Financial toxicity, the financial distress linked to cancer treatment, significantly impacts patient outcomes. To combat this, the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute established a Financial Toxicity Tumor Board in 2019. 

The board is the first known institutional-level intervention of its kind, functioning like a traditional disease-focused multidisciplinary tumor board, but with a singular focus on financial distress. It includes participants from all areas of the cancer center including clinical, supportive and administrative domains. 

Cassandra Pierre, MD, MPH, MSc, assistant professor of medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received the Bayard Rustin Award for Courage at the 35^th annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 30, 2025)—The menopause transition is often accompanied by a wide array of symptoms, some of which receive more attention than others. Bladder health and lower urinary tract issues are examples of topics not well studied. A new study focused on the association of menopause status and use of hormones with bladder and urinary tract health. Results of the study are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The Menopause Society.

A recent study led by the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has focused on this relationship and its effect on colorectal cancer. The study shows that the single-nucleotide polymorphism rs2355016—a tiny DNA change that some people carry—affects how intratumoral microbiota adhere to tumor cells, promoting CRC progression.

About The Study: Pre-pregnancy overweight or obesity, smoking during pregnancy, and formula-feeding in the first 6 months of life were each associated with adverse cardiovascular health trajectories early in life in this cohort study. Future work should examine whether interventions that address these factors would be effective in optimizing cardiovascular health in children.

About The Study: In this preterm cohort study, maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were independently associated with adverse cognitive and language development, with accentuated associations observed in preeclampsia-exposed preterm infants, emphasizing the clinical importance of recognizing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy as a risk, enabling targeted risk management strategies for closer monitoring and aggressive early intervention in affected populations.