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Q&A: Environmental protection benefits the American economy and public health

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The benefits of environmental protection, measured in terms of advancing public health and the economy, outweigh the costs associated with implementing and enforcing environmental regulations, according to researchers at Penn State who published a new perspective piece in the journal Nature Water.

Journal: Nature Water

University of Cincinnati medical students explore ChatGPT’s ability to support qualitative research

University of Cincinnati
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Newly published research in the journal Medical Science Educator highlights University of Cincinnati College of Medicine student-led work in medical education and examines how artificial intelligence can assist with qualitative research.

Journal: Medical Science Educator

Mitochondria may be missing link between mental health and brain function

Association for Psychological Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural functioning.

Journal: Current Directions in Psychological Science

For Black women with breast cancer, ultra-processed foods may worsen health outcomes

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study from Rutgers Cancer Institute researchers in eClinicalMedicine is the first to link ultra-processed foods to reduced survival in Black women with breast cancer.

Journal: EClinicalMedicine

Hybrid health care key to alleviating dwindling primary services in Ontario’s underserved communities

University of Ottawa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hybrid health options are an underdeveloped, key tool for improving access to primary care in Ontario’s remote communities, with a new University of Ottawa study highlighting the positive impact of in-person mixed with virtual care options have in rural regions. Published in BMC Health Services Research, this first peer-reviewed study of such services in rural Ontario examined the experiences and challenges of clinicians and non-clinical staff within a hybrid primary care program in Renfrew County, Ontario.

Journal: BMC Health Services Research

Journal highlights need to transform girls’ mental health care

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A special issue of the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America seeks to shift how clinicians, educators, and policymakers think about girls’ mental health by focusing on the systems that support — or fail to support — them.

Journal: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

ACC/AHA issue new guideline on managing congenital heart disease in adults

American College of Cardiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association, along with several other leading medical associations, have issued a new guideline for managing congenital heart disease in adults. The guideline was jointly published today in JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Circulation, the flagship journal of the American Heart Association.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Most Americans still get nicotine wrong

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rutgers Health research confirms confusion about the different mechanisms that make tobacco addictive and deadly.

Journal: Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Combined oral contraceptive use among people with migraine with aura persists, despite cautions

Boston University School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety found that COC use among this population has declined over the last two decades, but not fully stopped. About 15 percent of reproductive-aged people who were diagnosed with migraine with aura still received prescriptions for these contraceptives.

Journal: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety