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Community-based physical activity program could help diverse populations of cancer survivors

Breast cancer survivors who participated in Active Living After Cancer, an evidence-based 12-week group program, markedly increased their physical activity and ability to accomplish the basic pursuits of daily life, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported today in Cancer.

23 Sep 2021

Research demonstrates a clear link between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits

New data collected by University of Minnesota Medical School researchers demonstrate a clear connection between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits.

23 Sep 2021

Domestic reference pricing may reduce Medicare expenditures on new drugs, study finds

Basing new drug launch prices on historical domestic data could limit manufacturers' power to set extremely high launch prices and could reduce Medicare spending on new drugs by up to 30%, according to a new white paper released today by West Health and its Council for Informed Drug Spending Analysis.

23 Sep 2021

UQ-led Centre of Research Excellence focuses on improving alcohol and drug treatment services

Increasing access to cost effective, evidence-based treatment for alcohol and drug use is the focus of a University of Queensland-led Centre of Research Excellence funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

23 Sep 2021

COVID-19 vaccination eases healthcare demand

A new study discusses a model that has been developed to predict the effects of relaxing restrictions on the number of new COVID-19 cases.

23 Sep 2021

COVID-19 transmission is higher with warm weather and increased visits to indoors public places, study finds

A new study finds that environmental factors and human mobility predict seasonal changes in COVID-19 rates, just as in influenza and similar diseases.

23 Sep 2021

Researchers release new online tool for air pollution exposure mitigation

Researchers at the University of Surrey have released a new online tool to help schools, hospitals and residents understand and reduce the impact of traffic-related air pollution.

23 Sep 2021

Study finds spousal similarities in the incidences of some diseases

A couple's health is surprisingly intertwined according to a recent cohort study that looked at Dutch and Japanese marriages.

23 Sep 2021

Researchers to develop sensor-containing super-smart textiles for remote health monitoring

The global population recently reached 7.8 billion, among which almost 15% suffer from disabilities mainly caused by ageing and chronic diseases.

23 Sep 2021

New web portal launched to help people address myths about Covid-19 vaccines

How do you have a constructive conversation with someone who doesn't want to or is reluctant to be vaccinated against Covid-19? A new web portal has been launched in Sweden to help ordinary people address myths and misconceptions about the vaccines, using evidence-based advice and support.

23 Sep 2021

Study finds decrease in Canadian suicide rates during the pandemic despite increase in unemployment

The results of research into suicide rates in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic show that rates fell despite a simultaneous increase in unemployment.

23 Sep 2021

California moves on climate change, but rejects aggressive cuts to greenhouse emissions

As California trudges into another autumn marred by toxic wildfire smoke and drought-parched reservoirs, state lawmakers have cast climate change as a growing public health threat for the state's 40 million residents.

23 Sep 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The autumn of Democrats’ discontent

Democrats in Congress and the White House are feverishly negotiating to pass as much of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda as they can agree on, even as Republicans who oppose much of the increased spending threaten to shut down the government and default on the nation's debt.

23 Sep 2021

Differences in blood gene expression among patients with varying COVID-19 severity

A new study published on the medRxiv* pre-print server and currently undergoing peer-review aims to answer this question through whole blood transcriptomics of individuals with varying degrees of COVID-19 severity. Transcriptomics, done by RNA sequencing, gives insights into the genes expressed in a cell at a given time point. It gives an analysis of all RNA molecules within a cell, in this case, whole blood.

23 Sep 2021

Antibody kinetics in recovered COVID-19 patients

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have been examining the kinetics of antibodies in recovered COVID-19 patients.

23 Sep 2021

Researchers to investigate suicidal behavior and self-harm among healthcare workers

A group of researchers from the University of Bristol and University College London recently collaborated in order to plan an investigation into suicidal behavior and self-harm in healthcare workers.

23 Sep 2021

The checkup is in the mail? Soliciting letter carriers to help deliver health care

Two of America's toughest problems can be tempered with one solution. The baby boom generation is graying, creating an ever-larger population of older people, many isolated, whose needs the nation is ill equipped to meet or even monitor.

23 Sep 2021

Democrats roll the dice on sweeping abortion rights bill — again

A newly conservative Supreme Court agreed to hear a case most assumed it would use to overrule the 1973 landmark abortion-rights ruling, Roe v. Wade. And Democrats on Capitol Hill, convinced the issue would play to their political favor, vowed to bring up legislation that would write abortion protections into federal law.

23 Sep 2021

Biosimilar drugs are cheaper than biologics. Are they similar enough to switch?

It took years for Elle Moxley to get a diagnosis that explained her crippling gastrointestinal pain, digestion problems, fatigue, and hot, red rashes.

23 Sep 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food insecurity, especially in households with children

Nearly 15 percent of U.S. households - and nearly 18 percent of households with children - reported food insecurity early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted via social media by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health.

23 Sep 2021

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Community-based physical activity program could help diverse populations of cancer survivors

Research demonstrates a clear link between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits

Domestic reference pricing may reduce Medicare expenditures on new drugs, study finds

UQ-led Centre of Research Excellence focuses on improving alcohol and drug treatment services

COVID-19 vaccination eases healthcare demand

COVID-19 transmission is higher with warm weather and increased visits to indoors public places, study finds

Researchers release new online tool for air pollution exposure mitigation

Study finds spousal similarities in the incidences of some diseases

Researchers to develop sensor-containing super-smart textiles for remote health monitoring

New web portal launched to help people address myths about Covid-19 vaccines

Study finds decrease in Canadian suicide rates during the pandemic despite increase in unemployment

California moves on climate change, but rejects aggressive cuts to greenhouse emissions

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The autumn of Democrats’ discontent

Differences in blood gene expression among patients with varying COVID-19 severity

Antibody kinetics in recovered COVID-19 patients

Researchers to investigate suicidal behavior and self-harm among healthcare workers

The checkup is in the mail? Soliciting letter carriers to help deliver health care

Democrats roll the dice on sweeping abortion rights bill — again

Biosimilar drugs are cheaper than biologics. Are they similar enough to switch?

COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food insecurity, especially in households with children

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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