Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis find evidence that elevated stress exposure and its inflammatory correlates may contribute to Black-White racial disparities in mortality risk.

People who commonly experience everyday discrimination are more likely to have higher levels of “exhausted” white blood cells, suggesting that the chronic stress of discrimination may hamper the immune system, according to a new study by NYU School of Global Public Health researchers. 

A University of Arizona team will research and develop a super-resolution lymphatic imaging system.

A transdisciplinary team led by Southcentral Foundation, a Tribal healthcare organization in Anchorage, Alaska, has been awarded a competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health to address American Indian and Alaska Native health disparities in genomic research.

Spinal metastasis, or the spread of cancer to the spine, is a frequent complication of advanced cancer. Surgery may be an option for patients with a favorable prognosis, while palliative care may be recommended for patients with limited life expectancy. An accurate prognosis is essential for selecting appropriate treatment, but traditional scoring systems rely on outdated data and do not reflect recent advances in cancer therapy that have improved survival rates. Researchers in Japan developed a simple, highly accurate prognostic prediction system using large-scale prospective data from spinal metastasis patients who received modern cancer treatments.

A groundbreaking new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that medicines used to treat gout can also reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with gout.

The new research, which is published in JAMA Internal Medicine, shows that treating gout to target blood urate levels also prevents heart attacks and stroke. The study is led by Professor Abhishek from the School of Medicine at the University along with colleagues at Keele University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the UK, Gothenburg University in Sweden, and Polytechnic University of Marche in Italy.  

About The Study: This study found that universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) may be associated with reduced child protective services (CPS) involvement, particularly for child neglect, and may help mitigate racial and ethnic disparities in CPS involvement. Reductions in child neglect associated with UPK could benefit children’s health and well-being in the short- and long-term; these findings offer insights for policymakers and advocates regarding broader benefits associated with UPK.