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Researchers push for better policies around toxic chemicals
From high levels of lead found in school drinking water to industry sites releasing toxic heavy metals into the air, ...
Drug companies’ sexually explicit ads reaching too many youngsters
Virtually every day, millions of children and adolescents are being bombarded by sexually explicit direct-to-consumer advertising, despite pharmaceutical CEOs' claims ...
How primary care physicians can make Astana work
The essential role of Primary care professionals in achieving Health for all -- how to make 'Astana' work The Astana ...
Study finds ACOs need a balance of PCPs and specialists to best reduce health care costs
UMass Amherst researchers examined Medicare data from accountable care organizationsCredit: UMass Amherst Accountable care organizations (ACOs), the health care delivery ...
The path to China’s ‘ecological civilization’ starts with national parks
Credit: Trends in Ecology & Evolution President Xi Jinping staked out China's role as a committed player to tackle the ...
Shared e-cargo bikes: boom and barriers in Basel
Sustainable means of mobility are becoming ever more popular. In Switzerland, around 15,000 people have registered with the online platform ...
Decentralising science may lead to more reliable results
Analysis of data on tens of thousands of drug-gene interactions suggests that decentralised collaboration will increase the robustness of scientific ...
Study identifies the best healthy eating nudges
Study of real-life experiments from many disciplines shows the most effective ways restaurants and grocery stores can influence healthy eatingCredit: ...
Does genetic testing pose psychosocial risks?
A new special report published by The Hastings Center reveals some harms, but too many variables for "one-size-fits-all" answers. For ...
Human waste an asset to economy, environment, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Human waste might be an unpleasant public health burden, but scientists ...
More money, more gabapentin
Where pharma spends, docs prescribe more gabapentin, a potential drug of abuse Pharmaceutical companies' payments to doctors may be influencing ...
The declining impact of federal funding on cancer innovation
Cancer research is a field that has been especially dependent on public funding. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), an independent ...
More money, skills and knowledge needed for social prescribing to serve as route into work
New funding, greater expertise and wider awareness in the system - and beyond -- are needed to embed work outcomes ...
Obese people outnumber smokers two to one
New figures from Cancer Research UK show that people who are obese now outnumber people who smoke two to one ...
Top global public health scientists launch new challenge to anti-vaxxers
Search engines and social media organizations must do more to prevent the spread of inaccurate information on childhood vaccination, and ...
Geisel study finds downside risk contracts still less common for ACOs
Findings from a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and published in ...
Good medicine depends on diversity
Columbia University leads a national study to facilitate greater inclusion of ethnic minorities in genetic studiesCredit: Photo courtesy of National ...
Current pledges to phase out coal power are critically insufficient to slow climate change
Credit: Udo Schlög The Powering Past Coal Alliance, or PPCA, is a coalition of 30 countries and 22 cities and ...
Alcohol causes significant harm to those other than the drinker
PISCATAWAY, NJ - Each year, one in five U.S. adults -- an estimated 53 million people -- experience harm because ...