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California voters are skeptical that more money is the answer to homelessness

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's expensive ballot-box attempt to tackle the mental health and addiction crisis on the state's streets is leading by a razor-thin margin, a week after the March 5 election.

12 Mar 2024

Obesity related to depression risk among older adults

Researchers discuss the association between depression and obesity.

12 Mar 2024

Mtb bacteria detected in exhaled breath of 90% of individuals presenting with suspected tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria that causes a tuberculosis infection, is present in exhaled breath of 90% of those presenting with suspected tuberculosis.

11 Mar 2024

Lancet study exposes COVID-19's far-reaching consequences on mortality and life expectancy

A new study published in The Lancet reveals never-before-seen details about staggeringly high mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic within and across countries.

11 Mar 2024

Sexual minority adults show greater willingness to embrace digital health tools, study finds

Little is known about the willingness of sexual minority adults - people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or other nonheterosexual orientation identities - to use digital health tools.

11 Mar 2024

Taking "study drugs" can lead to other drug use and decline in mental health

Taking "study drugs" like Adderall without a diagnosis is not only dangerous in itself, but can lead to other drug use and a decline in mental health, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

11 Mar 2024

Paper-based sensor that operates like the brain paves way for AI-based health monitoring devices

From creating images, generating text, and enabling self-driving cars, the potential uses of artificial intelligence (AI) are vast and transformative.

11 Mar 2024

Childhood cancer survivors rarely up to date for recommended surveillance tests

Surviving childhood cancer does not always mean a clean bill of health, as the treatments that eradicate those cancers can put adult survivors at risk of new cancers and other serious health problems.

11 Mar 2024

Social workers bridge the gap in HIV care for hospitalized patients in Tanzania

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have shown that three months of social worker follow-up support to people hospitalized with HIV in Tanzania had health benefits at low cost.

11 Mar 2024

An Arm and a Leg: The Medicare episode

Medicare may sound like an escape from the expensive world of U.S. health insurance, but it's more complicated, and expensive, than many realize.

11 Mar 2024

California Attorney General boosts bill banning medical debt from credit reports

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that he is throwing his weight behind legislation to bar medical debt from showing up on consumer credit reports, a Democratic-led effort to offer protection to patients squeezed by health care bills.

11 Mar 2024

Why covid patients who could most benefit from paxlovid still aren’t getting it

Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but "also the medical approach." So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency room near his home in Grapevine, Texas.

11 Mar 2024

New research identifies potential drug target to prevent kidney failure

A new study found that retinoic acid receptors (RARa) in the proximal tubules of the kidney play a crucial role in limiting the damaging effects of kidney injury that often lead to kidney failure.

9 Mar 2024

mRNA vaccines train T cells in waves, study shows

mRNA vaccines developed against the spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome type 2 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), displayed remarkable efficiency in combating coronavirus 19 (COVID-19).

9 Mar 2024

Study reveals alarming cholesterol levels among American Indian adolescents and young adults

Young American Indians, ages 15-39, had cholesterol levels more than two times higher than the general U.S. population, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

8 Mar 2024

Cambridge scientists develop AI to predict healthiness of menus at out-of-home food outlets

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have used artificial intelligence to predict the healthiness of cafe, takeaway and restaurant menus at outlets across Britain and used this information to map which of its local authorities have the most and least healthy food environments.

8 Mar 2024

Veterans' blood pressure control worsened during the pandemic due to disrupted care

A multi-institution team led by researchers at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont found that Veterans' blood pressure control worsened due to disrupted care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 Mar 2024

Empowering Change: How Hologic is Shaping the Future of Women's Healthcare

Hologic, Inc. is a global medical technology innovator primarily focused on improving women’s health and well-being through early detection and treatment.

From Hologic, Inc. 8 Mar 2024

UKHSA data shows continued increase in whooping cough cases

New data published today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows there has been a continued increase in pertussis (whooping cough) cases at the start of this year, with 553 confirmed in England in January, compared with 858 cases for the whole of last year (2023).

7 Mar 2024

Reevaluating aspirin for heart attack and stroke prevention in seniors

One in four older adults take aspirin at least three times a week, mostly in hopes of preventing heart attacks and strokes, a new poll shows.

7 Mar 2024

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California voters are skeptical that more money is the answer to homelessness

Obesity related to depression risk among older adults

Mtb bacteria detected in exhaled breath of 90% of individuals presenting with suspected tuberculosis

Lancet study exposes COVID-19's far-reaching consequences on mortality and life expectancy

Sexual minority adults show greater willingness to embrace digital health tools, study finds

Taking "study drugs" can lead to other drug use and decline in mental health

Paper-based sensor that operates like the brain paves way for AI-based health monitoring devices

Childhood cancer survivors rarely up to date for recommended surveillance tests

Social workers bridge the gap in HIV care for hospitalized patients in Tanzania

An Arm and a Leg: The Medicare episode

California Attorney General boosts bill banning medical debt from credit reports

Why covid patients who could most benefit from paxlovid still aren’t getting it

New research identifies potential drug target to prevent kidney failure

mRNA vaccines train T cells in waves, study shows

Study reveals alarming cholesterol levels among American Indian adolescents and young adults

Cambridge scientists develop AI to predict healthiness of menus at out-of-home food outlets

Veterans' blood pressure control worsened during the pandemic due to disrupted care

Empowering Change: How Hologic is Shaping the Future of Women's Healthcare

UKHSA data shows continued increase in whooping cough cases

Reevaluating aspirin for heart attack and stroke prevention in seniors

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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