Tag: Public Health

This collaborative project attempts to curb STIs on the rise worldwideCredit: Toni Darville, UNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC - Chlamydia ...

How the dengue virus replicates in infected cells

Credit: P?aszczyca A, et al. (2019) The nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of the dengue virus interacts with another viral protein ...

Study shows one third of statin patients don’t reach healthy levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol

Study by Merck, Regenstrief, IU School of Medicine, UNC could help clinicians prevent strokes and heart attacksCredit: Regenstrief Institute A ...

Clinical trial at CU Anschutz will test injectable vs. oral medications to treat HIV

Many forget to take daily pills, experimental injectable drugs last longer Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, ...

How Nipah virus spreads from person to person: Lessons from 14 years of investigations

Largest-ever study of Nipah virus transmission concludes that older male patients and patients with respiratory problems are more likely to ...

Does sunscreen compromise vitamin D levels?

Sunscreen can reduce the sun's adverse effects, but there are concerns that it might inhibit the body's production of vitamin ...

Patient registries could help control spread of antibiotic bacteria

Even with modest participation rates, a computer simulation found that health care facilities using a patient registry could yield regionwide ...

THE SIGNS study by Duke-NUS researchers identify factors affecting active and productive ageing

Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School's Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE) conducted a longitudinal study between 2016-2017 looking at ...

Can adverse childhood experiences worsen lupus symptoms?

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) encompass traumas such as abuse, neglect, and household challenges. In an Arthritis Care & Research study ...

Childhood maltreatment linked to e-cigarette use during young adulthood

Young adults who experienced maltreatment during childhood are more prone to use e-cigarettes, according to a study published in The ...

Obesity in early pregnancy linked to pregnancy complications

In a prospective study of 18,481 pregnant women in China who had never given birth before, obesity in early pregnancy ...

Migraines may increase risk of pregnancy complications

In a study of women in Denmark with and without migraines who became pregnant, migraines were associated with an increased ...

Statins linked to lower risk of early death in patients with colorectal cancer

Use of statins before or after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer was linked with a lower risk of premature death, ...

Diabetes linked to numerous cancers in large Chinese study

A new Journal of Diabetes study from China, which has the highest number of people with diabetes among all countries, ...

Inflammatory bowel disease during childhood linked to higher cancer rates and early death

A new study revealed an increased risk of cancer and early death in individuals who developed inflammatory bowel disease-including ulcerative ...

HIV epidemic stubbornly persists despite proven tool to prevent spread

Survey suggests better training needed for general internal medicine residents The nation's HIV epidemic remains stubbornly persistent, with almost 40,000 ...

Phage therapy treats patient with drug-resistant bacterial infection

Credit: R. M. Dedrick et al./Nature Medicine 2019 The patient, a 15-year-old girl, had come to London's Great Ormond Street ...

‘Good enough’ parenting is good enough, new research says

New 'secure base provision' framework is 8 times more effective than traditional framework at predicting infant attachment, which is tied ...

Statewide initiative doubles survival rates after severe TBI

Arizona's EMS agencies impact thousands with state-of-the-art treatment TUCSON, Ariz. -- The implementation of a massive, statewide public health initiative ...

American Cancer Society sets 2035 challenge goals