Tag: Public Health

Native to South America, imported fire ants have now spread to parts of North America and elsewhere around the world. These invasive pests have painful stings that, in some cases, can cause serious medical problems, such as hypersensitivity reactions, infections…

Digital breast tomosynthesis increases cancer detection over full-field mammography

American Journal of Roentgenology research comparing digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography finds that DBT results in ‘significantly increased cancer detection rates’–irrespective of tumor type, size, or grade of cancer

EPFL is developing next-generation soft hearing implants

Close to half a million people around the world suffer from a serious hearing impairment. In some cases, they can find relief in cochlear and other types of implants. Yet these devices do not help people whose inner ear is…

Tackling inequality could save millions of children

Children’s risk of dying before age 5 varies more than 40-fold

Syphilis infection rates in dialysis patients exceed general population

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 15 , 2019) – Syphilis rates, like other sexually transmitted disease rates in the United States, are soaring, and the first known study to examine syphilis rates in patients with kidney failure found an incidence greater than…

Report: Progress in global cancer fight is not only possible, but achievable

Third edition of Cancer Atlas highlights patterns and inequities in cancer burden around the world

In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes

Larger mosquitoes better at transmitting disease, put residents at risk

Nanomesh drug delivery provides hope against global antibiotic resistance

The fight against antibiotic resistance takes a major step forward with scientists discovering a concept for fabricating nanomeshes as drug delivery system

Toxoplasmosis: Preventing mother-to-child transmission

INRS Professor Maritza Jaramillo receives $700,000 from CIHR to fight against Toxoplasma gondii

Aҫaí berry extracts fight malaria in mice

Despite humanity’s best efforts to eradicate malaria, the disease struck more than 200 million people in 2017, according to the World Health Organization. Worse yet, the parasite that causes malaria is developing resistance to many antimalarial drugs, including the mainstay,…

Election 2019: Hope for a national pharmacare plan

The 2019 federal election in Canada brings hope for universal pharmacare if Canadians ensure the elected government delivers on the long-delayed promise of universal access to essential medications, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) . “For Canadians…

E-cigarettes: 5 things to know

A practice article about e-cigarettes provides a quick reference on the use of these electronic nicotine delivery systems published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) . 1. E-cigarette use is increasing in Canada, especially among young people. The use of…

Polyamorous families face stigma during pregnancy and birth

Polyamorous families experience marginalization during pregnancy and birth, but with open, nonjudgmental attitudes from health care providers and changes to hospital policies, this can be reduced, found new research in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical Association Journal ). An estimated 1…

Sequencing African genomes yields new data resource with broad applicability

Findings reported at ASHG 2019 Annual Meeting

Frailty: The rising global health burden for an aging society

October 15, 2019 — Despite the evidence on risk factors for frailty, and the substantial progress that has been made in frailty awareness, the biological mechanisms underlying its development are still far from understood and translation from research to clinical…

MAP Congress 2019: Interpreting molecular alterations for clinical practice

Molecular Analysis for Personalised therapy (MAP) Congress, London, UK, 7-9 November 2019

Weight-loss surgery cuts risk of birth defects

Children born to women who underwent gastric bypass surgery before becoming pregnant had a lower risk of major birth defects than children born to women who had severe obesity at the start of their pregnancy. That’s according to a matched…

SLAS Discovery releases special issue

‘Membrane proteins: New approaches to probes, technologies and drug design’ now available

Daily consumption of sweets, cakes and unhealthy foods associated with acne, study reveals

(MADRID, 12 October, 2019) Poor dietary habits, increased stress and harsh skincare routines are among the most significant factors associated with acne, a new study has found. The research presented today at the 28th EADV Congress in Madrid, evaluated the…

Public reporting on aortic valve surgeries has decreased access, study finds

Patients with endocarditis less likely to receive the surgery

Around half a million men who have sex with men in the EU need PrEP but cannot access it

Need to improve easy access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis PrEP

Type 2 diabetes and obesity could be treated by new, less invasive procedure

New research from King’s College London published in EBioMedicine , has found that a newly tested medical device, called Sleeveballoon, mimics the effects of traditional bariatric surgery in rodents and produces impressive results on body weight, fatty liver and diabetes…

Lung cancer screening guidelines do not detect disease among first responders

October 10, 2019 sarah JonasAnnouncement

Research presented at IASLC 2019 North America Conference on Lung Cancer

UW names population health building after Swedish physician and ‘very serious possibilist’ Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling — a Swedish doctor, statistician, author and professor — will be a name associated with the University of Washington’s transformative work in population health. Today, the UW Board of Regents approved naming the $230 million building under construction on UW’s Seattle campus the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and CUNY School of Public Health Collaborate to Offer Medical Students M.D./M.P.H. Program

October 10, 2019 sarah JonasAnnouncement

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) announced an agreement today to offer Einstein medical students an opportunity to complete a five-year program resulting in a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Einstein and a Master’s Degree in Public Health (M.P.H.) degree from CUNY SPH.

