Tag: Public Health

UMass Amherst researchers create simple guidelines to measure walking intensityCredit: UMass Amherst In an ongoing study exploring walking for health ...

Protecting those on the frontline from Ebola

A new online training program developed by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina helps keep health care workers ...

A new toolkit for studying how 'PARP' activity boosts cancers

ADP-ribosylation, a process driven by PARP enzymes, helps some cancers grow and is suspected to be a factor in other ...

Suicide can't be predicted by asking about suicidal thoughts, major Australian study shows

The majority of people who die by suicide deny having suicidal thoughts when asked by doctors in the weeks and ...

Common e-cigarette chemical flavorings may impair lung function

Boston, MA - Two chemicals widely used to flavor electronic cigarettes may be impairing the function of cilia in the ...

For older people, medications are common; AGS Beers Criteria aims to make them appropriate, too

Progress with geriatrics legislation highlights collaboration for care as we age

Male birth control for the malaria parasite

Credit: Kevin J. Hart, Penn State Disrupting two genes involved in the preservation of RNA molecules inhibits the ability of ...

DDW® 2019 offers reporters access to leading research in digestive health

Digestive Disease Week® media registration now open Bethesda, MD (Jan. 31, 2019) -- Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) will host its ...

Hurricane Katrina's aftermath included spike in heart disease hospitalizations

Increase in hospitalization rates lasted more than a month; higher among older black population compared to older white populationCredit: Elena ...

An unexpected mode of action for an antibody

Visualizing how some patients successfully fought off deadly coronaviruses could pave the way to combat these respiratory infectionsCredit: Jon Klein ...

Effectively collecting tiny droplets for biomedical analysis and beyond

Credit: City University of Hong Kong & PNAS In a single sneeze or a cough, as many as 40,000 tiny ...

Children exposed to air pollution at school may be at greater risk of overweight and obesity

Exposure to air pollution, particularly at school, could be associated with a higher risk of overweight and obesity during childhood. ...

Chronic kidney disease: Everyone's concern