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Five Nobel Prize winners publish scientific article collection for children

Frontiers

Written for young people aged eight to 15, the collection has been published in the journal Frontiers for Young Minds. By sparking an interest in science from a young age, the Nobel Collection aims to improve young people’s scientific worldview. Founded in 2007, Frontiers is an award-winning open science publishing platform.

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Boost for Open Access in Asia as Frontiers and Taiwan’s NHRI seal deal

Frontiers

One of Taiwan’s leading medical research institutions, the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), and the open-access publisher Frontiers have today announced a publishing deal effective as of August 2021. By default, eligible articles are articles by corresponding authors affiliated with the National Health Research Institutes.

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The fluoride debate

Your Local Epidemiologist

Preventing cavities is good for many things, including cardiovascular health. In 2007, Juneo, Alaska, voted to stop adding fluoride. This is one of the beauties of public health—a mainly invisible population intervention, helping the most vulnerable. Public Health Service recommends a fluoride concentration of 0.7

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Weekly Health Digest: Stem Cell Transplants, Sleep and Dementia, Sugar From Birth, Cold Meds Regulation

Exploring Health

Dr. Victoire Leroy of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, one of the researchers, believed that addressing proactive signs of restlessness may prevent negative cognitive health outcomes. Leroy and colleagues study suggests that proactive measures now could prevent impairment later as we age.

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Consuming added sugars may increase risk of kidney stones

Frontiers

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Yin et al. analyzed epidemiological data on 28,303 adult women and men, collected between 2007 to 2018 within the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). “It suggests that limiting added sugar intake may help to prevent the formation of kidney stones.”

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IPH marks 25 years of shaping public health policy

Institute of Public Health

Set up prior to the signing of the Good Friday / Belfast Agreement in 1998, IPH has been shaping public health policy across the island of Ireland for 25 years. Watch summary video In his address, Professor McKee argued that governments will only achieve the best possible outcomes for their people if they invest in their health.

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Have smartphones and ubiquitous internet access affected sedentary time among children and adolescents?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

The public health consequences of this increase in sedentary time are uncertain. Sedentary time appears to be unrelated to metabolic health in youth, when moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity is taken into consideration. His research interests focus on the health effects of physical activity on non-communicable diseases.