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Researchers investigate the impact of natural disasters on violence against women and girls

‘Natural disasters,’ sparked by climate change and other natural hazards, increase the triggers for violence against women and girls by boosting the means, opportunity, and underlying drivers, finds a review of the available evidence, published in the online journal BMJ Global Health.

6 May 2021

Thin, weakened bones associated with heightened risk of heart attack or stroke in women

Thin and brittle bones are strongly linked to women’s heart disease risk, with thinning of the lower (lumbar) spine, top of the thigh bone (femoral neck), and hip especially predictive of a heightened heart attack and stroke risk, suggests research in the journal Heart.

6 May 2021

Daily intake of two or more sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher bowel cancer risk

Drinking two or more daily sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood is linked to a doubling in the risk of bowel cancer before the age of 50--at least in women, finds research published online in the journal Gut.

6 May 2021

Research shows how the world’s population has created an ideal breeding ground for infectious diseases

The way that many of us live has created the “perfect storm” for the evolution and transmission of infectious diseases like Covid-19 according to a researcher at the University of East Anglia.

6 May 2021

Experts debate on the true incidence and overdiagnosis of PTSD

Some clinicians are concerned that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis has risen throughout Western society since the late 1980s. Is this correct? And if so, has the true incidence of PTSD really spiralled out of control, or has it simply become overdiagnosed?

6 May 2021

ICU survivors have increased risk of suicide and self-harm, study finds

Admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with a small increased risk of future suicide or self-harm after discharge compared with non-ICU hospital admissions, finds a study published in The BMJ today.

6 May 2021

Visual brain areas also encode the proper way to hold tools

Visual brain areas involved in processing hands also encode information about the correct way to hold tools, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

6 May 2021

People with Covid-19 anxiety syndrome may find it harder to return to normal living after pandemic

‘Covid-19 anxiety syndrome’ may cause a significant number of people to struggle with reintegrating back into daily life as UK society returns to normal after the pandemic, says new research by London South Bank University (LSBU), in partnership with Kingston University.

6 May 2021

Personalized medicines could be manufactured with 3D printing technology

Customized medicines could one day be manufactured to patients’ individual needs, with University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers investigating technology to 3D ‘print’ pills.

6 May 2021

Study: Millions of COVID-19 cases can be prevented by reaching higher vaccination coverage levels

With around 30 percent of the U.S. population now fully vaccinated, the rate of daily vaccinations has started to slow, raising concerns that greater efforts and investments may be needed to reach higher coverage levels.

6 May 2021

Fear of losing employer-sponsored health insurance keeps 1 in 6 workers in their jobs

One out of every six adult workers (16%) in the United States are staying in jobs they might otherwise leave out of fear of losing their employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a new West Health-Gallup survey of more than 3,800 U.S. adults.

6 May 2021

Benefits of drug research are not being shared equitably among study participants, indicates study

A Yale-led study reveals that new medicines and vaccines approved for use in the United States are often unavailable in countries that hosted their clinical trials, suggesting that the benefits of drug research are not being shared equitably among populations that participate in testing.

6 May 2021

Study examines artemisinin-based combination therapy as first-line treatment for malaria

When a mosquito begins to nibble on you, it is not merely feeding on your blood, it is also injecting its saliva into your skin. If that saliva happens to be full of parasites carrying malaria or other diseases from its last victim, then most likely you will become infected, too.

6 May 2021

New glowing probe may detect early cardiovascular disease

Researchers have created a probe that glows when it detects an enzyme associated with issues that can lead to blood clots and strokes.

6 May 2021

Study describes IgG antibodies in Crohn's disease specific for human bacterial flagellins

Last year, Charles O. Elson, M.D., demonstrated a potential preventive treatment for Crohn's disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease. He used a mouse model that included immune-reactive T cells from patients with Crohn's disease in a flagellin peptide-specific immunotherapy.

6 May 2021

WHO hails Sweden’s announcement to share 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine with COVAX

WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the Government of Sweden's announcement today to share 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with the COVAX Facility to provide life-saving vaccines to people at risk from COVID-19 in low income countries.

6 May 2021

New books focus on applications of patient ergonomics in real world settings

Technology is constantly generating innumerable important healthcare advances. But there has been significantly less work focused on how patients and clinicians interact with technology to guarantee accessibility, usability, patient safety, enhancement of clinician performance and, ultimately, health improvement.

6 May 2021

New imaging technique captures real-time brain motion in stunning detail

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images are usually meant to be static. But now, researchers from Mātai Medical Research Institute (Mātai), Stevens Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of Auckland and other institutions, report on an imaging technique that captures the brain in motion in real time, in 3D and in stunning detail, providing a potential diagnostic tool for detecting difficult-to-spot conditions such as obstructive brain disorders and aneurysms - before they become life threatening.

6 May 2021

WHO and Federal Republic of Germany establish new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany will establish a new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and analytics innovation.

6 May 2021

World Health Organization lists Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Today, WHO listed the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA 1273) for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to receive emergency validation from WHO.

6 May 2021

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Researchers investigate the impact of natural disasters on violence against women and girls

Thin, weakened bones associated with heightened risk of heart attack or stroke in women

Daily intake of two or more sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher bowel cancer risk

Research shows how the world’s population has created an ideal breeding ground for infectious diseases

Experts debate on the true incidence and overdiagnosis of PTSD

ICU survivors have increased risk of suicide and self-harm, study finds

Visual brain areas also encode the proper way to hold tools

People with Covid-19 anxiety syndrome may find it harder to return to normal living after pandemic

Personalized medicines could be manufactured with 3D printing technology

Study: Millions of COVID-19 cases can be prevented by reaching higher vaccination coverage levels

Fear of losing employer-sponsored health insurance keeps 1 in 6 workers in their jobs

Benefits of drug research are not being shared equitably among study participants, indicates study

Study examines artemisinin-based combination therapy as first-line treatment for malaria

New glowing probe may detect early cardiovascular disease

Study describes IgG antibodies in Crohn's disease specific for human bacterial flagellins

WHO hails Sweden’s announcement to share 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine with COVAX

New books focus on applications of patient ergonomics in real world settings

New imaging technique captures real-time brain motion in stunning detail

WHO and Federal Republic of Germany establish new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence

World Health Organization lists Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

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