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Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
U.S. air pollution rates on the decline but pockets of inequities remain
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Over the last decades, air pollution emissions have decreased substantially; however, the magnitude of the change varies by demographics, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Released: 12-Jan-2024 9:05 PM EST
Ten per cent treatment boost needed to shift NHS Covid backlog
University of Edinburgh

The NHS must treat at least 10 per cent more non-emergency hospital cases a month if it is to successfully start reducing the hefty backlog caused by the pandemic, according to new analysis.

Released: 12-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Highlights Role of CRNAs in Improving Access to Healthcare for Veterans
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) applauds the important discussion of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing on Jan. 11 focused on improving rural healthcare access for veterans.

Newswise: Healthy Hearts for Women event marks 10 years of raising awareness
Released: 12-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Healthy Hearts for Women event marks 10 years of raising awareness
University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky will mark a decade of raising awareness and continuing its effort to warn women about the dangers of heart disease with the annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium. Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year, according to the American Heart Association.

Newswise: Goldstein selected to help lead statewide task force addressing heart disease and stroke
Released: 12-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Goldstein selected to help lead statewide task force addressing heart disease and stroke
University of Kentucky

Larry Goldstein, M.D., chair of the University of Kentucky Department of Neurology, has been selected to serve as co-chair of The Kentucky Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (KHDSP) Task Force representing stroke systems of care across the state. 

Released: 12-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Legislation Introduced In Wisconsin Would Increase Access to Treatments for Metastatic Cancer Patients
Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, applauds Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) and Senator Dianne Hesslebein (D-Middleton) for introducing legislation that would prohibit the use of step therapy protocols for metastatic cancer patients.

Released: 12-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Legislation Introduced In Washington State Would Increase Access to Treatments for Metastatic Cancer Patients
Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, applauds Senator Ron Muzzall (R-Oak Harbor) and Representative Paul Harris (R-Vancouver) for introducing legislation that would prohibit the use of step therapy protocols for metastatic cancer patients.

Released: 12-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
130 Specialists at RUSH Named 'Top Doctors'
RUSH

Chicago magazine features 130 specialists at RUSH on its new list of Chicago’s Top Doctors

Newswise: Studies examine different responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants
Released: 12-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Studies examine different responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Two studies led by a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center show the effects of different SARS-CoV-2 variants on lung tissue, revealing what may cause some COVID-19 infections to be more severe than others.

Newswise: Glaucoma Research Foundation to Celebrate Research Pioneers, Patient Advocates, and Visionary Donors at Annual Gala
Released: 12-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Glaucoma Research Foundation to Celebrate Research Pioneers, Patient Advocates, and Visionary Donors at Annual Gala
Glaucoma Research Foundation

The Glaucoma 360 Annual Gala will include a reception, a silent art auction featuring artists with vision impairment, and a dinner to celebrate the donors, volunteers, and scientists who do so much to advance Glaucoma Research Foundation’s mission to cure glaucoma and restore vision through innovative research.

Newswise: Study: Pregnant Women More Likely to Get COVID-19 Vaccine if They Got Other Pregnancy Immunizations
Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Study: Pregnant Women More Likely to Get COVID-19 Vaccine if They Got Other Pregnancy Immunizations
Cedars-Sinai

Women who received standard recommended immunizations during their pregnancy were more likely to accept the COVID-19 vaccine, according to new research from Cedars-Sinai. Investigators also identified disparities in vaccination linked to race and insurance status.

Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Reduced blood lead levels linked to lower blood pressure
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Ten-year reductions in blood lead levels correlated with cardiovascular health improvements in American Indian adults.

Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Understanding healthy and happy expectancy in former soviet countries
Sophia University

Researchers compare the health situation in Russia and Central Asian countries using a multifaceted approach to health.

8-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
U.S. health costs related to chemicals in plastics reached $250 billion in 2018
Endocrine Society

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in plastics pose a serious threat to public health and cost the U.S. an estimated $250 billion in increased health care costs in 2018, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

9-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Scientists behind Novel Discoveries and Individuals Leading the Understanding of Emerging Areas of Concern for Public Health Are Being Honored with 2024 SOT Awards
Society of Toxicology

Among the accomplishments of this year’s awardees are discoveries related to the role of altered pharmacokinetics in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease neurodegeneration, the risk of COVID-19 to smokers and vapers, and the role of the microbiome in pregnancy and early developmental programming.

   
Newswise: Next-Generation Wastewater Solutions: Utilizing Acid-Resistant Microbes for Improved Treatment Efficiency
Released: 11-Jan-2024 5:05 AM EST
Next-Generation Wastewater Solutions: Utilizing Acid-Resistant Microbes for Improved Treatment Efficiency
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Free nitrous acid (FNA) is known for its capacity to inhibit various microorganisms in wastewater systems, significantly benefiting treatment process management.

Released: 10-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Scientists discover how ultraviolet light degrades coronavirus
University of Southampton

New research has revealed how light can be used to destroy infectious coronavirus particles that contaminate surfaces.

   
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Released: 10-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Winter spikes of the flu, COVID-19, and RSV; expert offers tips and advice for staying healthy
Virginia Tech

Federal officials are describing a ‘tripledemic’ of respiratory infections on the rise. Flu, COVID-19, and RSV are spiking, as expected, as we are in the mid-winter months. Lisa M. Lee, a professor of public health at Virginia Tech, answered questions about factors for concern and the importance of vaccination. Lee is an epidemiologist and bioethicist who has worked in public health and ethics for 25 years, including 14 years with CDC.

