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High-quality diet could make significant difference in South Asian women at risk for gestational diabetes

South Asian women in Ontario are at high risk for gestational diabetes, but a change in diet and pre-pregnancy weight could make a significant difference, according to a new study from McMaster University.

10 Aug 2017

Study shows sustained impact and effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine program

Following the introduction of routine childhood vaccination against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrheal illness, more than 380,000 children avoided hospitalization for diarrhea from 2008 to 2013 in the U.S., thus saving an estimated $1.2 billion in direct medical costs.

10 Aug 2017

Pharmaceutical companies may have strong hold on how doctors prescribe opioids, study suggests

One in twelve physicians - and nearly one in five family medicine physicians - accepted payments from pharmaceutical companies related to opioids, according to a new study out of Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine.

10 Aug 2017

Marijuana use linked with risk of death from hypertension, study says

New research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology yesterday states that the use of marijuana is linked with a three-fold risk of death due to hypertension.

10 Aug 2017

Certain occupations may put workers at increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

New research indicates that certain occupations may put workers at an elevated risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. The findings, which appear in Arthritis Care & Research, suggest that work-related factors, such as noxious airborne agents, may contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

10 Aug 2017

New discovery provides insights into how the tongue preserves its sense of taste

New research at Columbia University Medical Center has revealed how special molecules help the tongue communicate with the brain to identify the correct taste.

10 Aug 2017

Researchers awarded $1.5 million each to help uncover breakthrough in heart-health research

Two researchers have been awarded grants that could help uncover the next breakthrough in heart-health research, the American Heart Association and The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced Wednesday.

9 Aug 2017

Cholera vaccines provide substantial protection for adults but less effective for children, review shows

A new review of the research literature led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that cholera vaccines provide substantial protection for adults but provide significantly less protection for children under age 5, a population particularly at risk for dying from this diarrheal disease.

9 Aug 2017

ASU Biodesign researchers develop more potent, safer plant-based Zika vaccine

The worldwide Zika threat first emerged in 2015, infecting millions as it swept across the Americas. It struck great fear in pregnant women, as babies born with severe brain birth defects quickly overburdened hospitals and public health care systems.

9 Aug 2017

Increase in reported cases of Cyclospora infections compared to last year, CDC reports

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory on 7th August 2017, Monday, in order to alert the health care facilities and the public health department on the increase in the reported cases of cyclosporiasis.

9 Aug 2017

Study suggests possible risk of hypertension mortality from marijuana use

Marijuana use is associated with a three-fold risk of death from hypertension, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

9 Aug 2017

Study: Less than half of stroke patients received prescription for cholesterol-lowering drug

Less than half of stroke patients discharged from the hospital received a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medication called statins, and the likelihood of a prescription varied by patients’ geographic location, sex, age and race, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study.

9 Aug 2017

FDA focusses on discouraging e-cigarettes use by kids

In a press release the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that the agency would focus on a new public health education campaign that would discourage the use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) by kids. The campaign is titled “The Real Cost”.

9 Aug 2017

LSU Health New Orleans receives $15 million CDC grant for cancer control in Louisiana

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health $15 million over five years for its cancer education, early detection, comprehensive control and registry programs.

8 Aug 2017

Opioid overdose death toll continues upward trend

According to the National Center for Health Statistics report, the overdose deaths among the persons with drug abusers in 2016 is on an upward rise that has not stopped. These rising numbers are disheartening because the intensified efforts to curb these numbers are thus seemingly not working.

8 Aug 2017

Prostate cancer cells gain unnatural ability to change shape and spread

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report they have discovered a biochemical process that gives prostate cancer cells the almost unnatural ability to change their shape, squeeze into other organs and take root in other parts of the body.

8 Aug 2017

Extreme heat exposure may have adverse effects on pregnant women and their babies

Pregnant women are an important but thus far largely overlooked group vulnerable to the effects of extreme heat linked to climate change, according to new research by Sabrina McCormick, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.

8 Aug 2017

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High-quality diet could make significant difference in South Asian women at risk for gestational diabetes

Study shows sustained impact and effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine program

Pharmaceutical companies may have strong hold on how doctors prescribe opioids, study suggests

Marijuana use linked with risk of death from hypertension, study says

Certain occupations may put workers at increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

New discovery provides insights into how the tongue preserves its sense of taste

Researchers awarded $1.5 million each to help uncover breakthrough in heart-health research

Cholera vaccines provide substantial protection for adults but less effective for children, review shows

ASU Biodesign researchers develop more potent, safer plant-based Zika vaccine

Increase in reported cases of Cyclospora infections compared to last year, CDC reports

Study suggests possible risk of hypertension mortality from marijuana use

Study: Less than half of stroke patients received prescription for cholesterol-lowering drug

FDA focusses on discouraging e-cigarettes use by kids

LSU Health New Orleans receives $15 million CDC grant for cancer control in Louisiana

Opioid overdose death toll continues upward trend

Prostate cancer cells gain unnatural ability to change shape and spread

Extreme heat exposure may have adverse effects on pregnant women and their babies

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