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Coronary heart disease: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a useful addition to existing CHD diagnostics

Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
Reports and Proceedings

Coronary heart disease: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a useful addition to existing CHD diagnostics For functional diagnostics in CHD, cardiac MRI provides results of comparable quality to SPECT – but without exposing patients to radiation.

First-of-its-kind probe monitors fetal health in utero during surgery

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus’s vital signs while still in the uterus — a feat that previously has not been possible.

Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering

Hospital for Special Surgery names Dr. Austin Fragomen as Chief of the Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service

Hospital for Special Surgery
Business Announcement

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has named Austin Fragomen, MD, as Chief of the Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service. He will oversee one of the foremost centers dedicated to limb lengthening and reconstruction worldwide—a highly specialized service providing treatment for a broad spectrum of conditions affecting the limbs.

Study shows athletes with better jumping ability generate faster golf club head speed

University of Kansas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Kansas paired with Oklahoma State's top-rated golf program to measure jumping ability and other physical characteristics of men and women golfers. They found those with the best jumping ability also generated the fastest club head speed, which results in better, longer drives. With the information, athletes, coaches, trainers and others can design programs to help golfers improve their games, authors write.

Journal: International Journal of Strength and Conditioning

A fish that grows old in months reveals how kidneys age—and how a common drug protects them

MDI Biological Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at MDI Biological Laboratory use the fast-aging African turquoise killifish to uncover how a widely prescribed class of drugs helps protect the aging kidney. The study published by Kidney International establishes the fish as a powerful model for kidney aging and shows that SGLT2 inhibitors preserve capillaries, maintain cellular energy balance, and reduce inflammatory changes during aging—offering a mechanistic basis for the vascular-protective effects of SGLT2 inhibition during renal aging.

Journal: Kidney International
Funder: Scott R. MacKenzie Foundation, Morris Discovery Fund, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

A new Johns Hopkins Medicine study suggests that certain sex hormones could play an important role in understanding long-term heart health — especially for men living with type 2 diabetes

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People with type 2 diabetes face a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular problems, according to the National Institutes of Health. These risks also differ between women and men, but doctors don’t fully understand why. In a new Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study, researchers explore whether sex hormones like testosterone and estradiol help explain these differences.

Journal: Diabetes Care
Funder: National Institute of Health Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Study sheds new light on what drives evolution of gut microbiomes

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study of wild African herbivores offers new insight into how environmental conditions – not just diet and anatomy – can influence the evolution of gut microbes that play a critical role in animal health and well-being.

Journal: BMC Ecology and Evolution

Massachusetts closest to eliminating cervical cancer, Southeastern states lag, new study finds

Medical University of South Carolina
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new paper examines how close each state is to reaching the goal of cervical cancer elimination. While Massachusetts is close to elimination, the Southeast and Southwest regions have rates of cervical cancer that are double the elimination goal.

Journal: JNCI Cancer Spectrum
Funder: American Cancer Society, Hollings Cancer Center Support Grant, MD Anderson Cancer Center Support Grant

JAMA names ten academic physicians and nurses to 2026 Editorial Fellowship Program

JAMA Network
Business Announcement

JAMA Network announces a new cohort of 10 academic physicians and nurses to join the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program, designed to engage early career clinical or health services researchers with JAMA’s editorial team to learn about editorial decision-making and enhance skills in scientific communication.