Tag: Public Health

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

Credit: The University of Sheffield Researchers from the University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) are today ...

Study finds public support for health care providers talking about gun safety

Credit: University of California Regents (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Most Californians find gun safety conversations that take place in the exam ...

WVU researchers tackle rising health care costs with artificial intelligence

October 9, 2019

Credit: Paige Nesbit/West Virginia University Researchers at West Virginia University are using artificial intelligence to counter soaring costs of health ...

American Journal of Roentgenology reviews vaping-associated lung injury findings

October 9, 2019

AJR details patterns of inhalation lung injury associated with vaporizers and e-cigarettes: hypersensitivity pneumonitis, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, ...

Researchers are finding molecular mechanisms behind women’s biological clock

October 9, 2019

Credit: Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen Researchers have mapped out some of the mechanisms that may ...

Rice bran may help curb malnutrition, diarrhea for infants

Results from a clinical trial in Nicaragua and MaliCredit: William A. Cotton/CSU Photography Malnutrition is prevalent on a global scale ...

Lymphoma stage at diagnosis may predict when and where new cancer forms

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center With improved treatments, especially the use of anti-cancer immunotherapies, more than two-thirds of all ...

CDC designates UMass Amherst a flu forecasting Center of Excellence

Biostatistician awarded grant to develop innovative, collaborative modelsCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician will receive up to ...

Researchers to study medical cannabis and chronic pain

The $3.5M NIH project will see if cannabis substitutes for traditional pain medsCredit: UGA A team of researchers at the ...

WVU-led study reveals uptick in suicide and fatal drug overdoses among blacks, Hispanics, women

Credit: Jennifer Shephard/West Virginia University To classify a death as a suicide, medical examiners and coroners rely on hard evidence, ...

Scientists discover new antibiotic in tropical forest

Findings may lead to 'plant probiotic' and new antibioticsCredit: Dmitrii Y. Travin Scientists from Rutgers University and around the world ...

US firearm death rate rose sharply in recent years across most states & demographic groups