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Resistance exercise improves sleep and inflammatory status in sarcopenic older patients

Sarcopenia is the decline of skeletal muscle mass with age, leading to loss of muscle strength (to move objects, shake hands etc.) and performance (walking and making other routine movements effectively). It involves chronic inflammation and is associated with cognitive alterations, heart disease and respiratory disorders.

2 Mar 2023

Wastewater-based monitoring is effective in detecting viral outbreaks in schools

Schools are among the most notable settings people associate with picking up viral infections such as the common cold, various types of the flu or other respiratory viruses.

2 Mar 2023

How have remote sensing, satellite imaging, and geospatial data been used in COVID-19 research?

Researchers examined the use of geospatial tools, methods, and techniques such as satellite imaging and remote sensing in analyzing the transmission and mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 Mar 2023

Information blackout shrouds new reports of deaths, injuries, and abuse at Montana State Hospital

Jennifer Mitchell remembered getting a call nearly two years ago that her 69-year-old husband, Bill, had crashed his car and had been committed to the Montana State Hospital, the state-run psychiatric hospital for adults about 20 miles from their home in Butte.

2 Mar 2023

UCLA Health receives two-year state grant to expand access to health care services for the homeless

The UCLA Health Homeless Healthcare Collaborative has received a $25.3 million, two-year state grant to expand access and enhance coordination of medical and behavioral health care provided to people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.

1 Mar 2023

Racial disparities in use of preventive measures to thwart breast cancer

Black women at high risk of breast cancer face a variety of obstacles that may keep them from care that could prevent cancer and increase the chances they'll survive if they develop the disease, new research has found.

1 Mar 2023

South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program linked to lower mortality rates

A statewide alcohol-monitoring program that requires people arrested for drunk driving and other alcohol-involved offenses to be tested frequently for alcohol use can reduce the likelihood that participants die for several years after their involvement with the program, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

1 Mar 2023

Idaho dropped thousands from Medicaid in the pandemic’s first years

During the first two years of the covid-19 pandemic, while the federal government was trying to prevent people on Medicaid from losing health coverage, Idaho dropped nearly 10,000 people from the safety-net program.

1 Mar 2023

Biden promises to fight GOP on ‘gutting’ Medicaid. Budget talks seem like another story.

Most lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats alike — have declared the marquee safety-net programs of Medicare and Social Security off-limits for cuts as a divided Washington heads for a showdown over the national debt and government spending.

1 Mar 2023

Applying an evolutionary perspective to medicine can spark biomedical innovations

The word 'evolution' may bring to mind dusty dinosaur bones, but it impacts our health every day. For example, even though antibiotics were invented only a century ago, the evolution of antibiotic resistance is already a major concern.

28 Feb 2023

The rapid diagnosis of drug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis using mass spectrometry and machine learning

In a recent study posted to the Preprints with The Lancet SSRN* server, a team of researchers in China developed a machine learning-based diagnostic tool to detect tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis using nanoparticle-enhanced laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (NPELDI MS) to determine metabolic fingerprints from serum samples.

28 Feb 2023

Mass spectrometry-based identification of COVID-19 biomarkers

In a recent study published in the journal Metabolites, researchers reported that mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolomic approaches have a high potential for biomarker discovery.

28 Feb 2023

U.S. falls short in supporting fathers and caregivers of older adults, UCLA research finds

The United States is falling behind the rest of the world in supporting fathers and caregivers of older adults, new UCLA research finds - and women's engagement in the economy is stagnating as a result.

28 Feb 2023

Low-carb diet patterns associated with reduction in all-cause mortality among people with type 2 diabetes

Following a low-carbohydrate diet comprised primarily of plant-based foods was significantly associated with lower risk of premature death among people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

28 Feb 2023

Public Health News and Research

Resistance exercise improves sleep and inflammatory status in sarcopenic older patients

Wastewater-based monitoring is effective in detecting viral outbreaks in schools

How have remote sensing, satellite imaging, and geospatial data been used in COVID-19 research?

Information blackout shrouds new reports of deaths, injuries, and abuse at Montana State Hospital

UCLA Health receives two-year state grant to expand access to health care services for the homeless

Racial disparities in use of preventive measures to thwart breast cancer

South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program linked to lower mortality rates

Idaho dropped thousands from Medicaid in the pandemic’s first years

Biden promises to fight GOP on ‘gutting’ Medicaid. Budget talks seem like another story.

Applying an evolutionary perspective to medicine can spark biomedical innovations

The rapid diagnosis of drug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis using mass spectrometry and machine learning

Mass spectrometry-based identification of COVID-19 biomarkers

U.S. falls short in supporting fathers and caregivers of older adults, UCLA research finds

Low-carb diet patterns associated with reduction in all-cause mortality among people with type 2 diabetes

Sexting associated with several mental health problems, study shows

Ultrasound device may help some hypertensive patients to keep blood pressure under control

New solutions to boost Africa’s vaccine production

Study: 'Informal carers’ during Covid-19 experienced a sharp decline in mental health

A review of respiratory viruses monitored in wastewater samples

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