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11-Nov-2025

Maternity care access and infant mortality

About The Study: In this population-based cross-sectional study, infant mortality risk was inversely associated with county-level access to maternity care, with the highest risk in counties with no access. When examined by race and ethnicity, differences in mortality risk between living in a full access and no access county were observed among white infants only, indicating that unmeasured barriers may limit the protective effect of access for some racial and ethnic groups.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

11-Nov-2025

Meet us at PFF Summit 2025 | Insilico Medicine to showcase generative AI platform and introduce their latest AI-driven Pulmonary Fibrosis clinical research at PFF Summit 2025 in Chicago, IL

InSilico Medicine
Meeting Announcement

Meet us at PFF Summit 2025 | Insilico Medicine to showcase generative AI platform and introduce their latest AI-driven Pulmonary Fibrosis clinical research at PFF Summit 2025 in Chicago, IL

11-Nov-2025

Polar climate change could amplify global health risks, study warns

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate change in Earth’s polar regions is emerging as an under-recognised driver of global health risks, with consequences reaching far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers argue.

Journal: AMBIO

11-Nov-2025

Everyday speech may reveal early signs of brain health changes, Baycrest study shows

Baycrest Corporate Centre for Geriatric Care
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The way we speak in everyday conversation may hold important clues about brain health, according to new research from Baycrest, the University of Toronto and York University. The study found that subtle features of speech timing, such as pauses, fillers (‘uh,’ ‘um’) and word-finding difficulty, are strongly linked to executive function, the set of mental skills that support memory, planning and flexible thinking.

Journal: Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

11-Nov-2025

New NIH-funded Johns Hopkins Medicine study finds high-risk individuals who have mild dilatation of the pancreatic duct have increased risk for pancreatic cancer

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new Johns Hopkins Medicine study funded in part by the NIH, researchers found mild dilatation, or enlargement, of the pancreatic duct is a cancer risk factor that should be monitored in high-risk individuals.

Journal: Gastro Hep Advances
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Susan Wojcicki and Dennis Troper, Stand Up to Cancer-Lustgarten Foundation Pancreatic Cancer Interception Translational Cancer Research Grant, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation, V Foundation, Hooven Memorial Fund, Victor Family Pancreatic Cancer Fund, Pancreatic Cancer Hope Foundation

11-Nov-2025

University of Houston joins $21.2 million statewide effort to fight opioid crisis

University of Houston
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Houston is part of a $21.2 million Texas effort to tackle the opioid epidemic by examining opioid use disorder among people living with HIV and integrating prevention.

11-Nov-2025

Designation of JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology as official society journal elevates visibility for MidSouth researchers

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

JMIR Publications, a premier open access publisher of digital health research, and The MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society (MCBIOS), a leading professional organization for computational biology and bioinformatics, today announced a strategic, long-term partnership.