Tag: Public Health

Credit: Insplorion/Johan Bodell Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe - and 7 million worldwide, ...

New technique simplifies detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and can provide critically important information quickly, even in resource limiting facilities, ...

Credit: Penn Nurisng PHILADELPHIA (June 12, 2019) - To reduce the number of people who may misuse, abuse, or overdose ...

Article signed by researchers affiliated with institutions in the US, UK, Ghana and Brazil highlights recent progress in diagnosis and ...

Study of Tanzanian urban youth shows a comprehensive alcohol policy could help curb adolescent alcohol use June 12, 2019 -- ...

Your blood pressure does not drop during a sauna visit - it rises, as well as your heart rate. This ...

Persistent poverty affects one in five children in the UK, and is associated with poor physical and mental health in ...

Consumption of sugary drinks is considered to be a key driver behind the global obesity epidemic, and is linked with ...

New research could help eliminate medical practices that are no more effective than existing standards of care, reducing costs for ...

Based on the proven benefits of Mediterranean-style diets, researchers have created a unique version of the diet by considering the ...

Finnish healthcare and social welfare system presses on towards the next level of usability and interoperability for professionals The national ...

Growing and aging population will increase cancer survivor count despite trends in incidence There were more than 16.9 million Americans ...

Credit: Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University The simplest home medical tests might look like a deck of various silicon chips coated in ...

Large study of 'Treat All' policies for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa finds major improvements in rapid uptake of treatment A ...

Sexually active Australian secondary students tend to engage in responsible sexual behaviour but there is still room to improve knowledge ...

Credit: Imperial Brands Science A new study by Imperial Brands, owners of leading vape brand blu, contributes to the increasing ...

Credit: NTU Singapore A third (34 per cent) of eczema management mobile applications provide information that does not agree with ...

Groundbreaking peer-reviewed study analyzes health and economic impacts of widespread chemical contamination from agriculture WASHINGTON - Nitrate pollution of U.S. ...

UC Riverside-led mouse study focuses on cannabis-like molecules that augment feeding behaviorCredit: UCR/Stan Lim. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Signals between our ...

New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) corporation, has joined in a new state-funded effort ...