Climate Change Is Harming the Health of Indigenous Children Worldwide, Review Finds
A global systematic review of 53 studies finds that Indigenous children face climate-related harms to nutrition, mental and cultural wellbeing, ...
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Cardiac surgery outcomes stayed largely stable through the COVID-19 pandemic, study finds
A retrospective cohort study of 5,630 cardiac surgery patients at two Canadian centres found no sustained, statistically significant change in ...
Glioblastoma care in Mexico and Latin America: a roadmap for closing the treatment gap
A new narrative review maps how evidence-based glioblastoma care can be delivered across resource-variable health systems in Mexico and Latin ...
Mapping where Uganda’s sickle cell services fall short of need
A national spatial analysis of 280 Ugandan health-facility catchments identified the highest-priority zones for strengthening essential sickle cell disease services, ...
Remote hub brings rare disease care closer to home for Pilbara children
A new decentralised care model in Western Australia's Pilbara region embeds rare disease specialist support within local communities to reduce ...
Cognitive frailty affects nearly four in ten low-income older adults, with sex-specific risk patterns
A cross-sectional study of 255 Malaysian older adults from low-income households found a combined cognitive frailty prevalence of 38.4 percent, ...
Health risks buried in the critical mineral boom, and a tool to expose them
A debate article argues that health impact assessment should be a legal duty in critical mineral extraction across East and ...
Europe’s maternal vaccination gap: policies exist, but delivery falls short
A Europe-wide policy map and review of 163 studies finds that maternal vaccination coverage is limited mainly by missing funding, ...
Review finds no evidence yet for Wayuu-specific child growth curves
A critical integrative review finds that WHO growth standards should remain in use for Wayuu children, with no current evidence ...
Policies Can Embed Stigma in Healthcare, Review Maps How to Fix Them
A narrative review maps anti-stigma considerations for developing, implementing, and evaluating healthcare policies that embed structural stigma against people with ...
Text Message Campaign Reached Only a Third of Patients Overdue for Colorectal Cancer Screening
A quality improvement study found that only 31.3 percent of 11,108 primary care patients overdue for colorectal cancer screening responded ...
Digital Health’s Hidden Costs: Weighing ESG Trade-Offs in Healthcare Innovation
A narrative review argues that digital health's benefits in access and efficiency carry environmental, social, and governance trade-offs that must ...
UN-backed social and solidarity economy could reshape global health, researchers argue
Researchers argue that the social and solidarity economy, formally recognized in a 2023 UN resolution, holds underrecognized potential to advance ...
New Framework Demands Proof That Recalled Medical Devices Are Actually Closed
A conceptual governance framework proposes auditable evidence, a maturity model and six metrics to verify that every affected medical device ...
Scientists Propose a Public Health Framework to Safeguard Brain Health for All
A new perspective article outlines a framework of community priority-setting, balanced prevention and ambitious policy-making to improve brain health at ...
Racism and white-centred design drive unequal bereavement support, national study finds
A national qualitative study in England finds that barriers to bereavement support for ethnically diverse communities lie mainly in how ...
E-prescribing rollout in Tehran brings workflow disruption and unexpected out-of-pocket costs
A qualitative study of 28 patients and providers in Tehran's Social Security Organization facilities found that e-prescribing implementation caused workflow ...
Why Precision Imaging Spreads Unevenly: Management Science Offers an Answer
A Frontiers in Medicine article argues that imaging innovations spread mainly by passive diffusion, which reproduces access inequalities, and that ...
Policy Forum Maps Twelve Reforms to Close Health Gaps for Australians with Disability
A federal-level policy forum convened by Australian disability health researchers produced twelve recommendations, including a National Disability and Health Strategy, ...
Stakeholders Back Lung Cancer Screening in Flanders, but Warn Stigma and Capacity Gaps Could Undermine It
Interviews with 22 healthcare professionals and 13 potential participants in Flanders reveal broad support for population-based lung cancer screening alongside ...
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