Tag: Public Health

Can a computer-aided model predict life-threatening sepsis? A model developed in the UK that uses routinely collected data to identify ...

A new study reveals that rising rates of liver cancer deaths in the United States have largely been confined to ...

A case study in CMAJ highlights the dangers of taking too much vitamin D. A 54-year-old man, after returning from ...

PITTSBURGH, April 8, 2019 - Children with acute respiratory infections were prescribed antibiotics more often during direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits than ...

April 5, 2019 -- Even tiny amounts of gluten in foods are troublesome for people with celiac disease, and restaurants ...

This week, publication of a special issue on tuberculosis (TB) begins in PLOS Medicine, advised by guest editors Richard Chaisson ...

Asthma cases attributable to traffic-related air pollution dramatically decreased between 2000 and 2010Credit: Texas A&M Transportation Institute April 5, 2019 ...

Largest study of its kind provides important evidence for global strategy on scabies control Mass drug administration (MDA) of two ...

A project conducted by researchers in Brazil and the US investigated bacteria living in symbiosis with insects as a source ...

April 4, 2019 -- Daily cannabis use increased significantly from 2008 to 2016 among those with and without past-month serious ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Using visualization as motivation is a common technique for achieving goals, but consumers who are pursuing health ...

A pilot study identifies a safe, effective strategy to help women with HIV have children in low-resource countriesCredit: Michigan Medicine ...

In January scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and colleagues in Boston, Seattle and St. Louis were given an ...

Sugar does not improve any aspect of mood and can even worsen it, according to new research published in Neuroscience ...

Proof-of-concept test results in first-ever detection of viruses in field-collected mosquito wasteCredit: James Gathany, CDC Public Health Image Library Annapolis, ...

Equipment- and training-free textile detectors could be used in public health, workplace safety, military and rescue applicationsCredit: Rachel Owyeung, Tufts ...

Just 20 minutes of contact with nature will lower stress hormone levels, reveals new study Taking at least twenty minutes ...

Current American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, and UK National Health Service guidelines recommend a 5-yearly health check interval ...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine More than 125 million people worldwide wear contact lenses, and while many ...

Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis WHAT: The United States faces a converging public ...