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Channels: All Journal News, Grant Funded News, Cardiovascular Health, Heart Disease, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells, Featured: MedWire, Nature (journal), Embargoed Feed - hidden, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Heart Regeneration, Stem Cells, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Heart Failure

A new analysis co-led by The Johns Hopkins University identified 25 United States counties that are most likely to experience measles outbreaks in 2019. The analysis combined international air travel volume, non-medical exemptions from childhood vaccinations, population data and reported measles outbreak information.

Channels: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccines, Featured: MedWire, The Lancet, Embargoed Feed - hidden, All Journal News, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Measles, Outbreak, Vaccine, measles outbreak

In experiments in mice, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed a technique that facilitates the precise placement of cancer drugs at their intended targets in the brain. This approach pairs a technique that guides a catheter through the brain’s arteries with positron emission technology (PET) scans to precisely place cancer drugs at their intended targets in the brain. If future studies show this image-guided drug delivery method is safe and effective in humans, the researchers say it could improve outcomes for historically difficult-to-treat and often lethal brain cancers, such as glioblastoma.

Channels: All Journal News, Cancer, Neuro, Embargoed Feed - hidden, Featured: MedWire, Cancer Channel Featured Story TOP, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Miroslaw Janowski, Piotr Walczak, Wojtek Lesniak, Glioblastoma, intra-arterial delivery, Cancer Drugs, Drug Delivery, Brain, Tumor

Researchers examined the daily diets of more than 16,000 people to compare the climate impact and nutritional value of what America eats in a day. They found that diets that were more climate-friendly were also healthier.

Channels: Nutrition, Climate Channel Featured Story TOP, Featured: MedWire, Local - Louisiana, Embargoed Feed - hidden, All Journal News, Staff Picks,

Keywords: climate change and human health, diet and climate change, Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Carbon Emissions, Greenhouse Gas, Carbon Footprint, Tulane Uni

Could microbes in our guts be sending out the wrong message? Queen’s University researchers have, for the first time, found a specific microbe in the gut that pumps out protein molecules that mimic a human protein, causing the human defence system to turn on its own cells by mistake.

Channels: Autoimmune Diseases, Cell Biology, Immunology, Microbiome, Arthritis, Lupus, Featured: MedWire, All Journal News, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Bacteria, GUT, Gut Bacteria and Health, Auto Immune, Auto Immunity, autoimmunde disorders, Lupus, Arthritis, Multiple Schlerosis, Diabetes, Autoimmune Disease, queens university belfast

Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may have found one of the answers – mindfulness.

Channels: Mindfulness, Neuro, Pain, Psychology and Psychiatry, Featured: MedWire, Local - North Carolina, All Journal News, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Mindfulness, pain

A study examined anxiety, depression, social withdrawal, and submissiveness to predict the end of teen friendships. Do friendships end because of one child’s mental health problems or do they end because of differences between friends on the degree to which each friend suffers from these problems? A key finding shows that children’s personal struggles need not adversely impact their social relationships, and mental health issues do not necessarily ruin their chances of making and maintaining worthwhile friendships.

Channels: Children's Health, Mental Health, Psychology and Psychiatry, All Journal News, Behavioral Science, Children's Health Featured Story TOP, Featured: MedWire, Local - Florida, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Teenagers, adolecents, Psychology, Relationships, mental health issues, Depression, Anxiety, social withdrawal, Teens, Behavior, Research

Postmenopausal factors may have an impact on the heart-protective qualities of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) – also known as ‘good cholesterol.’ The findings bring into question the current use of total HDL cholesterol to predict heart disease risk.

Channels: Aging, Cardiovascular Health, Heart Disease, Obesity, Women's Health, Featured: MedWire, All Journal News, Grant Funded News, Staff Picks, Local - Pennsylvania, Embargoed Feed - hidden,

Keywords: Cholesterol, Menopause, Heart Disease

Mental health and substance abuse issues in adolescents have become major societal problems, forcing parents and health providers to look for innovative treatment options that may better suit some teens. However, some proven therapy programs, like Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (OBH), can be challenging to access because many are not covered by insurance companies – creating an enormous cost burden for parents. Now, a landmark study by researchers at the University of New Hampshire has found that parents of youth who went through an outdoor behavioral program report that their children showed almost three times the improvement after one year than youth who remained in their communities for more traditional treatment.

Channels: All Journal News, Behavioral Science, Children's Health, Family and Parenting, Mental Health, Psychology and Psychiatry, Substance Abuse, Local - New Hampshire, Gender Issues, Race and Ethnicity, Drugs and Drug Abuse, Featured: MedWire, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare , mental health and children , substance abuse treatment, therapy techniques in youth mental health, outdoor education

New research links outdoor air pollution — even at levels deemed safe — to an increased risk of diabetes globally, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System. The findings raise the possibility that reducing pollution may lead to a drop in diabetes cases in heavily polluted countries such as India and less polluted ones such as the United States.

Channels: Climate Science, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Kidney Disease, Public Health, Featured: MedWire, Pollution, Local - Missouri, All Journal News, Staff Picks,

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease, pollution health effects, pollution and diabetes, pollution and kidney disease, Global Health, Diabetes