New nano strategy fights superbugs
Rice University material 'traps and zaps' floating DNA that makes bacteria resistantCredit: Illustration by Danning Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (March ...
Tag: Public Health
Heat stress may affect more than 1.2 billion people annually by 2100
Rising global temperatures are increasing exposure to extreme heat and humidityCredit: NASA Earth Observatory Heat stress from extreme heat and ...
On World Delirium Day, AGS launches AGS CoCare: HELP to turn tide for serious condition
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society With the launch of https://HELP.AGSCoCare.org, the online home for AGS CoCare: HELP™--a seminal program ...
African Americans, Hispanics less likely to receive recommended lung cancer imaging
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The use of PET-CT imaging gives doctors the best possible picture of non-small cell ...
Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns
Credit: Children's National Hospital Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking ...
Demographics linked to choice not to vaccinate children in Texas, study finds
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Texans who are college-educated, live in suburban or urban areas, have higher median incomes ...
Project aimed at improving Latino population’s access to healthy local foods receives funding
UC Riverside School of Medicine to lead engagement project in eastern Coachella ValleyCredit: Ann Cheney, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
NCCN releases recommendations for standardizing quality measurement in oncology
NCCN Quality and Outcomes Committee's endorsements of impactful and feasible quality and outcomes measures offer opportunities to advance the quality ...
FAIR Health launches shared decision-making tools for palliative care
Groundbreaking decision tools pair clinical and cost information for patients with serious and chronic illnessCredit: fairhealthconsumer.com NEW YORK, NY--March 10, ...
Firearm violence solutions from a public health perspective
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (March 9, 2020) - While firearm violence is a major public health challenge in the United ...
Homeless Health Research Network releases evidence-based clinical guideline
Substantial changes in the Canadian homeless population require new synergies for intervention and treatmentCredit: Homeless Health Research Network A collaborative ...
Providing contraceptive care in the pediatric emergency department
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 9, 2020--A new study found that two-thirds of female adolescents ...
Lack of information impedes access to food pantries and programs in Utah
Credit: University of Utah Health Utah residents who have difficulty keeping their families fed could be missing a key ingredient: ...
SARS influencing response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Singapore
AJR details how Singapore General Hospital responded to the SARS outbreak of 2003, including a thorough list of 43 ground ...
Biomarker in saliva predicts childhood obesity risk
Credit: Photo by John Russell A molecular marker in saliva is associated with the emergence of childhood obesity in a ...
Individual response to COVID-19 ‘as important’ as government action
Credit: Reprinted from The Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30567-5, Anderson et al., Figure 1, How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of ...
VIDO-InterVac-led research team at USask awarded almost $1M to fight new coronavirus
Credit: Debra Marshall A University of Saskatchewan research team and collaborating scientists from across the country have been awarded almost ...
Confusing standards lead to extra sugar in kids’ breakfast cereals
Child sugar intake may be impacted by a lack of uniform serving size and standardized metrics for sugar content, according ...
Many lyme disease cases go unreported; A new model could help change that
Researchers have drawn on 17 years of data to develop a model that identifies areas in which the tick-borne illness ...
Wuhan CT scans reliable for coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosis, limited for differentiation
Chest CTs have low rate of misdiagnosis and can standardize imaging features and transformation rules for rapid diagnosis, yet modality ...
