New reports provide guidance for obesity care
SILVER SPRING, Md.--Advocates for obesity prevention and treatment have designed two new resources for medical educators, healthcare providers and community programs that will enhance the...
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Small shops, heavy advertisers less likely to ID for tobacco
Study has implications for Tobacco 21 enforcement, researchers say COLUMBUS, Ohio - Young people are less likely to be carded for cigarettes in certain types...
Suicide, accidents, and hepatitis: The leading causes of death for Veterans in their first year of PTSD treatment
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine identifies and stratifies the mortality risks by age group, providing valuable insights for guiding prevention...
Study finds micronutrient deficiencies common at time of celiac disease diagnosis
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Micronutrient deficiencies, including vitamins B12 and D, as well as folate, iron, zinc and copper, are common in adults at the time...
Oral steroids put patients with inflammatory disease at high risk of infection
Oral steroid use in patients with the inflammatory diseases polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis significantly increased the risk of infection, and the risk increased...
Survivors of childhood brain tumors experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burdens
Survivors of childhood brain tumors who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time of diagnosis may experience cognitive and socioeconomic burdens decades after...
New hypothesis links habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases
Auburn research study presents the 'Coevolution Effect' to explain the connection between habitat fragmentation and disease spillover into human populationsCredit: Jamie Anderson AUBURN, Ala. -...
Be prepared: Prioritising invasive species for strategic prevention (Durban, South Africa)
Credit: Şerban Procheş While exploring the way alien species invade cities around the world, South African PhD student Ashlyn L. Padayachee (University of KwaZulu-Natal, UKZN)...
Frozen sperm retains its viability in outer space conditions
Human sperm samples exposed to microgravity are just as active and concentrated as on Earth Vienna, 24 June 2019: Zillionaires like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos...
The solution to antibiotic resistance could be in your kitchen sponge
San Francisco, CA - June 23, 2019 - Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) have discovered bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, living...
Understanding C. auris transmission with the healthcare environment
San Francisco, CA - June 23, 2019 - Researchers have now shown that patients who are heavily colonized with Candida auris on their skin can...
Prolonged transmission of a resistant bacterial strain in a Northern California hospital
How whole genome sequencing helped scientists demonstrate connections among bacterial strains identified over multiple years San Francisco, CA - June 23, 2019 - Researchers have...
Virtual reality takes a leap into taste
Credit: Diogo Matias, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown The fly hasn't eaten for an entire day and it's starving. Finally, it finds a pile of...
Plant-based diet leads to Crohn’s Disease remission, according to case study
Eating a plant-based diet may be an effective treatment for Crohn's disease, according to a case study published in the journal Nutrients. The case study...
Combination of drugs may combat deadly drug-resistant fungus
BIDMC researchers use unique method to test multiple combinations for efficacy BOSTON - As health officials in New Jersey, Illinois and New York State scramble...
