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Cognitively stimulating jobs in midlife linked to lower dementia risk

People with a history of cognitively stimulating occupations during their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s had a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia after age 70, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Columbia Aging Center, and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

18 Apr 2024

Natural diversity boosts mental wellbeing, research shows

New research from King's College London has found that spaces with a diverse range of natural features are associated with stronger improvements in our mental wellbeing compared to spaces with less natural diversity.

16 Apr 2024

Urgent action needed to tackle social determinants of health for a healthier future

We must act on the social determinants of health (the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age) and place sustainability at the core of the NHS's future to ensure a healthy, prosperous and more resilient society, argue experts in two new reports from The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS.

16 Apr 2024

Arabica coffee's genetic legacy unveiled

The key to growing coffee plants that can better resist climate change in the decades to come may lie in the ancient past.

15 Apr 2024

Netherlands and WHO forge stronger partnership in global health agenda

The WHO and the Netherlands convened in The Hague on 10 April 2024, to discuss joint priorities and alignment between the Dutch Global Health Strategy and WHO's key strategic goals, marking a new milestone in their longstanding partnership.

15 Apr 2024

KAIST researchers propose microbial food production from sustainable raw materials

The global food crisis is increasing due to rapid population growth and declining food productivity to climate change.

13 Apr 2024

Largest-ever global deployment of cholera rapid diagnostic tests for better disease control

The arrival of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits for cholera in Malawi today signals the start of a global programme that will see more than 1.2 million tests distributed to 14 countries at high risk for cholera over the next several months.

10 Apr 2024

Pregnancy speeds up biological aging in women, study suggests

Pregnancy may carry a cost, reports a new study from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

8 Apr 2024

Hot climates worsen chronic kidney disease outcomes

Chronic kidney disease patients living in the hottest countries experienced an additional 8% drop in kidney function each year compared to those living in temperate climates, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

5 Apr 2024

Study highlights vaccine rollout inequities in New York City

Despite vaccine shortages, many younger people in New York City accessed vaccines ahead of schedule, particularly in high-income areas, according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

5 Apr 2024

World Health Day 2024: Championing Universal Health Rights with AZoNetwork

World Health Day 2024.

5 Apr 2024

Rapid action on climate change could protect people from immune-mediated diseases

Our environment is damaged by rising pollution and falling diversity: these dysregulate our immune systems, while climate change caused by greenhouse gases causes health issues that weakened immune systems can’t protect us against.

4 Apr 2024

Heat protections for California workers are in limbo after Newsom abandons rules

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has abandoned proposed protections for millions of California workers toiling in sweltering warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other dangerously hot workplaces — upending a regulatory process that had been years in the making.

3 Apr 2024

Climate change boosts infectious disease spread, hits the vulnerable hardest

Climate change is intensifying the spread of vector, water, and food-borne infections, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations due to enhanced pathogen transmission in altered environmental conditions.

1 Apr 2024

Ministers of Health commit to accelerated action against malaria in Africa

Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria committed today to accelerated action to end deaths from the disease.

1 Apr 2024

WHO and IPU renew partnership to promote and protect the health, well-being of all people

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and WHO today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding, reaffirming the critical role that parliamentarians play in enabling good health to foster stable and equitable societies.

30 Mar 2024

Google Street View predicts heart disease risk based on neighborhood features

Researchers have used Google Street View to study hundreds of elements of the built environment, including buildings, green spaces, pavements and roads, and how these elements relate to each other and influence coronary artery disease in people living in these neighborhoods.

27 Mar 2024

WHO recommends R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention in children

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in children.

27 Mar 2024

DFG's position paper on boosting food and nutrition research in Germany

The challenges facing society in the field of food and nutrition have become increasingly visible on a global scale in recent years: securing the world's food supply and combating hunger, the prevention and treatment of diet-related diseases such as obesity, and the eco-friendly and climate-friendly restructuring of agricultural and food systems.

26 Mar 2024

GPT-4 shows expert-level accuracy in annotating cell types

GPT-4 can accurately interpret types of cells important for the analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing -- a sequencing process fundamental to interpreting cell types – with high consistency to that of time-consuming manual annotation by human experts of gene information, according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

26 Mar 2024