Tag: Public Health

New level 1 trauma center at UChicago Medicine lowers Chicago's disparity 7-fold African-Americans in major U.S. cities are significantly more ...

Number and timing of pregnancies influence breast cancer risk for women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

Risk of breast cancer declined for women with BRCA1 gene and more than one pregnancy New York, NY and Paris, ...

Vitamin D may protect against pollution-associated asthma symptoms in obese children

Credit: NIEHS A new study finds vitamin D may be protective among asthmatic obese children living in urban environments with ...

$2 million NIH grant to study nephrotic syndrome

Credit: Children's National A Children's researcher has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ...

$3 million NIH grant to study APOL1 and HIV synergy

Credit: Children's National Two Children's researchers have received a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

Improving researchers' abilities to forecast epidemics

Credit: Hokkaido University An annual influenza season forecasting challenge issued by the US Centers for Disease Control provides unique insight ...

TB medicine pretomanid enters regulatory review process in the United States

NEW YORK, NY (March 8, 2019)--TB Alliance's new drug application (NDA) for the novel tuberculosis (TB) drug candidate pretomanid has ...

Canadians’ consumption of fruit and vegetables drops 13 per cent in 11 years

Credit: UBC Faculty of Land & Food Systems Two surveys taken 11 years apart show a 13-per-cent decrease in the ...

How the global gag rule stifles free speech

During his first week in office, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order known as the Expanded Global Gag ...

Researchers find high blood pressure link

Early onset menstruation linked to high blood pressure in late adulthood, UGA study finds Athens, Ga. - The age a ...

How does the body respond to diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis?

Credit: Christensen, et al. (CC BY 4.0, 2019) In diffuse cutaneous leishmanisis (DCL), a rare form of leishmaniasis, parasites grow ...

Hurricane Maria had a significant impact on HIV care outcomes

Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico had a significant impact on HIV outcomes among people living with HIV and ...

Moderate alcohol consumption linked with high blood pressure

Study among the first to suggest moderate drinking harms, rather than protects, heart health A study of more than 17,000 ...

Getting a flu shot while hospitalized lowers the chance of a heart attack