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Study finds increasing incidence of multiple recurring C. difficile infections

Intestinal infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile is the most frequent healthcare-linked infection in the United States. Each year it afflicts about half a million Americans, causes tens of thousands of deaths, and costs the nation's healthcare system an estimated $5 billion.

4 Jul 2017

Research reveals biological processes that underlie comorbidity between Alzheimer's disease and cancer

Patients with Alzheimer's disease have a higher risk of developing glioblastoma and a lower risk of lung cancer.

3 Jul 2017

Study finds link between social support and self-care behaviors in adults with COPD

People with COPD are more likely to be active and to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation if they live with others and have a caregiver, according to new research published online, ahead of print in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

30 Jun 2017

Even perfect hand hygiene practice can spread MRSA in NICU babies

Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, MRSA can still spread among babies in the NICU, according to new research led by a Drexel University researcher.

29 Jun 2017

Food allergies linked to higher prevalence of childhood anxiety

Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Albert Einstein College of Medicine studied the link between food allergy and childhood anxiety and depression among a sample of predominantly low socioeconomic status minority children.

29 Jun 2017

Slowing gait could be early signs of cognitive decline linked to shrinking hippocampus

The connection between slowed walking speed and declining mental acuity appears to arise in the right hippocampus, a finger-shaped region buried deep in the brain at ear-level, according to a 14-year study conducted by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

29 Jun 2017

Scientists show way to edit genome of disease-carrying mosquitoes

Scientists at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside have demonstrated a way to edit the genome of disease-carrying mosquitoes that brings us closer to suppressing them on a continental scale.

28 Jun 2017

Study finds link between hot flashes and depressive symptoms

With age comes a greater risk of depression, especially in women. With 15% of the female population in the US being 65 or older, and the number expected to double in the next 50 years, there is a major focus on age-related disorders, including depression.

27 Jun 2017

High intake of vegetable protein may protect women from early menopause

Results of a new study from epidemiologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health suggest that long-term, high intake of vegetable protein from such foods as whole grains, soy and tofu, may protect women from early menopause and could prolong reproductive function.

27 Jun 2017

Study underscores need to improve handwashing behavior with soap in many impoverished countries

Washing with soap and water is second nature for many. But in many other places around the world, handwashing with soap is rare.

27 Jun 2017

Combined effect of genetic change and ozone exposure could increase risk for autism

A new analysis shows that individuals with high levels of genetic variation and elevated exposure to ozone in the environment are at an even higher risk for developing autism than would be expected by adding the two risk factors together.

23 Jun 2017

Study finds increase in early stage breast cancer diagnoses after Affordable Care Act took effect

A Loyola University Chicago study published this month has found an increase in the percentage of breast cancer patients who were diagnosed in early Stage 1, after the Affordable Care Act took effect.

23 Jun 2017

Study finds breastfeeding could lower a mothers risk of a heart attack or stroke later in life

A new study published in the American Heart Association has found that the risk of a heart attack or stroke is reduced later in life in mothers who breastfeed their babies.

22 Jun 2017

Researchers study Lassa fever patient's immune response and viral persistence

When an American nurse working in West Africa became ill with Lassa fever and was evacuated to the U.S. for treatment in 2016, it provided a rare opportunity.

22 Jun 2017

Study explores secondhand smoke exposure rates among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors

From 1999/2000 to 2011/2012, exposure to secondhand smoke among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors declined from 39.6 percent to 15.7 percent, but rates of exposure were higher among those with a history of a smoking-related cancer and those living below the federal poverty level compared with those with other types of cancer and those with the highest incomes, respectively.

22 Jun 2017

Epidemiology News and Research

Study finds increasing incidence of multiple recurring C. difficile infections

Research reveals biological processes that underlie comorbidity between Alzheimer's disease and cancer

Study finds link between social support and self-care behaviors in adults with COPD

Even perfect hand hygiene practice can spread MRSA in NICU babies

Food allergies linked to higher prevalence of childhood anxiety

Slowing gait could be early signs of cognitive decline linked to shrinking hippocampus

Scientists show way to edit genome of disease-carrying mosquitoes

Study finds link between hot flashes and depressive symptoms

High intake of vegetable protein may protect women from early menopause

Study underscores need to improve handwashing behavior with soap in many impoverished countries

Combined effect of genetic change and ozone exposure could increase risk for autism

Study finds increase in early stage breast cancer diagnoses after Affordable Care Act took effect

Study finds breastfeeding could lower a mothers risk of a heart attack or stroke later in life

Researchers study Lassa fever patient's immune response and viral persistence

Study explores secondhand smoke exposure rates among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors

Deficits in attention and executive functioning linked to frequency of alcohol, drug use

Study highlights need for more research in primary care and family medicine

NAMS publishes new position statement on use of hormone therapy to relieve menopause symptoms

Infections during infancy linked to greater risk for celiac disease

Financial incentives increase viral suppression and clinic attendance among HIV-positive patients

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Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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