The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and OpenEvidence are entering a strategic partnership to accelerate the translation of cardiovascular clinical guidance and research into clinical implementation at the point of care. By combining ACC’s leadership in cardiovascular science and education with OpenEvidence’s advanced generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, clinicians will have access to the latest relevant and actionable medical evidence to support shared decision-making with their patients.

A new approach to identifying food deserts using grocery store purchase data suggests that store proximity is not the driver of nutritionally deficient diets – it is financial and social inequality.

In a new study, researchers investigated the long-term impact of the boll weevil, an agricultural pest that destroys cotton crops, which invaded the South in the early 20th century and spurred significant economic changes. They found that this agricultural shock brought about long-term advantages for Black sons born after the boll weevil appeared.

Several longtime public health researchers warn that current U.S. immigration enforcement and deportation policies are producing widespread harm to physical and mental health, with family separation and the specters of fear and intimidation affecting the well-being of immigrant and non-immigrant communities.

The number of women undergoing tubal ligations — a surgical procedure that permanently prevents pregnancy — increased 51% across four academic medical centers in four states in the year after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, according to a new study from researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, Albany Medical Center, University of South Florida and University of Tennessee Medical Center. Almost half of those seeking the procedure reported that their decision was somewhat or very related to the current political climate, even in states considered to be protective of abortion access.

About The Study: The results of this study of pharmacies in British Columbia, Canada, suggest that when medication abortion is available as a routine health service and mifepristone is regulated as a routine prescription, pharmacists play a key role in providing geographically distributed access to medication abortion. These findings may inform policy and initiatives to enhance pharmacist referral networks and improve mifepristone access, as well as service planning for international jurisdictions considering a similar medication abortion framework.