Reporters note: The following briefs highlight selected cancer-related studies being presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2025 in San Diego. You are welcome to use these items as-is, incorporate them into broader coverage, or use them as story starters for your own reporting. Reach out to Tware@thereisgroup.com to get more information or to connect with researchers for interviews.

Embargo: Each brief is embargoed until 12:01 a.m. PDT the day of its presentation, as listed at the end of each item. Alternatively, the entire package may be published after 12:01 a.m. PDT on May 5, 2025.

The Association for Computing Machinery recognized NCSA Director Bill Gropp for his work on MPICH, a high-performance and portable implementation of the Message Passing Interface.

Researchers at Sutter Health, led by Cheryl Stults, Ph.D., found that an innovative ambient artificial intelligence platform showed promising results in easing the burden of clinical documentation for healthcare providers. The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, revealed significant reductions in documentation time and improved overall clinician satisfaction. It also highlights the technology’s potential to address long-standing challenges in the medical profession.