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Lower income and education levels increase risk of alcohol-related medical conditions

Men and women with lower income or education levels are more likely to develop medical conditions related to alcohol abuse compared to similar individuals with a higher socioeconomic status.

19 Mar 2024

Radiology study uncovers patterns of intimate partner violence across age groups

Intimate partner violence (IPV) disproportionately impacts women and younger populations, with incidences peaking between adolescence and young adulthood.

19 Mar 2024

Air pollution in Austin neighborhoods raises asthma-related ER visits, study finds

Air pollution in Austin neighborhoods is linked to an increased rate of asthma-related trips to the emergency room (ER), especially in areas with a high proportion of Black and Latinx residents, according to a new study by researchers at Dell Medical School and the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.

19 Mar 2024

Coping effort more crucial for longevity in older men

Coping is defined as cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage stressors that people believe exceed their ability and resources to respond to effectively.

19 Mar 2024

Active smoking or exposure to environmental tobacco smoke associated with increased risk for all stroke and major pathological and etiological subtypes

Researchers assessed how tobacco use and exposure influence stroke risk, varying by type, region, and income level.

19 Mar 2024

How national political ambition could fuel, or fail, initiatives to protect abortion rights in states

In early February, abortion rights supporters gathered to change Missouri history at the Pageant — a storied club where rock 'n' roll revolutionary Chuck Berry often had played: They launched a signature-gathering campaign to put a constitutional amendment to voters this year to legalize abortion in the state.

19 Mar 2024

Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with covid-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was.

19 Mar 2024

Amid mental health staffing crunch, Medi-Cal patients help one another

Three people gathered in a classroom on a recent rainy afternoon listened intently as Derrick Cordero urged them to turn their negative feelings around.

19 Mar 2024

Unmet social needs negatively impact quality of life of dementia patients and caregivers

People with dementia and those who care for them should be screened for loneliness, so providers can find ways to keep them socially connected, according to experts at UC San Francisco and Harvard, who made the recommendations after finding that both groups experienced declines in social well-being as the disease progressed.

18 Mar 2024

Ownership-based text messages boost COVID booster uptake

New research published in Nature Human Behavior suggests that text nudges encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which had proven effective in prior real-world field tests, are also effective at prompting people to get a booster.

18 Mar 2024

Punitive prenatal drug laws lead to negative health outcomes

Contrary to some claims, laws that criminalize or otherwise punish drug use during pregnancy are more likely to worsen rather than improve health outcomes, according to a paper by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

18 Mar 2024

Hope for PDCD and Cure Mito Foundation unveil joint patient registry

Cure Mito Foundation and Hope for PDCD foundation, both patient-led foundations focused on advancing research and supporting families affected by Leigh syndrome and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency (PDCD), respectively, are excited to announce a launch of a PDCD patient registry.

18 Mar 2024

Middle-aged adults in the U.S. experience higher levels of loneliness than European counterparts

Middle-aged adults in the U.S. tend to report significantly higher levels of loneliness than their European counterparts, possibly due in part to weaker family ties and greater income inequality, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

18 Mar 2024

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Lower income and education levels increase risk of alcohol-related medical conditions

Radiology study uncovers patterns of intimate partner violence across age groups

Air pollution in Austin neighborhoods raises asthma-related ER visits, study finds

Coping effort more crucial for longevity in older men

Active smoking or exposure to environmental tobacco smoke associated with increased risk for all stroke and major pathological and etiological subtypes

How national political ambition could fuel, or fail, initiatives to protect abortion rights in states

Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

Amid mental health staffing crunch, Medi-Cal patients help one another

Unmet social needs negatively impact quality of life of dementia patients and caregivers

Ownership-based text messages boost COVID booster uptake

Punitive prenatal drug laws lead to negative health outcomes

Hope for PDCD and Cure Mito Foundation unveil joint patient registry

Middle-aged adults in the U.S. experience higher levels of loneliness than European counterparts

Rising antifungal resistance heightens concerns over invasive fungal infections

Study: 20,000 men may have missed prostate cancer diagnosis due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Covid and Medicare payments spark remote patient monitoring boom

Lower grades for students who use both tobacco and cannabis, California survey reveals

National disease prevention policies key to pandemic preparedness

Dosing software accelerates antibiotic effects in ICU patients treated for sepsis

Common domestic pets in Australia responsible for 53% of injury hospitalizations in 2021–22

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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