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ESC launches guidelines for patients to empower women with cardiovascular disease to make informed pregnancy health decisions

European Society of Cardiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new patient version of ESC Guidelines, published on International Women’s Day, aim to empower women living with cardiovascular disease to make informed decisions about pregnancy and birth and support them to be more involved in shared decision making.

New research delves into the potential for AI to improve radiology workflows and healthcare delivery

American College of Radiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The JACR Focus Issue on Impact of AI on Workflow Optimization offers a collection of invited research and reviews that explore the ways in which AI technology is being regularly utilized across radiology practice types.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Radiology

New review highlights overlooked role of soil erosion in the global nitrogen cycle

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Soil erosion is widely known for degrading land and reducing agricultural productivity. But new research shows it may also play a far more complex and important role in regulating the global nitrogen cycle, a fundamental process that supports plant growth and ecosystem health.

New poll: American Heart Association most trusted public health source after personal physician

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

Independent Annenberg/UPenn poll highlights strong public confidence in evidence-based guidance from leading public health organizations outside of government

Study finds shared genetic roots of MS across diverse ancestries

Queen Mary University of London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in Neurology and led by Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that people of South Asian, African and European ancestry share many of the same genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS).

Journal: Neurology
Funder: National Multiple Sclerosis Society

New book examines how COVID-19 crisis entrenched inequality for women around the world

Simon Fraser University
Book Announcement

A newly released compendium, Feminism and COVID-19: How Women Fare in the Face of a Global Crisis, is revealing how women across the world were simultaneously critical for the success of the global COVID-19 response, and disproportionately impacted by the pandemic’s secondary effects, such as lost income, and increased unpaid care work and violence.

Book co-editors, Dr. Julia Smith of Simon Fraser University and Dr. Clare Wenham from the London School of Economics, gathered together a unique multidisciplinary and transnational team of authors and experts who examined nine case studies of the COVID-19 response and its global and local impacts on women from Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hong Kong, Kenya, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Report examines cancer care access for Native patients

University of Oklahoma
Reports and Proceedings

A new report from the University of Oklahoma’s Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research examines barriers Native patients face when seeking cancer care, including challenges related to the Indian Health Service Purchased/Referred Care program. The report is designed to help tribal leaders better understand how the referral system works and where gaps in access to specialty cancer treatment may occur.

Why does the body deem some foods safe and others unsafe?

Salk Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists identify three new proteins, one each from soybean, corn, and wheat, that the body uses to determine oral tolerance—the opposite of food allergy. They found that specialized immune cells called regulatory T cells interact with these proteins in the gut. By understanding tolerance, researchers can better understand food allergies and begin to imagine future immunotherapies that promote tolerance rather than allergic reactions.

Journal: Science Immunology

Cost of physical therapy varies widely from state-to-state

Yale University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physical therapy (PT) is used in the management of many medical conditions. But variation in rates paid by commercial insurers can contribute to high out-of-pocket costs, leading some patients to underuse or stop PT altogether. For many people, that means potentially poor rehabilitation outcomes.

In a new study, Yale researchers evaluated commercial payer-negotiated rates for outpatient PT services at a cross-section of hospitals across the United States. They found that costs for PT vary substantially based on location and insurance status.

“PT is used in the management of many acute and chronic medical conditions, but greater cost exposure may reduce use of PT services, contributing to suboptimal patient outcomes and increased use of other health care services,” said Joshua Skydel, clinical fellow at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and corresponding author of the study.

“Additional research is required to evaluate the impact of prices on direct costs, utilization, and outcomes for patients referred to PT.”

The study, co-authored by Joseph Ross, professor of medicine (general medicine) at YSM, appears as a research letter in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.