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Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages could have averted thousands of smoking-related deaths

A child with an oxygen mask. A diseased lung. A woman with a huge bump on her neck.

24 Sep 2021

CDC endorses ACIP recommendation for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot

Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' recommendation for a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in certain populations and also recommended a booster dose for those in high risk occupational and institutional settings.

24 Sep 2021

Further evidence of safety and efficacy of mRNA-1273 vaccine in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 infection

A recent study supports the efficacy of the mRNA-1273 vaccine in preventing COVID-19 illness and disease severity.

24 Sep 2021

Social media endorsements help people to make better food choices, study finds

Social media users who view images of healthy foods that have been heavily endorsed with 'likes' are more likely to make healthier food choices, a new study has found.

24 Sep 2021

Specific dietary guidelines may help people with bipolar disorders to better manage their health

Can specific dietary guidelines help people living with bipolar disorders better manage their health? Maybe someday, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Clinical trial results showed that a diet designed to alter levels of specific fatty acids consumed by participants may help patients have less variability in their mood.

24 Sep 2021

A daily pill to treat covid could be just months away, scientists say

Within a day of testing positive for covid-19 in June, Miranda Kelly was sick enough to be scared. At 44, with diabetes and high blood pressure, Kelly, a certified nursing assistant, was having trouble breathing, symptoms serious enough to send her to the emergency room.

24 Sep 2021

Study finds long-term outcomes of weight loss surgery in children, adolescents with severe obesity

Results from a 10-year study of children and adolescents who underwent a common weight loss operation to treat severe obesity show they safely have long-lasting major weight loss and improvement of their obesity-related medical problems without stunting their growth in height. The study, involving the longest known follow-up of pediatric patients after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, is published online by the Journal of the American College of Surgeons ahead of print.

24 Sep 2021

Research shows ozone as a potential disinfectant agent in public transport

The Hydrens team of researchers developed a numerical model that estimates the ozone concentration needed to meet the disinfection criteria. To do this, it takes into account the geometry and volume of the space to be treated, the type of materials inside it and their capacity to absorb ozone, and the characteristics of the impulsion-distribution system used.

24 Sep 2021

Studies address how plant-based diets impact men's health issues

Three new studies by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine urologists address how consuming healthy plant-based diets impact a range of men's health issues - from diabetes to sexual health.

24 Sep 2021

Research demonstrates a clear link between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits

New data collected by University of Minnesota Medical School researchers demonstrate a clear connection between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits.

23 Sep 2021

Domestic reference pricing may reduce Medicare expenditures on new drugs, study finds

Basing new drug launch prices on historical domestic data could limit manufacturers' power to set extremely high launch prices and could reduce Medicare spending on new drugs by up to 30%, according to a new white paper released today by West Health and its Council for Informed Drug Spending Analysis.

23 Sep 2021

California moves on climate change, but rejects aggressive cuts to greenhouse emissions

As California trudges into another autumn marred by toxic wildfire smoke and drought-parched reservoirs, state lawmakers have cast climate change as a growing public health threat for the state's 40 million residents.

23 Sep 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The autumn of Democrats’ discontent

Democrats in Congress and the White House are feverishly negotiating to pass as much of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda as they can agree on, even as Republicans who oppose much of the increased spending threaten to shut down the government and default on the nation's debt.

23 Sep 2021

The checkup is in the mail? Soliciting letter carriers to help deliver health care

Two of America's toughest problems can be tempered with one solution. The baby boom generation is graying, creating an ever-larger population of older people, many isolated, whose needs the nation is ill equipped to meet or even monitor.

23 Sep 2021

Biosimilar drugs are cheaper than biologics. Are they similar enough to switch?

It took years for Elle Moxley to get a diagnosis that explained her crippling gastrointestinal pain, digestion problems, fatigue, and hot, red rashes.

23 Sep 2021

Scientists reveal the biological process leading to dangerous inflammatory disease in preemies

In a study with mice reported today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, a Johns Hopkins Medicine research team has provided what may be the most definitive view to date of the biological process leading to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a dangerous inflammatory disease that can destroy a premature infant's intestinal lining and causes death in up to a third of the cases.

23 Sep 2021

Food News and Research

Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages could have averted thousands of smoking-related deaths

CDC endorses ACIP recommendation for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot

Further evidence of safety and efficacy of mRNA-1273 vaccine in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 infection

Social media endorsements help people to make better food choices, study finds

Specific dietary guidelines may help people with bipolar disorders to better manage their health

A daily pill to treat covid could be just months away, scientists say

Study finds long-term outcomes of weight loss surgery in children, adolescents with severe obesity

Research shows ozone as a potential disinfectant agent in public transport

Studies address how plant-based diets impact men's health issues

Research demonstrates a clear link between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits

Domestic reference pricing may reduce Medicare expenditures on new drugs, study finds

California moves on climate change, but rejects aggressive cuts to greenhouse emissions

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The autumn of Democrats’ discontent

The checkup is in the mail? Soliciting letter carriers to help deliver health care

Biosimilar drugs are cheaper than biologics. Are they similar enough to switch?

Scientists reveal the biological process leading to dangerous inflammatory disease in preemies

COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food insecurity, especially in households with children

Scientists discover how mucus protein emerges to disrupt airways of individuals with lung conditions

Skeletal muscle activity regulates circadian rhythm of the liver

In-mouth production of volatile sulfur compounds causes children to dislike Brassica vegetables

Understanding cultivated meat and its global potential eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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