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Insurance-supported integrative oncology program improves patients’ symptoms

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health in Cleveland reports that an insurance-supported integrative oncology program resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in cancer-related symptoms like pain, stress, anxiety, depression, nausea, and fatigue.

Journal: JCO Oncology Practice

Insilico Medicine and Eli Lilly to anchor 13th Aging Research & Drug Discovery (ARDD) meeting at the David Rubenstein Treehouse at Harvard University

InSilico Medicine
Meeting Announcement

The 13th Aging Research & Drug Discovery (ARDD) Meeting, the world’s largest conference dedicated to longevity biotechnology, will convene at Harvard University from October 1-3, 2026, launching Boston Longevity Week. Organized by Insilico Medicine and anchored by Tier 1 sponsors Eli Lilly and Insilico Medicine, the landmark event bridges academic research and real-world therapeutics. The conference features specialized tracks in clinical development, longevity medicine, and AI drug discovery, with executive leaders from 10 of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies.

Meeting: Aging Research & Drug Discovery Annual Meeting

UCSF study: Breast cancer is rising fast in Asian American women

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by UC San Francisco has found an alarming rise in invasive breast cancer among Asian American women over the last two decades.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Surveillance Research Program Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences of the National Cancer Institute

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine ahead-of-print tip sheet: July 10, 2026

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research has been published ahead-of-print by The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). JNM is published by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, an international scientific and medical organization dedicated to advancing nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, and theranostics—precision medicine that allows diagnosis and treatment to be tailored to individual patients in order to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Journal: Journal of Nuclear Medicine

BioVenture eLab secures $1.5 million state grant to broaden Weill Cornell entrepreneurial ecosystem

Weill Cornell Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a four-year, $1.5 million grant from New York’s Empire State Development to increase resources available through BioVenture eLab, the institution’s hub for biomedical entrepreneurship.

Patient engagement with open notes following the 21st Century Cures Act

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The 21st Century Cures Act mandated that patients have immediate access to clinical notes and other health information (i.e., open notes). At a large, integrated health system, open notes engagement increased rapidly following implementation and plateaued at 55% within 2 months, with substantial sociodemographic disparities in engagement. These disparities may be attributed to the digital divide. Language may be another barrier, as notes are not routinely translated despite multilingual portal interfaces.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

Measles-containing vaccine use for children ages 12 to 47 months, 2015 to 2025

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this study, 15% of King County, Washington children received measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) as their first measles-containing vaccine and varicella-containing vaccine dose, a proportion that remained stable over time. Compared with other children in this analysis, more children who received MMRV were from minoritized racial and ethnic groups; received a catch-up dose; were Vaccines for Children-eligible; and were vaccinated at safety-net clinics. This population might be at risk of not receiving recommended vaccines if options become limited.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Loss of radiation therapy clinics could widen cancer care gaps across the united states

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that although the overall number of radiation oncology clinics in the United States has appeared stable in recent years, many individual treatment centers have quietly closed while others have opened. The closures have disproportionately affected rural and freestanding practices, reducing access to lifesaving radiation therapy for patients to receive lifesaving cancer treatment close to home.

Journal: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

UMSOM's Bradley A. Maron, MD, named editor-in-chief of Circulation, The American Heart Association's flagship journal

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Business Announcement

Bradley A. Maron, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Precision Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), has been named editor-in-chief of Circulation, the American Heart Association's flagship peer-reviewed journal and one of the world's leading scientific publications in cardiovascular medicine. In his new role, Dr. Maron will help shape the journal's editorial direction and its ongoing publication of rigorous, practice-changing science for clinicians and researchers worldwide.