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Pill that reverses brain damage could be on the horizon

Researchers have made important progress in designing a drug that could recover brain function in cases of severe brain damage due to injury or disease.

12 Feb 2019

Contraceptive pill may impair women's ability to recognize emotions

A new study suggests that a woman’s ability to read emotions may be negatively impacted by the contraceptive pill.

12 Feb 2019

Novel model predicts impact of ground shipping on future human health, environment

The trucks and trains that transport goods across the United States emit gases and particles that threaten human health and the environment.

12 Feb 2019

Using a health information exchange network to enhance disease surveillance

How do public health officials know if there is a disease outbreak and where that outbreak has occurred?

12 Feb 2019

Key life events affect well-being for less time than assumed, research reveals

People are evidently no good at predicting their own happiness or unhappiness: key life events such as marriage, invalidity or the death of a partner affect well-being for less time than those affected think.

12 Feb 2019

Study finds no link between access to federally qualified health centers and ED visits

There is no association between access to federally qualified health centers and emergency department visits for either uninsured or Medicaid-insured patients. That is the conclusion of a study to be published in the February 2019 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, a journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

12 Feb 2019

Study evaluates impact of air-exchange rates on respiratory health in low-income homes

A team of investigators from the Colorado School of Public Health at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado Boulder has identified that people living in homes with high ventilation are more likely to suffer from respiratory health issues such as asthma.

12 Feb 2019

Grocery store-based nutrition counseling effective in improving dietary habits

Hypertension affects over 60 million adults in the United States and less than half have their condition under control. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that grocery store−based nutrition counseling was effective in changing dietary habits of patients being treated for hypertension.

12 Feb 2019

NIH and partners host meeting to discuss the future of spinal cord injury research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its partners will host a meeting of researchers, clinicians, patients and patient advocates to discuss spinal cord injury (SCI) research and to chart a course of future studies.

12 Feb 2019

VA pushing research, inventions into commercial markets to improve public health

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday a new effort to improve public health by pushing its research and inventions into commercial markets.

12 Feb 2019

FDA issues warning letters to companies for selling unapproved products that claim to treat Alzheimer’s

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today posted 12 warning letters and 5 online advisory letters issued to foreign and domestic companies that are illegally selling more than 58 products, many that are sold as dietary supplements, which are unapproved new drugs and/or misbranded drugs that claim to prevent, treat or cure Alzheimer's disease and a number of other serious diseases and health conditions.

12 Feb 2019

False lead: Senator’s offer to help patient import cheap insulin goes nowhere

It sounded like an answer to prayers for millions with diabetes struggling to pay soaring prices for insulin.

11 Feb 2019

Better architectural design could stop suicide among young people

Suicide among younger people is often so spontaneous that it can be prevented if they do not encounter a potentially dangerous place outdoors. Getting the form of the built environment correct is therefore a very important factor in stopping suicide among young people.

11 Feb 2019

Surgical skills could be improved with stress-free training

University of Houston and Methodist Hospital researchers are reporting in Scientific Reports that the best way to train surgeons is to remove the stress of residency programs and make surgery a hobby.

11 Feb 2019

LGBTQ youths are more likely to suffer negative outcomes in child welfare system

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths are more likely to end up in foster care or unstable housing and suffer negative outcomes, such as substance abuse or mental health issues, while living in the child welfare system, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

11 Feb 2019

Rutgers study explores facial trauma litigation

Southern courts favor physicians in malpractice lawsuits over facial trauma treatment, while courts in the Midwest favor patients, according to a Rutgers study.

11 Feb 2019

MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than other drug users

Long-term MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than cannabis and other drugs users, new research suggests.

11 Feb 2019

Study: Complementary medicine use remains hidden to conventional medical providers

Research reveals that 1 in 3 complementary medicine users do not disclose their CM use to their medical providers, posing significant direct and indirect risks of adverse effects and harm due to unsafe concurrent use of CM and conventional medicine use.

11 Feb 2019

NIH "Inclusion Across the Lifespan" policy supports research involving underrepresented age groups

The pipeline of research supporting care as we age is about to look a bit more like the country it serves--and for good reason. Beginning this year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), America's premier institution for medical research, will for the first time in its history require NIH-funded scholars to eliminate arbitrary age limits in their work, age limits that previously allowed for excluding groups like older people without just cause.

11 Feb 2019

New heated tobacco device is as toxic as vaping and traditional cigarettes

A new study that directly compares new heated tobacco devices with vaping and traditional cigarettes shows that all three are toxic to human lung cells.

11 Feb 2019

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Pill that reverses brain damage could be on the horizon

Contraceptive pill may impair women's ability to recognize emotions

Novel model predicts impact of ground shipping on future human health, environment

Using a health information exchange network to enhance disease surveillance

Key life events affect well-being for less time than assumed, research reveals

Study finds no link between access to federally qualified health centers and ED visits

Study evaluates impact of air-exchange rates on respiratory health in low-income homes

Grocery store-based nutrition counseling effective in improving dietary habits

NIH and partners host meeting to discuss the future of spinal cord injury research

VA pushing research, inventions into commercial markets to improve public health

FDA issues warning letters to companies for selling unapproved products that claim to treat Alzheimer’s

False lead: Senator’s offer to help patient import cheap insulin goes nowhere

Better architectural design could stop suicide among young people

Surgical skills could be improved with stress-free training

LGBTQ youths are more likely to suffer negative outcomes in child welfare system

Rutgers study explores facial trauma litigation

MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than other drug users

Study: Complementary medicine use remains hidden to conventional medical providers

NIH "Inclusion Across the Lifespan" policy supports research involving underrepresented age groups

New heated tobacco device is as toxic as vaping and traditional cigarettes

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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