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Wearing COVID face masks has no effect on everyday social exchanges

A new study just published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology debunks the idea that wearing a mask to slow the spread of disease damages most everyday social exchanges.

8 Sep 2022

Updating alcohol container warning labels could help consumers to make more informed decisions

You know drinking alcohol isn't the best thing for your health, but just how bad is it? After all, in the United States, two thirds of adults report some degree of alcohol use.

8 Sep 2022

Experts offer practical recommendations to deal with sleep problems during heat waves

With heatwaves occurring more frequently, investigators from the European Insomnia Network recently explored how outdoor nighttime temperature changes affect body temperature and sleep quality.

8 Sep 2022

Patient satisfaction surveys earn a zero on tracking whether hospitals deliver culturally competent care

Each day, thousands of patients get a call or letter after being discharged from U.S. hospitals. How did their stay go? How clean and quiet was the room? How often did nurses and doctors treat them with courtesy and respect? The questions focus on what might be termed the standard customer satisfaction aspects of a medical stay, as hospitals increasingly view patients as consumers who can take their business elsewhere.

8 Sep 2022

Study shows how feasible reductions in ultra-processed food consumption positively impact the nutritional quality of diets

Researchers assessed the association between consumption of ultra-processed food and dietary nutrient profiles.

8 Sep 2022

Depressive symptoms among caregivers increase substantially before the onset of dementia in partners

Depressive symptoms and caregiving hours among older adults caring for partners with dementia can emerge up to 10 years before a routine screening detects the first signs of their partner’s cognitive impairment, according to a University of Michigan study.

8 Sep 2022

New web app links children's daily activities with health

Researchers studying how children's daily activities are associated with their health have developed a web app that shows users how reallocating time in their day from one activity to another could impact their health and academic performance.

8 Sep 2022

York University secures CAD7.25 million grant to help tackle emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases

At a time when the risk of emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases (ERIDs) is increasing, an international team led by York University successfully competed to receive a CAD7.25 million grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to help tackle the issue.

7 Sep 2022

Studies to explore whether achieving beneficial ketone levels can improve metabolic health of military service members

A series of upcoming studies will explore whether the grind of active-duty military life and veterans' disproportionately high incidence of chronic illness could be tamed by lifestyle interventions designed to achieve a metabolic state of nutritional ketosis.

7 Sep 2022

Emergency department care needs to be more 'frailty friendly', researchers say

Emergency departments in England don't seem to be set up to meet the basic care needs of frail older patients, suggest the findings of a small qualitative study published online in the Emergency Medicine Journal.

7 Sep 2022

Wearable assistive robot can detect and prevent a fall before it happens

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) have developed a wearable assistive robot that can detect and prevent a fall before it happens, reducing the user's risk of sustaining injuries.

7 Sep 2022

Coronavirus surveillance in wastewater can predict the development of pandemic

Monitoring of viruses in wastewater enables the course of a pandemic and its burdens on various parts of the health-care sector to be predicted, independently from official public testing capacity and scope for infection tracking.

7 Sep 2022

Researchers explore whether non-monetary benefits can improve NHS nursing staff retention

The House of Commons Committee on Health and Social Care recently described the NHS as being in the grip of the "greatest workforce crisis in its history", which is likely to have serious consequences for patient care.

7 Sep 2022

Reducing social media use and increasing physical activity can improve people’s well-being

If you spend 30 minutes less on social media every day and engage in physical activity instead, you do a lot to improve your mental health.

7 Sep 2022

First nasal vaccine for COVID-19 approved in India for emergency use

The world's first nasal vaccine for COVID-19 was approved Tuesday, Sept. 6, in India for emergency use. The vaccine, called iNCOVACC, is based on technology licensed from Washington University in St. Louis and developed in collaboration with Bharat Biotech International Limited in India.

7 Sep 2022

Medical school-based culinary medicine programs seek to improve nutrition education

Culinary medicine programs are emerging at medical schools to meet a critical need to improve nutrition education in an era of unprecedented diet-related health problems including obesity and cardiovascular disease, according to a review of programs by UT Southwestern researchers published in Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

7 Sep 2022

‘It’s becoming too expensive to live’: Anxious older adults try to cope with limited budgets

Economic insecurity is upending the lives of millions of older adults as soaring housing costs and inflation diminish the value of fixed incomes.

7 Sep 2022

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

For the past decade, Precious McCowan's life has revolved around organ transplants. She's a doctoral candidate studying human behavior in Dallas who has survived two kidney transplants. And in the midst of her end-stage renal disease, her 2-year-old son died. She chose to donate his organs in hopes they would save a life.

7 Sep 2022

Boon to local food producers as a result of the pandemic may be short-lived, researchers say

The COVID‐19 pandemic affected American households in countless ways, but according to researchers, some of the most tangible shifts are taking place in the food system.

6 Sep 2022

Study highlights the role of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in mental health care delivery

The mental health system is increasingly reliant on psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) to meet the psychiatric needs of Medicare patients, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

6 Sep 2022

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Wearing COVID face masks has no effect on everyday social exchanges

Updating alcohol container warning labels could help consumers to make more informed decisions

Experts offer practical recommendations to deal with sleep problems during heat waves

Patient satisfaction surveys earn a zero on tracking whether hospitals deliver culturally competent care

Study shows how feasible reductions in ultra-processed food consumption positively impact the nutritional quality of diets

Depressive symptoms among caregivers increase substantially before the onset of dementia in partners

New web app links children's daily activities with health

York University secures CAD7.25 million grant to help tackle emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases

Studies to explore whether achieving beneficial ketone levels can improve metabolic health of military service members

Emergency department care needs to be more 'frailty friendly', researchers say

Wearable assistive robot can detect and prevent a fall before it happens

Coronavirus surveillance in wastewater can predict the development of pandemic

Researchers explore whether non-monetary benefits can improve NHS nursing staff retention

Reducing social media use and increasing physical activity can improve people’s well-being

First nasal vaccine for COVID-19 approved in India for emergency use

Medical school-based culinary medicine programs seek to improve nutrition education

‘It’s becoming too expensive to live’: Anxious older adults try to cope with limited budgets

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

Boon to local food producers as a result of the pandemic may be short-lived, researchers say

Study highlights the role of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in mental health care delivery

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