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Colorful fruits and vegetables in the diet could improve athletes’ visual range

Nutrition is an important part of any top athlete's training program. And now, a new study by researchers from the University of Georgia proposes that supplementing the diet of athletes with colorful fruits and vegetables could improve their visual range.

8 Jun 2023

Global study provides high-quality data to improve treatment of newborn babies with sepsis

A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis in 19 hospitals in 11 countries, has shown that many newborns are dying because the antibiotics used to treat sepsis are losing their effectiveness.

8 Jun 2023

Debt deal leaves health programs (mostly) intact

A final deal cut between President Joe Biden and House Republicans extends the U.S. debt ceiling deadline to 2025 and reins in some spending.

8 Jun 2023

Study finds a dramatic increase in the use of non-LSD hallucinogens among young adults

Young adults ages 19 to 30 nearly doubled their past 12-month use of non-LSD hallucinogens in the United States from 2018 to 2021, according to a study by the University of Michigan and Columbia University.

8 Jun 2023

Newly discovered bacterial species can have a major role in causing tooth decay

Collaborating researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and the Adams School of Dentistry and Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina have discovered that a bacterial species called Selenomonas sputigena can have a major role in causing tooth decay.

8 Jun 2023

National experts explore public health information system's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

The pandemic has placed a spotlight on public health -- its workforce, infrastructure and underlying information systems designed to collect, analyze and manage public health data.

8 Jun 2023

“List diving” contributes to disparities in organ transplantation

A kidney from a deceased donor is supposed to be allocated to the top-ranked patient on a transplant center's waiting list, identified using an objective algorithm to rank patients based on patient age, waiting time, and other factors.

8 Jun 2023

Yellow fever: examining potential burden on vaccine strategy

Researchers presented a stochastic model of yellow fever transmission.

8 Jun 2023

UMass Amherst public health researcher updates and validates the 'Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire'

A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has updated and validated the widely used Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) to improve the measurement performance of this self-report physical activity method.

8 Jun 2023

Insomnia raises the risk of influenza and other respiratory infections

A study based on more than 600 000 participants suggests that insomnia increases the risk of influenza and other respiratory infections.

8 Jun 2023

University Hospital Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases named as a WHO collaborating center for epidemic and pandemic diseases

The World Health Organization (WHO), the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), yesterday formalized the designation of the University Hospital Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases as a WHO collaborating center for epidemic and pandemic diseases.

8 Jun 2023

How the mixed messaging of vaccine skeptics sows seeds of doubt

It was a late-spring House of Representatives hearing, where members of Congress and attendees hoped to learn lessons from the pandemic. Witness Marty Makary made a plea.

8 Jun 2023

The prevalence of inadequate iron intake among children in high-income countries

Researchers discussed iron nutrition among preschoolers residing in high-income countries.

8 Jun 2023

New school-based group counseling programs can significantly reduce PTSD among girls

The University of Chicago Education Lab today released a new study that found school-based group counseling programs can significantly reduce PTSD, anxiety, and depression among Black and Latina girls.

8 Jun 2023

New directions for tackling food safety risks in the informal sector of developing countries

A groundbreaking report commissioned by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on One Health highlights the urgent need for innovative strategies to address food safety risks in the informal sector of developing countries.

8 Jun 2023

Public Health News and Research

Colorful fruits and vegetables in the diet could improve athletes’ visual range

Global study provides high-quality data to improve treatment of newborn babies with sepsis

Debt deal leaves health programs (mostly) intact

Study finds a dramatic increase in the use of non-LSD hallucinogens among young adults

Newly discovered bacterial species can have a major role in causing tooth decay

National experts explore public health information system's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

“List diving” contributes to disparities in organ transplantation

Yellow fever: examining potential burden on vaccine strategy

UMass Amherst public health researcher updates and validates the 'Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire'

Insomnia raises the risk of influenza and other respiratory infections

University Hospital Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases named as a WHO collaborating center for epidemic and pandemic diseases

How the mixed messaging of vaccine skeptics sows seeds of doubt

The prevalence of inadequate iron intake among children in high-income countries

New school-based group counseling programs can significantly reduce PTSD among girls

New directions for tackling food safety risks in the informal sector of developing countries

Study analyzes the prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Level of fat within the body's muscle may lead to risk of cognitive decline while aging

Bilingual, automated health tool effective in reducing alcohol use among Latino patients

Exposure to PFAS during pregnancy linked to increased risk of obesity in children

DNAmFitAge: A new method to incorporate physical fitness into epigenetic clocks

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