A transdisciplinary team led by Southcentral Foundation, a Tribal healthcare organization in Anchorage, Alaska, has been awarded a competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health to address American Indian and Alaska Native health disparities in genomic research.

Spinal metastasis, or the spread of cancer to the spine, is a frequent complication of advanced cancer. Surgery may be an option for patients with a favorable prognosis, while palliative care may be recommended for patients with limited life expectancy. An accurate prognosis is essential for selecting appropriate treatment, but traditional scoring systems rely on outdated data and do not reflect recent advances in cancer therapy that have improved survival rates. Researchers in Japan developed a simple, highly accurate prognostic prediction system using large-scale prospective data from spinal metastasis patients who received modern cancer treatments.

A groundbreaking new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that medicines used to treat gout can also reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with gout.

The new research, which is published in JAMA Internal Medicine, shows that treating gout to target blood urate levels also prevents heart attacks and stroke. The study is led by Professor Abhishek from the School of Medicine at the University along with colleagues at Keele University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the UK, Gothenburg University in Sweden, and Polytechnic University of Marche in Italy.  

About The Study: This study found that universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) may be associated with reduced child protective services (CPS) involvement, particularly for child neglect, and may help mitigate racial and ethnic disparities in CPS involvement. Reductions in child neglect associated with UPK could benefit children’s health and well-being in the short- and long-term; these findings offer insights for policymakers and advocates regarding broader benefits associated with UPK. 

 Expanded eligibility for advanced stroke therapies and new recommendations for diagnosing and treating stroke in children and adults are among the major updates in the new 2026 Guideline for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke from the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, published today in the Association’s flagship journal Stroke.

Coronary heart disease: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a useful addition to existing CHD diagnostics For functional diagnostics in CHD, cardiac MRI provides results of comparable quality to SPECT – but without exposing patients to radiation. 

Researchers from Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus’s vital signs while still in the uterus — a feat that previously has not been possible.