Cancer survivors predicted to number over 22 million by 2030
Growing and aging population will increase cancer survivor count despite trends in incidence There were more than 16.9 million Americans ...
Tag: Public Health
iPhone plus nanoscale porous silicon equals cheap, simple home diagnostics
Credit: Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University The simplest home medical tests might look like a deck of various silicon chips coated in ...
Who’s ‘Treat All’ HIV recommendation led to increases in art initiation in Africa
Large study of 'Treat All' policies for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa finds major improvements in rapid uptake of treatment A ...
Secondary students’ sexual health survey
Sexually active Australian secondary students tend to engage in responsible sexual behaviour but there is still room to improve knowledge ...
Laboratory testing suggests human lung tissue unimpacted by blu vapor
Credit: Imperial Brands Science A new study by Imperial Brands, owners of leading vape brand blu, contributes to the increasing ...
Singapore research team finds info in a third of eczema apps inconsistent with guidelines
Credit: NTU Singapore A third (34 per cent) of eczema management mobile applications provide information that does not agree with ...
EWG: Nitrate pollution of US tap water could cause 12,500 cancer cases each year
Groundbreaking peer-reviewed study analyzes health and economic impacts of widespread chemical contamination from agriculture WASHINGTON - Nitrate pollution of U.S. ...
Curbing your enthusiasm for overeating
UC Riverside-led mouse study focuses on cannabis-like molecules that augment feeding behaviorCredit: UCR/Stan Lim. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Signals between our ...
NJII joins NJ initiative to combat opioid crisis
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) corporation, has joined in a new state-funded effort ...
Millennials are ‘canaries in the coalmine’ for toxic economic trends
Millennials - young adults in their 20s and 30s - earn less money without a college degree and are more ...
Study finds FDA dermatology advisors receive payments following drug approvals
Fifty-four percent received at least one payment from pharmaceutical companies A team of researchers led by a member of the ...
Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women
Eliminating light while sleeping could reduce obesityCredit: NIEHS Sleeping with a television or light on in the room may be ...
A new picture of dengue’s growing threat
More than 6 billion people at risk by 2080 SEATTLE--Research published today in Nature Microbiology paints a startling new picture ...
Study counters narrative that street homeless are ‘service resistant’
Interviews with New York City homeless by researchers from the NYU Silver School of Social Work show impact of bureaucratic ...
BU researchers develop new metamaterial that can improve MRI quality and reduce scan time
Magnetic metamaterial can 'turn up the volume' of MRICredit: Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University Photography Could a small ...
Unique case of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome in palliative care
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 4, 2019--The medical use of cannabis is growing. ...
Safe to breastfeed while on bipolar meds? Jury’s still out
Better-designed studies needed to make informed patient recommendations Prior research on lithium's effects on breastfeeding are sparse, poorly designed Study ...
Gustavo Nino, M.D., honored with national award from American Thoracic Society
Credit: Children's National Gustavo Nino, M.D., a pulmonologist who directs the Sleep Medicine program at Children's National, was honored by ...
USC study: Exposure to videos of race-based violence online may be spurring mental-health issues
Research suggests that viewing viral videos of police shootings and detained immigrants is associated with depressive and PTSD symptoms in ...
Three public health interventions could prevent 94 million premature deaths
Key takeaways: Lowering blood pressure, reducing sodium intake, and eliminating trans fat could prevent 94 million early deaths around the ...
