Undiagnosed Diseases Network site in New York

A new four-year, $3.26 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), establishes the first Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) site in the New York metropolitan area.

17 Sep 2024

Cutting smartphone use enhances well-being and job satisfaction

People who reduce their screen time on by merely one hour a day improve both their well-being and their motivation at work.

17 Sep 2024

Semaglutide vs. liraglutide: One-year weight loss efficacy in obesity and type 2 diabetes

Researchers compare the weight loss efficacy of injectable liraglutide and semaglutide.

17 Sep 2024

Unexpected six-month pattern of COVID-19 cases discovered in the U.S.

COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have shown unexpected oscillating waves every six months between the southern states and the northern states and, to a lesser degree, from east to west, according to new research published today in Scientific Reports.

16 Sep 2024

Lower neighborhood opportunity linked to increased risk of preterm birth

A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one's risk for preterm birth and contribute to the racial gap in preterm birth in the Commonwealth.

16 Sep 2024

UC study explores airborne transmission of MRSA in hospital settings

Even in a post-pandemic world, frontline health care workers face many occupational challenges, and exposure to infection is among them.

16 Sep 2024

Caregiver food insecurity impacts outcomes of pediatric hospitalizations

Food insecurity, which is the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, is associated with poor health outcomes and the increased need to use health care services.

16 Sep 2024

New study finds no bias in opioid treatment suggestions by AI models

A new study from Mass General Brigham researchers provides evidence that large language models (LLMs), used for generative artificial intelligence (AI), ChatGPT-4 and Google's Gemini, demonstrated no differences in suggested opioid treatment regimens for different races or sexes.

16 Sep 2024

Study reveals link between socioeconomic inequality and the risk of age-related macular degeneration

A recent study conducted by researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and Fudan University has revealed a significant association between socioeconomic status (SES) inequality and the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

16 Sep 2024