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New method could help facilitate transition of medical technology from lab to market

Advances in materials, microfabrication and medical imaging are accelerating the pace of innovation in implantable neuroprosthetics.

16 Mar 2020

Most New York State residents feel not at risk of contracting coronavirus

A new CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) survey released today found that 60% of New York State residents believe their chances of contracting the novel Coronavirus are low or very low.

16 Mar 2020

Family member deportation increases risk of suicidal thoughts among Latino adolescents

Latino/a adolescents with a family member who was detained or deported beginning as early as 2017 were at high risk of suicidal thoughts, early alcohol use, and risky behaviors that can lead to school failure and chronic health problems.

16 Mar 2020

Instagram can provide motivation to exercise

Exercising can be a chore. We know it's good for us, and we may do it, but it's not always fun.

16 Mar 2020

Eating more protein could help reduce age-related muscle loss

Eating more protein at breakfast or lunchtime could help older people maintain muscle mass with advancing age - but most people eat proteins fairly unevenly throughout the day, new research at the University of Birmingham has found.

16 Mar 2020

Disengagement in retirement may increase risk of cognitive decline

Certain middle-aged and older adults, especially women who tend to disengage from difficult tasks and goals after they retire, may be at greater risk of cognitive decline as they age, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

16 Mar 2020

Clinicians urged to reconsider controversial acne treatment

Acne treatment including the highly effective acne medication isotretinoin should be made more readily available despite reports of its association with depression and teen suicide.

16 Mar 2020

Stringent alcohol policies could protect against low-alcohol crash deaths

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, found that motor vehicle crashes involving drivers with blood alcohol concentrations below the legal limit of 0.08 percent accounted for 15 percent of alcohol-involved crash deaths in the United States.

16 Mar 2020

Former federal virus hunter says U.S. needs to act before new germs ‘kick your door in’

When the federal government decided to investigate the threat viruses in animals posed to humans, Dennis Carroll helped lead the charge.

16 Mar 2020

Study: Young adults don't know what's in the vaping products they use

Young adults don't know what's in the products they vape and often don't know what brand of vaping products they use, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

16 Mar 2020

Many parents delay talking to children about inappropriate touching, poll finds

Experts recommend starting conversations about inappropriate touching during the preschool years, but less than half of parents of preschoolers in a national poll say they've begun that discussion.

16 Mar 2020

How intrepid lab sleuths ramped up tests as coronavirus closed in

While officials in Washington, D.C., grappled with delays and red tape, two professional virus hunters raced to make thousands of tests available to detect the deadly new coronavirus sweeping the globe, hoping to stem its spread in the U.S.

16 Mar 2020

Testing shortages force extreme shift in strategy by local health officials

Public health officials in California's state capital region announced this week they have stopped tracing the contacts of patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. They've also ceased recommending quarantines for residents exposed to people confirmed to have the virus.

13 Mar 2020

Looking for answers after coronavirus contact? Welcome to the gray zone

Liz Lucas got a call Tuesday afternoon from a friend she'd interacted with closely at a journalism conference in New Orleans days earlier who had tested presumptively positive for coronavirus. She wondered what this meant for her and those around her, so she reached out to local and state health officials in Missouri for guidance.

13 Mar 2020

Experts call for older people to be considered in global responses to coronavirus

Current guidance on coronavirus “largely ignores” the implications for public health and clinical responses in light of those most at risk, according to an international group of global health experts.

13 Mar 2020

Nanoscale particles of common plastics tend to move through the water supply

A Washington State University research team has found that nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh water, or settle out in wastewater treatment plants, where they end up as sludge, in landfills, and often as fertilizer.

13 Mar 2020

Lower-salt processed turkey wins blind sensory test over full-salt option

University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists produced a lower-salt processed turkey that consumers in a blind sensory test preferred to a full-salt version, according to a study published in the international journal LWT-Food Science and Technology.

13 Mar 2020

Disease -related Wikipedia page view counts show impact of news media on public attention

During the 2016 Zika outbreak, news exposure appears to have had a far bigger impact than local disease risk on the number of times people visited Zika-related Wikipedia pages in the U.S. Michele Tizzoni and colleagues at the ISI Foundation in Turin, Italy, present these findings in PLOS Computational Biology.

13 Mar 2020

Patients prescribed opioids after dental extraction report higher levels of pain

The use of opioids to soothe the pain of a pulled tooth could be drastically reduced or eliminated altogether from dentistry, say University of Michigan researchers.

13 Mar 2020

Digital intervention effective at reducing the spread of viral respiratory tract infections

A scientifically tested digital intervention created by the University of Southampton has already proved to be effective at reducing the spread of viral respiratory tract infections – such as colds and flu.

13 Mar 2020

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New method could help facilitate transition of medical technology from lab to market

Most New York State residents feel not at risk of contracting coronavirus

Family member deportation increases risk of suicidal thoughts among Latino adolescents

Instagram can provide motivation to exercise

Eating more protein could help reduce age-related muscle loss

Disengagement in retirement may increase risk of cognitive decline

Clinicians urged to reconsider controversial acne treatment

Stringent alcohol policies could protect against low-alcohol crash deaths

Former federal virus hunter says U.S. needs to act before new germs ‘kick your door in’

Study: Young adults don't know what's in the vaping products they use

Many parents delay talking to children about inappropriate touching, poll finds

How intrepid lab sleuths ramped up tests as coronavirus closed in

Testing shortages force extreme shift in strategy by local health officials

Looking for answers after coronavirus contact? Welcome to the gray zone

Experts call for older people to be considered in global responses to coronavirus

Nanoscale particles of common plastics tend to move through the water supply

Lower-salt processed turkey wins blind sensory test over full-salt option

Disease -related Wikipedia page view counts show impact of news media on public attention

Patients prescribed opioids after dental extraction report higher levels of pain

Digital intervention effective at reducing the spread of viral respiratory tract infections

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