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Study reviews the power of mobile sensing in the COVID-19 era

Mobile sensing has shown its power in the pervasive and effective monitoring of COVID-19 in varying population scales and time duration, according to a study published in Health Data Science, a Science Partner Journal.

23 Sep 2022

The Leopoldina Annual Assembly focuses on a broad spectrum of global health issues

Cooperation among many disciplines is required to improve the health situation and equity of all people worldwide.

23 Sep 2022

Access to affordable, safe, palatable tap water can reduce sugary drink intake among low income families

As the White House prepares for the first conference on hunger, nutrition and health in more than 50 years, public health officials point out that providing access to safe potable drinking water must be part of the national conversation.

23 Sep 2022

Only 48% of older adults regularly check their blood pressure at home, study finds

Only 48% of people age 50 to 80 who take blood pressure medications or have a health condition that's affected by hypertension regularly check their blood pressure at home or other places, a new study finds.

23 Sep 2022

Providence study sheds new light on the added benefit of COVID-19 boosters among vaccinated individuals

A Providence study released online today in the Journal of the American Medical Association sheds new light on the added benefit of a booster dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine among previously vaccinated individuals.

23 Sep 2022

U-M receives $5.5 million federal grant to launch National Institutes of Health firearm research coordinating center

The University of Michigan has received a $5.5 million federal grant to launch a National Institutes of Health firearm research coordinating center that will oversee community-based research projects designed to reduce firearm-related injuries, the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States.

23 Sep 2022

Low-cost sensors embedded into t-shirts and face masks to monitor breathing, heart rate

Imperial researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into t-shirts and face masks.

23 Sep 2022

Shattered dreams and bills in the millions: Losing a baby in America

The day after his 8-month-old baby died, Kingsley Raspe opened the mail and found he had been sent to collections for her care.

23 Sep 2022

In Jackson, the water is back, but the crisis remains

In mid-September, Howard Sanders bumped down pothole-ridden streets in a white Cadillac weighed down with water bottles on his way to a home in Ward 3, a neglected neighborhood that he called "a war zone."

23 Sep 2022

Hemp-derived delta-8 skirts marijuana laws and raises health concerns

Suzan Kennedy has smoked marijuana, and says her Wisconsin roots mean she can handle booze, so she was not concerned earlier this year when a bartender in St. Paul, Minnesota, described a cocktail with the cannabinoid delta-8 THC as "a little bit potent."

23 Sep 2022

Medicare eligibility may increase food pantry visits, improve food security among seniors

Low-income seniors were seven times more likely to visit a food pantry in the year after becoming eligible for Medicare, resulting in improved food security, according to a new study from UT Southwestern.

23 Sep 2022

People wearing reusable contact lenses more likely to develop rare sight-threatening eye infection

People who wear reusable contact lenses are nearly four times as likely as those wearing daily disposables to develop a rare sight-threatening eye infection, finds a study led by UCL and Moorfields researchers.

23 Sep 2022

Keys to maintaining good brain health

Your brain is pretty fabulous. Around 100 billion nerve cells work together to keep you nimble and quick in your thinking.

22 Sep 2022

Researchers receive $3.4 million NIH grant to assess soccer's tradeoffs with respect to brain health

More than 25 million Americans play soccer, the world's most popular sport. Soccer significantly benefits brain health by boosting aerobic capacity and oxygen and blood flow to the brain, but it also has a downside: Recent studies show that highly repetitive heading of the ball is associated with structural brain changes and worse cognitive performance similar to brain damage caused by concussion.

22 Sep 2022

Lessons from South Korea's vaccination initiative can help cultivate planetary health action

South Korea had administered more COVID-19 vaccine doses per 100 people than other developed countries by the end of March 2022.

22 Sep 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden declares the pandemic ‘over’

President Joe Biden's declaration in a national interview that the covid-19 pandemic is "over" has complicated his own administration's efforts to get Congress to provide more funding for treatments and vaccines, and to get the public to go get yet another booster.

22 Sep 2022

UN, WHO Primary Health Care Award recognizes Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance’s achievements in primary care

An innovative program between Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) department of family medicine and the Lesotho Ministry of Health is being honored today by the United Nations (UN) at the annual meeting of the Friends of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases.

22 Sep 2022

Study investigates three psychological processes that predict vaccine discourse incivility

Despite vaccine availability, vaccine hesitancy has inhibited public health officials' efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which has killed more than 1 million people in the U.S. and nearly 6 million people worldwide.

22 Sep 2022

Artificial intelligence tools speed up the process of identifying people who inject drugs

An automated process that combines natural language processing and machine learning identified people who inject drugs (PWID) in electronic health records more quickly and accurately than current methods that rely on manual record reviews.

22 Sep 2022

Patients with late-stage knee OA incur high costs for nonoperative treatments before total knee arthroplasty

In the year before total knee arthroplasty (TKA), patients incur considerable costs for nonoperative treatments and other procedures for osteoarthritis (OA) – raising questions about the value of those procedures, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

22 Sep 2022

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Study reviews the power of mobile sensing in the COVID-19 era

The Leopoldina Annual Assembly focuses on a broad spectrum of global health issues

Access to affordable, safe, palatable tap water can reduce sugary drink intake among low income families

Only 48% of older adults regularly check their blood pressure at home, study finds

Providence study sheds new light on the added benefit of COVID-19 boosters among vaccinated individuals

U-M receives $5.5 million federal grant to launch National Institutes of Health firearm research coordinating center

Low-cost sensors embedded into t-shirts and face masks to monitor breathing, heart rate

Shattered dreams and bills in the millions: Losing a baby in America

In Jackson, the water is back, but the crisis remains

Hemp-derived delta-8 skirts marijuana laws and raises health concerns

Medicare eligibility may increase food pantry visits, improve food security among seniors

People wearing reusable contact lenses more likely to develop rare sight-threatening eye infection

Keys to maintaining good brain health

Researchers receive $3.4 million NIH grant to assess soccer's tradeoffs with respect to brain health

Lessons from South Korea's vaccination initiative can help cultivate planetary health action

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden declares the pandemic ‘over’

UN, WHO Primary Health Care Award recognizes Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance’s achievements in primary care

Study investigates three psychological processes that predict vaccine discourse incivility

Artificial intelligence tools speed up the process of identifying people who inject drugs

Patients with late-stage knee OA incur high costs for nonoperative treatments before total knee arthroplasty

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