Tag: Public Health

Motivational text messages are a well-liked, feasible new way to provide additional support to Chinese patients with heart disease, reports ...

Dr. Shaun Sabico wins the ESCEO-IOF Pierre Meunier Young Scientist Award

Working at King Saud University, Dr. Sabico is recognized for his notable achievements in the areas of vitamin D research ...

Scientists review influenza vaccine research progress and opportunities

Credit: NIAID In a new series of articles, experts in immunology, virology, epidemiology, and vaccine development detail efforts to improve ...

Decline in physical activity often starts as early as age 7

Overall physical activity starts to decline already around the age of school entry. While the proportion of physically inactive individuals ...

Cancer drug shortages result in almost no treatment changes, USC study finds

For the vast majority of cancer drugs experiencing shortages over a seven-year period, a new USC research study found no ...

Current methods may inadequately measure health impacts from oil, natural gas extraction

FINDINGS An examination of peer-reviewed studies published over six years on hazardous air pollutants associated with the extraction of oil ...

New computer-aided model may help predict sepsis

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

Increasing numbers of adults with lower education are dying from liver cancer

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

Too much of a good thing? High doses of vitamin D can lead to kidney failure

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

Pediatric telemedicine visits may increase antibiotic overprescribing

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

Study measures gluten in gluten-free labeled restaurant food

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