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Big tobacco companies still facilitate tobacco smuggling, studies find

Two new studies from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, published in the BMJ journal, Tobacco Control, expose evidence that big tobacco companies are still facilitating tobacco smuggling, while attempting to control a global system designed to prevent it, and funding studies that routinely overestimate levels of tobacco smuggling.

23 Aug 2018

Health insurance education contributes to higher enrollment in ACA plans

Community outreach and educational support for navigating health insurance options available in the Affordable Care Act marketplace are crucial for helping people choose the best plan based on their individual needs, according to researchers, health policy experts and community partners across Missouri - one of 19 states that hasn't expanded Medicaid eligibility.

23 Aug 2018

Researchers describe reason for rapid development of gender dysphoria

For individuals with gender dysphoria, the conflict between experienced gender identity and sex observed at birth produces significant emotional distress.

23 Aug 2018

Study finds link between indoor temperatures and high blood pressure

Turning up the thermostat may help manage hypertension, finds a new UCL study into the link between indoor temperatures and high blood pressure.

23 Aug 2018

Big Data and ICT pose serious challenge in disasters but hold promise for effective response

In a recent review article published in the journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, a group of Johns Hopkins' authors evaluated 113 studies using predetermined criteria with the final search taking place on May 1, 2017.

23 Aug 2018

UAB awarded nearly $18.9 million to study effects and potential antidotes of arsenical exposure

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded nearly $18.9 million by the National Institutes of Health Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats Program and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to support the UAB Research Center of Excellence in Arsenicals.

23 Aug 2018

FDA approves first drug for treatment of rare disease affecting the cornea

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first drug, Oxervate (cenegermin), for the treatment of neurotrophic keratitis, a rare disease affecting the cornea (the clear layer that covers the colored portion of the front of the eye).

23 Aug 2018

Economic burden of breast cancer can continue long after diagnosis

The financial fallout from breast cancer can last years after diagnosis, particularly for those with lymphedema, a common side effect from treatment, causing cumulative and cascading economic consequences for survivors, their families, and society, a study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers suggests.

22 Aug 2018

Innovation in Wound Care

There are many definitions of hard-to-heal. More conventionally, it's based on underlying etiology of the wound, but in practice it's any wound that has not healed within a timely fashion. This is often due to a lack of coordinated care.

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Spanish Flu viruses induce changes in master cellular regulator, shows research

The 1918 "Spanish Flu" was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, killing 50-100 million people.

22 Aug 2018

Breastfeeding may reduce risk for stroke in post-menopausal women

Breastfeeding is not only good for babies, there is growing evidence it may also reduce the risk for stroke in post-menopausal women who reported breastfeeding at least one child, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

22 Aug 2018

Smartphone apps offer promising approach for electronic medical record matching

Mobile phones and smartphones apps offer a promising approach to ensure that an individual's medical records when shared between different health care providers are matched correctly, according to a new RAND Corporation report.

22 Aug 2018

Nutrition in early life may play a role in development of subsequent metabolic disorders

The findings, which come from a Journal of Diabetes analysis of 11,515 men and 13,569 women in China, indicate that nutrition in early life may play a role in the development of subsequent metabolic disorders.

22 Aug 2018

Pain, depression, and insomnia increase health care use in osteoarthritis patients

Pain was the main driver of seeking medical care in an Arthritis Care & Research study of patients with osteoarthritis. In addition to pain, insomnia and depression increased health care use.

22 Aug 2018

New method identifies communities experiencing drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

Researchers at Boston Medical Center have created a near real-time surveillance method to identify communities experiencing a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa using routinely collected laboratory data.

22 Aug 2018

NIH-funded study explores disparities in achieving HIV suppression

Daily antiretroviral therapy that suppresses HIV to levels undetectable by standard blood tests is lifesaving for individuals living with HIV and prevents sexual transmission of the virus to others.

22 Aug 2018

Steer clear of coconut oil says Harvard Professor

In a 50 minute lecture, Dr Karin Michels Professor of Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health and director of the Institute for Prevention and Tumour Epidemiology at the University of Freiburg, has called coconut oil one of the “worst foods you can eat,” calling it “pure poison.”

22 Aug 2018

Education program reduces forced sex among adolescents in South Africa

Southern Africa has some of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world, with 20 percent of adolescent girls and boys reporting that they have been forced to have sex. In many cases, they are also the perpetrators: In one survey, 12 percent of boys and 5 percent of girls admitted they have forced someone else onto sex.

21 Aug 2018

Pitt professor receives NIH grant to test behavioral therapy for chronic pain in HIV patients

Living with HIV often means living with chronic pain, but behavioral therapy could offer an effective alternative to opioids.

21 Aug 2018

Children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis have successful treatment outcomes, study shows

The results of a large, international systematic review published in the journal PLOS Medicine show that tuberculosis treatment is successful in children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The study was used to inform the World Health Organization guidelines on treatment of MDR-TB in children.

21 Aug 2018

Public Health News and Research

Big tobacco companies still facilitate tobacco smuggling, studies find

Health insurance education contributes to higher enrollment in ACA plans

Researchers describe reason for rapid development of gender dysphoria

Study finds link between indoor temperatures and high blood pressure

Big Data and ICT pose serious challenge in disasters but hold promise for effective response

UAB awarded nearly $18.9 million to study effects and potential antidotes of arsenical exposure

FDA approves first drug for treatment of rare disease affecting the cornea

Economic burden of breast cancer can continue long after diagnosis

Innovation in Wound Care

Spanish Flu viruses induce changes in master cellular regulator, shows research

Breastfeeding may reduce risk for stroke in post-menopausal women

Smartphone apps offer promising approach for electronic medical record matching

Nutrition in early life may play a role in development of subsequent metabolic disorders

Pain, depression, and insomnia increase health care use in osteoarthritis patients

New method identifies communities experiencing drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

NIH-funded study explores disparities in achieving HIV suppression

Steer clear of coconut oil says Harvard Professor

Education program reduces forced sex among adolescents in South Africa

Pitt professor receives NIH grant to test behavioral therapy for chronic pain in HIV patients

Children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis have successful treatment outcomes, study shows

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