Four themes identified as contributors to diseases of despair in Pennsylvania
Credit: Penn State Hershey, Pa. -- Financial instability, lack of infrastructure, a deteriorating sense of community and family fragmentation are ...
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Study IDs risk factors for irregular heartbeats in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients
Credit: UVA Health New research will help doctors identify, treat and prevent potentially dangerous irregular heartbeats in patients with hypertrophic ...
New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk
One in four new breast cancers and one in five colon cancers in Canada attributed to alcoholCredit: World Health Organization's ...
COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality: Sex differences
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2021--Males with COVID-19 had significantly higher rates of hospitalization ...
US saw surge in firearm purchases and violence during first months of COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers found an association between an increase in gun purchases and domestic violence, but not other firearm violenceCredit: UC Regents ...
Dignity support at end of life
How a two-way approach can promote quality careCredit: Flinders University At the end of life, people may have to rely ...
Modelling COVID-19 cases in Africa
Credit: Lancaster University An international team including Lancaster University researchers has created a strategy for understanding the evolution of the ...
Could genetics hold the key to preventing SIDS?
Credit: Unsplash A state-of-the-art genetic biobank could hold the key to preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), potentially saving the ...
Blood test for early detection of cancer: final study results support screening use
Test can detect over 50 types of cancer, often before symptoms showCredit: Annals of Oncology Final results from a study ...
Study suggests scientists may need to rethink which genes control aging
NIH scientists discover that bacteria may drive activity of many hallmark aging genes in fliesCredit: Courtesy of the Giniger lab ...
Statin use is linked to reduced risk of cancer among heart failure patients
Credit: European Heart Journal Statin use among patients with heart failure is associated with a 16% lower risk of developing ...
Sacred natural sites protect biodiversity in Iran
Research team from the Universities of Kassel, Göttingen and Kurdistan investigate this form of local nature conservationCredit: Zahed Shakeri How ...
First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with ‘considerable care’
Credit: Mark Gridley In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic - the Black Death - which ...
Researchers test model to predict drug overdose deaths in US
Predictive tools could help counties preemptively deliver public health resourcesCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences For two decades, the number ...