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UrduDecember 23, 2019 — A mother’s obesity in pregnancy can affect her child’s development years down the road, according to researchers who found lagging motor skills in preschoolers and lower IQ in middle childhood for boys whose mothers were severely…
Tag: EPIDEMIOLOGY
New book series aims to provide frontier reviews on anti-infective agents
Frontiers in Anti-Infective Agents is a book series that focuses on antibiotics and vaccines, both current and new.
Compliance with ID rules in recreational cannabis stores
A new study by collaborators at Klein Buendel, Inc. and the Prevention Research Center finds that recreational cannabis stores in Colorado and Washington state, both of which legalized adult recreational use in 2012, show high levels of compliance with rules…
Gender-tailored treatment could ease opioid epidemic
UMass Amherst researcher says prevention needs to start in the primary care setting
Gender-tailored treatment could ease opioid epidemic
UMass Amherst researcher says prevention needs to start in the primary care setting
Following scientific literature review, Imperial Brands calls for legalisation of snus in EU
Following a new literature review* of the harm reduction potential of snus, Imperial Brands – owners of leading snus brand Skruf – has urged the European Union (EU) to re-examine its position on the product. Published in the prestigious Harm…
Gene drives work faster than non-drive approaches to control problem insects
Mosquitoes engineered to spread genes that stop malaria are efficient, but mutations can arise
Researchers investigate factors influencing visceral leishmaniasis death
In the Americas, more than 96% of cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)–the most severe form of leishmaniasis– occur in Brazil, where the fatality rate has risen in recent years. Now, researchers report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that age, HIV…
Why your first battle with flu matters most
The first strain of influenza virus we encounter during childhood sets the course of how our immune system responds to exposures later in life
Following scientific literature review, Imperial Brands calls for legalisation of snus in EU
Following a new literature review* of the harm reduction potential of snus, Imperial Brands – owners of leading snus brand Skruf – has urged the European Union (EU) to re-examine its position on the product. Published in the prestigious Harm…
Gene drives work faster than non-drive approaches to control problem insects
Mosquitoes engineered to spread genes that stop malaria are efficient, but mutations can arise
Researchers investigate factors influencing visceral leishmaniasis death
In the Americas, more than 96% of cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)–the most severe form of leishmaniasis– occur in Brazil, where the fatality rate has risen in recent years. Now, researchers report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that age, HIV…
Why your first battle with flu matters most
The first strain of influenza virus we encounter during childhood sets the course of how our immune system responds to exposures later in life
Filtered coffee helps prevent type 2 diabetes, show biomarkers in blood samples
Coffee can help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes – but only filtered coffee, rather than boiled coffee. New research from Chalmers University of Technology and Umeå University, both in Sweden, show that the choice of preparation method…
Women who live near green space are less likely to be overweight or obese
The findings are presented in a new study of more than 2,300 inhabitants of seven Spanish provinces
Suicide plays smaller role in opioid deaths than thought
Columbia researchers, analyzing national data on opioid overdose deaths, have found that only 4% of opioid-related overdose deaths are due to suicide–far below recent estimates of 20-30%. The findings were published today in JAMA . “Our findings suggest that the…
Can good sleep patterns offset genetic susceptibility to heart disease and stroke?
