Tag: Public Health

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

New applications of a human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) protein could represent a breakthrough in persistent infection, immunology, with many therapeutic prospects ...

Blue Water Vaccines, developing universal flu vaccine, closes $7 million led by CincyTech

Vaccine based on pioneering mathematical models, research from University of OxfordCredit: Blue Water Vaccines Vaccine based on pioneering mathematical models, ...

AJTMH tip sheet for July 2019

Your advance look at three new studies publishing online on July 8, 2019 in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine ...

Portland State study shows ways to reduce extreme heat in city neighborhoods

Credit: Portland State University Portland State study demonstrates how plants, trees and reflective materials can reduce extreme heat in city ...

Looking at how the brain reacts to boredom could help people cope

Credit: WSU Boredom is a common human experience. But how people cope with or handle being bored is important for ...

Uranium toxicity may be causing high rates of obesity and diabetes in Kuwait

Credit: Dr. Max Goodson Kuwait has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world, and scientists ...

Combining antibiotics, researchers deliver one-two punch against ubiquitous bacterium

CWRU/Cleveland VA findings in mouse models could make inroads against superbugs By combining two well-established antibiotics for the first time, ...

Knowing BRCA status associated with better breast cancer outcomes even without surgery

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Ashkenazi Jewish women have a 1-in-40 chance of carrying the BRCA mutation and these ...

New review highlights evidence on how to increase physical activity in everyday life

A new review from the National Institute for Health Research looks at evidence around what works to get people active ...

Novel method identifies patients at risk for HIV who may benefit from PrEP strategies

NIH-funded studies demonstrate the value of automated prediction algorithms that could be used to prevent new HIV infections Researchers have ...

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 ...

New research shows only half of countries globally have cardiac rehab programs