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Study: Indian-Americans have lowest rate of sudden unexpected infant deaths

Indian-Americans have the highest percentage of sleeping with their babies among ethnic groups in New Jersey but the lowest rate of sudden unexpected infant death, a Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences study shows.

7 Aug 2018

In weary post-storm Puerto Rico, Medicaid cutbacks bode new ills

Blue tarps still dot rooftops, homes lack electricity needed to refrigerate medicines, and clinics chip away at debts incurred from running generators. Yet despite the residual effects from last year's devastating hurricanes, Puerto Rico is moving ahead with major cuts to its health care safety net that will affect more than a million of its poorest residents.

6 Aug 2018

Tobacco products more aggressively marketed in Milwaukee's minority neighborhoods

Tobacco products in Milwaukee are more aggressively marketed in stores in African-American and Latino neighborhoods than in white ones, according to a study led by a public health researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

3 Aug 2018

People closest to federal poverty line mostly benefited from Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act - or Obamacare - most benefited those closest to the federal poverty line, a study led by Drexel University researchers shows.

2 Aug 2018

Peer comparison letters lead to persistent decrease in antipsychotic prescribing

A study led by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has found that letters targeting high prescribers of Seroquel, an antipsychotic with potentially harmful side effects in the elderly, significantly reduced the number of prescriptions for patients in Medicare.

2 Aug 2018

Study estimates heatwave deaths to increase steadily by 2080

If people cannot adapt to future climate temperatures, deaths caused by severe heatwaves will increase dramatically in tropical and subtropical regions, followed closely by Australia, Europe and the United States, a global new Monash–led study shows.

1 Aug 2018

Service workers who rely on tips are at high risk of mental health issues, shows study

Approximately 102 million Americans work in the service industry, according to the Pew Research Center, filling critical positions in restaurants, salons and transportation.

1 Aug 2018

Acetyl-L-carnitine chemical in blood connected to depression

A group of researchers from Stanford in collaboration with other universities have found that in humans a low level of acetyl-L-carnitine or L-acetyle carnitine in blood could be a predictor of the duration and severity of depression.

1 Aug 2018

For many college students, hunger can ‘make it hard to focus in class’

As students enter college this fall, many will hunger for more than knowledge. Up to half of college students report that they were either not getting enough to eat or were worried about it, according to published studies.

31 Jul 2018

Cancer and heart disease are deadlier in the developing world than in western nations

Diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke are deadlier in the developing world than in rich nations. This is the finding of a new analysis from researchers at Imperial College London.

26 Jul 2018

HIV infections on the rise among teenage girls

According to a new report from the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF, more and more adolescent girls are being infected with HIV. The report estimates around 30 teenagers being infected with HIV each hour. Of these 30 infections among those aged between 15 and 19 years, around 20 are girls, the report states.

26 Jul 2018

Research shows the crucial role of glasses in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

As the first Global Disability Summit takes place, new evidence of how a simple pair of glasses can improve workers' productivity and reduce poverty is published.

25 Jul 2018

Key questions to consider for sustainable management of environmental risks in Europe

What are the most aggressive chemical products for the environment? What areas of the planet have more pollutants? Can we detect toxic products which are hard to identify? How can we protect biodiversity and natural ecosystems better?

23 Jul 2018

Study: Greening vacant urban land reduces feelings of depression for surrounding residents

Greening vacant urban land significantly reduces feelings of depression and improves overall mental health for the surrounding residents, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and other institutions show in a new randomized, controlled study published in JAMA Network Open.

20 Jul 2018

Frailty associated with poor survival rates in young heart patients

Traditionally, frailty is thought to be a syndrome of the elderly - one which comes as a natural and inevitable side-effect of aging, gradually transforming strong, healthy bodies into weaker, more delicate frames over time.

20 Jul 2018

Child psychiatrist available on call to help assess separated immigrant children

Child psychiatrist Matthew Biel, MD, MSc, wasn't at all surprised to learn from news reports in early July that two children separated at the US border from their Central American parents and sent to Connecticut were diagnosed, by a Yale University psychiatrist, with "full blown acute post traumatic stress disorder."

20 Jul 2018

Researchers to investigate role of hormones in mosquito's ability to use human blood for egg production

Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have received a five-year grant of $2.44 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, to investigate the role hormones play in the female mosquito's ability to use human blood for egg production.

16 Jul 2018

Poverty News and Research

Study: Indian-Americans have lowest rate of sudden unexpected infant deaths

In weary post-storm Puerto Rico, Medicaid cutbacks bode new ills

Tobacco products more aggressively marketed in Milwaukee's minority neighborhoods

People closest to federal poverty line mostly benefited from Obamacare

Peer comparison letters lead to persistent decrease in antipsychotic prescribing

Study estimates heatwave deaths to increase steadily by 2080

Service workers who rely on tips are at high risk of mental health issues, shows study

Acetyl-L-carnitine chemical in blood connected to depression

For many college students, hunger can ‘make it hard to focus in class’

Cancer and heart disease are deadlier in the developing world than in western nations

HIV infections on the rise among teenage girls

Research shows the crucial role of glasses in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Key questions to consider for sustainable management of environmental risks in Europe

Study: Greening vacant urban land reduces feelings of depression for surrounding residents

Frailty associated with poor survival rates in young heart patients

Child psychiatrist available on call to help assess separated immigrant children

Researchers to investigate role of hormones in mosquito's ability to use human blood for egg production

Residential segregation linked with racial disparities in firearm homicide fatalities

Public to set research priorities in field of ethnic inequalities and severe mental illness

Severe childhood trauma, stresses in parents' lives linked to behavioral health problems in children

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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