Tag: Public Health

Being overweight has been linked with a higher risk of developing a form of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma ...

Patients with interstitial lung disease--a group of disorders causing progressive scarring of lung tissue--are often prescribed various medications that specifically ...

Is the current American drug overdose epidemic an isolated phenomenon? Have other high-income countries experienced similar increases in drug overdose ...

Transferring technology to South Africa for on-site vaccine production In an effort to produce vaccines where they are needed most, ...

In an International Wound Journal study of 4,818 older patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgeries, five risk factors were linked with ...

A new Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study confirms that vitamin D supplementation is less effective in the presence ...

Dollar stores offer a good option to both low-income and budget shoppers, UNLV research finds When you hear about dollar ...

In an Indoor Air study conducted in a suburb of the city of Kuopio, Finland, relatively short-lasting wood and candle ...

Researchers show compounds based on chloroindazole reduce inflammation as well as promote neuroprotection and remyelination, improving the primary symptoms in ...

In an Arthritis Care & Research analysis of 230,732 women, those who quit smoking many years ago had a lower ...

Consumption of allium vegetables--which include garlic, leeks, and onions--was linked with a reduced risk of in colorectal cancer in a ...

The study is the first to show the drug overdose epidemic is contributing to the widening gap in life expectancy ...

Bottom Line: An analysis of cervical precancers over a period of seven years showed that two strains of human papillomavirus ...

Lesbian and bisexual women are at increased risk of being overweight or obese compared to heterosexual women, according to new ...