Tag: Public Health

May 2, 2019

New study also shows kids and teens who consume low-calorie sweetened beverages take in more calories compared to those who ...

Medical costs create hardships for more than half of Americans

May 2, 2019

Study: 137 million adults in the United States suffered medical financial hardship in 2015/2017 A new study by American Cancer ...

Walnuts may help lower blood pressure for those at risk of heart disease

When combined with a diet low in saturated fats, eating walnuts may help lower blood pressure in people at risk ...

New UH pharmacy center to tackle prescription drug misuse

$3.34 million grant for safe disposal as overdose deaths continue to riseCredit: University of Houston For the first time in ...

International team wins $6M grant to study HIV and tuberculosis coinfection in children

Credit: Charles Scanga PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2019 - About a third of us are walking around with the bacteria that ...

Dogs reduce distress of patients waiting for emergency hospital care

A visit from a dog can reduce the distress of patients waiting for emergency treatment in hospital,Credit: Jane Smith A ...

Mount Sinai researchers identify 20 novel gene associations with bipolar disorder

In the largest study of its kind, involving more than 50,000 subjects in 14 countries, researchers at the Icahn School ...

UC research supports state’s effort to raise age limit on tobacco purchases

University of Cincinnati expert applauds Ohio governor's bid to raise age to purchase cigarettes and e-cigarettesCredit: University of Cincinnati According ...

Diagnosing urban air pollution exposure with new precision

BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - A new review of studies on levels of urban exposure to airborne ...

US $244 billion lost annually because people don’t have spectacles to correct myopia

East Asia, South Asia and South East Asia regions bear the greatest burdenCredit: Photo by Dean Saffron, courtesy of Brien ...

HER2 positive breast cancer: Treatment de-escalation needs to be personalized

ESMO Breast Cancer Congress, May 2-4, 2019, Berlin, GermanyCredit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 1 May 2019 - ...

Quitting smoking is associated with reduced risk of bladder cancer in postmenopausal women

Bottom Line: A large study of postmenopausal women indicated that quitting cigarette smoking was associated with significantly reduced risk of ...

Grant moves TTUHSC El Paso into telemedicine

Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas-With help from a nearly $500,000 grant from the ...

MUSC psychologists release results of survey of ‘Maria generation’ kids

Credit: Provided by Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo Psychologists from the Medical University of South Carolina have just published one of the largest ...

Pregnancy shifts the daily schedule forward

New study finds both schedule, activity level changes in normal full-term pregnanciesCredit: Image: Syda Productions, via Shutterstock Add this to ...

Sleep and exercise affect new moms differently than new dads

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sleep and exercise are vital to the wellbeing of new parents, but these essentials affect new ...

Crisis and suicide prevention services struggle with demand after celebrity suicides

NIH study identifies importance of support for critical suicide prevention services The United States may lack the resources needed to ...

Lines blurring between human herpes simplex viruses

HSV-1, which mostly infects the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital sores, are forming recombinants in present-day humansCredit: Greg Pepper ...

Study: Health care providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug

Some say primary care doctors should take the lead on PrEP; others feel any provider can, according to new UB ...

Keeping fit is more than physical: It’s a state of mind