A multicenter study published in hLife has developed a novel risk prediction model for postoperative infections in kidney and liver transplant recipients. The research, involving 615 patients from six Chinese hospitals, identified previously overlooked predictors such as tea-drinking habits, psychological guilt scores, and dietary rhythms. The model achieved an area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.78 in the training set, demonstrating strong predictive performance. These findings highlight the importance of integrating behavioral and psychological factors into clinical risk assessment, paving the way for more holistic post-transplant care strategies.

The American Pediatric Society (APS) proudly announces Bruce D. Gelb, as the recipient of the 2026 APS John Howland Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Society. Widely regarded as the most prestigious recognition in academic pediatrics, the award celebrates Dr. Gelb’s outstanding contributions to advancing child health and the field of pediatrics.

Researchers from the University of South Florida have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi — an invasive and deadly malaria-carrying mosquito — ever detected in Madagascar.

Frailty threatens older individuals because it increases their vulnerability to detrimental health outcomes, such as falling, longer hospitalization, or even shortened life expectancy.  New research exploring the linkage between frailty and mortality risk in the oldest-living companion dogs points to retaining gonad function as a potent strategy to fight late-life frailty.

Every day, 17 Americans die while waiting for an organ transplant. Opt-out organ donation policies, which enroll everyone into post-mortem donation programs by default unless people choose to opt out, have been touted as a way to increase the supply of desperately needed organs. But opt-out organ donation policies may reduce living organ donations, leaving systems no better supplied with lifesaving organs.