Tag: Public Health

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

New tools and strategies for tuberculosis diagnosis, care, and elimination: A PLOS Medicine special

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

TTI heat map shows relationship between traffic-related air pollution and childhood asthma

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

Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands' communities

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

Compound that kills drug-resistant fungi is isolated from ant microbiota

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

Severe psychological distress and daily cannabis use: Implications for mental health?

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

Visualization strategies may backfire on consumers pursuing health goals

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

Supporting HIV-affected couples trying to conceive

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

Vanderbilt-led research team ‘sprints’ to stop Zika virus

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

No such thing as ‘sugar rush’! Sugar worsens mood rather than improving it

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

Capturing mosquito waste could speed up virus detection

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

That’s ‘sew’ smart! Scientists invent threads to detect gases when woven into clothing

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

Stressed? Take a 20-minute nature pill

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

The screen interval for high cardiovascular disease risk should be individual

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

Researchers receive multi-year grants to identify corneal ulcer genetic biomarkers

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

Opioid epidemic is increasing rates of some infectious diseases

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

Government subsidies could be key to containing hospital-born infections

Healthcare-associated infections -- illnesses that people contract while being treated in a hospital or other healthcare facility -- sicken millions ...

Widely used public health surveys may underestimate global burden of childhood diarrhea

Standard survey asks caregivers to recall diarrhea cases over past two weeks -- but a one-week recall period may be ...

Strong link between air pollution in Southwestern Ontario and adverse birth outcomes

A study by researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University and Brescia University College has found evidence of a ...

Project to integrate and decentralize HIV, diabetes, and hypertension services in Africa