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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 31-Dec-2025 18:11 ET (31-Dec-2025 23:11 GMT/UTC)

UAlbany study finds more new doctors are choosing to stay in New York

University at Albany, SUNY
Reports and Proceedings

UAlbany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies looked to the 2024 New York Resident Exit Survey to identify trends in new doctors’ post-residency plans, specialty areas in high demand

Baycrest leader elected to Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Baycrest Corporate Centre for Geriatric Care
Business Announcement

Baycrest congratulates Dr. Allison Sekuler, President and Chief Scientist of the Baycrest Academy for Research and Education and the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation powered by Baycrest (CABHI), on being elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), one of the highest honours in the Canadian health sciences community.

Community exercise programs help seniors fight age-related decline

McMaster University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Older adults who regularly participated in a community-based exercise program were able to slow — and in many cases reverse — declines in cardio fitness and strength that naturally come with age, a new McMaster study shows.

Journal: Exercise Sport and Movement

Bullied teens less likely to be depressed if they feel connected at school, study shows

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

School connectedness buffers against depression symptoms associated with being a victim of peer bullying in adolescence, according to a study published in BMC Public Health. School connectedness was measured by the degrees of inclusiveness, closeness, happiness and safety of adolescents within the school environment.

Journal: BMC Public Health

Catheryn Yashar named President-Elect of National Society

University of California - San Diego
Grant and Award Announcement

Catheryn Yashar, MD, has been named president-elect of the American Society of Radiation Oncology, which represents more than 10,000 members internationally.

New research detects early heart dysfunction in young adults with bipolar disorder

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of premature deaths in patients with bipolar disorder worldwide. In a novel study in young adults (aged 20-45) with bipolar disorder researchers were able to detect subtle (subclinical) abnormalities in how their heart muscle functions and pumps blood before the onset of heart failure by measuring peak systolic strain and myocardial work. The findings in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, point to new avenues for therapeutic development aimed at preventing progression to heart failure in this at-risk population.

Journal: Biological Psychiatry
Funder: National Science and Technology Council, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

American College of Cardiology launches HCM Digital Registry

American College of Cardiology
Business Announcement

The American College of Cardiology has established a digital hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) registry to learn more about one of the most common genetic cardiovascular diseases and provide more equitable access to treatment and care. The CONNECT-HCM Registry is sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb and developed in collaboration with Atlantic Health, Arboretum and Yale Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE).