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July 19, 2024
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July 16, 2024 — A new global assessment of scientific literature finds that nature-based solutions (NbS) are an economically effective method to mitigate risks from a range of disasters -- from floods and hurricanes ...
July 10, 2024 — A new study shows a significant increase in telemedicine services offered by U.S. hospitals from 2017 to 2022, while also highlighting persistent barriers to its full ...
July 4, 2024 — Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- an environmental bacteria that can cause devastating multidrug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying lung conditions -- evolved rapidly and then spread globally over the last 200 years, probably ...
July 1, 2024 — Taxing certain antibiotics could help efforts to tackle the escalating threat of antibiotic resistance in humans, according to a new ...
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July 18, 2024 — Persistently unhealthy sleep, either not enough or too much, is associated with a significantly increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in a racially and economically diverse adult population, an ...
July 15, 2024 — Researchers reveal how a gene called SH2B1 works in the brain to regulate food ...
July 15, 2024 — American diets may have gotten healthier and more diverse in the months following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new ...
July 11, 2024 — A new study finds four in 10 cancer cases and about one-half of all cancer deaths in adults 30 years old and older in the United States (or 713,340 ...
July 10, 2024 — Children and young people are generally positive about artificial intelligence (AI) and think it should be used in modern ...
July 8, 2024 — In a study involving 50,000+ individuals from around the world, higher gut levels of Blastocystis, a single-celled organism commonly found in the digestive system, were linked to more favorable ...
July 8, 2024 — While H5N1 avian influenza virus taken from infected cow's milk makes mice and ferrets sick when dripped into their noses, airborne transmission of ...
July 8, 2024 — Researchers found a molecular mechanism, shared in cancer and pregnancy, that suppresses the immune system. Block this mechanism, called B7-H4, and the immune system revs up to slow cancer's growth. ...
June 28, 2024 — A handful of common surgical procedures account for large shares of all opioids dispensed after surgery in children and ...
July 2, 2024 — We unconsciously form prejudice toward groups when we see biased people interact with members of a group. That is according to new research by psychologists, who show for the first time that ...
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July 19, 2024 — Health records and health care use show youth whose parents have been incarcerated have more physical and mental health challenges. Identifying those youth is a problem because most health systems ...
July 19, 2024 — When it comes to community hypertension interventions, a new study found that pharmacists and community health workers had the best success in lowering blood pressure. These findings support the idea ...
July 18, 2024 — Researchers conduct large-scale studies with diverse groups to better understand the genetic factors that influence health and disease. The Million Veteran Program (MVP), for example, includes people ...
July 18, 2024 — Globally, around 2.6 million children and adolescents are currently living with HIV, the majority of them in Africa. These young people are much more likely to experience treatment failure than ...
July 17, 2024 — Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) new research has found. The study found that UPF consumption was highest among adolescents from ...
July 17, 2024 — Investment in research into genetics could dramatically improve educational policies and understanding of parenting in ways that could help all children, according to a new ...
July 17, 2024 — New research demonstrates that the socioeconomic status (SES) of cell donors affects the health outcomes of blood cancer patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation ...
July 16, 2024 — Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. A new study examines the effect of social and ...
July 12, 2024 — As many as half of all patients admitted to hospital and other healthcare facilities are malnourished. This has serious consequences for the individual in terms of unnecessary suffering, poorer ...
July 12, 2024 — A new study suggests that people who are trying to conceive and live close to oil and gas development sites have a heightened risk of developing adverse mental health outcomes. The study found that ...
July 11, 2024 — A multi-institutional study found that 1 in 6 youths fill an opioid prescription prior to surgery, and 3% of patients were still filling opioid prescriptions three to six months after surgery, ...
July 10, 2024 — Older adults who suffer serious injuries from a fall or a motor vehicle accident often have impaired long-term functioning and diminished quality of life. A new study has found the new Trauma Medical ...
July 10, 2024 — Researchers discovered that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while ...
July 2, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered significant flaws in current climate risk assessment techniques that could lead to a severe underestimation of climate-related financial losses for businesses and ...
June 26, 2024 — A national position statement on emergency action plan development and implementation in sports from an athletic training researcher sets in motion new priorities for responding to catastrophic ...
June 27, 2024 — Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country's most stringent state abortion laws had not been enacted. The study estimates that infant deaths in ...
June 24, 2024 — Rising health care prices in the U.S. are leading employers outside the health care sector to reduce their payroll and decrease their number of employees, according to a new study. The study found ...
June 19, 2024 — Tapping into the vast amount of data now available on social media, a new study introduces a powerful new approach to understanding the nation's health, in this case the vaping ...
June 19, 2024 — In low- and middle-income countries, anemia reduction efforts are often touted as a way to improve educational outcomes and reduce poverty. A new study evaluates the relationship between anemia and ...
June 14, 2024 — Excess sodium intake and a lack of potassium are major contributing factors towards high blood pressure in Indonesia, prompting calls for low-sodium potassium-rich salt substitutes (LSSS) to be ...
Friday, July 19, 2024
- Impact of Incarceration on Youth Health
- These Healthcare Professionals May Be Secret Weapon Against Hypertension, Study Says
Thursday, July 18, 2024
- Genetic Study Highlights Importance of Diversity in Understanding Health Disparities
- Improving HIV Treatment in Children and Adolescents -- The Right Way
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Ultra-Processed Food Makes Up Almost Two-Thirds of Calorie Intake of UK Adolescents, Study Finds
- Boost in Infant Genetics Research Could Change Lives, Say Researchers
- Cell Donor's Socioeconomic Status Shapes Cancer Treatment Outcomes, New Study Finds
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
- Greater Attention Needs to Be Paid to Malnutrition in the Sick and Elderly, Researchers Say
- Living Near Oil and Gas Activity Linked to Poor Mental Health During Preconception
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Trauma Medical Home: New Coordinated Care Model for Injured Older Adults
- When There's Money to Lose, Phone Usage While Driving Drops
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Monday, June 24, 2024
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
- Study Uses Powerful New 'digital Cohort' Method to Understand Vaping Epidemic
- Rigorous New Study Debunks Misconceptions About Anemia, Education
Friday, June 14, 2024
- Low-Sodium Alternatives Can Lead to Major Health Gains in Indonesia
- More Hospitals Than Ever Require Staff to Get Flu Shots, U.S. Study Finds
Thursday, June 13, 2024
- AI Can Help Doctors Make Better Decisions and Save Lives
- Does Exercise in Greenspace Boost the Individual Health Benefits of Each?
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Alarming Trends Call for Action to Define the Future Role of Food in Nation's Health
- Unregulated Sales of a Toxic and Hallucinogenic Mushroom Endanger Public Health
Friday, June 7, 2024
- Basic Income Can Double Global GDP While Reducing Carbon Emissions
- Secure Access to Food and Water Decreasing for US Children
- How $4 Billion Funded the Unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- Managing Mental Health Should Be About More Than Mind
- Study Reveals High Rate of Drowsy Driving by Teens
- Population Shifts, Risk Factors May Triple U.S. Cardiovascular Disease Costs by 2050
- How Stress Knocks out Your Cognitive Reserve
- Medical School Isn't Teaching Doctors Much About Nutrition
Monday, June 3, 2024
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Local Disparities May Prevent National Vaccination Efforts for Rubella
- Menstrual Periods Are Arriving Earlier for Younger Generations, Especially Among Racial Minority and Lower-Income Individuals
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Friday, May 24, 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Approximately One in Nine U.S. Children Diagnosed With ADHD, as New National Study Highlights an 'ever-Expanding' Public Health Concern
- Children Struggling at School Entry More Likely to Face Disadvantage at Age 16-17
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Subtle Cognitive Decline Precedes End to Driving for Older Adults
- Half of Americans Feel Unprepared to Help in a Life-Threatening Emergency
- Health and Economic Benefits of Breastfeeding Quantified
- Social Networks Can Influence Perception of Climate-Change Risk
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Electric School Buses May Yield Significant Health and Climate Benefits, Cost Savings
- Mothers Live Longer as Child Mortality Declines
- Should Your Exercise Goals Be in Minutes or Steps? Study Suggests They Are Equally Beneficial
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Better Medical Record-Keeping Needed to Fight Antibiotic Overuse
- Global Life Expectancy to Increase by Nearly 5 Years by 2050 Despite Geopolitical, Metabolic, and Environmental Threats
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- The Case for Sharing Carbon Storage Risk
- Study Tallies Heatwave Deaths Over Recent Decades
- New Transit Station in Japan Significantly Reduced Cumulative Health Expenditures
- Mixed Public Opinion on Polygenic Embryo Screening for IVF
Monday, May 13, 2024
- Team Studies Factors Related to a Sense of Economic Insecurity in Older Adults
- Study Traces an Infectious Language Epidemic
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- More Than 321,000 U.S. Children Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose from 2011 to 2021
- Childhood Maltreatment Responsible for Up to 40 Percent of Mental Health Conditions
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- Understanding Youth Nicotine Use to Prevent Initiation and Escalation
- Life Expectancy in Two Disadvantaged Areas Higher Than Expected
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Monday, April 29, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
- How Geography Acts as a Structural Determinant of Health
- Component of Keto Diet Plus Immunotherapy May Reduce Prostate Cancer
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- New Study Uncovers Lasting Financial Hardship Associated With Cancer Diagnosis for Working-Age Adults in the U.S.
- Treatment from Female Doctors Leads to Lower Mortality and Hospital Readmission Rates, Study Suggests
Monday, April 22, 2024
- Rise Seen in Use of Antibiotics for Conditions They Can't Treat -- Including COVID-19
- Study Finds COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Some, but Not Many, Developmental Milestone Delays in Infants and Young Children
- Social Programs Save Millions of Lives, Especially in Times of Crisis
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Life Expectancy Increased as World Addressed Major Killers Including Diarrhea, Lower Respiratory Infections, and Stroke
- Testing Environmental Water to Monitor COVID-19 Spread in Unsheltered Encampments
- Gunshots in American Cities Twice as Likely at Night, Potentially Disrupting Sleep for Those in Earshot, Study Finds
Monday, April 1, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Job Flexibility and Security Promotes Better Mental Health Among Employees
- New Roadmap to Prevent Pandemics Centers on Protecting Biodiversity
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Research Identifies Characteristics of Cities That Would Support Young People's Mental Health
- 2 in 3 Parents Say Their Adolescent or Teen Worries About How Sick Days May Impact Grades
- Less Obesity in 3 And 4-Year-Olds After the Pandemic, Swedish Study Finds
- Troubling Trends in Midlife Mortality in the US and UK
Friday, March 22, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Rural and Minority Dementia Patients Face Disparities in Access to Neurologists
- Powerful New AI Can Predict People's Attitudes to Vaccines
- Low Social Status Increases Risk of Health Problems from Alcohol Problems
Monday, March 18, 2024
- New Technique Helps AI Tell When Humans Are Lying
- Laws That Punish Drug Use During Pregnancy Likely Lead to Worse Health Outcomes for Families, Study Finds