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Medicine & Health

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26-Aug-2025

Global study reveals alarming gaps in maternal health across Australia, USA, and UK

Flinders University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women across Australia, the United States (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) are having babies later in life, and a new international study warns that this shift brings rising health risks and widening inequalities in maternal care.

The review, led by researchers at Flinders University and published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, explores how pregnancy and birth have changed in Australia, the USA and UK over the past twenty years.

Journal: Journal of Clinical Medicine
Funder: A.L.A. is supported by a Future Making Fellowship from the University of Adelaide and funding from the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation, C.T.R. is supported by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (GNT1174971) and a Matthew Flinders Fellowship from Flinders University

26-Aug-2025

Largest ever study into cannabis use investigates risk of paranoia and poor mental health in the general population

King's College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in partnership with the University of Bath, has found that the reasons why a person chooses to use cannabis can increase their risk of developing paranoia.

Journal: BMJ Mental Health
Funder: Medical Research Council

26-Aug-2025

How a malaria-fighting breakthrough provides lasting protection

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A relatively new class of insecticide that can be disseminated on something the size of a sheet of paper offers protection for up to a year against mosquitoes that spread malaria, as well as dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, and Zika, UC San Francisco researchers have found.

Journal: EBioMedicine
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States Agency for International Development

26-Aug-2025

American Gastroenterological Association, Latica partner to assess living guidelines using real-world evidence

American Gastroenterological Association
Business Announcement

Palo Alto, CA and Bethesda, MD (Aug. 26, 2025) – American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is proud to announce a new collaboration with Latica, a leader in real-world clinical data and artificial intelligence-driven research solutions, to support a real-world evidence initiative: the IBD Living Guidelines Real-World Evidence Study. The study will be powered by Latica’s proprietary data platform and robust clinical datasets, in partnership with Latica’s GI Network, starting with data from Gastro Health and Allied Digestive Health, two of the largest and most respected community gastroenterology practices in the U.S.

26-Aug-2025

People without health insurance are less likely to obtain life-saving hospital transfers

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Does insurance play a role in which critically ill patients live or die? The unfortunate answer may be yes, due in part to a difference in the rate of inter-hospital transfer, according to new research from the University of Michigan.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

26-Aug-2025

New technique at HonorHealth Research Institute uses ultrasound to activate drugs targeting pancreatic cancer

HonorHealth Research Institute
Reports and Proceedings

HonorHealth Research Institute is combining the power of targeted drugs and ultra-sound technology to shrink the tumors of pancreatic cancer patients whose cancer has not spread to other parts of the body but is too advanced to allow safe surgical removal.

26-Aug-2025

University of Tennessee collaborates on NSF grants to improve outcomes through AI

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Grant and Award Announcement

Faculty members from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of Tennessee are involved in two collaborative National Science Foundation grants that aim to address health disparities research and enhance the performance and productivity of AI science.