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UCSF's new certification raises bar for spine surgery excellence

University of California - San Francisco
Business Announcement

UCSF Health has earned The Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification in Spine Surgery for the high standards of care it offers to patients throughout Northern California at the UCSF Spine Center.

Premature menopause raises long-term heart risk by 40%

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women who enter natural menopause before age 40 face about a 40% higher lifetime risk of developing coronary heart disease than women who experience menopause later, according to a large Northwestern Medicine study that is the first to calculate lifetime heart risk associated with premature menopause. The findings suggest that doctors should routinely ask women about age at menopause, using the menopausal transition as an opportunity to identify higher-risk women and intervene earlier.

Journal: JAMA Cardiology

Premature menopause and lifetime risk of coronary heart disease

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study, premature menopause was associated with 40% higher lifetime risk of coronary heart disease in Black and white women. This suggests that premature onset of menopause is an important risk-enhancing factor for lifetime risk and should be routinely assessed in clinical practice to consider intensification of preventive efforts.

Journal: JAMA Cardiology

Psychedelic therapy vs antidepressants for the treatment of depression under equal unblinding conditions

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In trials of depression, psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) was not more effective than open-label traditional antidepressants (TADs). Blinding made a difference for TADs, but not for PAT, confirming that PAT trials are effectively always open label. These results argue against highly optimistic narratives surrounding PAT and highlight the importance of blinding integrity.

Journal: JAMA Psychiatry

Are psychedelics better than antidepressants? New study says no

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Psychedelic-assisted therapy may be no more effective than traditional antidepressants when patients know what drugs they are actually taking, according to a first-of-its kind analysis that compared how well each type of drug worked for major depression.

Journal: JAMA Psychiatry

Good call: Earlier reminders cut missed doctor visits

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Decreasing the number of missed doctor’s appointments may be a relatively simple fix, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Arlington.

Journal: Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice

Student team developing efficient kidney stone removal device wins $50,000 at Duke-NUS innovation challenge

Duke-NUS Medical School
Grant and Award Announcement

The winning prototype is a next-generation healthcare solution designed to address real-world solutions for critical clinical challenges. It’s part of the broader research and innovation curriculum at Duke-NUS, to nurture clinician-innovators and MedTech leaders who can translate breakthrough ideas into solutions that improve patients’ lives.MedTech leaders who can translate breakthrough ideas into solutions that improve patients’ lives.

JMIR Publications partners with the University of Helsinki for unlimited OA publishing

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

JMIR Publications, a leading open-access digital health research publisher, and the University of Helsinki are pleased to announce a new Flat-Fee Unlimited Open Access Publishing Agreement.

Healthy life extension positioned as geroscience’s north star

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — March 18, 2026 — A new editorial was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on March 10, 2026, titled “Healthy life extension: Geroscience’s north star.”

Journal: Aging-US