Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with other leading institutions across the country, have published an innovative study that provides radiation oncologists with practical guidance to identify and protect female sexual organs during pelvic cancer treatment.

Wound dressings for wound healing disorders: meaningful studies on their benefit are urgently needed. Much of the field of chronic wound treatment remains unexplored. However, some evidence gaps can be closed for the category of other wound treatment products with active effects. An English translation of IQWiG’s rapid report is now available.

The effect of obesity on brain health may depend not only on how much fat is in the body, but also on the areas of the body where fat is stored, according to a new study.

Antibiotic therapy: is shorter just as effective? Shorter-duration antibiotic therapy shows comparable success to longer-duration treatment in children with community-acquired pneumonia. However, a general conclusion about a shortened treatment duration is not possible.

The University of Virginia has launched the Collaboratory on Data, AI, and Health, a new cross-Grounds initiative that brings together expertise from across the University to advance health and health care through data and artificial intelligence. The Collaboratory is jointly supported by the School of Data Science, UVA Health, the School of Medicine, the Darden School of Business, the School of Education and Human Development, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Research by an interdisciplinary team from McGill University and Université Laval provides new insights into the links between social factors and cognitive health among aging adults. While previous research had found positive correlations between specific measures of social connectedness and a variety of health outcomes, this study appears to have been the first to create profiles aggregating multiple social factors and to see how those correlated with cognitive health in older adults, the researchers said.