EurekAlert! News by Subject: Medicine & Health - Home

Medicine & Health

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Jun-2026 05:16 ET (23-Jun-2026 09:16 GMT/UTC)

Study finds regional differences in sickle cell disease in New York state

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health finds that sickle cell disease care is unevenly distributed across regions in New York State. New York City has the largest proportion of hospitalizations and Long Island has the highest charges for care, but hospital stays are longer in other areas with less access to specialized care, according to the study published in JAMA Network Open.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Housing insecurity, incident geriatric conditions, and mortality in community-living older persons

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study of community-living older U.S. persons, poor housing affordability was associated with higher risks of frailty, disability, dementia, and mortality, and poor housing quality was associated with higher risks of frailty, disability, and mortality. These findings highlight housing insecurity as a clinically relevant social determinant of health among older persons.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

International availability and price of ultraexpensive drugs in Medicare Part D

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: Despite rapid expansion of ultraexpensive drugs in Medicare Part D, this cohort study found that availability in comparable economies remains limited, and internationally unavailable products often have higher per-beneficiary spending, underscoring their fiscal significance.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Birth after uterus transplant

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This single-center study demonstrates that uterus transplant can result in a live birth for women with absolute uterine factor infertility. These data support the feasibility of uterus transplant in specialized, multidisciplinary centers capable of integrating transplant surgery, reproductive medicine, and maternal fetal care. Ongoing reporting and data sharing will be essential to refine risk estimates and optimize patient counseling as the uterus transplant field continues to mature.

Journal: JAMA

Dr. Hannah Cabré appointed assistant professor and director of the Aging, Gynecology, and Endocrinology Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical

Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Business Announcement

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Hannah Cabré as an Assistant Professor, effective May 1. Dr. Cabré, an emerging leader in the field of nutrition, aging and women’s health, will lead the newly established Aging, Gynecology, and Endocrinology Laboratory.

UVA scientists elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

University of Virginia Health System
Grant and Award Announcement

Two University of Virginia scientists have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a storied group founded during the Revolutionary War by John Adams, John Hancock and 60 other scholar-patriots to advance the public good.

'Nose noticeability' affects facial attractiveness, reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®

Wolters Kluwer Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Attractiveness of the nose affects how people view the face – with attractive noses actually drawing less attention than unattractive noses, reports a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Journal: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

New laws cut cannabis arrests, but racial disparities persist

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While recreational cannabis laws have significantly reduced arrests for cannabis possession and sales, racial disparities in arrests still exist, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and The University of Texas at Austin. The authors suggest that recreational cannabis laws do not fully resolve underlying systemic inequities.

Journal: American Economic Journal Economic Policy

Azide-to-diazo conversion offers safer route to versatile diazo compounds

Tokyo University of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Diazoacetic acid esters are important intermediates in drug and agrochemical synthesis, but their preparation typically requires hazardous diazomethane. Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science developed a safer method using a Michael addition-mediated azide-to-diazo conversion. By pretreating 2-azidoacrylic acid esters with a bulky phosphine followed by nucleophile addition, they produced β-heteroatom-substituted diazo esters without toxic precursors. This simpler approach offers a practical and flexible route to access diverse organonitrogen compounds.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition