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More states join Go NAPSACC online program to improve health of young children

In 2019, Go NAPSACC will be in 20 states working to improve the health of young children. Developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Go NAPSACC is an online tool that helps child care programs create environments for healthy eating and physical activity in children.

11 Jan 2019

New research could have a significant impact on cancer therapy

Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found a new role for a protein discovered by his lab in preventing the growth and spread of breast cancer.

11 Jan 2019

New analytic model can accurately predict patients at risk of developing PTSD

New findings from an international research team led by psychiatrists at NYU School of Medicine show that a newly-developed analytic model can predict soon after a shocking or scary event - and with significant accuracy -- the likelihood of someone developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

11 Jan 2019

Many low-income women unable to afford menstrual hygiene products, finds study

While access to menstrual hygiene products has been garnering attention in the developing world, low-income women and girls in major U.S. metropolitan areas also struggle to afford period supplies and often resort to making do with cloth, rags, paper towels, or even children's diapers during their monthly cycles.

11 Jan 2019

Federal shutdown mostly spares health coverage, but other issues loom

As the partial government shutdown drags on, about 800,000 federal employees who work for the shuttered agencies — and their families — are facing the reality of life without a paycheck.

11 Jan 2019

Emergency medical responders confront racial bias

A recent study out of Oregon suggests emergency medical responders — EMTs and paramedics — may be treating minority patients differently from the way they treat white patients.

11 Jan 2019

Sexual abuse and bullying related to smoking dependence and binge eating

People who ever suffered bullying or sexual abuse have a lower quality of life similar to those living with chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, depression or severe anxiety, a new study from the University of Adelaide has found.

11 Jan 2019

Scientists develop monoclonal antibodies combinations that protect animals from Ebola viruses

Scientists from academia, industry, and government have developed a combination of monoclonal antibodies that protected animals from all three Ebola viruses known to cause human disease. Their work is described in two companion studies published online in the journal Cell Host & Microbe.

11 Jan 2019

Novel biomarker links tumor progression to genome instability

Our DNA is under constant attack. The delicate molecule that contains our genetic information is extremely vulnerable to everything from environmental agents, such as radiation, to the chemicals in the air we breathe and the food we eat.

10 Jan 2019

Child nutrition remained stable a year after 2015 earthquake in Nepal, finds study

Despite widespread destruction, including severe agricultural-related losses caused by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, child nutrition remained stable in the hardest hit areas, a new study finds.

10 Jan 2019

Experimental drug can protect against Ebola in a single dose

There is a new medication that in one dose successfully protected nonhuman primates against a lethal infection of all strains of the deadly Ebola virus. The findings are now available in Cell Host & Microbe.

9 Jan 2019

Newly launched initiative helps children learn simple ways to keep the brain healthy

My Brain Robbie, a fantastic new initiative to promote brain health among school going children, has been launched through the Pilot Awards for Global Brain Health Leaders, an initiative of the Global Brain Health Institute, Alzheimer's Association and Alzheimer's Society UK.

9 Jan 2019

Study finds correlation between perceived maternal stress and overweight children

Overweight is unhealthy. Yet more and more people in Germany are overweight, particularly children. As part of the LiNA mother-child study coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, researchers were able to identify mother's perceived stress during the first year of the child's life as a risk factor for developing overweight in infancy.

9 Jan 2019

To get mental health help for a child, desperate parents relinquish custody

When Toni and Jim Hoy adopted their son Daniel through the foster care system, he was an affectionate toddler. They did not plan to give him back to the state of Illinois, ever.

9 Jan 2019

New ACMG points to consider: Patient re-contact after revision of genomic test results

Genomic testing is becoming increasingly common in medicine. Moreover, ongoing advances in technology and an ever-increasing understanding of what genetic variants mean can result in reinterpretation of the clinical significance of variants found in patients.

9 Jan 2019

Study finds reason for increased public resistance against vaccination

Why is it so challenging to increase the number of people who get vaccinated? How does popular resistance to vaccination remain strong even as preventable diseases make a comeback?

9 Jan 2019

Breastfed babies are more likely to be right handed

Babies who are breast fed for a longer duration are more likely to be right handed finds a new study. The study titled, 'Breastfeeding and handedness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data', by Philippe P. Hujoel of the University of Washington is published in the journal Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition.

8 Jan 2019

Moderate amounts of healthy fats could soon be allowed in diets

Most public health guidelines including the Dietary Guidelines for Americans do not allow fat portions in excess. However nutritionists and dieticians have now agreed that not all fats in diet are bad and many of them could be allowed.

8 Jan 2019

Dental flossing and other consumer behaviors contribute to elevated levels of PFAS in the body

A new study suggests certain types of consumer behaviors, including flossing with Oral-B Glide dental floss, contribute to elevated levels in the body of toxic PFAS chemicals. PFAS are water- and grease-proof substances that have been linked with numerous health problems.

8 Jan 2019

Genetic variations may influence whether vitamin E decreases or increases cancer risk

Almost half of all Americans take a vitamin supplement, and yet many large-scale, placebo-controlled clinical trials of various supplements have found little or no benefit.

8 Jan 2019

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More states join Go NAPSACC online program to improve health of young children

New research could have a significant impact on cancer therapy

New analytic model can accurately predict patients at risk of developing PTSD

Many low-income women unable to afford menstrual hygiene products, finds study

Federal shutdown mostly spares health coverage, but other issues loom

Emergency medical responders confront racial bias

Sexual abuse and bullying related to smoking dependence and binge eating

Scientists develop monoclonal antibodies combinations that protect animals from Ebola viruses

Novel biomarker links tumor progression to genome instability

Child nutrition remained stable a year after 2015 earthquake in Nepal, finds study

Experimental drug can protect against Ebola in a single dose

Newly launched initiative helps children learn simple ways to keep the brain healthy

Study finds correlation between perceived maternal stress and overweight children

To get mental health help for a child, desperate parents relinquish custody

New ACMG points to consider: Patient re-contact after revision of genomic test results

Study finds reason for increased public resistance against vaccination

Breastfed babies are more likely to be right handed

Moderate amounts of healthy fats could soon be allowed in diets

Dental flossing and other consumer behaviors contribute to elevated levels of PFAS in the body

Genetic variations may influence whether vitamin E decreases or increases cancer risk

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