Tag: Public Health

Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A new study from Iowa State University entomologists describes how mosquitoes ...

July/August 2019 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

Diabetes Patients Experiencing Empathy From Primary Care Practitioners Have Lower Risk of Mortality A United Kingdom study designed to examine ...

Getting to zero malaria cases in zanzibar

Targeting men, seasonal workers could be key to tackling residual cases, study suggests New research led by the Johns Hopkins ...

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 ...

What is cryptosporidium? The pool parasite outbreak causing panic

Cryptosporidiosis outbreaks are on the rise, and children are likely to be the ones dispersing the illness; two University of ...

Maternal obesity linked to childhood cancer

PITTSBURGH, July 10, 2019 - A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC ...

Mattresses could emit higher levels of VOCs during sleep

Hundreds of household items, including furniture, paint and electronics, emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which at high levels can pose ...

UTSA professor designs protein blockers to fight obesity and heart disease

Credit: Photo courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, July 10, 2019) -- Almost four in 10 adult Americans are obese, according ...

Flu fact sheet for parents increases vaccination rate in children

NEW YORK, NY (July 10, 2019)--Young children are more likely to suffer severe, even life-threatening complications from the flu, but ...

CDC’s Dr. Pat Breysse to deliver keynote address at Legionella Conference 2019

Legionella Conference hosted by NSF International and NEHA brings together international experts to explore the relationship between water conservation and ...

UM researchers land NIH contract to develop opioid addiction vaccine

Credit: University of Montana file photo MISSOULA - The University of Montana has received a $3.3 million contract from the ...

Symptom-triggered medication for neonatal opioid withdrawal yields shorter hospital stays

Study comparing two models of care shows benefits of treating symptoms over fixed medication schedule BOSTON - A study led ...

New antibiotics developed by Inserm and Université de Rennes 1

Not only are they effective against Gram-positive and negative multi-resistant bacteria, they also appear not to trigger resistance when used ...

Research tackles head injuries in youth football

New athletic training method aims to reduce brain traumaCredit: Tory Wesnofske for UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - An athletic training ...

Unusual eating behaviors may be a new diagnostic indicator for autism

HERSHEY, Pa. -- Atypical eating behaviors may be a sign a child should be screened for autism, according to a ...

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: ...

A concussion can cost your job — especially if you are young and well educated

Credit: Joachim Rode A hard tackle on the football-field, a crash on your bike or a fall from a ladder ...

Kidney patients are neglected in clinical trials

Kidney diseases affect 850 million people worldwide, a figure twice as high as that of diabetes. Yet patients with chronic ...

Pitt/UPMC to lead $19.2 million trial to test red cell exchange in sickle cell disease

PITTSBURGH, July 9, 2019 - Medical advances have dramatically increased the life expectancy of patients with sickle cell disease, but ...

Old protein, new tricks: UMD connects a protein to antibody immunity for the first time