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 ...
Tag: Public Health
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
San Francisco, CA - June 23, 2019 - Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) have discovered bacteriophages, ...
Prolonged transmission of a resistant bacterial strain in a Northern California hospital
How whole genome sequencing helped scientists demonstrate connections among bacterial strains identified over multiple years San Francisco, CA - June ...
Deaths from cardiovascular diseases attributable to heat and cold down 38% in Spain
Temperature-related mortality has been decreasing in Spain over the past four decades, according to a new study led by the ...
Newly discovered immune cells at the frontline of HIV infection
New cells are more susceptible to HIV infection and transmit virus to other cellsCredit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research ...
Americans still eat too much processed meat and too little fish
A new analysis published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates that US adults eat as ...
How bacteria kill host cells from the inside
Credit: Anne Blanc-Potard A bacterial pathogen that typically multiplies outside of host cells can enter and induce the destruction of ...
One third of Cambodians infected with threadworm, study finds
Credit: CDC, US Federal Government public domain Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted threadworm that is endemic in many tropical and ...
Cereal grains scientists fight hidden hunger with new approach
Credit: N. Palacios and V. Govindan After a prolonged decline, global hunger is on the rise--affecting more than 820 million ...
Europe: Chronic hepatitis B infections on the rise since 2008
Steady decline in acute cases reflects successful vaccination programmesCredit: ECDC In 2017, the majority (58%) of the almost 27 000 ...
3D technology might improve body appreciation for young women
New MU study identified an approach to help individuals appreciate their bodiesCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - 3D technology ...
Nearly 5.4 million cancer survivors suffer chronic pain
One in six survivors reported pain restricting daily functioning A new report finds about one in three cancer survivors (34.6%) ...
NSF awards $4 million to the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
The hub builds data science partnerships to address societal challenges The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub has been awarded a ...
