Tag: Public Health

Credit: Owen Siggs Findings from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research show modern humans acquired a gene variant from Denisovans ...

Walking slower and pausing for rest may enable older adults to maintain outdoor mobility

When functional ability declines, changing the way of walking can facilitate older adults' outdoor mobilityCredit: Petteri Kivimäki / University of ...

Inventions for developing world lead to Lemelson-MIT Prize for ASU engineering professor

ASU engineering professor Cody Friesen will donate $500,000 prize to Colombian communityCredit: Zero Mass Water TEMPE, Ariz. - Dedication to ...

Microbe chews through PFAS and other tough contaminants

Credit: David Kelly Crow In a series of lab tests, a relatively common soil bacterium has demonstrated its ability to ...

Lifetime achievement award for a scientific pioneer

Haseltine recognized for 'contributions of outstanding significance to women's health'Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington From a very early ...

UVA leads university-based coalition to battle the opioid crisis

Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health The University of Virginia School of Medicine is leading a statewide effort to battle ...

The transformative power of local initiatives to address environmental health inequities

Credit: MIT Press A new book details the insights learned from communities that came together to overcome long-standing and seemingly ...

Complexity of plastics make it impossible to know which are dangerous

Secret formulations and complex chemical cocktails make assessing safety a challengeCredit: Illustration: Teleman84, Wikimedia Commons A lot of people worry ...

Needle-free flu vaccine patch effective in early study

Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center A new needle-free flu vaccine patch revved up the immune system much like a ...

For kids who face trauma, good neighbors or teachers can save their longterm health

Previous studies found having adverse childhood experiences can lead to poor health outcomes later in life. New BYU research finds ...

More than lyme: Tick study finds multiple agents of tick-borne diseases

Credit: Santiago Sanchez-Vicente, Stony Brook University In a study published in mBio, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, ...

Don’t make major decisions on an empty stomach, research suggests

New research from the University of Dundee suggests that people might want to avoid making any important decisions about the ...

Malaria could be felled by an Antarctic sea sponge

Credit: Bill Baker The frigid waters of the Antarctic may yield a treatment for a deadly disease that affects populations ...

Researchers identify focus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths

Credit: Larochelle MR et al. (2019). Touchpoints: Opportunities to Predict and Prevent Opioid Overdose. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.06.039 Boston ...

Developing therapeutic strategies for pregnant women with lupus

Credit: Virginia Tech Systemic lupus erythematosus, a chronic autoimmune disease commonly referred to as lupus or SLE, has been compared ...

Slower growth in working memory linked to teen driving crashes

Five or more hours of smartphone usage per day may increase obesity

Recent study found risk of obesity increased by 43% As smartphones continue to be an inherent part of life and ...

WVU researchers use telehealth to head off hospitalizations and ER visits

Credit: West Virginia University According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rural Americans are more likely than their ...

Current guides for starting infants on solid food may lead to overfeeding

Computer-simulated study suggests that solid food feeding guides from hospitals and baby-formula makers need to be re-evaluated Starting six-month-old infants ...

Research finds connecting patients with their community could transform healthcare