NPR Health
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Diet, exercise and sleep are fundamental to our health, but so it our relationship to light. A massive, new study suggests light-driven disruption can take years off our lives.
Public Health Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
I stepped off the plane at the crowded airport terminal, clutching my daughter’s hand tightly. My heart raced with anticipation and uncertainty as I looked around at the bustling atmosphere of Detroit Metropolitan Airport. It was 2021, and the world was in the grips of a pandemic, yet here I was, embarking on a new chapter of my life in the United States.
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The Hindu
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Products sold by companies including Nestle, Pepsico and Unilever were assessed as part of a global index published by the Access to Nutrition Initiative
News Medical Health Sciences
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
A new AI-enhanced ECG model, AIRE, accurately predicts mortality and heart disease risk, providing clinicians with actionable, patient-specific insights.
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
DIslodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that takes the most lives each year. And the number of cases set a new record. What's going on?
CHIRblog
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
In recent years, federal price transparency rules have required hospitals and health plans to publicly post health care prices in both consumer-friendly formats and machine-readable files. However, challenges persist with data accessibility and usability, limiting its effectiveness for consumers and policymakers. Two bipartisan bills in Congress, the LCMT Act and the PRICE Act 2.0, seek to strengthen and standardize these rules.
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News Medical Health Sciences
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Although travel restrictions and social measures during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a dramatic global drop in seasonal influenza cases, certain influenza lineages in specific regions kept the virus circulating and evolving, according to a new study.
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The gentle animals are part of Portland International Airport's effort to counter travel stress with soothing elements from nature.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory function, opening new pathways for understanding how memory works and creating the potential to enhance learning and to treat memory-related afflictions.
Public Health Informatics Institute Newsletters
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
In this video, Fairfax County Health Department shared how they’ve tackled various data modernization challenges. The post How Fairfax County’s health department tackled data modernization challenges appeared first on PHII.
The Hindu
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government would legislate for a ban on social media for people under 16
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
With the Affordable Care Act once again under fire from Republicans, a leading health care economist explains what a Republican sweep might mean for the health coverage of 45 million Americans.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Older people who are sleepy during the day or lack enthusiasm for activities due to sleep issues may be more likely to develop a syndrome that can lead to dementia, according to a new study.
News Medical Health Sciences
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Researchers from the International Working Group recommend categorizing biomarker-positive, cognitively normal individuals as "at risk" for Alzheimer's to avoid unnecessary diagnoses and emphasize preventive care.
The Hindu
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The bacterial infection, which often begins in childhood, is almost 10 times more prevalent than diabetes in the country and is a major cause of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers and even stomach cancer, according to doctors
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Victims of the opioid crisis, health advocates, and policy experts have called on state and local governments to clearly report how they’re using the funds they are receiving from settlements with opioid companies.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
When people have an audience watching them, it can change their performance for better or worse. Now, researchers have found that chimpanzees' performance on computer tasks is influenced by the number of people watching them. The findings suggest that this 'audience effect' predates the development of reputation-based human societies, the researchers say.
News Medical Health Sciences
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
Social media posts from food and beverage brands targeting youth reached billions, with fast food and sugary drinks dominating impressions and engagement.
Preventing Chronic Disease
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
HPAI A(H5N1) Virus in Cats, South Korea, 2023
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
When people can't sleep, they tend to take extreme measures to correct the issue. But that only makes sleep problems worse, say experts. Here are 5 bad habits to avoid when recovering from poor sleep.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The benefits from that single day were undeniable and still visible 40 years later.
News Medical Health Sciences
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among Western women, with up to 10% of cases attributed to genetic variants.
KFF Health News
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Natalie Holt sees reminders nearly everywhere of the serious toll a years-long syphilis outbreak has taken in South Dakota. Scrambling to tamp down the spread of the devastating disease, public health officials are blasting messages to South Dakotans on billboards and television, urging people to get tested. Holt works in Aberdeen, a city of about 28,000 surrounded by a sea of prairie, as a physician and the chief medical officer for the Great Plains Area Indian Health Service, one of 12 regiona
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Around 80% of people from both parties say they are very stressed about the future of the nation. When does worry become toxic, and what can we do?
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
New research suggests that adding a small amount of physical activity -- such as uphill walking or stair-climbing -- into your day may help to lower blood pressure.
News Medical Health Sciences
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Vitamin D may lower ICU and intubation rates in COVID-19 patients, with significant benefits observed in older and severe cases, according to recent research.
The Hindu
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
What is a heatwave condition? Why are Indian cities, towns and villages vulnerable both in the hills and the plains? Will notifying it as a State-specific disaster help? Why is it important to have a focused management plan in place?
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Researchers have developed an innovative technique to search for black hole light echoes. Their novel method, which will make it easier for the mass and the spin of black holes to be measured, represents a major step forward, since it operates independently of many of the other ways in which scientists have probed these parameters in the past.
News Medical Health Sciences
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
This study uncovers the ketogenic diet's effects on the microbiome, revealing its potential to mitigate autoimmune diseases through metabolic pathways.
The Hindu
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
The Council said that the scheme proposes to foster novel, out of the box, futuristic ideas, new knowledge generation, discovery / development of breakthrough health technologies
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Too much light at night and not enough daylight is taking years off our lives, according to a new study. The research adds to the evidence that light exposure is fundamental to our wellbeing.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Romance is a complex affair in humans. There's personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair. And all it takes to woo a male is the sound of a female's wingbeats. Imagine researchers' surprise when a single change completely killed the mosquitoes' libidos.
News Medical Health Sciences
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Researchers determine the differential risk of dementia among men and women based on the presence of obstructive sleep apnea.
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