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Acclaimed Pacific Shores Medical Group joins City of Hope

City of Hope, a world-renowned cancer research and treatment center, today announced that acclaimed Pacific Shores Medical Group has joined City of Hope.

9 Aug 2021

Familism can keep Latino and Asian college students from seeking mental health services

Interdependent values in their communities make Latino and Asian college students less likely to seek mental health services, according to a recently published study.

9 Aug 2021

Study explores the role of structural inequality on COVID-19 incidence and outcomes

Racial minorities comprise around a quarter of Utah's population but represent a third of COVID-19 cases in the state. A similar story has played out across the country. Why have racial minorities been unequally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?

9 Aug 2021

Medicaid expansion can increase dental care access to underserved areas

When public health insurance like Medicaid expands its dental coverage, by increasing the types of procedures it covers and the total amount a dentist can spend on an individual patient, more dentists will locate to the expansion areas, therefore increasing access.

9 Aug 2021

New research investigates the effects of California’s tobacco 21 minimum sales age law

New Research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation investigated the effects of California's 2016 law that raised the minimum tobacco sales age to from 18 to 21 (T21) and found evidence that the new law has had positive public health effects on 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students from across California.

9 Aug 2021

New regional policy to guide EMS response could improve stroke care

Patients with a suspected acute ischemic stroke who are taken by emergency medical services (EMS) directly to comprehensive stroke centers rather than the nearest stroke center for care are more likely to receive endovascular therapy, according to research led by investigators at the University of Chicago Medicine, in collaboration with local healthcare and emergency response groups.

9 Aug 2021

New study shows how quickly vaping can affect the cells of healthy younger nonsmokers

The risk that both tobacco and electronic cigarettes can pose to regular smokers' health has been well documented, but a new UCLA study illustrates just how quickly vaping can affect the cells of even healthy younger nonsmokers.

9 Aug 2021

National vitamin D intake recommendations and food fortification program have benefitted Finnish adults

Vitamin D concentrations in Finnish adults have risen clearly in recent decades, according to a large-scale follow-up study conducted at the University of Oulu, Finland.

9 Aug 2021

Study sheds light on the impact of COVID-19 on ethnocultural communities

A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal sheds light on the impact of COVID-19 on ethnocultural community members living in vulnerable circumstances.

9 Aug 2021

Afrocentric health-promotion approach can help increase vaccination rates among Black people

To increase vaccination rates among Black people who are at high risk of COVID-19, employing an Afrocentric health-promotion approach that is centered on respecting patients' values and perspectives can help.

9 Aug 2021

‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse practitioner takes covid shots house to house in Puerto Rico

Abigail Matos-Pagán entered a bright-blue house in Mayagüez earlier this summer and was met by Beatriz Gastón, who quietly led the way to her mother's small room. Matos-Pagán had come to provide a covid-19 vaccine for Wildelma Gastón, 88, whose arthritis and other health concerns confine her to bed.

9 Aug 2021

Injuries mount as sales reps for device makers cozy up to surgeons, even in operating rooms

Cristina Martinez's spinal operation in Houston was expected to be routine. But after destabilizing her spine, the surgeon discovered the implant he was ready to put in her back was larger than he wanted to use — and the device company’s sales rep didn’t have a smaller size on hand, according to a report he filed about the operation.

9 Aug 2021

A California bill would limit protests at vaccination sites. Does it violate the first amendment?

A proposal sailing through the California legislature that aims to stop people from getting harassed outside of vaccination sites is raising alarms among some First Amendment experts.

9 Aug 2021

High rates of COVID-19 vaccine motivation among Latinx parents – a single center study

A new study demonstrates high motivation among Latinx parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19.

8 Aug 2021

Availability heuristic plays a role in how physicians make complex testing decisions

Emergency department physicians who saw patients with a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot in the lung - were about 15% likelier over the next 10 days to test subsequent patients for the same thing.

8 Aug 2021

Substantial number of U.S. adults experienced financial stress and anxiety even prior to the pandemic

A substantial number of adults in the United States between the ages of 21 and 62 felt anxiety and stress about their personal finances well before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published today.

8 Aug 2021

New CDC-funded community initiative in Georgia leverages local artists as trusted vaccine messengers

To help build confidence in and increase demand for COVID-19 vaccination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is partnering with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and several other organizations on an innovative community initiative leveraging local artists as trusted vaccine messengers.

6 Aug 2021

Education and employment experiences in early adulthood play a role in later life cardiovascular health

New research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has found that education and employment experiences in early adulthood contribute to cardiovascular health inequalities in later life, independent of occupation and family income in mid-adulthood.

6 Aug 2021

COVID-19 vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity from prior infections

In today's MMWR, a study of COVID-19 infections in Kentucky among people who were previously infected with SAR-CoV-2 shows that unvaccinated individuals are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated after initially contracting the virus.

6 Aug 2021

Researchers demonstrate how to improve patient-centered care for sex workers

Sex workers face discrimination within healthcare settings that limit their access to safe care. Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago's College of Nursing have recently published a paper demonstrating how patient-centered care for sex workers could be implemented.

6 Aug 2021

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Acclaimed Pacific Shores Medical Group joins City of Hope

Familism can keep Latino and Asian college students from seeking mental health services

Study explores the role of structural inequality on COVID-19 incidence and outcomes

Medicaid expansion can increase dental care access to underserved areas

New research investigates the effects of California’s tobacco 21 minimum sales age law

New regional policy to guide EMS response could improve stroke care

New study shows how quickly vaping can affect the cells of healthy younger nonsmokers

National vitamin D intake recommendations and food fortification program have benefitted Finnish adults

Study sheds light on the impact of COVID-19 on ethnocultural communities

Afrocentric health-promotion approach can help increase vaccination rates among Black people

‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse practitioner takes covid shots house to house in Puerto Rico

Injuries mount as sales reps for device makers cozy up to surgeons, even in operating rooms

A California bill would limit protests at vaccination sites. Does it violate the first amendment?

High rates of COVID-19 vaccine motivation among Latinx parents – a single center study

Availability heuristic plays a role in how physicians make complex testing decisions

Substantial number of U.S. adults experienced financial stress and anxiety even prior to the pandemic

New CDC-funded community initiative in Georgia leverages local artists as trusted vaccine messengers

Education and employment experiences in early adulthood play a role in later life cardiovascular health

COVID-19 vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity from prior infections

Researchers demonstrate how to improve patient-centered care for sex workers

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Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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