Tag: Public Health

March 26, 2021

Researchers in India use GIS mapping to identify city neighborhoods at highest risk of a COVID outbreak--helping officials place targeted ...

Risk prediction to reduce minority disparities in USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines

March 26, 2021

Updated USPSTF LCS guidelines based solely on age, pack-years, and quit-years perpetuate eligibility disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, although ...

Study reveals bias among doctors who classify X-rays for coal miner’s black lung claims

March 26, 2021

UIC researchers first to publish data on B-reader financial conflicts of interestCredit: UIC University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the ...

No evidence that people alter daily travel after having symptoms that could be COVID-19

New George Mason University College of Health and Human Services study is one of first individual-level studies to track movements ...

Will COVID-19 vaccines need to be adapted regularly?

Credit: Image: Jó/Charité Influenza vaccines need to be evaluated every year to ensure they remain effective against new influenza viruses. ...

Nearly half of poison control calls for supersized alcopops involve underage drinkers

A new George Mason University study found that calls to US poison control centers for supersized alcopops disproportionately involved underage ...

Starting smoking cessation in hospitalized patients would reduce many premature deaths

Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Smoking cigarettes causes 480,000 premature deaths each year in the United States, due mainly ...

MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water

Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration optionCredit: Courtesy: N.R. Fuller, Sayo Studio The interiors of ...

‘Silencing’ protein to weaken COVID-19

Researchers from ITQB NOVA have characterized a therapeutic target with great potential and built its first three-dimensional modelCredit: ITQB NOVA ...

School-based telehealth connects underserved kids to quality and sustainable health care

Implementation of school-based telehealth in communities facing health care barriers across South Carolina provides children with accessible care.Credit: Medical University ...

Family ties protect against opioid misuse among U.S. young adults

Credit: Data Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Syracuse, N.Y. - As opioid use disorders and overdoses ...

Positive self-image and self-esteem protects against weight gain in adolescence

Credit: Eivind Meland A new study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that the way young people view their ...

Children exposed to tobacco smoke use more emergent health services

UC study: Childhood illness from tobacco smoke exposure drives up health care visits and costsCredit: University of Cincinnati Tobacco smoke-exposed ...

During the first wave of coronavirus pandemic older adults left home mainly for physical activity