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26-Aug-2025

American Gastroenterological Association, Latica partner to assess living guidelines using real-world evidence

American Gastroenterological Association
Business Announcement

Palo Alto, CA and Bethesda, MD (Aug. 26, 2025) – American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is proud to announce a new collaboration with Latica, a leader in real-world clinical data and artificial intelligence-driven research solutions, to support a real-world evidence initiative: the IBD Living Guidelines Real-World Evidence Study. The study will be powered by Latica’s proprietary data platform and robust clinical datasets, in partnership with Latica’s GI Network, starting with data from Gastro Health and Allied Digestive Health, two of the largest and most respected community gastroenterology practices in the U.S.

26-Aug-2025

People without health insurance are less likely to obtain life-saving hospital transfers

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Does insurance play a role in which critically ill patients live or die? The unfortunate answer may be yes, due in part to a difference in the rate of inter-hospital transfer, according to new research from the University of Michigan.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

26-Aug-2025

New technique at HonorHealth Research Institute uses ultrasound to activate drugs targeting pancreatic cancer

HonorHealth Research Institute
Reports and Proceedings

HonorHealth Research Institute is combining the power of targeted drugs and ultra-sound technology to shrink the tumors of pancreatic cancer patients whose cancer has not spread to other parts of the body but is too advanced to allow safe surgical removal.

26-Aug-2025

University of Tennessee collaborates on NSF grants to improve outcomes through AI

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Grant and Award Announcement

Faculty members from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of Tennessee are involved in two collaborative National Science Foundation grants that aim to address health disparities research and enhance the performance and productivity of AI science.

26-Aug-2025

New monthly pill shows potential as pre-exposure prophylaxis HIV drug candidate

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new HIV antiretroviral shows promise as a long-acting, oral prophylactic agent, according to a new study by Izzat Raheem, Tracy Diamond and colleagues from Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, published August 26^th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology.

Journal: PLOS Biology

26-Aug-2025

It’s time to recognize public health nurses and give them their due

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

After 140 years of vital, often invisible service, public health nurses (PHNs) deserve formal recognition as a distinct occupation, says a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The research argues that classifying PHNs under a unique federal occupational category would finally allow the U.S. to accurately count, compensate, and support this critical segment of the public health workforce.

Journal: Nursing Outlook
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

26-Aug-2025

DOD awards research grant to MMRI scientist investigating techniques to monitor transplant health in wounded veterans

Masonic Medical Research Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Defense (DOD) recently awarded a $500,000 grant to support a project led by Principal Investigator, Jason R. McCarthy, associate professor of biomedical research and translational medicine at Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI), to develop methods to examine the health of vascularized composite allografts (VCA).

Funder: U.S. Department of Defense