NPR Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
Research shows that 5-minute walking breaks every half hour offset the harm of too much sitting. But that is easier said than done. These 5 tips can help you maintain movement throughout your day.
The Hill
JANUARY 8, 2025
Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company's board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting the company's brand and the economy overall. The proposal by shareholders asked that the UHG board of directors produce a report looking into "how company practices impact access to healthcare and patient outcomes, including analyses of how often prior authorization requirements or denials of coverage lead to
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NPR Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
The annual winter respiratory virus season is in full force. The number of people catching the flu is skyrocketing, while COVID-19, RSV and other respiratory viral illnesses are also rising. (Image credit: Nam Y.
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
JANUARY 8, 2025
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 09 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-024-00624-z Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions hydroclimate whiplash have marked environmental and societal impacts. This Review outlines observed and projected changes in hydroclimate whiplash, suggesting that subseasonal and interannual volatility will increase markedly with ongoing warming.
NPR Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
Living through cancer can change you it puts pressure on everything, from your relationships to your career to your sense of self. Share how it's affected you and advice you'd give to others.
News Medical Health Sciences
JANUARY 8, 2025
A study indicates that longer Paxlovid treatments could improve long COVID symptoms in some patients, highlighting the need for tailored antiviral strategies.
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Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 8, 2025
A good night's sleep does more than just help you feel rested--it might literally clear your mind. A new study shows how deep sleep may wash away waste buildup in the brain during waking hours, an essential process for maintaining brain health. The findings also offer insights into how sleep aids may disrupt the 'brainwashing' system, potentially affecting cognitive function in the long run.
NPR Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
Mental health professionals warn that the quality and level of mental health care people in western North Carolina receive in the coming months will be critical.
News Medical Health Sciences
JANUARY 8, 2025
Recycling takes place in our cells at all times: in a process called autophagy, cell components that are no longer needed are enclosed by membranes and broken down into their basic building blocks.
NPR Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
What do you say to people when they ask you why you aren't drinking? How do you get your friends to hang out in places other than bars? We tackle the social conundrums of sober socializing.
Environmental Health News
JANUARY 8, 2025
May 29, 2020, should have been a pride-filled day as I, a Black daughter of immigrants, would confer a master's degree from MIT. Instead, I grieved as I watched news coverage of the murder of George Floyd four days prior by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. For nine minutes and 29 seconds, Chauvin kneeled on the back of Floyds neck, as Floyd uttered I cant breathe multiple times until his final breath.
NPR Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
Wildfires raging around Los Angeles mean air quality has plummeted. What's the risk for everyone breathing that air -- and how can people protect themselves?
Public Health Newswire
JANUARY 8, 2025
Change in administration brings opportunities, APHA past presidents say
NPR Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
After Nevada gave home health care workers a huge raise, from about $11 to $16 an hour, turnover in the industry fell sharply. Now, caregivers are preparing to lobby for another wage hike.
The Hindu
JANUARY 8, 2025
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NPR Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
Extremely dry conditions coupled with high winds have led to an explosive wildfire situation in southern California. Multiple fires have erupted across the Los Angeles area since Tuesday. Tens of thousands of people have had to evacuate, and firefighters are struggling to contain the flames. Adria Kloke is one of the of people who has had to flee. She packed up her belongings, along with her cat, and left her home in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday.
News Medical Health Sciences
JANUARY 8, 2025
New challenges in HIV prevention and care are emerging due to climate change, according to a review published earlier this month in Current Opinions in Infectious Disease.
The Hindu
JANUARY 8, 2025
WHO said it is in touch with Chinese health authorities; it said the healthcare system in China is not overwhelmed and that there have been no emergency declarations or responses triggered
News Medical Health Sciences
JANUARY 8, 2025
The melding of visual information (microscopic and X-ray images, CT and MRI scans, for example) with text (exam notes, communications between physicians of varying specialties) is a key component of cancer care.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 8, 2025
Evolutionary biologists are investigating the extent to which ants learn from past experiences. After being attacked by ants from a particular nest, ants behave more aggressively towards others from that same nest.
News Medical Health Sciences
JANUARY 8, 2025
The gene neuropilin2 encodes a receptor involved in cell-cell interactions in the brain and plays a key role in regulating the development of neural circuits.
The Hindu
JANUARY 8, 2025
In essence, being a woman, being poor, less educated and from a rural area are all significantly associated with delays in treatment initiation a new study shows; however it also found that access to a PM-JAY card considerably improved rates of timely initiation into treatment
News Medical Health Sciences
JANUARY 8, 2025
AI-supported mammography screening significantly increases breast cancer detection rates while maintaining comparable recall rates, offering a safer and more efficient solution to address radiologist workloads.
The Hindu
JANUARY 8, 2025
AnemiaPhone will enable access to rapid screening and diagnosis of iron deficiency at the point of need, Cornell University, which developed the technology, said
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 8, 2025
An academic has used drone mapping to investigate a 3000-year-old 'mega fortress' in the Caucasus mountains, revealing details that re-shape understanding of the site and contribute to a global reassessment of ancient settlement growth and urbanism.
NC Health News
JANUARY 8, 2025
By Emily Vespa Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger As North Carolinas health care systems increasingly expand their use of artificial intelligence, state leaders say they want to pioneer policy to regulate the rapidly evolving technology. The efforts would be some of the first steps toward placing guardrails on AI in health care at the state level.
News Medical Health Sciences
JANUARY 8, 2025
Could an ordinary carrot improve the treatment of type 2 diabetes? A new study from SDU suggests so.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 8, 2025
Researchers conducted a global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world.
The Hindu
JANUARY 8, 2025
The study suggested that loneliness may lead to an increase in the levels of five specific proteins expressed in the brain; all the proteins identified as related to loneliness were positively associated, meaning that people who feel lonely tend to have higher protein levels compared to those who do not feel lonely
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 8, 2025
Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and Emo, revealing that ancient molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously known.
Science Daily - Public Health
JANUARY 8, 2025
Older people wait an average of just over a month to see a neurologist for specialty care after being referred by their primary care physician or another physician, according to a new study. The study, which looked at people who have Medicare insurance, also found some people wait more than three months to see a neurologist.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
JANUARY 8, 2025
Unstable proteins are the main drivers of many different heritable diseases, according to a new study, including genetic disorders responsible for the formation of cataracts, and different types of rare neurological, developmental and muscle-wasting diseases. Unstable proteins are more likely to misfold and degrade, causing them to stop working or accumulate in harmful amounts inside cells.
The Hill
JANUARY 8, 2025
Cases of norovirus are spiking in the U.S. along with other illnesses in what some are calling a "quad-demic" of viruses. Often referred to as the stomach flu, noroviruses aren't actually part of the same class of viruses as influenza. Causing one to three days of symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pains, norovirus can easily spread and is difficult to prevent.
News Medical Health Sciences
JANUARY 8, 2025
Early childhood infections significantly increase the risk of severe infections and antibiotic use later in childhood, highlighting the importance of early prevention and monitoring.
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