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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Aug-2025 12:10 ET (15-Aug-2025 16:10 GMT/UTC)

20-May-2025

AI tool enables real-world assessment of eczema severity via smartphone photos

Keio University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers in Japan have developed an AI model that objectively evaluates atopic dermatitis (AD) severity using smartphone images shared by patients on the country’s largest online AD platform. This technology could help patients monitor their condition more precisely at home and support timely treatment decisions.

Journal: Allergy

19-May-2025

Eating craved foods with meals lessens cravings, boosts weight loss

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Small clinical study with obese dieters who had chronic health problems found that eating balanced meals and including craved foods with those meals helped dieters manage cravings, even into the yearlong maintenance phase of the program.

Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Funder: National Institute of Food and Agriculture

19-May-2025

Research spotlight: Gender differences in primary care physician earnings and outcomes

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, and Nicholas E. Daley, AB, of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are co-authors of a paper published in JAMA Health Forum, “Gender Differences in Primary Care Physician Earnings and Outcomes Under Medicare Advantage Value-Based Payment.”

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

19-May-2025

Rice’s Mikos elected to the European Academy of Sciences

Rice University
Grant and Award Announcement

Rice bioengineer Antonios Mikos has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences, an international body that recognizes excellence in scientific research and technological innovation.

19-May-2025

BeginNGS® Consortium announces Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease as its first Platinum member

Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine
Business Announcement

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM®) today announced that Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease has signed on as the first Platinum member of the BeginNGS Consortium

19-May-2025

Brain health score identified as key predictor of stroke risk among women

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women with a higher McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) – a score that measures physical, lifestyle, and social-emotional factors – have a lower risk of experiencing a stroke or other cerebrovascular event reducing blood flow to the brain, according to a new study conducted by experts from Mass General Brigham. The results are published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Journal: Neurology
Funder: Lavine Brain Health Innovation Fund, American Heart Association, MGH McCance Center for Brain Health, Henrietta B. and Frederick H. Bugher Foundation, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

19-May-2025

R. Rex and Carrol Parris make $10 million gift to launch USC Longevity Research Accelerator at Keck School of Medicine

Keck School of Medicine of USC
Grant and Award Announcement

Keck School of Medicine of USC will launch a new research initiative focused on extending the human health span with a $10 million transformative gift from R. Rex Parris and his wife Carrol Parris. The USC Parris Longevity Accelerator, to be led by Denis Evseenko, MD, PhD, professor of orthopedic surgery and regenerative medicine, will bring together experts from engineering, stem cell research and gerontology to uncover predictive biomarkers of aging and develop early interventions for age-related diseases. The USC Parris Longevity Accelerator aims to create treatments for major age-associated conditions like osteoarthritis, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative disorders, with the goal of bringing them to clinical trials within a few years.

Funder: R. Rex and Carrol Parris