Colorado nail salon workers face chronic air pollution, elevated cancer risk
Credit: Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado) Colorado nail salon employees face increased health risks due to high levels of indoor airborne ...
Tag: Public Health
Everyday stress may boost blood vessel dysfunction in people with depression
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Long-term stress has been linked with cardiovascular disease, but for people with depression, researchers say small, ...
When doctors and nurses can disclose and discuss errors, hospital mortality rates decline
An association between hospitals' openness and mortality rates has been demonstrated for the first time in a study among 137 ...
Patients of medicare providers committing fraud, abuse more likely to be poor, disabled
Beneficiaries were treated by Medicare providers committing fraud and abuse and later banned from receiving Medicare reimbursements A new study ...
Arsenic in drinking water may change heart structure raising risk of heart disease
May 7, 2019 -- Drinking water that is contaminated with arsenic may lead to thickening of the heart's main pumping ...
Teen girls more vulnerable to bullying than boys
Rutgers University-Camden nursing research shows notable disparity CAMDEN - Girls are more often bullied than boys and are more likely ...
Health professionals wary of medicinal cannabis misuse and adverse effects
A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) analysis of studies gauging attitudes to medicinal cannabis has found that while health professionals ...
PolyU develops palm-sized 3D ultrasound imaging system for scoliosis mass screening
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) recently shared that more youngsters can have their scoliosis conditions detected early and monitored ...
Maternal nut consumption during pregnancy linked to improvements in neurodevelopment in children
Nuts are known to help reduce the risk of hypertension, oxidative stress and diabetes and they may exercise a protective ...
Global health benefits of climate action offset costs
Reducing carbon emissions while improving health is economically attractive, study showsThe price tag for cutting global emissions may seem expensive, ...
Reduction and loss of SNAP benefits tied to increased food insecurity and poor health among working
BOSTON--Families with young children who experienced a reduction or cutoff in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits because of increased ...
Immediate HIV treatment initiation: Increased but not yet universal in NYC
A new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases found that immediate treatment initiation for HIV infection has improved ...
AI can detect depression in a child’s speech
Credit: Anthony Kelly A machine learning algorithm can detect signs of anxiety and depression in the speech patterns of young ...
New research uncovers how life-threatening fungal diseases adapt to survive in humans
A new study from The Westmead Institute for Medical Research has uncovered how serious fungal infections grow in humans by ...
Five things to know about physician suicide
Physician suicide is an urgent problem with rates higher than suicide rates in the general public, with potential for extensive ...
High rates of Indigenous people in jail is a health crisis
The overincarceration of Indigenous people in Canada is a health crisis, causing more years of life to be lost than ...
Program involving community volunteers shows promise for reducing health care use by seniors
Incorporating community volunteers into the health care system shows promise in reducing health care usage by older adults and shifting ...
Fitness may affect risk of lung, colorectal cancer and survival likelihood after diagnosis
In a recent study, adults who were the most fit had the lowest risk of developing lung and colorectal cancer. ...
Index that tracks impact of pharmaceuticals worldwide to relaunch, focus on more diseases
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The Global Health Impact Index, developed by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York to ...
DNA test is an effective cervical cancer screening tool for women in low-income countries
Effective cervical cancer screening initiative by Dartmouth researchers in Honduras identifies different human papillomavirus types than those in the USCredit: ...
