Medicine & Health

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17-Jun-2025

Drug treatment among women increases with access to social safety net programs

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women with drug use disorder (DUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) are more likely to receive treatment when enrolled in Medicaid alongside other government assistance programs such as childcare, employment services, and SNAP benefits.

Journal

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

17-Jun-2025

 

City of Hope awarded $23.7 million to map biomarkers linked to treatment resistance in patients with common lung cancer

City of Hope
Grant and Award Announcement

City of Hope has been awarded an up to $23.7 million contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will help City of Hope create a bio map of tumor changes that cause immunotherapy resistance in advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Funder

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

17-Jun-2025

Clinical trial for teens shows improved health outcomes for type 1 diabetes

The Hospital for Sick Children
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study in teenagers with type one diabetes shows promise in reducing chronic kidney disease and informing future precision care.

Journal

Nature Medicine

17-Jun-2025

New bachelor’s degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

University of Arizona Health Sciences
Business Announcement

New bachelor’s degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

17-Jun-2025

 

Cardiac biomarkers linked to future cancer risk, even without heart disease

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cardiac biomarkers linked to future cancer risk, even without heart disease

Journal

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

17-Jun-2025

Immune ‘dysregulation’ present prior to infection predicts severe responses

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Stanford Medicine-led research finds that a gene signature capturing immune health or dysfunction can forecast patient outcomes following subsequent viral or bacterial infections.

Journal

Immunology

17-Jun-2025

 

Bayesian learning boosts gene research accuracy

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a new computational tool that helps scientists pinpoint proteins known as transcriptional regulators that control how genes turn on and off.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

Rally Foundation, Sam Day Foundation, Children’s Cancer Fund (Dallas), Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas