Research Spotlight: Understanding How Cells Sense and Respond to the Presence of Nutrients
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‘Weekend Warrior’ Physical Activity May Help Protect Against More Than 200 Diseases
The findings indicate that concentrated physical activity patterns may be just as effective for disease prevention as patterns where exercise is spread out throughout the week.
Research Spotlight: Assessing the Effectiveness of Telehealth-Based Palliative Care Services for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Researchers demonstrated the equivalence of the effect of delivering early palliative care via video versus in-person visits on quality of life in patients with advanced lung cancer.
Research Spotlight: The Public Health Impact of the FDA’s Request for Additional Safety Data on Cytisine for Tobacco Cessation
Cytisine, a plant-based medication, has been used to treat tobacco dependence for decades in other countries.
Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence Through Community-Centered Storytelling
Peter Masiakos, MD, director of Pediatric Trauma Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, co-director of the MGH Gun Violence Prevention Center and associate professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, is the lead author of a recent perspective in the NEJM, Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence
Research Spotlight: Proteomic Aging Clock Predicts Mortality and Risk of Common Age-Related Diseases in Diverse Populations
Researchers provide some of the largest and most comprehensive evidence to date demonstrating that proteomic aging is common biological signature related to numerous age-related functional traits, morbidities, and mortality.
Increasing Clinicians’ Knowledge About Climate Change’s Impact on Health and Healthcare Sustainability
A novel educational program for clinicians provided a foundation about climate change and the impact of fossil fuel-related pollution on individual health, and how healthcare systems contribute to carbon pollution and can address these challenges.
Research Spotlight: More Granularity in BMI Metrics for Asian Americans Could Increase Accuracy and Equity
This perspective sought to investigate whether body mass index (BMI) and other clinical metrics should be disaggregated in Asian populations to reflect the population's heterogeneity better.
Study Finds That Tennessee’s Shift in HIV Prevention Funding Will Lead to Poorer Health Outcomes for its Residents
Using a microsimulation model, a team of researchers led by Ethan Borre, MD, PhD, found that the shift in funding will harm high-risk groups while providing only minimal benefits for new priority populations.
New Immune Cell Therapy Benefits Laboratory Models of ALS and has Some Positive Results in an Individual with the Disease
Repeated infusions of certain immune cells delayed ALS onset and extended survival in mice, and also reduced markers of inflammation in an individual with the disease.
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