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Explore a curated roundup of this week's articles, offering deep insights into the latest medical and healthcare advancements.
General
Global Health Research Groups announced to tackle health inequality in LMICs
25 new NIHR Global Health Research Groups have been awarded funding under the programme’s Group 4 Call to deliver high-quality applied global health research and training in low and middle income countries (LMICs) over the next 4 years.
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Paediatrics
Inequities in the Application of Behavioral Flags for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients
Behavioral flags in the electronic health record (EHR) may introduce bias and perpetuate structural racism and discrimination. Descriptions of differences in the way that markers of behavioral risk are communicated will help clarify the inequities that pediatric patients and their families experience in the hospital.
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Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical waste disposal: Practice Recommendations for Community Pharmacy in South Africa
This recommendation document is designed for community pharmacies to ensure the management of pharmaceutical waste disposal is performed correctly, in accordance with guidelines issued by the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC), the regulations of Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP), and according to municipal by-laws1. Before writing this document, I found that useful practice guidelines on pharmaceutical waste disposal were not readily available, and current Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) insufficient for my requirements. As I am based in Cape Town, I have developed practice settings commonly used in the Western Cape.
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Digital Health
How UCHealth is reducing fall injuries with AI-enhanced risk modeling
At HIMSS25, data experts from the health system will describe how a machine learning model integrated with their Epic EHR gives care teams patient-specific guidance to prevent falls.
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Evaluating clinical AI with AI?
An AI-powered evaluation framework can help test and scale AI implementations in healthcare, Flinders University researchers claimed.
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Endocrinology
Artificial sweetener may increase heart disease risk by triggering insulin surges
- Artificial sweeteners have long been used as a low-calorie alternative to sugar.
- Although most contain some calories, they are many times sweeter than sugar, so less is needed to give the same sweet taste in foods and drinks.
- Research has associated artificial sweeteners with a number of health conditions, including gastrointestinal problems, neurological symptoms, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
- Now, a study has found that, in mice, aspartame triggers insulin spikes that lead to the build up of fatty plaques in the arteries — a risk factor for heart attacks and strokes.
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