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UTA researchers focus on enhancing health and quality of life for all ages

Genevieve Graaf spent years as a mental health social worker specializing in children and youth with complex behavioral health needs.

2 Apr 2025

Medically tailored meals improve patient recovery at NYU Langone Health

Recognizing the importance of nutrition in a patient's recovery, NYU Langone Health has integrated meal delivery into patients' discharge planning at its Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses through a self-funded partnership with God's Love We Deliver, providing customizable meal deliveries based on a patient's dietary needs and preferences to those in need at home after they leave the hospital.

27 Mar 2025

‘I am going through hell’: Job loss, mental health, and the fate of federal workers

The National Institutes of Health employee said she knew things would be difficult for federal workers after Donald Trump was elected. But she never imagined it would be like this.

26 Mar 2025

Funding cuts endanger decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths

The number of children dying globally before their fifth birthday declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths declined modestly, still remaining around 1.9 million, according to two new reports released today by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

25 Mar 2025

Many people with disabilities risk losing their Medicaid if they work too much

Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that effectively prevent many people with disabilities from holding full-time jobs.

25 Mar 2025

‘Social prescriptions’ can help young people through mental health challenges – New research

The use of ‘social prescriptions’ to improve children and young people’s wellbeing without medication can strengthen government policy on mental health support, University of Manchester researchers have found.

24 Mar 2025

Caregivers of cancer patients face high rates of PTSD

Every year, millions of family members and friends provide care for loved ones undergoing cancer treatment, often at great emotional cost.

19 Mar 2025

Digitizing workflows: The role of AI and automation and how they are transforming efficiency in healthcare

The case for digitizing healthcare has never been more urgent. Hospitals are under pressure to deliver high-quality patient care, with demand increasing from an ageing population with complex healthcare needs.

18 Mar 2025

What’s behind the rise in foodborne illness outbreaks? CDC uncovers key risks and fixes

Bacterial foodborne outbreaks in the U.S. increased while viral outbreaks declined between 2014 and 2022, with environmental contamination rising as a key cause. The study highlights how improved hygiene reduced viral transmission but shows persistent risks from improper food handling and temperatures.

13 Mar 2025

Hospital gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in US funding crossfire

Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot.

13 Mar 2025

Thought inflation was bad? Health insurance premiums are rising even faster

Kirk Vartan pays more than $2,000 a month for a high-deductible health insurance plan from Blue Shield on Covered California, the state's Affordable Care Act marketplace.

11 Mar 2025

Shift work and sleep debt increase infection risk in nurses

A new study examining the effects of sleep patterns and shift work on the immune system has found that sleep debt and night shifts increase the risk of several common infections in nurses.

10 Mar 2025

Study reveals sleep deprivation among dairy farm workers during spring calving

Sleep is as important to humans as food and water, but it is often sacrificed to work, especially for farm workers.

27 Feb 2025

Los Angeles county has cut homelessness, but wildfires threaten to erase that gain

As flames engulfed a nearby canyon, dozens of residents in a sober-living home fled to an unoccupied building about 30 miles south.

26 Feb 2025

Health clinic workers brush up on constitutional protections as immigration raids loom

The lobby at this St. John's Community Health clinic in South Los Angeles bustles with patients. But community health worker Ana Ruth Varela is worried that it's about to get a lot quieter.

26 Feb 2025

Personalized home visits significantly reduce hospital admissions for older adults with frailty

A new service aimed at supporting older people who are starting to become frail, could reduce emergency hospital admissions by more than a third and save the NHS money, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

25 Feb 2025

Melatonin supplements may help reduce DNA damage in night shift workers

Melatonin supplementation may help offset the DNA damage associated with night shift work by boosting the body's ability to repair it, suggest the findings of a small clinical trial published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

24 Feb 2025

Worker News and Research

UTA researchers focus on enhancing health and quality of life for all ages

Medically tailored meals improve patient recovery at NYU Langone Health

‘I am going through hell’: Job loss, mental health, and the fate of federal workers

Funding cuts endanger decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths

Many people with disabilities risk losing their Medicaid if they work too much

‘Social prescriptions’ can help young people through mental health challenges – New research

Caregivers of cancer patients face high rates of PTSD

Digitizing workflows: The role of AI and automation and how they are transforming efficiency in healthcare

What’s behind the rise in foodborne illness outbreaks? CDC uncovers key risks and fixes

Hospital gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in US funding crossfire

Thought inflation was bad? Health insurance premiums are rising even faster

Shift work and sleep debt increase infection risk in nurses

Study reveals sleep deprivation among dairy farm workers during spring calving

Los Angeles county has cut homelessness, but wildfires threaten to erase that gain

Health clinic workers brush up on constitutional protections as immigration raids loom

Personalized home visits significantly reduce hospital admissions for older adults with frailty

Melatonin supplements may help reduce DNA damage in night shift workers

Financial stress linked to burnout and job dissatisfaction

New service could cut hospital admissions for older adults and save NHS money

UTHealth Houston launches at-home telerehabilitation trial for stroke patients in Rio Grande Valley

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