Tag: Public Health

Sleep in teenagers can be improved by just one week of limiting their evening exposure to light-emitting screens on phones, ...

Credit: (c) NIHR https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/aafc-sfm042219.php The number of people benefiting from clinical research in England reached record highs this year - ...

'Chatbot' feasible and useful in behavioral counseling of obese and pre-diabetic adolescents ORLANDO (May 16, 2019) - Researchers at Nemours ...

Medical University of South Carolina researchers identified socially isolated prostate cancer patients with 90 percent accuracy by parsing physicians' notes ...

Modeling study says yes in theory; now comes a reality check DURHAM, N.C. -- A growing number of infections -- ...

The incidence of colon and rectal cancer in adults younger than 50 years has increased substantially over the latest available ...

Women who breastfed their babies are less likely to develop heart disease later in life, according to findings to be ...

Many men continue to abuse steroids despite knowing that they have serious, life-limiting and potentially lethal side effects, according to ...

In a study published today in the Nature Communications, researchers from King's College London have shown how skin vaccination can ...

Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2019 - Reversibly paralyzing and heavily sedating hospitalized patients with severe breathing problems ...

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2019 - Much like cancer, sepsis isn't simply one condition but rather many conditions that ...

Grant funds technology-forward research using AI to improve vaccination rates in Pakistan Rumi Chunara, assistant professor of computer science and ...

Fitness apps could be prescribed by clinicians to help patients recovering from cancer increase their physical activity levels, new research ...

A study shows for the first time that the higher the avidity of antibodies induced by the RTS,S vaccine, the ...

Study outlines how some Asian nations are reforming illicit drug policies Strict policies traditionally embraced by Asian nations to discourage ...

In older adults, inappropriate prescribing in primary care is associated with a wide range of adverse outcomes, but not mortality. ...

An estimated 623,000 parents with opioid use disorder in the United States are living with children under the age of ...

More Than a Half-Million Parents With Opioid Use Disorder Live With Children An estimated 623,000 parents with opioid use disorder ...

Visits to the doctor for a respiratory tract infection can lead to unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, but an online intervention with ...

A widely cited statistic suggests that health care services account for only a small percentage of the variation in American ...