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Trends in hospitalizations and liver transplants associated with alcohol-induced liver disease

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This study found significant rate increases for alcohol-induced liver disease-related hospitalizations and liver transplants across sex and age groups between 2005 and 2021. Although older males had the highest absolute increases, the greatest relative increases occurred in younger individuals, particularly females.

Journal: JAMA

Spinal cord stimulation vs medical management for chronic back and leg pain

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This systematic review and network meta-analysis found that spinal cord stimulation therapies for treatment of chronic pain in back and/or lower extremities were associated with greater improvements in pain compared with conventional medical management. These findings highlight the potential of spinal cord stimulation therapies as an effective and valuable option in chronic pain management.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Unregulated experts can cause harm to children in family courts in England and Wales

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Unregulated experts appointed by family courts in England and Wales have caused harm to children by separating them from their mothers and forcing them to live with and have contact with fathers accused of violence and abuse, according to a new study by a UCL researcher.

Journal: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Exposure to marijuana in the womb may increase risk of addiction to opioids later in life, study finds

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Evidence has been growing, however, to suggest that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, poses risks to the developing fetus by impacting brain development. Now a new preclinical research study finds that this could increase the risk of addiction to opioids later in life.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse

Germany’s first-ever professorship in suicide studies and suicide prevention established at Goethe University Frankfurt

Goethe University Frankfurt
Business Announcement

Dr. Ute Lewitzka has been appointed Germany’s first professor of suicide studies and suicide prevention. Her appointment at Goethe University Frankfurt took effect on November 1, 2024. One of her main objectives is the systematic recording and analysis of suicides and suicide attempts to derive effective prevention strategies. In her new role, she can draw on the strong network in the field that exists in Frankfurt. One long-term goal is to establish a German Center for Suicide Prevention here. The position is funded by the Crespo Foundation, Henryk Sznap Stiftung, and the Dr. Elmar und Ellis Reiss Stiftung.

Drug combination prompts immune response in some resistant pancreatic cancers

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new drug strategy that regulates the tumor immune microenvironment may transform a tumor that resists immunotherapy into a susceptible one, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Oregon Health & Science University.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Lustgarten Foundation’s Research Investigator Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institutes of Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Gastrointestinal Cancer – The Career Enhancement Program, Maryland Cancer Moonshot Research

Tackling antimicrobial resistance named a global health priority at QF’s WISH 2024

WISH/QF
Meeting Announcement

An international panel of health experts agreed on priority actions to safeguard the future of antibiotics at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) – Qatar Foundation’s global healthcare.

Meeting: WORLD INNOVATION SUMMIT FOR HEALTH 2024