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Study shows low school grades as important risk marker for future attempted suicide

Young people with lower school grades than their peers run a higher risk of mental ill-health and attempted suicide. In a new study published in the journal Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show that this risk persists into middle age.

8 Nov 2017

Study links dietary intake of isoflavones with elevated risk of advanced prostate cancer

Dietary intake of isoflavones was linked with an elevated risk of advanced prostate cancer in a recent International Journal of Cancer study. No statistically significant associations were observed between the intake of isoflavones and non-advanced prostate cancer.

8 Nov 2017

Antibiotic use in healthy farm animals needs to stop: World Health Organization

According to new advisory guidelines from the United Nations health agency WHO yesterday (7th November 2017), the farmers and the food industry need to stop the use of antibiotics among healthy farm animals routinely. At present many farmers use these antibiotics on healthy animals to make sure that they grow better and diseases are prevented in them.

7 Nov 2017

Health care spending poised to increase as pollution levels skyrocket in India

Levels of pollution in India's capital New Delhi soared on Tuesday, leading the Indian Medical Association to declare a public health emergency and prompting officials to close schools.

7 Nov 2017

Interactive website positively influences parents to vaccinate their children

Pregnant women who received vaccine information through an interactive website monitored by a clinical expert were more likely to vaccinate their children than those who did not use the web resource, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the journal Pediatrics.

7 Nov 2017

Research examines trend in hospitalizations from opioid poisonings

Preliminary research presented today at APHA's 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo examined the trend in hospitalizations from opioid poisonings in West Virginia, a state heavily impacted by the current opioid overdose crisis.

7 Nov 2017

WISDOM trial aims to identify best way to screen for breast cancer

Since her 40s, Lilly Lidot has received yearly mammograms. Her sister did not get regular checkups, so when her cancer was diagnosed it had already spread to her brain. Lilly's sister died in 2010.

7 Nov 2017

FDA grants approval to first treatment for rare blood cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approval of Zelboraf (vemurafenib) to include the treatment of certain adult patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD), a rare cancer of the blood.

7 Nov 2017

Foreign-born workers less likely to receive disability benefits than people born in the U.S.

No matter where they came from, people born outside the United States but working here are much less likely to receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits than those born in the U.S. or its territories. Foreign-born adults, according to a study published in the December issue of the journal Demography, are less likely to report health-related impediments to working, to be covered by work-disability insurance, and to apply for disability benefits.

7 Nov 2017

FDA grants clearance to new blood cell count test that allows faster availability of results

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared a complete blood cell count (CBC) test that, based on its categorization, can be run in more health care settings, including physicians' offices, clinics or other types of health care facilities, by a wider range of personnel (e.g. support staff). This broadened test access will allow for faster availability of results.

6 Nov 2017

Sickle cell patients suffer discrimination, poor care — and shorter lives

For more than a year, NeDina Brocks-Capla avoided one room in her large, brightly colored San Francisco house — the bathroom on the second floor.

6 Nov 2017

Young adults dependent on marijuana and alcohol less likely to achieve life goals, study finds

New research presented today at APHA's 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo examined the effect of marijuana use and dependence on life achievement in young adults.

6 Nov 2017

Dietary intake of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may affect outcomes in lupus patients

Higher intake of omega-3 fatty acids was associated with better sleep quality and a decrease in depressive symptoms in lupus patients, among other patient-reported outcomes, according to new research findings presented this week at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in San Diego.

6 Nov 2017

Study finds potentially toxic levels of lead and cadmium in drinking glasses

Enamelled drinking glasses and popular merchandise can contain potentially toxic levels of lead and cadmium, a study has shown.

6 Nov 2017

WHO provides support to reduce risk of regional plague spread in Madagascar

This year plague came early to Madagascar and spread quickly. When it began to move out from the areas where it traditionally occurs, people became increasingly alarmed – both within the island nation and in neighboring territories and countries.

6 Nov 2017

Researchers develop new drug screening method for rapid, accurate identification of fentanyl

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new drug screening technique that could lead to the rapid and accurate identification of fentanyl, as well as a vast number of other drugs of abuse, which up until now have been difficult to detect by traditional urine tests.

3 Nov 2017

New global trial to test whether exercise could be prescribed alongside prostate cancer treatment

Queen's University Belfast are taking part in a global trial to test whether exercise should be prescribed to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer.

3 Nov 2017

Blood biomarkers appear to be early-warning signal for lung problems in WTC-exposed firefighters

Blood biomarkers appear to be an early-warning signal for the accelerated loss of lung function and airway obstruction in firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center disaster, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

3 Nov 2017

Nicotine alters gut microbiome differently in males and females, mice study shows

Many people who smoke or chew tobacco can't seem to escape nicotine's addictive properties. Studies show that women in particular seem to have a harder time quitting, even with assistance, when compared to men.

3 Nov 2017

Collaborative research identifies broadly cross-protective vaccines for H3N2 influenza

A collaborative research and development partnership between researchers at the University of Georgia and Sanofi Pasteur, the largest influenza vaccine manufacturer in the world, has resulted in the identification of a vaccine candidate that protects against multiple co-circulating strains of H3N2 influenza isolated over five seasons following testing in mouse and ferret models.

2 Nov 2017

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Study shows low school grades as important risk marker for future attempted suicide

Study links dietary intake of isoflavones with elevated risk of advanced prostate cancer

Antibiotic use in healthy farm animals needs to stop: World Health Organization

Health care spending poised to increase as pollution levels skyrocket in India

Interactive website positively influences parents to vaccinate their children

Research examines trend in hospitalizations from opioid poisonings

WISDOM trial aims to identify best way to screen for breast cancer

FDA grants approval to first treatment for rare blood cancer

Foreign-born workers less likely to receive disability benefits than people born in the U.S.

FDA grants clearance to new blood cell count test that allows faster availability of results

Sickle cell patients suffer discrimination, poor care — and shorter lives

Young adults dependent on marijuana and alcohol less likely to achieve life goals, study finds

Dietary intake of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may affect outcomes in lupus patients

Study finds potentially toxic levels of lead and cadmium in drinking glasses

WHO provides support to reduce risk of regional plague spread in Madagascar

Researchers develop new drug screening method for rapid, accurate identification of fentanyl

New global trial to test whether exercise could be prescribed alongside prostate cancer treatment

Blood biomarkers appear to be early-warning signal for lung problems in WTC-exposed firefighters

Nicotine alters gut microbiome differently in males and females, mice study shows

Collaborative research identifies broadly cross-protective vaccines for H3N2 influenza

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