Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine, reflected in life-and-death outcomes for babies, according to a large study of U.S. births. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics, is the broadest look yet at racial gaps for women who use…

Engaging with arts and culture online can improve mental health in young people, according to a study from researchers at the University of Oxford. Published in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, the paper is a collaboration between…

Only 18% of primary care physicians (PCPs) and 12% of all doctors exchanged data electronically with public health agencies in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). However, the percentage…

Researchers at University of California San Diego have identified a new signaling process involving G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a cellular target already exploited by hundreds of diverse drugs. The discovery, published in the October 26, 2022 issue of Nature, opens…

Genetic mutations kick start cancers. Some mutations shuffle the genetic code, others come from the deletion of key genes. At La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), researchers have made a major breakthrough in understanding how deletion of the genes that…

The ASPCA has been on the ground providing care for hundreds of dogs rescued from alleged cruelty in Pahrump, Nevada, since early September. Caring for so many dogs takes an incredible amount of manpower and resources. As our work continues, we wanted…

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There has been a monumental policy shift in paying plasma donors in Canada. In September, Canadian Blood Services (CBS) made a 15-year deal with Spanish health-care giant Grifols for blood plasma collection and products. The deal upends the 1997 recommendations…

A research team from the University of Huelva in collaboration with the MilkCORONA initiative has demonstrated that the SARS-CoV-2 virus alters the composition of breast milk. The study compares the content of compounds of this natural food in mothers affected…

When Dr. Thomas Miller, a family care physician and owner of Family Medicine in Arlington, Texas, started using EHRs, many other practices still were using paper records and operating their practices without the benefit of much technology. Miller was an…