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Mobile phone data shows how Japan averted large-scale outbreaks of COVID-19

Why did Japan largely contain COVID-19 despite famously jam-packed Tokyo and despite the country's proximity to China? With no penalties and only requests for cooperation, Japan's state of emergency somehow averted the large-scale outbreaks seen elsewhere. At least one viable answer has now emerged.

6 Nov 2020

Switching from cigarettes to tobacco heating products may reduce risk of developing diseases

New research by BAT has found that smokers who switched completely from smoking cigarettes to using BAT's flagship tobacco heating product (THP), glo, substantially reduced their exposure to certain cigarette smoke toxicants over three months.

6 Nov 2020

First-time mothers report how the pandemic has disrupted breastfeeding experiences

The COVID-19 pandemic and the implications of physical distancing have disrupted new mothers' birth and breastfeeding experiences even if they are not COVID-19 positive or a person awaiting results.

5 Nov 2020

Healthcare providers should ask patients about cannabis use, researchers urge

Nurses and other healthcare providers should talk to patients about their cannabis use the same way they talk about other habits like smoking and drinking: routinely and without judgment.

5 Nov 2020

Wearing a face mask during strenuous workouts does not hinder breathing

A new University of Saskatchewan study has found that exercise performance and blood and muscle oxygen levels are not affected for healthy individuals wearing a face mask during strenuous workouts.

5 Nov 2020

Medicaid expansion associated with decreased cancer mortality rates

In states that have expanded Medicaid availability as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), mortality rates for three major forms of cancer are significantly lower than in states that have not expanded their Medicaid, a new study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard University shows.

5 Nov 2020

Cleveland Clinic receives $2.6 million NIA grant to develop automated screening for cognitive decline

Cleveland Clinic has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to develop and validate two automated tools - a risk calculator to identify patients at high risk of cognitive decline and a screening tool to test for cognitive decline.

5 Nov 2020

Longtime health advocate Donna Shalala loses house reelection race

Rep. Donna E. Shalala of Florida, the first-term Democratic member of Congress and former Health and Human Services secretary in the Clinton administration, lost her campaign for reelection Tuesday.

5 Nov 2020

High-intensity interval training may extend lives of older people

Five years of high-intensity interval training increased quality of life, improved fitness and might very well have extended the lives of participants in the Generation 100 study.

5 Nov 2020

World Health Assembly to discuss plan for addressing COVID-19 response and critical health goals

As health leaders prepare to gather for a virtual session of the resumed 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA), WHO has three messages to share.

5 Nov 2020

Poor and minority children with food allergies overlooked and in danger

As Emily Brown stood in a food pantry looking at her options, she felt alone. Up to that point, she had never struggled financially. But there she was, desperate to find safe food for her young daughter with food allergies. What she found was a jar of salsa and some potatoes.

5 Nov 2020

Coming abortion fight could threaten birth control, too

Abortion opponents were among those most excited by the addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. And they had good reason to be.

5 Nov 2020

Illustrations by Nigerian artist kickstart debate on neglected tropical disease

Illustrations by a local artist in Nigeria are helping health workers and policy makers understand what it's really like to live with a neglected tropical disease (NTD).

5 Nov 2020

Researchers present overview of benefits from tree-sourced foods

Two of humanity's biggest problems - the climate crisis and abysmal eating habits - can partly be solved by one healthy solution: eating more food from trees, specifically tropical ones.

5 Nov 2020

Data science pathway can provide an introductory experience in AI-ML for radiology residents

A recently developed data science pathway for fourth-year radiology residents will help prepare the next generation of radiologists to lead the way into the era of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI-ML), according to a special report published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

5 Nov 2020

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Mobile phone data shows how Japan averted large-scale outbreaks of COVID-19

Switching from cigarettes to tobacco heating products may reduce risk of developing diseases

First-time mothers report how the pandemic has disrupted breastfeeding experiences

Healthcare providers should ask patients about cannabis use, researchers urge

Wearing a face mask during strenuous workouts does not hinder breathing

Medicaid expansion associated with decreased cancer mortality rates

Cleveland Clinic receives $2.6 million NIA grant to develop automated screening for cognitive decline

Longtime health advocate Donna Shalala loses house reelection race

High-intensity interval training may extend lives of older people

World Health Assembly to discuss plan for addressing COVID-19 response and critical health goals

Poor and minority children with food allergies overlooked and in danger

Coming abortion fight could threaten birth control, too

Illustrations by Nigerian artist kickstart debate on neglected tropical disease

Researchers present overview of benefits from tree-sourced foods

Data science pathway can provide an introductory experience in AI-ML for radiology residents

Providing the best psychiatric care within a safe environment during COVID-19 pandemic

Black, Latinx hospital workers at highest risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, study finds

Analysis reveals how artificial intelligence has been used to help pregnant women

App-delivered computerized brain-training helps prevent alcohol relapse

AI can improve efficiency of radiologists in reading breast cancer screening mammograms

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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