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Study finds colorectal cancer screening intervention had similar effects across race/ethnicity at federally qualified health centers

American Academy of Family Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Racially and ethnically minoritized patients are underscreened for colorectal cancer, resulting in racial/ethnic disparities. This study examined an intervention consisting of a mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) to patients due for screening, plus patient navigation for positive tests, at two federally qualified health centers (FQHC) systems in North Carolina.

Journal: The Annals of Family Medicine

Researchers in China examine use of AI-assisted ultrasound by general practitioners to detect carotid artery plaque

American Academy of Family Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Carotid plaque is a buildup in the walls of the arteries of the neck that is associated with the onset of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. This study examined whether general practitioners (GPs) in China could reliably detect carotid plaque using AI-enhanced point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) following structured training.

Journal: The Annals of Family Medicine

Primary Care Engaged Research for Cancer Survivorship Care (PERCS) initiative promotes comprehensive care for cancer survivors

American Academy of Family Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This special report describes the Primary Care Engaged Research for Cancer Survivorship Care (PERCS) initiative, a National Cancer Institute-funded umbrella of four system-level randomized controlled trials designed to improve how primary care clinicians deliver survivorship care to more than 18 million cancer survivors in the US.

Journal: The Annals of Family Medicine

"School of Caring" program eases burden and improves well-being for informal dementia caregivers

American Academy of Family Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study in rural Spain evaluated the effectiveness of a program called the School of Caring, a nine-session weekly group program for informal caregivers of people with dementia. The program combined dementia education, psychological support, and guidance on community resources for 132 informal caregivers.

Journal: The Annals of Family Medicine

Mayo Clinic study details set of options family medicine physicians may consider to treat ME/CFS and long covid

American Academy of Family Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

U.S. prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a multisystem neurologic disease and debilitating chronic condition, averaged 1 million to 2.5 million before the COVID-19 pandemic. Incidence rates are now reported to be 15 times greater, related at least in part to long COVID. This retrospective chart review analyzed records of medications and supplements tried before specialty consultation from 571 adults with ME/CFS seen at a Mayo Clinic specialty clinic from 2018 to 2022.

Journal: The Annals of Family Medicine

Monell Center announces inaugural awardees of the Stephen Manheimer Scholarship in Flavor Science

Monell Chemical Senses Center
Grant and Award Announcement

The Monell Chemical Senses Center proudly announced the inaugural awardees of the Stephen Manheimer Scholarship in Flavor Science. The two graduate student awardees are tackling distinct challenges in flavor science: one investigating how saliva influences the lingering taste of sugar alternatives, the other using computational modelling to identify "primary odors" that could simplify flavor design.

Whole organ 3D imaging reveals remaining insulin producing cells in type 1 diabetes

Umea University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Umeå University have conducted a unique three-dimensional mapping of an entire human pancreas. The study shows that insulin-producing cells can remain long after the onset of type 1 diabetes – a finding that suggests the disease progression is more complex than previously assumed.

Journal: Science Advances

Preventing Schwann cells from producing GDNF may reduce NF1 pain

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New findings from researchers at Cincinnati Children's suggest that pain in NF1 may begin before tumors appear.

Journal: Science Signaling

Changing what’s possible: Michigan’s first combined intestinal and kidney transplant

Henry Ford Health
Business Announcement

After nearly two decades of life-threatening illness, repeated complications, and organ failure, 33-year-old Briana Dery of Twining, Mich., is looking ahead to a healthy future, after successfully undergoing one of the rarest and most complex procedures in modern medicine. On January 14, 2026, she became the first person in Michigan to receive a new intestinal transplant and a new kidney in a single combined transplant operation.