Tag: Public Health

January 27, 2020

Credit: CWRU Created by Case Western Reserve University researchers, the drug will be tested with in healthy volunteers at Cleveland ...

High air pollution exposure in 1-year-olds linked to structural brain changes at age 12

January 24, 2020

Credit: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center CINCINNATI -- A new study suggests that significant early childhood exposure to traffic-related air ...

AJR researchers take step toward automating thyroid cancer triage

Team develops quantitative framework to sonographically differentiate thyroid nodules at levels comparable to expert radiologists--a big step towards automated triage ...

New study to examine impact of environmental exposure on breast cancer risk in young women

UMass Amherst cancer epidemiologist awarded National Institutes of Health grantCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst cancer epidemiologist has ...

Study identifies top strategies for successful weight loss maintenance

Building healthy dietary, self-monitoring and psychological coping strategies may be the keys to maintaining weight lossCredit: WW International Inc. Just ...

Preventing metastasis by stopping cancer cells from making fat

Credit: copy University of Louvain Olivier Feron, a researcher at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) Institute of Experimental and Clinical ...

Controlled-release opioid may be leading to heart infections in persons who inject drugs

Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry LONDON, ON - A new study from ICES, Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University ...

Mosquito-borne diseases could be prevented by skin cream

Credit: University of Leeds A skin cream used to treat warts and skin cancer could help protect people against viral ...

Novel coronavirus: ECDC updates risk assessment for Europe

Further global spread likely along with moderate likelihood of imported cases being detected in EU/EEA countriesCredit: ECDC The novel coronavirus ...

A roadmap for adding ivermectin to the malaria toolbox

A group of experts led by ISGlobal defines a clear pathway for evaluating and implementing ivermectin as a complementary vector ...

Policymakers join experts at the European Parliament for radioligand therapy report launch

The event, co- hosted by Tanja Fajon MEP (S&D, Slovenia) and Ewa Kopacz MEP (EPP, Poland) saw the launch of ...

Improving cardiovascular health of the most vulnerable

Heart disease and stroke are major causes of pre-mature mortality and morbidity in North Carolina, and there are significant racial ...

Study provides the first data on concussion risk in youth football

Credit: Virginia Tech For decades, there's been a widespread assumption among people with an interest in sports-related injury that youth ...

New study highlights importance of grain foods in infant diets

The first-of-its-kind analysis demonstrates infant grain consumption linked to superior diet qualityCredit: Grain Foods Foundation January 21, 2020 - Washington, ...

Maternal depression on rise in poor countries

Little attention for antenatal services, studyCredit: Courtesy AF Dadi Women in low and medium-income countries struggle with many health issues ...

Scientists show we don’t need horses to treat diphtheria

Research funded by PETA Science Group breaks new ground with animal-free antibodiesCredit: PETA India London - A project taking the ...

Study gauges efficacy of drugs against pork tapeworm