Category: Press Release

Amanda Miller tenía 30 años y estaba embarazada de su segundo hijo en Hershey, Pennsylvania, cuando desarrolló depresión. Después de dar a luz, su afección empeoró. Se sumó a una serie de problemas de salud inexplicables. Miller, quien es neurocientífica, dijo que consultó a varios psiquiatras y recibió receta tras receta de distintos medicamentos. Durante […]

The impact of pulmonary diseases on other chronic conditions is often misunderstood and commonly underreported. More than half the Americans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have not been diagnosed, and these conditions often intersect with other polychronic ailments. This intersectionality was highlighted in the most recent GOLD report, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and […]

WASHINGTON — Surrounded by hot pink lights and cherry blossom pink drapes on a ballroom stage, family doctor Marguerite Duane offered a seemingly simple solution to infertility: Doctors should have conversations with young girls about whether they want to have children one day. “I have these conversations with children starting at 8, 10, 12 years […]

Northwestern Medicine and Techstars have selected five startups for the 2026 class of their healthcare accelerator program. The early-stage companies will participate in a 13-week, mentorship-driven program hosted at Northwestern Medicine’s Mansueto Innovation Institute in Chicago, according to a March 16 news release from the health system. The accelerator, now in its second year, focuses […]

Healthcare support workers and physician assistants are projected to have the lowest vulnerability to artificial intelligence among roles in the field, while medical secretaries and administrative assistants may face higher vulnerability, The Washington Post reported March 16. The predictions come from researchers at GovAI, which studies technology policy, and Brookings Institute, a think tank. The […]

The Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank, has named eight New York hospitals and four in Texas in its annual ranking of top 20 U.S. hospitals for community benefit.  To evaluate an organization’s community benefit spending, the institute equally weighed available metrics on financial assistance, Medicaid patient revenue and community investment, according to its […]

Telehealth use is associated with higher adherence to endocrine therapy among women with breast cancer, according to a study in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship. Researchers from Athens-based University of Georgia analyzed claims data from the Merative MarketScan database, examining more than 1,100 commercially insured women under age 65 who were diagnosed with nonmetastatic breast […]

Stefan Strein, Cleveland Clinic’s vice president and chief investment officer for more than 10 years, will depart from the organization on April 10, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. Mr. Strein has been appointed president, CEO and chief investment officer of Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Management Co., according to a March 16 news release […]

Nvidia is expanding its open AI model ecosystem to support healthcare and life sciences use cases, including drug discovery and biomedical research. The effort includes continued development of the company’s BioNeMo and Clara model families, which support applications such as biological research, molecular modeling and medical imaging, according to a March 16 news release. BioNeMo […]

A federal judge on March 16 blocked efforts by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restructure U.S. childhood immunization policy and overhaul the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. The court concluded ACIP was unlawfully constituted under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and vacated its prior actions, according to the ruling, issued in the U.S. District […]