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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Jun-2025 00:10 ET (27-Jun-2025 04:10 GMT/UTC)

Official launch of Global Heat Health Information Network Southeast Asia Hub at NUS Medicine

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Business Announcement

The Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has been officially designated as the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) Southeast Asia Hub, a recognition that underscores its leading role in advancing heat resilience.

Gene therapy to treat chronic hypereosinophilia

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene Therapy involved the generation of a human monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against human eosinophils. The heavy and light chains of that fully human anti-human eosinophil mAb were delivered via an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy to immunodeficient mice, where they suppressed levels of human eosinophils in vivo.

Journal: Human Gene Therapy

‘Sandwich carers’ experience decline in mental and physical health

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People who care for both their children and older family members – also known as ‘sandwich carers’ – suffer from deterioration in both their mental and physical health over time, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

Journal: Public Health

Efforts to reduce kids' screen time weakened by unequal access to green space

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When children have a place to play outside, programs aimed at reducing their screen time use are more successful, according to a University of Michigan study.

Journal: Health & Place
Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01HL137731.

Model proposed for treating loneliness in borderline personality disorder

Wolters Kluwer Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Loneliness is a key driver in the maintenance of borderline personality disorder (BPD), Harvard researchers argue. Thus, many patients cite increased social connection as a primary treatment goal. In the Harvard Review of Psychiatry, part of the Lippincott portfolio from Wolters Kluwer, Lois W. Choi-Kain, MD, MEd, DFAPA, of Harvard’s McLean Hospital, and colleagues call for BPD treatment to extend beyond exclusive therapeutic relationships to help patients build durable connections with others in the community.

Journal: Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Burden of infections in early life and risk of infections and systemic antibiotics use in childhood

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This longitudinal cohort study suggests that early-life infection burden may continue throughout childhood and is associated with later antibiotic treatments independent of social and environmental risk factors. These findings are important for prognosis and follow-up of children experiencing a high burden of common infections in early life.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

US News & World Report’s 2025 Best Diets: DASH diet recognized as best heart-healthy diet, ranks as second-best diet overall

Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Grant and Award Announcement

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH, Diet, developed in part by Pennington Biomedical Research Center scientists, has been recognized as the second-best diet overall and the best heart-healthy diet in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Diets Rankings.

Released annually with the start of the new year when many people are looking for diets and healthy eating options as part of New Year’s resolutions, and U.S. News & World Report’s Best Diets rankings examine 38 diets among 21 categories.

The DASH Diet, known for fighting high blood pressure, received praise for being well researched and scientifically backed for its health benefits, being nutritionally complete and versatile, and being filling and nonrestrictive, according to U.S. News & World Report.