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January 2023

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SAMHSA Announces Funding Opportunities for Grants Addressing Substance Misuse, Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery among Pregnant, Postpartum Women

January 26, 2023
Hypertension In Older Age. Young Female Medical Worker Measuring Arterial Blood Pressure Of Senior Black Man Using Cuff, Patient Having Problems With Tension

Risk of developing heart failure much higher in rural areas vs. urban

January 25, 2023
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Austin Public Health Launches Social and Digital Ad Campaign

January 25, 2023
Clinicians who were sent a letter informing them of a patient’s overdose death reduced the amount of opioids they prescribed.

Changing long-term opioid prescribing behavior

January 24, 2023
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FDA Denies Marketing of Two Vuse Menthol E-Cigarette Products Following Determination They Do Not Meet Public Health Standard

January 24, 2023
Closed sewer lid on a city street.

National Wastewater Surveillance for Infectious Diseases Worthy of Further Investment

January 19, 2023
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Adopting pediatric readiness standards improves survival in hospital emergency departments

January 13, 2023
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Starting Jan. 17, Veterans in suicidal crisis can go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for free emergency health care

January 13, 2023
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SAMHSA Announces Funding Opportunities for Grants Addressing Substance Misuse, Substance Use Disorder Treatment on Multiple Fronts

January 13, 2023
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FDA Releases New Ads, including First Focused on Mental Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking among Youth

January 10, 2023
Researchers have been working to develop a blood test that could detect Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms emerge and enable early treatments.

Blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection

January 10, 2023
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HHS Awards Nearly $245 Million to Support Youth Mental Health and Help the Health Care Workforce Meet Families’ Mental Health Needs

January 09, 2023
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment

January 06, 2023
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NIH launches Home Test to Treat, a pilot COVID-19 telehealth program

January 05, 2023
Mini–kidney tube structures have sugar receptors (red, upper left) and form outward-facing polycystic kidney disease cysts (center image), which swell by taking in sugar (green, lower right).

New 3-D model offers insights into the role of glucose in a deadly kidney disease

January 05, 2023
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Keeping indoor humidity levels at a "sweet spot" may reduce spread of COVID-19

January 05, 2023
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SAMHSA Announces National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Results Detailing Mental Illness and Substance Use Levels in 2021

January 04, 2023
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COVID-19 vaccine for children after MIS-C appears safe

January 03, 2023
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Good hydration linked to healthy aging

January 03, 2023

December 2022

Left frame: Normally, tumor cells (purple) evade the immune system’s T cells (pink) by expressing a checkpoint protein known as PD-L1. Right frame: Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) binds to PD-L1 and blocks it from binding to another checkpoint protein, PD-1. This helps T cells regain their ability to kill tumor cells.

NIH clinical trial leads to atezolizumab approval for advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma

December 28, 2022