Tag: Public Health

UMass Lowell expert stresses moderation, balance in daily diet LOWELL, Mass. - The risk of heart disease and death increases ...

Opioids are not sleep aids, and can actually worsen sleep research finds

University of Warwick led study with Lausanne, Switzerland found patients on a low to high dose of opioids reported only ...

What’s your attitude about body hair removal?

New study lays bare cultural reasons around the globe for bikini waxing and man-scaping As beachgoers scramble to trim their ...

Red and white meats are equally bad for cholesterol

UCSF CHORI study also shows that saturated fats raise low density lipoproteins (LDLs) by the same amount, regardless of meat ...

Climate action urgently required to protect human health in Europe

New EASAC report 'The imperative of climate action to protect human health in Europe' highlights an alarming range of health ...

Large national study tracks veterans’ health, highlights areas of unmet needs

Brief survey allows identification of health disparities in veterans relative to the general population Novel data describes use of instrument ...

Evidence of multiple unmonitored coal ash spills found in N.C. lake

New evidence of unmonitored and unreported coal ash spills in a North Carolina lake highlights the risk of similar spills ...

Implementation of Oregon paid family leave to ensure equality critical, research finds

Oregon is considering a bill to implement paid family leave, House Bill 2005, following in the footsteps of Washington, which ...

Concussion is a leading cause of injury for children in recreational sports

Tampa, Fla. (June 3, 2019)- Elementary school-aged children who participate in recreational sports are at greater risk of concussion than ...

Native Hawaiians at far greater risk for pancreatic cancer

Twenty years of data reveal surprising disparities Native Hawaiians are at highest risk for pancreatic cancer, according to a USC ...

Losing muscle to fat: misdirected fate of a multipotent stem cell drives LGMD2B

Credit: Children's National Research led by faculty at Children's National published online June 3, 2019, in Nature Communications shows that ...

Countries’ essential medicines lists vary greatly from one another & WHO’s model list

Published in the World Health Organization Bulletin, the research analyzes 137 countries that use essential medicines lists to inform government ...

Industry uses non-profit organisation to campaign against public health policies

A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage ...

Children who nap are happier, excel academically, and have fewer behavioral problems

A Penn study of nearly 3,000 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders in China revealed strong connections between 30 to 60 ...

Seven key health measures help predict future risk of heart disease

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Seven key measures of heart health may help predict future risk of cardiovascular disease, according to ...

Searching for the origins of the depressive symptoms in Huntington’s disease

Cdk5 Kinase: An essential proteinCredit: Verónica Brito (University of Barcelona-UBNeuro) About 40% of the affected patients with Huntington's disease -a ...

Guidelines for managing anaphylaxis in children need an update

New study shows that pre-hospital treatment with epinephrine has the highest protective effect against uncontrolled allergic reactionCredit: McGill University Health ...

Child deaths in Brazil fall following comprehensive smoking ban

Child deaths have fallen in Brazil following complete smoking bans in public places, according to a new study. Its authors, ...

Changes to immune genes link paternal smoking with childhood asthma

Children exposed to paternal tobacco smoking before birth are more likely to develop asthma -- and associated changes to immune ...

Transgenic fungus rapidly killed malaria mosquitoes in West African study