Tag: Public Health

Projects focus on sleep apnea and community health worker interventions WASHINGTON, DC (February 26, 2019) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research ...

Zoonoses: Antimicrobial resistance shows no signs of slowing down

ECDC/EFSA report 'rings alarm bells,' says EU CommissionerCredit: ECDC/EFSA, 2019 Data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention ...

UA physicians and scientists developing technology to prevent adverse reactions to medications

PHOENIX - The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and Banner Health are collaborating to prevent life-threatening adverse ...

UVA expanding telehealth to better treat diabetes, heart disease

Expanded capacity, pilot programs supported by $750,000 grantCredit: UVA Health System The University of Virginia Health System is expanding its ...

Medications: As many as needed, as few as possible!

New endowed chair for polypharmacy and health services research at Goethe University Marjan van den Akker worked at the Maastricht ...

Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases risk of ADHD among offspring up to 3-fold

The higher the cotinine levels were in the mother's blood during pregnancy, the greater was the child's risk of developing ...

New study shows use of medication abortion rebounded in Texas after FDA label change

AUSTIN, Texas--A new Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) study shows that use of medication abortion, also known as "the abortion ...

A disconnect between migrants’ stories and their health

Happy narratives belie health markers of stress in study COLUMBUS, Ohio - While some Mexican immigrants give positive accounts about ...

Identifying barriers to care for women with endometriosis

Women face a multitude of barriers to receiving quality care for endometriosis, a chronic, often painful disease that affects approximately ...

For young adult cancer survivors, debt and work-related impairments

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Student loans aren't the only reason young adults end up in debt. One of ...

Fewer hospital programs address opioid abuse, Ohio University study finds

American hospitals collectively have seen a loss of programs dealing with substance abuse ATHENS, Ohio (Feb. 25, 2019) - The ...

India’s integrated child development program increases educational attainment

Supplemental nutrition and other health services during the first 3 years of life led to the completion of 0.1-0.3 more ...

People with chronic pain are coping with the help of Pinterest, new study reveals

The study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University also suggests that Pinterest could be a valuable tool for health care ...

New protein ‘switch’ could be key to controlling blood-poisoning and preventing death