FEP OH curriculum shows 61.3% coverage of COHFE frontline competencies in India
Mapping training gaps for India's One Health field workers
This curriculum mapping study evaluates the alignment of India's Field Epidemiology Programme in One Health (FEP OH) materials against the C…
A review of training materials reveals significant gaps in how field workers are taught to manage ecosystem health and disease management.
Hybrid Fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS framework provides a systematic method for ranking digital mental health applications
New Method Ranks Mental Health Apps By Clinical Relevance
This guideline presents a methodological framework using hybrid Fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS to rank digital mental health applications based on cli…
A new scoring method says clinical relevance and privacy matter most when ranking mental health apps, not engagement.
LLM chatbots provide varying quality and clinical risk signals for vascular disease management information
Chatbots show varying quality when giving advice on vascular disease
This guideline-based cross-sectional benchmark study evaluates the quality, readability, and clinical-risk signals of 110 responses from fiv…
New research shows that AI chatbots provide inconsistent and varying quality of information when answering questions about vascular disease …
A core set of practice-oriented competencies facilitates integrating climate change into field epidemiology training programs
New framework helps train experts to handle climate health risks
This guideline based on a Delphi study establishes a core set of practice-oriented competencies for integrating climate change and environme…
A new set of core skills helps train health experts to manage and track diseases caused by a changing climate.
ChatGPT-5.5 Instant shows higher accuracy and safety scores than DeepSeek-V3 for HPV inquiries
ChatGPT shows higher accuracy than DeepSeek for HPV health questions
This methodological study evaluates the performance of ChatGPT-5.5 Instant and DeepSeek-V3 in responding to patient questions regarding high…
One AI model provided safer and more complete answers regarding high-risk HPV infections than its competitor in a new comparison.
Long-term care insurance policies in Guangxi show good quality with specific distribution gaps
Analysis reveals quality of long-term care insurance policy documents
This guideline evaluates 9 core long-term care insurance policy documents using the PMC index model and policy tool analysis. The analysis f…
A review of long-term care insurance policies shows good overall quality but highlights a need for better incentives and more active communi…
Intentional human-animal interactions significantly impact human microbiome composition in 24 of 30 reported publications
Pet ownership and interaction may change your internal microbiome
This scoping review synthesized 30 publications regarding the impact of intentional, non-occupational human-animal interactions on human hea…
Spending time with animals could shift the balance of your microbiome, the community of microbes living inside your body.
Health warnings on social media perceived as more effective than neutral messages in teens
Social Media Warnings May Discourage Use in Teens
In this randomized clinical trial of 1012 US teenagers and young adults aged 13 to 29 years, health warnings about social media harms were p…
Teens and young adults found health warnings about social media harms more convincing than a simple break reminder, suggesting labels could …
PreventCombot chatbot-based education significantly reduces postoperative complications in older adults undergoing abdominal surgery
Chatbot Education Reduces Complications for Older Surgery Patients
This randomized controlled trial of 214 older adult patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery found that PreventCombot chatbot-ba…
A chatbot-based education program may reduce complications and anxiety for older adults undergoing major abdominal surgery.
Audiovisual information prevents significant increase in parental anxiety during children's elective surgeries
Audiovisual information helps parents stay calm before child surgery
This randomized controlled trial of 316 parents of children undergoing elective surgeries found that audiovisual information prevented the s…
Adding videos and visuals to surgery prep can keep parent anxiety stable and improve feelings of optimism and satisfaction.
Machine learning predicts gonorrhea antimicrobial resistance with 0.95 AUC in meta-analysis
Machine learning models accurately predict drug resistance in gonorrhea
This meta-analysis of 5 studies assessed machine learning models for predicting antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Pooled se…
New data shows machine learning can accurately predict if gonorrhea bacteria are resistant to common antibiotics.
Tai Chi provides positive effects for balance, mood, and cognitive performance in older adults
Tai Chi Shows Positive Effects for Older Adults with Parkinson's
This evidence map synthesized 118 systematic reviews regarding Tai Chi for older adults. The findings indicate positive effects for balance,…
Tai Chi may help older adults improve balance, reduce anxiety, and manage symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other age-related conditions.