Interhospital transfer for emergency surgery significantly increases postoperative mortality and morbidity risks in adult patients
Your Emergency Surgery Risk Changes When Hospitals Transfer You
A massive meta-analysis of nearly three million patients reveals that interhospital transfer before emergency general surgery is linked to h…
If you're rushed to a small hospital needing emergency surgery being moved to another facility could double your risk of dying new research …
Review examines challenges translating preclinical DEHP findings to human developmental toxicology outcomes
Everyday Plastics Slow Child Growth Scientists Trace Hidden Health Risks
This narrative review discusses the difficulties in translating preclinical findings regarding Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) exposure to…
• Plastic chemicals disrupt cell growth pathways in developing organs • Parents and pregnant people need safer product choices now • Human p…
Review of Italy's rehabilitation workforce reform highlights strategic opportunities for system alignment and disparity reduction
Italy can improve rehabilitation care by using clear rules and better training plans for its workers today
This narrative policy and health systems analysis reviews the Italian rehabilitation workforce, comparing current models to historical categ…
Italy needs to fix its rehabilitation system by making rules clearer and training staff better. This change helps everyone get fair care and…
Systematic review of oral health integration strategies in primary and cardiovascular care settings
Better teamwork between doctors and dentists helps heart and mouth health for everyone
This systematic review synthesizes evidence from 17 studies regarding oral health integration strategies in primary and cardiovascular care …
A review of seventeen studies shows that when doctors and dentists work together, patients get better care. This teamwork leads to earlier d…
Telephone-delivered Walk With Ease program recruitment strategies compared in adults with arthritis
Radio ads and Facebook work best to recruit arthritis patients
This randomized trial in 267 adults with arthritis compared recruitment strategies for a telephone-delivered walking program. Facebook was t…
Radio ads and Facebook ads work best to get arthritis patients into walking programs, but the best method depends on who you are trying to r…
Meta-analysis of dolutegravir-based ART and risk-stratified HIV care in Uganda
HIV Treatment Works Better Now, But One Problem Remains
This meta-analysis and cohort review examined viral non-suppression rates among people with HIV in Uganda receiving dolutegravir-based ART. …
New HIV drugs are highly effective, yet thousands of patients in Uganda still have uncontrolled virus, and a fresh approach using routine da…
Primary community health care nurses improve patient outcomes and reduce costs compared to medical practitioners
Meta-analysis shows primary care nurses improve health and save money compared to medical practitioners
This meta-analysis pooled data from 14,523 participants in primary community health care settings.
A large analysis of 14,523 people found primary care nurses improved patient health and reduced costs compared to medical practitioners.
Personalized diabetes texting with peer support improved glycemic control and remission rates in type 2 diabetes patients
Text Messages and Peer Support Can Help Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
This randomized controlled trial evaluated personalized diabetes texting combined with peer support education (DB-TEXT+ PSE) against standar…
Simple daily texts and group chats with others managing diabetes helped more people lower blood sugar and even reverse the condition compare…
Text messaging plus educational materials improves healthy eating in uncontrolled diabetes
Text Messages Plus Education Improve Healthy Eating in Diabetes Care
This three-arm pragmatic randomized trial in 666 African-American adults with uncontrolled diabetes found that adding text messaging to educ…
A trial found that adding text messages to diabetes education helped participants eat healthier more often than education alone.
Perspective review discusses chronic air pollution effects on children and older adults in Puerto Rico
Air pollution may change your body’s microbes and raise cancer risk
This perspective review examines the impact of chronic air pollution and environmental exposures on children and older adults.
Tiny particles in the air we breathe may be altering the body’s microbiome and increasing cancer risk, especially in kids and older adults l…
Video and plaque disclosing tablets improved oral hygiene indices in adult orthodontic patients compared to verbal instructions alone
Verbal instructions may be enough for orthodontic patients to improve oral hygiene
This open label randomised controlled trial enrolled 96 participants randomised to receive video, plaque disclosing tablets, or verbal instr…
A trial of 96 adult orthodontic patients found that simple verbal instructions improved oral hygiene just as well as video or plaque tablets…
Digital smoking cessation intervention for psychiatric inpatients shows preliminary abstinence benefits postdischarge
Digital tool helps psychiatric patients quit smoking after hospital
This randomized pilot trial enrolled 58 psychiatric inpatients who were tobacco users.
A new digital program helps psychiatric patients stay off cigarettes after leaving the hospital, when support usually drops off and relapse …