GPs stopped giving alcohol advice to patients when they stopped being paid to do so

When the Department of Health (England) introduced financial incentives to encourage general practitioners (GPs) to talk to patients about their drinking in April 2008, there was a small, gradual increase in screening and the provision of alcohol advice. However, when…

Neurofeedback increases self-esteem by rebalancing brain circuits in depression

A multi-institutional study discovered that neurofeedback training can alter guilt-related brain wirings in patients with Major Depression Disorder

BMC chosen for national demonstration to advance care models for people with complex needs

Boston – The Center for the Urban Child and Healthy Family at Boston Medical Center has been chosen to participate in Advancing Integrated Models – AIM, a multi-site demonstration promoting innovative, person-centered strategies to improve care for adults and children…

Light-based strategy effectively treats carbon monoxide poisoning in rats

BOSTON – Carbon monoxide (CO)–which is produced by cars and trucks, as well as fires and explosions–is a toxic, colorless, and odorless gas, and there are more than 50,000 admissions to US emergency rooms due to CO poisoning each year,…

Endometriosis may be costing us much more than previously thought

Along with significant physical pain, endometriosis also hurts Australian women at the hip pocket, as well as having significant economic effects on society as a whole, a new study published today in PLOS ONE confirms . Researchers from Western Sydney…

SLAS Technology releases part 1 of special 2-part issue

Engineering innovations for fundamental biology and translational medicine now available

Eczema in young children leads to 3 in 4 depressed parents, research shows

Family members and caregivers of children with Atopic Dermatitis, the most common form of eczema, have been found to suffer mild severity anxiety and depression, new research presented today at the 28th EADV Congress has found. Researchers from the PHI…

New research highlights vast undertreatments in psoriasis

A striking proportion of psoriasis patients remain untreated with an average diagnosis time of five years, a new study has found. The research, presented today at the 28th EADV Congress, analysed 650 psoriasis patients in Germany and identified major gaps…

Skin cancer above the neck more likely to spread, research shows

October 9, 2019 sarah JonasFeature

(MADRID, 11 October, 2019) New results from a descriptive, 6-month clinical study suggest that malignant melanoma (MM) that develops on the neck has a higher chance of spreading beyond the skin compared with MM that develops below the neck. However,…

The E-cigarette Backlash

CFR In Brief by Claire Felter. An outbreak of a lung illness linked to vaping is raising the pressure on countries to rein in the booming e-cigarette industry.

Severity of psoriasis related to the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

(MADRID, 10 October, 2019) New results from a prospective, 12-month study indicate that the severity of psoriasis is associated with the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Patients with psoriasis and NAFLD had more severe hepatic damage, if they…

American Journal of Roentgenology reviews vaping-associated lung injury findings

AJR details patterns of inhalation lung injury associated with vaporizers and e-cigarettes: hypersensitivity pneumonitis, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, organizing pneumonia, lipoid pneumonia, giant cell interstitial pneumonia

Social determinant screening useful for families with pediatric sickle cell disease

Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) face the burdens of chronic illness and often racial disparities, both of which may increase vulnerability to adverse social determinants of health (SDoH). For children with SCD, living in poverty is associated with lower…

CUNY SPH awarded 2 grants to support public health programs on CUNY campuses

New York – The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) Foundation has announced two new grants to launch and expand programs that focus on improving the health and wellbeing of CUNY students. The Levitt Foundation…

Ex-smokers, light smokers not exempt from lung damage

A new Columbia University study shows that just a few cigarettes a day cause long-term lung damage. The impact of smoking on lung function lasts decades, upending an assumption that it only take a few years for the rate of…

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute funded up to $220 million for FDA Sentinel System

BOSTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded a contract that may reach $220 million over the next five years to the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute to continue to lead the Sentinel Operations Center and to develop…

The science Of Breaking Bad: Would you know if meth was cooked inside your house?

The highly anticipated Breaking Bad movie El Camino story line focusing on drug production is more relevant than ever- with contamination of houses from methamphetamine cooking or smoking an increasing public health problem around the world. Researchers from Flinders University…

Rice bran may help curb malnutrition, diarrhea for infants

Results from a clinical trial in Nicaragua and Mali

Skin cancer prevention program may have reduced melanoma in Australians

A skin cancer prevention program called SunSmart may have contributed to a recent reduction in melanoma among younger residents of Melbourne, according to a study published October 8 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Suzanne Dobbinson of Cancer Council…

Air pollution linked to hair loss, new research reveals