News • Standardisation in healthcare
Study surveys landscape of FHIR apps
A new study is among the first to survey the current landscape of FHIR apps, providing a snapshot of how the standard is used to enable the flow of health information.
Studies
News • Stress reaction in the body
Exploring heat and cold as cardiovascular hazards
Both hot and cold environments trigger a stress response and can lead to cardiovascular problems. Results of a new study are especially interesting in light of the current multiple global crises.
News • The benefits of inefficient activity
How "silly walks" can improve cardiovascular health (no, really)
And now for something completely different: Adults could achieve global physical activity targets by walking inefficiently for just a few minutes each day, finds a study in the BMJ.
News • Evaluation methods for the 21st century
Cardiology leaders: clinical trials need a fresh start
Time for modernisation: The current model for randomised clinical trials must be redesigned for the 21st century, according to leading European and American cardiology societies.
News • Driving genes of AMR in focus
Tracking the global spread of antimicrobial resistance
An international research team has provided valuable new information about what drives the global spread of genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria.
News • Gender bias
Dangerous double standard in heart disease prevention advice for women and men
Women are told to improve their lifestyle to prevent heart disease while men are advised to take statins. That’s the finding of a study presented at the ESC Asia scientific congress.
News • MCED test
Groundbreaking new method for multi-cancer early detection
An international study shows that a new method can easily find multiple types of newly formed cancers at the same time – including cancer types that are difficult to detect with comparable methods.
News • T cell visualization
Whole body scan shows complexity of immunotherapy response
Dutch scientists have performed whole-body PET scans using a radioactively labeled antibody tracer against immune cells, to predict the effect of treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
News • UK study draws connection
Asthma: end of Covid-19 restrictions doubled risk of severe attacks
Adults with asthma had, at one point, an approximately doubled risk of a severe asthma attack after Covid-19 restrictions were relaxed in the UK, according to new research.
News • Environmental medicine
Study shows how air pollution eats away at the immune system
The diminished power of the immune system in older adults is usually blamed on the aging process. But a new study shows that decades of particulate air pollution also take a toll.
News • Increased infection risk
AMR: drug resistant bacteria can travel from gut to lung
A new Oxford University study provides the first direct evidence of antibiotic resistant bacteria migrating from a patient’s gut microbiome to the lungs, increasing the risk of deadly infections.
News • Pregnancy in pandemic times
Does the Covid-19 vaccine increase miscarriage risk? Study says no
There is no evidence of higher risk of miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy following vaccination against Covid-19 or infection with the disease, according to a new study.
News • Stereotactic body radiotherapy
Advanced radiotherapy speeds up prostate cancer treatment
An advanced radiotherapy technique can be used to safely treat prostate cancer patients in as little as one to two weeks, compared with the current standard, which takes one to two months.
News • After blood stem cell transplantation
How the immune system "reboots" in MS patients
Blood stem cell transplantation is a radical but highly effective therapy for multiple sclerosis. A study examined how the treatment curbs the disease and how the immune system regenerates afterwards.
News • CLL types with distinct biological and clinical features
Whole genome profiling reveals new leukaemia subgroups
A collaborative study has defined five new subgroups of the most common type of blood cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), and associated these with clinical outcomes.
News • Equivalent outcomes in 5 vs 8-week treatment
High-risk prostate cancer: Study confirms effectiveness of shortened radiation therapy
A new randomized study confirms that men with high-risk prostate cancer can be treated with a moderately shortened course (5 vs. 8 weeks) of radiation therapy.
Article • Mammography supplement
Breast MRI screening for women with high-risk lesions – is it necessary?
Women with high-risk breast lesions (HRLs) and no family history of breast cancer or BRCA mutations are generally considered to be at moderate risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer screening guidelines suggest breast MRI be considered as a supplement to mammography. But is this expensive exam necessary?
News • CSCC study finds distinct subgroups
Cervical cancer: major new clue to understanding aggressiveness
Scientists have discovered that cervical cancer can be divided into 2 distinct molecular subgroups – one far more aggressive than the other – as part of the largest ‘omics’ study of its kind.
News • Patient empowerment
Shared decision making in cardiology: study shows benefits
Is joint decision making of healthcare professionals and their patients better than a doctor making the calls on his own? New research supports this notion for cardiology.
News • Sustainability study
Virtual care: saving environmental and patient cost
A new study finds that virtual care during the Covid-19 pandemic led to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions and patient travel-related expenses, such as gasoline, parking or public transit costs.
News • Study on meth, cannabis, cocaine and opiate use
Illicit drugs linked with atrial fibrillation
Methamphetamines, cocaine, opiates, and cannabis are associated with an increased likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation, a newly-published 11-year study shows.
News • Coronavirus consequences
Covid-19 continues to reduce life expectancy (in some countries more than others)
Covid-19 has led to global mortality changes unprecedented in the last 70 years, according to new research. However, the drop in life expectancy is not equally high in all countries.
News • SARS-Cov-2 case study
Does time of day matter for Covid-19 vaccination? Probably not, study finds
A study in Japan finds antibody response to the Moderna Covid-19 mRNA vaccine does not vary depending on the time of day when the dose was received.
News • Appeal for imaging improvements
Study reveals alarming failures in pancreatic cancer detection
Pancreatic cancer tumours are being missed on CT and MRI scans, narrowing the window for life-saving curative surgery, research presented at UEG Week 2022 has revealed.
News • Prevention measure scrutinised
Colorectal cancer: colonoscopy screening not as effective as previously believed
A randomized study shows colonoscopy screening reduces the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent. The reduction is much smaller than experts previously assumed.
