When coronavirus is not alone
Team of complexity scientists present 'meme' model for multiple diseasesCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow ...
Tag: Public Health
For weight-loss surgery patients who quit smoking, relapse is common
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 21, 2020 - Although 1 in 7 adults smoke cigarettes the year prior to undergoing weight-loss ...
Social accounting, a different perspective when analysing public spending efficiency
The ECRI group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has established the socio-emotional value of the Hospital Santa Marina ...
E-cigarette users are exposed to potentially harmful levels of metal linked to DNA damage
Zinc excess in the body correlates with oxidative stressCredit: Talbot lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Researchers at the University ...
$3.2 million NIH award to support technology to fight deadly bacterial lung infections
Credit: Ella Maru Studio WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New support may help Purdue University scientists target what they call one ...
Risk of coronavirus importation in Africa
Credit: Vittoria Colizza and colleagues The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in China and cases have been reported in more ...
Controversy swirls around adipose-derived cell therapies for reparative medicine
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 19, 2020--Challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's current approach ...
Different tick, same repellents: Study shows how to avoid Asian longhorned tick
New CDC research shows DEET and other EPA-approved repellents are effective against the invasive speciesCredit: James Gathany, CDC Public Health ...
Breakthrough in coronavirus research results in new map to support vaccine design
Credit: Vivian Abagiu/Univ. of Texas at Austin Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of ...
IU researcher makes skin cancer discovery
Scientist identifies new areas in human genomes linked to riskCredit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University cancer ...
University of Utah Health launches fast DNA testing to speed care of critically-ill babies
Credit: Charlie Ehlert University of Utah Health today announced the launch of a project with a goal of quickly and ...
Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn
MU scientists find BPA alternative, bisphenol S, could negatively affect both a mother's placenta and potentially a developing baby's brainCredit: ...
Tulane math professor leads effort to map spread of coronavirus
James 'Mac' Hyman's goal is to help the public health community better understand and predict the spread of the coronavirus.Credit: ...
Exposure to cleaning products in first 3 months of life increases risk of childhood asthma
Credit: Simon Fraser University New research from the CHILD Cohort Study shows that frequent exposure to common household cleaning products ...
Memory games: Eating well to remember
UTS researchers have uncovered a strong link between the consumption of certain food groups and memory loss and comorbid heart ...
Heavy backpack? Good for you
Rice study suggests public school students have healthier core strength than home-schoolersCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 17, 2020) ...
Researchers show how Ebola virus hijacks host lipids
The VP40 protein, encoded by one of Ebola's seven genes, has a region that is crucial for binding to the ...
Researchers challenge new guidelines on aspirin in primary prevention
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The most recent guidelines for primary prevention recommend aspirin use for individuals ages 40 to 70 ...
Parents from lower-income families less likely to say child’s water supply is safe
Nearly a quarter of parents in national poll aren't confident in the safety of their home tap water; income disparities ...
New pathogenic mechanism for influenza NS1 protein found
Influenza NS1 can bind with the cell's RIG-I protein, blocking the innate immune responseCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Influenza is ...
