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Researchers review the epidemiology, clinical character, treatment, and prevention of human monkeypox

Researchers reviewed the epidemiology, clinical character, treatment, and prevention of human monkeypox.

8 Sep 2022

New web app links children's daily activities with health

Researchers studying how children's daily activities are associated with their health have developed a web app that shows users how reallocating time in their day from one activity to another could impact their health and academic performance.

8 Sep 2022

Study estimates prevalence of long-COVID with variant BA.5 in the U.S.

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8 Sep 2022

How air passenger ignorance and behaviour aided SARS-CoV-2's entry into the UK

A new study under review at the Scientific Reports journal and currently posted to the Research Square* preprint server aimed to analyze the increased risk of COVID-19 spreading due to human behavior associated with travel among UK air travelers that have flown during the pandemic.

7 Sep 2022

York University secures CAD7.25 million grant to help tackle emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases

At a time when the risk of emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases (ERIDs) is increasing, an international team led by York University successfully competed to receive a CAD7.25 million grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to help tackle the issue.

7 Sep 2022

Emergency department care needs to be more 'frailty friendly', researchers say

Emergency departments in England don't seem to be set up to meet the basic care needs of frail older patients, suggest the findings of a small qualitative study published online in the Emergency Medicine Journal.

7 Sep 2022

Reducing social media use and increasing physical activity can improve people’s well-being

If you spend 30 minutes less on social media every day and engage in physical activity instead, you do a lot to improve your mental health.

7 Sep 2022

Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of long COVID

Psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness, before COVID-19 infection was associated with an increased risk of long COVID, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

7 Sep 2022

Medical school-based culinary medicine programs seek to improve nutrition education

Culinary medicine programs are emerging at medical schools to meet a critical need to improve nutrition education in an era of unprecedented diet-related health problems including obesity and cardiovascular disease, according to a review of programs by UT Southwestern researchers published in Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

7 Sep 2022

Proposed classification of COPD according to major risk factors

In a recent The Lancet study on COPD, scientists focussed on eliminating the disease by challenging accepted dogma and raising important questions.

7 Sep 2022

Parents play an important role in adolescent vulnerability to emotional eating

Emotional eating, or eating as a coping mechanism for negative, positive, or stress-driven emotions, is associated with unhealthy dietary patterns and weight gain.

7 Sep 2022

How have worldwide physical activity trends changed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Researchers assessed the trends in physical activity worldwide since the onset of COVID-19.

7 Sep 2022

Study highlights the role of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in mental health care delivery

The mental health system is increasingly reliant on psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) to meet the psychiatric needs of Medicare patients, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

6 Sep 2022

Poor diet, food insecurity more common among women with women with disabilities

Women with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to rate their diet as poor and are more likely to experience food insecurity compared to women without disabilities, according to a new study led by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health.

6 Sep 2022

Air pollution linked to COVID-19 risk among pregnant, low-income New Yorkers

Pregnant, low-income New Yorkers living in neighborhoods with higher levels of air pollution were 60 percent more likely to test positive for COVID-19, according to a new study led by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

6 Sep 2022

Noninvasive respiratory support may not benefit nano-preterm infants, study suggests

Extremely premature infants still face daunting risks of sickness or death, even though advances in neonatal-perinatal care have improved infant survival at progressively lower gestational ages. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia - a serious condition of undeveloped lungs - is a leading morbidity in these tiny infants.

6 Sep 2022

Study reveals first epidemiologic data on coma in the UK and the U.S.

A newly-published study conducted jointly by eighteen neuroscientists from the United States and Europe – including two researchers from The Ohio State University College of Nursing and Wexner Medical Center – and using crowdsourcing as an information-gathering method reveals the first epidemiologic data on coma in the United Kingdom and the U.S.

6 Sep 2022

New CT technology paired with deep learning denoising enables better detection of multiple myeloma bone disease

New CT technology paired with artificial intelligence (AI)-based noise reduction offers superior detection of bone disease associated with multiple myeloma at lower radiation doses than conventional CT, according to a new study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

6 Sep 2022

Better access to primary care physicians may increase high blood pressure awareness and control

Having easier access to primary care physicians may increase high blood pressure awareness and control regardless of where a person lives, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

6 Sep 2022

Study: Premenstrual mood symptoms represent a key public health issue globally

Premenstrual mood swings and anxiety are so common – experienced by more than 64% of women – that they represent a "key public health issue globally," according to a new UVA Health study.

6 Sep 2022

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Researchers review the epidemiology, clinical character, treatment, and prevention of human monkeypox

New web app links children's daily activities with health

Study estimates prevalence of long-COVID with variant BA.5 in the U.S.

How air passenger ignorance and behaviour aided SARS-CoV-2's entry into the UK

York University secures CAD7.25 million grant to help tackle emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases

Emergency department care needs to be more 'frailty friendly', researchers say

Reducing social media use and increasing physical activity can improve people’s well-being

Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of long COVID

Medical school-based culinary medicine programs seek to improve nutrition education

Proposed classification of COPD according to major risk factors

Parents play an important role in adolescent vulnerability to emotional eating

How have worldwide physical activity trends changed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Study highlights the role of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in mental health care delivery

Poor diet, food insecurity more common among women with women with disabilities

Air pollution linked to COVID-19 risk among pregnant, low-income New Yorkers

Noninvasive respiratory support may not benefit nano-preterm infants, study suggests

Study reveals first epidemiologic data on coma in the UK and the U.S.

New CT technology paired with deep learning denoising enables better detection of multiple myeloma bone disease

Better access to primary care physicians may increase high blood pressure awareness and control

Study: Premenstrual mood symptoms represent a key public health issue globally

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