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Receiving housing voucher during childhood linked to fewer hospital admissions over time

Young children whose household received a housing voucher were admitted to the hospital fewer times and incurred lower hospital costs in the subsequent two decades than children whose households did not receive housing vouchers, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

3 Dec 2019

Study estimates health effects of breathing airborne PCBs around New Bedford Harbor

The levels of PCBs in the air are high enough to affect thyroid hormones in people who reside close to the harbor, raising the risk of diabetes, low birth weight, and impaired neurodevelopment.

3 Dec 2019

Research leverages emergency room visits to connect at risk populations to preventive services

With a disproportionate number of black cisgender women in the U.S. becoming HIV positive, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are sharing critical health information through an atypical venue: the emergency room.

3 Dec 2019

New PA program in Massachusetts to provide knowledge, skills to prescribe opiates safely

Morbidity and mortality from prescription and synthetic opioid use and abuse continues to be a U.S. public health issue. In an effort to help curtail this crisis, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine describe an approach to ensure Physician Assistant (PA) students graduating from any PA program in Massachusetts will have the knowledge and skills to prescribe opiates safely.

3 Dec 2019

Deep learning shows potential to improve chest X-ray interpretation

A sophisticated type of artificial intelligence can detect clinically meaningful chest X-ray findings as effectively as experienced radiologists, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.

3 Dec 2019

Homeless people experience a high lifetime prevalence of traumatic brain injury

People who are homeless experience a disproportionately high lifetime prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a new UBC-led study published today in The Lancet Public Health.

3 Dec 2019

Study shows 53% of homeless people have suffered a traumatic brain injury

Over half of homeless people have suffered a traumatic brain injury, which can have severe mental and physical consequences.

3 Dec 2019

KHN’S ‘What the health?’: How’s that open enrollment going?

Open enrollment for 2020 health coverage under the Affordable Care Act is halfway over. So far, sign-ups appear to be lagging behind last year’s, but not dramatically.

3 Dec 2019

Tweets and online searches provide a faster way to track alcohol use

Collecting rigorous public health data through large survey-based studies is a slow, expensive process.

2 Dec 2019

Lower life expectancy with intellectual disability

A new study published on December 2, 2019, in the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities shows why people with intellectual disabilities (ID) typically have a shorter life span compared to the general population. The UNSW Sydney researchers uncover factors that lead to a higher risk of death among people with ID.

2 Dec 2019

Vitamin E acetate and vaping-induced lung injury

In a report posted early online in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), scientists report that vaping products containing vitamin E acetate are apparently linked to the occurrence of lung injury in e-cigarette or vaping product users.

2 Dec 2019

Consortium launches ambitious project to transform the treatment of pain

In an effort to address the critical public health need for new, safer and more effective medicines to treat pain, a consortium based at the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School has launched an ambitious project titled STOP PAIN (Safe Therapeutic Options for Pain and Inflammation).

2 Dec 2019

Number of children requiring treatment for cannabis misuse failed to improve in the last 3 years

Public Health England has today revealed that a staggering 12,702 young people entered treatment last year because of problems with cannabis.

29 Nov 2019

Health organizations urge people to get vaccinated against the flu

Health organizations are urging people to get their flu shot soon to protect themselves during the upcoming influenza season.

28 Nov 2019

Many women in Europe are diagnosed at late stage of HIV infection

Many women in the WHO European Region, particularly those in their 40s, are diagnosed at a late stage of HIV infection when their immune system is already starting to fail. They are three to four times more likely to be diagnosed late than younger women.

28 Nov 2019

Review: Benefits, safety of fortifying wheat or maize flour with folic acid and health outcomes

Folate is an essential B-vitamin that is needed for DNA synthesis and cell division. Folate deficiency can lead to anemia, and deficiency early in pregnancy can lead to neural tube defects – birth defects of the brain, spine and spinal cord, including spina bifida.

27 Nov 2019

Loyola launches study to determine factors impacting young women's pelvic health

A multidisciplinary team at Loyola Medicine is launching a clinical research study to determine the most prevalent factors impacting young women's pelvic health.

27 Nov 2019

Alzheimer's may soon be treated with low dose radiation therapy

A new Phase I study is in the pipeline that would try the effects of low dose radiation therapy for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers from the Beaumont Research Institute in Royal Oak, Michigan are in the process of recruiting patients for their study. The study is titled, “Study of Low Dose Whole Brain Irradiation in the Treatment of Alzheimer's disease”.

27 Nov 2019

Life expectancy in the United States steadily decreasing

Life expectancy in the United States is decreasing, and it may be due to the increasing rates of drug abuse and suicide, a new study finds.

27 Nov 2019

National group develops new approach to improve pediatric sepsis surveillance

Sepsis is a major public health problem, contributing to substantial disability, death, and healthcare costs in the United States among both adults and children.

27 Nov 2019

Public Health News and Research

Receiving housing voucher during childhood linked to fewer hospital admissions over time

Study estimates health effects of breathing airborne PCBs around New Bedford Harbor

Research leverages emergency room visits to connect at risk populations to preventive services

New PA program in Massachusetts to provide knowledge, skills to prescribe opiates safely

Deep learning shows potential to improve chest X-ray interpretation

Homeless people experience a high lifetime prevalence of traumatic brain injury

Study shows 53% of homeless people have suffered a traumatic brain injury

KHN’S ‘What the health?’: How’s that open enrollment going?

Tweets and online searches provide a faster way to track alcohol use

Lower life expectancy with intellectual disability

Vitamin E acetate and vaping-induced lung injury

Consortium launches ambitious project to transform the treatment of pain

Number of children requiring treatment for cannabis misuse failed to improve in the last 3 years

Health organizations urge people to get vaccinated against the flu

Many women in Europe are diagnosed at late stage of HIV infection

Review: Benefits, safety of fortifying wheat or maize flour with folic acid and health outcomes

Loyola launches study to determine factors impacting young women's pelvic health

Alzheimer's may soon be treated with low dose radiation therapy

Life expectancy in the United States steadily decreasing

National group develops new approach to improve pediatric sepsis surveillance

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