Tag: Public Health

Credit: Martin Dee/University of British Columbia For the rising number of cancer survivors worldwide, there's growing evidence that exercise is ...

UNH researchers find climate change increases risk of mercury contamination

Credit: Credit: Florencia Fahnestock/UNH DURHAM, N.H.--As global temperatures continue to rise, the thawing of permafrost in Arctic areas is being ...

Distribution of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealed

Distribution and origin of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealedCredit: Satoshi Utsunomiya New method allows scientists to create a quantitative ...

Nanomesh drug delivery provides hope against global antibiotic resistance

The fight against antibiotic resistance takes a major step forward with scientists discovering a concept for fabricating nanomeshes as drug ...

Society is rejecting facts; medical researchers can help

Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University One study says coffee is good for you, while another study says that it's ...

In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes

Larger mosquitoes better at transmitting disease, put residents at riskCredit: CDC (Millbrook, NY) Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more ...

Syphilis infection rates in dialysis patients exceed general population

Credit: Phil Jones, AU senior photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 15 , 2019) - Syphilis rates, like other sexually transmitted disease ...

Sweetened drinks represented 62% of children’s drink sales in 2018

None of the 34 top-selling sweetened children's drinks met expert recommendations for healthier drinks for childrenCredit: Bill Kelly, Kelly Design ...

WVU researcher to help target victims of rural sex trafficking through new mobile app

October 15, 2019

Credit: West Virginia University A West Virginia University School of Medicine researcher is developing an app to train key personnel ...

Heart attack registry to provide new insight into STEMI occurrence, treatment in India

October 15, 2019

This is the first prospective cohort study of this magnitude in the region and is already providing unique data about ...

Internship program will help address opioid epidemic in underserved communities

October 15, 2019

$1.2 million grant will expand clinical training to 21 additional predoctoral interns through 2021Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - ...

Study finds topsoil is key harbinger of lead exposure risks for children

October 14, 2019

Credit: Paula Burch-Celentano, Tulane University Tracking lead levels in soil over time is critical for cities to determine lead contamination ...

SLAS Discovery releases special issue

'Membrane proteins: New approaches to probes, technologies and drug design' now availableCredit: David James Group Oak Brook, IL - October's ...

Around half a million men who have sex with men in the EU need PrEP but cannot access it

Need to improve easy access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis PrEPStatus of PrEP implementation, Dublin Declaration monitoring in Europe and Central ...

UTHealth leads effort to enhance Texas’ financial exploitation investigations of seniors

Credit: UTHealth An elder abuse team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is partnering with ...

ERC Synergy Grant for research at the interface of viral infection and cellular regulation

Credit: ERC The interdisciplinary team wants to investigate the molecular mechanisms of viral infection, which will contribute to fundamental knowledge ...

SLAS Technology releases part 1 of special 2-part issue

Engineering innovations for fundamental biology and translational medicine now availableCredit: David James Group October's SLAS Technology Special Issue Focuses on ...

Study identifies 5 patterns of gun ownership by motivation, practices, other features

Credit: University of California Regents A study of 429 firearm owners who answered the 2018 California Safety and Wellbeing Survey ...

Researchers discover how chlamydia takes up new DNA from host

Credit: Hefty Lab LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly ...

NHS needs to act on patient feedback, say Sheffield health researchers