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Would you like that coffee with iron?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Microparticles containing iron or iodine could be used to fortify food and beverages to help fight malnutrition, according to new work from MIT researchers.

Journal: Matter
Funder: J-WAFS Fellowships for Water and Food Solutions

Quitting smoking is associated with recovery from other addictions

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Adults who smoke cigarettes and are addicted to alcohol or other drugs were more likely to achieve sustained remission of their substance use disorder symptoms if they also quit smoking, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Based on their analysis of data from a large U.S. study of smoking and health, researchers believe the results clearly show the benefit of pairing smoking cessation with addiction recovery efforts.

Journal: JAMA Psychiatry

Mount Sinai creates first manual for treating infection-associated chronic illness for clinicians

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Business Announcement

Free resource aims to improve diagnosis and care for patients living with long COVID and other complex chronic illnesses

UH study finds positive childhood experiences protect against disordered eating

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Houston researcher is reporting that various childhood experiences, both good and bad, may shape college students’ eating behaviors and positive childhood experiences can protect against disordered eating.

Journal: Adversity and Resilience Science

Tiny creatures, big insights: The microbial signature of the sea uncovered by copepods

Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international study has revealed that tiny planktonic crustaceans carry a unique microbial signature that better reflects ocean currents and environmental gradients than microbes found freely in seawater. As surface oceans become warmer and more nutrient-depleted, these host-associated microbes, especially those adapted to oligotrophic conditions as in the Mediterranean Sea, may offer early warning signs about the health of marine ecosystems.

Journal: Limnology and Oceanography Letters
Funder: Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)

Saving lives through simulation

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A transdisciplinary team of University of Pittsburgh and Kenyan researchers has developed a discrete event simulation (DES), a computer-based model, that reveals gaps in the blood transfusion continuum to help optimize the “vein-to-vein” process from collection to storage to delivery and transfusion in Kenya. The research, which provides the first quantitative model of the blood continuum in a low- to middle-income country (LMIC), is published in the article “Simulating the blood transfusion system in Kenya: Modelling methods and exploratory analyses” (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004587) in PLOS Global Public Health. I

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health
Funder: NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Team creativity can and should play a key role in primary care

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

Team creativity can be measured in primary care, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Primary care teams are essential to high-quality, patient-centered care yet face persistent challenges despite growing recognition of their operational expertise. Their role as a source of creative ideas for improving care is underleveraged while empirical tools for assessing and supporting creativity in primary care teams also remained scarce.

Journal: Health Care Management Review
Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality