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With telehealth coverage on the brink, study shows it hasn’t driven up total visits

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As Congress debates the future of telehealth coverage under Medicare, a study shows that it hasn’t led to an increase in total visits since 2020, but different medical specialties, especially mental health, have different rates of use.

Journal: Health Affairs Scholar
Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Veterans' Affairs

UC Irvine public health experts highlight climate change-driven nutrition gaps

University of California - Irvine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate change is affecting the nutrition of everyday foods, which could increase health risks, especially in vulnerable communities.

Dietary supplements may help fill emerging nutrition gaps, but questions remain about their safety, effectiveness, affordability and appropriate use.

Journal: Advances in Nutrition

Substantial ongoing under-diagnosis of high blood pressure in the over 50s in Ireland

Trinity College Dublin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

TILDA’s most recent data shows that 62% of people aged 50 and over have high blood pressure that is not being managed leading to serious potential health risks.

Journal: Open Heart

Fathers’ early interactions with babies may affect child health years later

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A father’s warmth and developmentally sensitive engagement with their 10-month-old child predicted whether the child would show elevated health risks at age seven. Prior research in this area focused on the impact of mothers.

Journal: Health Psychology

The “broker” family helps tidy up the cell

Goethe University Frankfurt
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cells must continually adjust their protein composition, which includes protein synthesis as well as degradation. Most regulated protein degradation is executed by the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS), in which proteins are tagged with ubiquitin and routed to a protein-shredder called proteasome. The enzyme E3 ligase plays a key role here by acting as a “broker” that mediates the labeling of the proteins to be degraded. A research team at Goethe University Frankfurt has now made the first systematic catalog and relationship map of all human E3 ligases and identified 40 of them as potential key players in emerging drug classes such as PROTACs, which are used, for example, to treat cancer.

Journal: Nature Communications

Post–intensive care syndrome

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Article: This JAMA Insights discusses post–intensive care syndrome (PICS), including how it is assessed and diagnosed as well as suggestions for treatment and prevention. A 9-minute video will be available with the article online at the embargo time that documents the story of an intensive care unit survivor who developed PICS. The video features interviews with clinicians and researchers to explore what PICS is, what causes it, and ways to help patients.

Journal: JAMA

Air pollution and cardiac remodeling and function in patients with breast cancer

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone exposure was independently associated with worse cardiac remodeling and function in patients with breast cancer treated with cardiotoxic therapy. These findings highlight the importance of modifying environmental exposures to mitigate cardiovascular disease risk.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Risk of suicide in patients with traumatic injuries

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study of patients in Norway discharged alive after critical injury, a 9-fold increased risk of suicide after 2 years was observed. These findings suggest that follow-up is warranted for possible psychological distress in this patient group.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Breast cancer risk markers linked to physical activity in adolescent girls

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recreational physical activity may be associated with breast tissue composition and biomarkers of stress in adolescent girls, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC). The findings shed new light on how physical activity during adolescence—a critical period of breast development—may influence biological pathways related to future breast cancer risk.

Journal: Breast Cancer Research