For the first time researchers have assessed the impact on the risk of heart or blood vessel problems from the combination of sleep patterns and genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular disease. The study, which is published in the European Heart Journal…
Large study links sustained weight loss to reduced breast cancer risk
Results show that higher breast cancer risk from excess body weight can be reversed with weight loss
Filtered coffee helps prevent type 2 diabetes, show biomarkers in blood samples
Coffee can help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes – but only filtered coffee, rather than boiled coffee. New research from Chalmers University of Technology and Umeå University, both in Sweden, show that the choice of preparation method…
Women who live near green space are less likely to be overweight or obese
The findings are presented in a new study of more than 2,300 inhabitants of seven Spanish provinces
Suicide plays smaller role in opioid deaths than thought
Columbia researchers, analyzing national data on opioid overdose deaths, have found that only 4% of opioid-related overdose deaths are due to suicide–far below recent estimates of 20-30%. The findings were published today in JAMA . “Our findings suggest that the…
Large study links sustained weight loss to reduced breast cancer risk
Results show that higher breast cancer risk from excess body weight can be reversed with weight loss
Home hospital care proves an effective and cost-effective alternative to hospital care for selected
Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine . The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. This information is…
Consumption of chili pepper cuts down the risk of death from a heart or cerebral attack
An Italian study, conducted on twenty-three thousand people and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, shows that regular consumption of this spice is linked to a reduction of death risk for cardiac and cerebrovascular causes
Home hospital care proves an effective and cost-effective alternative to hospital care for selected
Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine . The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. This information is…
Cold infections may be less frequent in people with the flu
People were less likely to catch either influenza or a common cold-causing rhinovirus if they were already infected with the other virus, a new study by scientists from the Medical Research Council-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has found.…
Consumption of chili pepper cuts down the risk of death from a heart or cerebral attack
An Italian study, conducted on twenty-three thousand people and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, shows that regular consumption of this spice is linked to a reduction of death risk for cardiac and cerebrovascular causes
Cold infections may be less frequent in people with the flu
People were less likely to catch either influenza or a common cold-causing rhinovirus if they were already infected with the other virus, a new study by scientists from the Medical Research Council-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has found.…
Low income and work stress contribute to link between education, heart disease and stroke
First nationwide study of 1.68 million people
Emergency department study reveals patterns of patients at increased risk for suicide
NIH-funded research examined suicide and overdose risk in the year after an emergency department visit
Emergency department study reveals patterns of patients at increased risk for suicide
NIH-funded research examined suicide and overdose risk in the year after an emergency department visit
Deadly ‘superbugs’ destroyed by molecular drills
Rice, Texas A&M-led research shows motors kill bacteria, revive some antibacterial drugs
Baby boys born small for gestational age have increased risk of infertility in adulthood
Baby boys who are born small for their gestational age are at increased risk of having fertility problems in adulthood, according to research published today (Friday) in Human Reproduction [1], one of the world’s leading reproductive medicine journals. Researchers in…
‘Football as Medicine’
Prescribing football for global health promotion
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness
Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host. Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, only occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 60 million people in 36 countries are at…
Vanda Pharmaceuticals president receives award for work to prevent FDA dog tests
WASHINGTON–President and CEO of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, MD, is the inaugural recipient of The Trailblazer Award, given by the Physicians Committee–a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members–for his unwavering commitment to prevent and replace animal tests and…
Deadly ‘superbugs’ destroyed by molecular drills
Rice, Texas A&M-led research shows motors kill bacteria, revive some antibacterial drugs
‘Football as Medicine’
Prescribing football for global health promotion
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness
Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host. Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, only occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 60 million people in 36 countries are at…
Vanda Pharmaceuticals president receives award for work to prevent FDA dog tests
WASHINGTON–President and CEO of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, MD, is the inaugural recipient of The Trailblazer Award, given by the Physicians Committee–a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members–for his unwavering commitment to prevent and replace animal tests and…
C. diff carriers are common source of infections in health facilities, study shows
Screening for carrier status should be considered as a possible prevention strategy
C. diff carriers are common source of infections in health facilities, study shows
Screening for carrier status should be considered as a possible prevention strategy
Lyme disease claim lines increased 117% from 2007 to 2018
FAIR Health study uncovers geographic, age and gender variation
TV watching is the lifestyle habit most strongly associated with obesity in children
ISGlobal team studies the role of five different lifestyle habits in the development of childhood overweight and obesity
Can eating ice cream make you scream?
Scientists studied how ingestion of a cold stimulus affects headaches
Pharmacy assessment of penicillin allergies finds safe, less-expensive options
Improved allergy documentation allows patient choices that save hospital $21,500 in three months
Pharmacy assessment of penicillin allergies finds safe, less-expensive options
Improved allergy documentation allows patient choices that save hospital $21,500 in three months
A solution for cleaning up PFAS, one of the world’s most intractable pollutants
Treatment train for a PFAS compound known by its trade name, GenX
‘Junk DNA’ affects inherited cancer risk
A person’s risk of developing cancer is affected by genetic variations in regions of DNA that don’t code for proteins, previously dismissed as ‘junk DNA’, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Friday). This new…
A solution for cleaning up PFAS, one of the world’s most intractable pollutants
Treatment train for a PFAS compound known by its trade name, GenX