Mount Sinai wins NIH grant to test community-based hypertension care model in rural Ghana

by rss feed | Oct 15, 2026 | News Feeds

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received a $3.3 million, five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to test an innovative community-based primary care model for high...

Radiology departments face gaps in family medical leave policies

by rss feed | Oct 15, 2026 | News Feeds

A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) suggests that paid family and medical leave (PFML) policies offered by U.S. academic and radiation oncology programs, while widely available, are implemented inconsistently across programs....

New paper urges adoption of green AI in healthcare

by rss feed | Oct 15, 2026 | News Feeds

AI is already widely used in hospitals and medical research. Can a new way of thinking unleash the technology’s green credentials? Read Original...

CHEST announces first pulmonary certification program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants

by rss feed | Oct 15, 2026 | News Feeds

Following a comprehensive discovery initiative examining the needs of advanced practice providers (APPs) in pulmonary medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) announces plans to move forward with the development of a pulmonary-focused education and...

New trial aims to test whether a blood test can detect breast cancer earlier than mammograms

by rss feed | Oct 15, 2026 | News Feeds

Researchers at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, have launched a clinical trial to evaluate whether a blood test can help detect breast cancer earlier than mammograms alone. Read Original...