Tag: Public Health

Credit: John Karlsson/LiU Around half of patients admitted to hospital in Vietnam are carriers of multiresistant intestinal bacteria, which are ...

Zero-calorie sweeteners on trial again

Exposure to sucralose and acesulfame-K in the womb and via breastmilk leads to altered intestinal flora and liver toxicity in ...

New osteoporosis therapy’s dual effects on bone tissue

Credit: Dr. Pascale Chavassieux Sclerostin is a protein produced by osteocytes in the bone that inhibits bone formation. A recent ...

Exposure to air pollution in India is associated with more hypertension in women

Long-term exposure to air pollution has been previously associated with a higher risk of hypertension in high-income countries, where air ...

‘M-RISE’ research program aims to prevent brain damage caused by cardiac arrest

Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. - For the more than 350,000 Americans that experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each ...

Intelligent testing could save lives by defusing ticking time bomb of liver disease

A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of ...

NIH launches large TB prevention trial for people exposed to multidrug-resistant TB

Study will compare delamanid to isoniazid for preventing TB disease in at-risk contactsCredit: NIAID A large clinical trial to assess ...

Chronic conditions — not infectious diseases — are top 5 causes of early death in China

Substantial reductions in maternal and child mortality reveal 'dramatic shift' from communicable to chronic conditions; Top risk factors are high ...

Better care needed for people displaying first symptoms of bipolar disorder

Better care and more research into treatments for people experiencing a first manic episode are urgently needed, according to researchers ...

Big data says food is too sweet

Text-mining analysis of Amazon customer reviews suggests foods are over-sweetenedCredit: Monell Center/Conrad Erb PHILADELPHIA (June 24, 2019) - New research ...

45% of American adults doubt vaccine safety, according to survey

Americans cite online articles, past secrets/wrongdoing by pharmaceutical industry and information from medical experts as top sources of suspicionCredit: American ...

Suicide rates are rising significantly among African American teens

A large-scale study from The University of Toledo of young African Americans who have attempted or died by suicide suggests ...

Small shops, heavy advertisers less likely to ID for tobacco

Study has implications for Tobacco 21 enforcement, researchers say COLUMBUS, Ohio - Young people are less likely to be carded ...

Suicide, accidents, and hepatitis: The leading causes of death for Veterans in their first year of PTSD treatment

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine identifies and stratifies the mortality risks by age group, providing ...

Oral steroids put patients with inflammatory disease at high risk of infection

Oral steroid use in patients with the inflammatory diseases polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis significantly increased the risk of ...

Survivors of childhood brain tumors experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burdens

Survivors of childhood brain tumors who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time of diagnosis may experience cognitive ...

New hypothesis links habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases

Auburn research study presents the 'Coevolution Effect' to explain the connection between habitat fragmentation and disease spillover into human populationsCredit: ...

The solution to antibiotic resistance could be in your kitchen sponge