Jennifer R. Southall

Ambient scribing technology significantly decreased clinical documentation burden among a cohort of health care professionals at an academic medical center, according to study results.The findings specifically showed that an ambient scribe tool led to increased clinician efficiency, lower mental burden of documentation and a greater sense of engagement with patients, researchers reported.

The deportation of immigrant workers and restrictions on immigration could negatively affect health care in the United States, according to study results published in JAMA.“Mass deportations and scaring away new immigrants will harm American’s medical care,” Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, distinguished professor of public health at City University of New York’s Hunter

Neoadjuvant semaglutide showed no benefit in weight loss, diabetes remission or safety in a cohort of patients who underwent metabolic and bariatric surgery, according to study results published in JAMA Surgery. “We found that treating patients before bariatric surgery with semaglutide, one of the new GLP-1 medications, did not improve patient overall outcomes — either weight loss or

Blocking mobile internet on mobile devices for 2 weeks improved subjective well-being, as well as mental health and the ability to sustain attention, according to study results.Of note, study participants who did not fully comply with the intervention still experienced more modest, but significant improvements, researchers concluded.

Carla M. Davis, MD, credits a brilliant scientist, caring and skilled educator, and compassionate physician for the reason why she entered into the field of allergy and immunology.As a medical student, Davis, pediatrician, allergist and immunologist at Howard University Hospital and incoming president-elect of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, said she met “a

There is a continued need for physicians to provide patients with an “information prescription” to counteract exposure to online misinformation, according to Stacy Loeb, MD, MSc, PhD (Hon).“The majority of U.S. adults use social media platforms, and online networks are common sources of health information. Therefore, it is critical to know the quality of information that is

The Kinder Foundation has gifted $150 million to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children’s Hospital to create Kinder Children’s Cancer Center, according to a press release.The center, set to launch early 2026, will be based in a new medical facility in Houston. It will offer inpatient beds, ambulatory care and state-of-the-art research labs for pediatric

CHICAGO — First-line treatment with sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab showed significant improvement in PFS vs. chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab among patients with metastatic triple-negative PD-L1-positive breast cancer.Primary results from the global, randomized, phase 3 ASCENT-04/KEYNOTE-D19 trial, presented at ASCO Annual Meeting, also showed no new safety issues with sacituzumab

Having a community that promotes and encourages women to pursue radiation oncology, and that also provides mentorship and resources at all career levels, is what drew Morgan S. Levy, MD, MPH, to the Society for Women in Radiation Oncology. “Radiation oncology is a field that is extremely friendly towards women, but not enough women know about this specialty or are encouraged to pursue

Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, will receive the 2025 American Association for Cancer Research’s Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, given in partnership with Breast Cancer Research Foundation.Tolaney, chief of the division of breast oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of Healio’s Women