Tag: Public Health

Rutgers study shows how bacteria in wastewater plants transform widely used chemicalsCredit: Abigail W. Porter/Rutgers University-New Brunswick When you flush ...

Mount Sinai and IBM researchers uncover key to greater efficacy in cancer treatment

Mitochondria are found to be associated with the effectiveness of oncological drug therapies New York, NY (March 21, 2019) -- ...

Analyzing a Facebook-fueled anti-vaccination attack: 'It's not all about autism'

Credit: Image appears with compliments from Elsevier PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2019 - Social media has given those espousing anti-vaccination sentiments ...

Affordable Care Act delivers significant benefits for women

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine demonstrates the ACA's positive impact on healthcare affordability and access, ...

The Lancet: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation

Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more people than any other ...

To abort or not to abort — making difficult choices alone

Women contemplating abortion say they would like more support from the health care communityCredit: Photo: NTNU Almost half of all ...

New model for ICU care, developed by Rutgers, discovers causes of health emergencies

Credit: Nick Romanenko A new model for intensive care, developed by Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health System, can help identify preventable ...

Bench-to-bedside: NIMH research leading to Brexanolone

First-ever drug specifically for postpartum depression Approximately 1 in 9 women in the United States experiences symptoms of postpartum depression, ...

Canadian food and beverage companies get mixed grades on nutrition goals: U of T report

Credit: Katherine Fogler Canada's largest food and beverage manufacturers could aim higher to improve nutrition, reduce obesity and prevent chronic ...

Review of osteoporosis clinical practice guidelines finds majority lack patient values

Review included countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and United States Patients' ...

Is anxiety in childhood and adolescence linked to later alcohol use disorders?

In an Addiction analysis of relevant published studies, investigators found some evidence for a positive association between anxiety during childhood ...

Disease burden in osteoarthritis is similar to rheumatoid arthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) has traditionally been viewed as a highly prevalent but milder condition when compared with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and ...

Does alcohol consumption have an effect on arthritis?

Several previous studies have demonstrated that moderate alcohol consumption is linked with less severe disease and better quality of life ...

Skin diseases are more common than we think

Skin diseases are ranked as the fourth most common cause of human illness, but many affected people do not consult ...

Drinking hot tea linked with elevated risk of esophageal cancer

Previous studies have revealed a link between hot tea drinking and risk of esophageal cancer, but until now, no study ...

Research examines complications during birth and link to later social anxiety in children

A new study published in Infant and Child Development indicates that complications during birth may increase the risk that children ...

Infections linked with an increased risk of developing Sjögren’s syndrome

Individuals with a history of infection had a two-fold increased risk of developing Sjögren's syndrome in a Journal of Internal ...

Exercise program provides multiple benefits to nursing home residents

In a Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study of residents at nursing homes, those who participated in a six-month ...

Bacterial contamination in household and office building tap water

Water is a source of concern for disseminating the bacteria Legionella pneumophila and Mycobacterium avium, which cause lung disease (legionellosis ...

Study examines how high altitude affects memory