Tag: Public Health

Patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis--collectively termed psoriatic disease--face increased heart risks. A new study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology ...

Study follows the health of older adults with prediabetes problems

Credit: Ying Shang In a Journal of Internal Medicine study that followed older adults with prediabetes for 12 years, most ...

Alzheimer’s therapy may help overcome opioid addiction

Clinical trial results reveal that a medication used to treat Alzheimer's disease may also be an effective therapy for individuals ...

Unsalted tomato juice may help lower heart disease risk

In a study published in Food Science & Nutrition, drinking unsalted tomato juice lowered blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in ...

Dietary supplements linked with severe health events in children, young adults

Key takeaways: Compared with vitamins, dietary supplements sold for weight loss, muscle building, and energy were associated with nearly three ...

Researchers identify link between more frequent, intense heat events and deaths in Las Vegas

Credit: DRI Over the last several decades, extreme heat events around the world--particularly in the American Southwest--have gotten hotter, occurred ...

Dartmouth study reveals how ACOs use home visits to improve care and reduce hospital use

A new Dartmouth-led study, published this week in the June issue of Health Affairs, offers new details about how one ...

Limiting warming to 2 degrees C will require emission cuts across entire food system

Feeding 10 billion people and keeping Earth from overheating this century require not only major changes to agriculture, but transformation ...

For Latinos with diabetes, new study looks at ways to improve medication adherence

Certain lifestyle changes and low-cost interventions may improve how patients manage their medication regimenCredit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES -- ...

Study: Cholesterol in eggs tied to cardiac disease, death

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