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Wayne State's CEID calls for immediate community action on antimicrobial resistance

Wayne State University's Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases (CEID) is launching its participation in World AMR Awareness Week with an urgent message: the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance requires immediate community action, so it is critical to educate, advocate, and act now.

22 Nov 2024

Do podcasts influence health behaviors?

Researchers examine the impact of podcasts on health behaviors and outcomes, use patterns, and individual perceptions.

22 Nov 2024

Georgians with disabilities are still being institutionalized, despite federal oversight

Lloyd Mills was tired of being stuck in a small, drab hospital room. On a rainy mid-September morning, a small TV attached to a mostly blank white wall played silently. There was nothing in the space to cheer it up — no cards, no flowers.

22 Nov 2024

BiomedParse transforms biomedical image analysis with groundbreaking precision and scalability

BiomedParse, a revolutionary biomedical model, unifies image segmentation, detection, and recognition across nine modalities, outperforming traditional methods and enabling scalable, precise analysis of complex biomedical images.

21 Nov 2024

Study assesses the cumulative impact of multiple climate-driven coastal hazards

A new study published in Nature Climate Change estimates that a 1-meter sea level rise by 2100 would affect over 14 million people and $1 trillion worth of property along the Southeast Atlantic coast, from Norfolk, Virginia, to Miami, Florida.

21 Nov 2024

Study finds link between poor mental health and browsing negative online content

People with poorer mental health are more prone to browsing negative content online, which further exacerbates their symptoms, finds a study led by UCL researchers.

21 Nov 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump’s nontraditional health picks

President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to staff his incoming administration, and his picks so far for key health policy positions are particularly polarizing.

21 Nov 2024

Study predicts major rise in deaths due to extreme temperatures and air pollution

New study projects a sharp rise in temperature- and pollution-related mortality, with the impact of temperature surpassing that of pollution for a fifth of the global population.

21 Nov 2024

Study: One in five ex-smokers currently vape in England

About one in five people who have stopped smoking for more than a year in England currently vape, equivalent to 2.2 million people, according to a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

21 Nov 2024

Study projects global antibiotic use to rise by over 50% by 2030

A study reveals a 20.9% rise in global antibiotic use from 2016 to 2023, with middle-income countries leading the increase and highlighting resistance issues.

21 Nov 2024

Washington power has shifted. Here’s how the ACA may shift, too.

President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House could embolden Republicans who want to weaken or repeal the Affordable Care Act, but implementing such sweeping changes would still require overcoming procedural and political hurdles.

21 Nov 2024

Millions of Americans affected by secondhand harm from substance use

The risks of alcohol and other drug consumption to the user are well known, but many Americans--nearly 160 million--say they've been harmed by someone else's substance use, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

21 Nov 2024

Study links historical education policies to better cognitive outcomes later in life

Historical policies shaping educational attainment have enduring benefits for later life memory and risk of dementia, according to a study led by a Rutgers Health researcher.

21 Nov 2024

Preterm birth linked to increased mortality risk across decades

According to a new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, being born preterm is associated with an increased risk of death from birth until the third and fourth decades of life.

21 Nov 2024

Jaw muscle size linked to sarcopenia risk in older adults

As populations age, the prevalence of sarcopenia - a progressive loss of muscle mass and function - has become an increasingly urgent public health concern. Sarcopenia increases the risk of falls and frailty, reduces the quality of life for older adults, and heightens the likelihood of requiring long-term care. Preventing sarcopenia is, therefore, crucial for alleviating this healthcare burden.

20 Nov 2024

High NHS staff turnover rates associated with rise in patient mortality

More than 4,000 people could be dying per year because of high turnover rates of nurses and doctors in NHS hospitals, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

20 Nov 2024

Researchers develop low cost, scalable methodology for early dementia detection

A new study by researchers from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University and Purdue University presents their low cost, scalable methodology for the early identification of individuals at risk of developing dementia.

20 Nov 2024

New collaboration aims to improve mental health services for primary care patients

Northwestern Medicine, West Health, and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute have announced a new collaboration that will make accessing care to evidence-based mental health services faster and easier for primary care patients across Northwestern Medicine.

20 Nov 2024

Telemedicine use in neurology affected by race and neighborhood disparities

For people seeing a neurologist, their age, race, ethnicity and neighborhood may play a role in whether they do so in person or virtually, via telemedicine, according to a study published in the November 20, 2024, online issue of Neurology® Clinical Practice , an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

20 Nov 2024

New AI tool identifies key human factors influencing maternity care outcomes

Loughborough University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that identifies the key human factors influencing maternity care outcomes, supporting ongoing efforts to improve safety for mothers and babies.

20 Nov 2024