Released: 10-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Rutgers Racing to Discover a Better Paxlovid
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

SARS-CoV-2 eventually will become resistant to the only effective oral treatment Paxlovid, scientists say. The world needs another.

Newswise: Dramatic Decline in Cigarette Use Among U.S. Teens Over Three Decades
Released: 10-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
Dramatic Decline in Cigarette Use Among U.S. Teens Over Three Decades
Florida Atlantic University

A new study exploring overall trends in cigarette smoking in a large sample of U.S. adolescents by gender and ethnicity (grades nine to 12) show cigarette smoking in all usage categories (ever smoked, occasional, frequent and daily) dramatically decreased from 1991 to 2021.

Newswise: COVID-19 affected Canadians with noncommunicable diseases more than those without, according to a new report
Released: 9-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
COVID-19 affected Canadians with noncommunicable diseases more than those without, according to a new report
Concordia University

Researchers at the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC) say people with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic lung ailments were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 9-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
The secret to better rural healthcare: Pay doctors to travel from urban to rural areas
American Marketing Association (AMA)

Researchers from University of Oxford, Arizona State University, and University of Iowa published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines how paying doctors to visit rural areas is a cost-effective way to provide reasonable access and effective care to most rural communities.

Newswise: UC Study: Thirdhand smoke may harm children
Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
UC Study: Thirdhand smoke may harm children
University of Cincinnati

It’s long been established that secondhand smoke is a detriment to health and linked to cancer.

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5-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
What’s in Your Bottled Water? Study Suggests There May Be Hundreds of Thousands of Tiny Plastic Bits
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A breakthrough microscopic technique that can detect minute particles of plastic in bottled water that can pass into human blood, cells and the placenta with unknown health effects has been developed by a team of researchers from Rutgers and Columbia universities.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
Appalachia acutely suffers from opioid addiction and substance abuse disorders. An accredited online curriculum aids frontline prescribers in combating the crisis
The Rothman Orthopaedic Institute Foundation for Opioid Research Array Education

A Philadelphia-based non-profit foundation is combating the opioid addiction epidemic at the source by educating frontline allied health professionals on various aspects of the nation's opioid crisis, specifically in Pennsylvania and the Appalachian region.

Newswise: Some mosquitoes like it hot
8-Jan-2024 1:05 AM EST
Some mosquitoes like it hot
Washington University in St. Louis

Certain populations of mosquitoes are more heat tolerant and better equipped to survive heat waves than others, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. .

Newswise: About 22 high school age adolescents died each week from overdoses in 2022, driven by fentanyl-laced prescription pills
5-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
About 22 high school age adolescents died each week from overdoses in 2022, driven by fentanyl-laced prescription pills
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Embargoed research finds an average of 22 adolescents 14 to 18 years of age died in the U.S. each week in 2022 from drug overdoses, raising the death rate for this group to 5.2 per 100,000-- driven by fentanyl in counterfeit pills. The researchers also found 19 "hotspot" counties with particularly high overdose deaths.

Released: 5-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
UofL study shows nicotine in e-cigarettes may not be harmless, as some claim
University of Louisville

With the start of a new year, smokers and vapers may have resolved to quit or cut back on the habit to improve their health.

Released: 5-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
After COP28 “insider” climate activists will become increasingly important, study suggests.
University of Exeter

Climate campaigners will increasingly adopt “insider activist” roles, working to change or challenge their organisations from the inside rather than the outside, a new study says.

   
Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Check Your Carbon Monoxide Detectors Ahead of Winter Weather
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Poison Control Experts give safety tips ahead of winter storm.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
New population risk prediction model for likelihood of ICU admission and survival
Regenstrief Institute

A significant obstacle to improving care and outcomes for intensive care unit (ICU) patients is the unexpected nature of becoming seriously ill. Which groups of patients are likely to become severely ill and will they survive their ICU stay?

Released: 4-Jan-2024 2:00 PM EST
Starting a family with the help of science: The latest research in Fertility
Newswise

Find the latest research and features on fertility in the Fertility News Source on Newswise.

       
Newswise: Study Finds Paxlovid Treatment Does Not Reduce Risk of Long COVID
4-Jan-2024 10:10 AM EST
Study Finds Paxlovid Treatment Does Not Reduce Risk of Long COVID
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

A team of researchers from UC San Francisco has found that Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) did not reduce the risk of developing long COVID for vaccinated, non-hospitalized individuals during their first COVID-19 infection.

Newswise: Fitness with no age limit
Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 AM EST
Fitness with no age limit
University of Missouri, Columbia

For nearly 20 years, Stephen Ball has been a man on a mission: helping older Missourians stay healthy and get stronger through physical activity.

Newswise: New Study: Is There a Link Between COVID-19 Vaccination and POTS?
Released: 4-Jan-2024 12:05 AM EST
New Study: Is There a Link Between COVID-19 Vaccination and POTS?
Cedars-Sinai

A new research study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai aimed to understand the possible connection between COVID-19 vaccination and a difficult-to-diagnose heart condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS.

Released: 2-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
The ‘tripledemic’ surge
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Study examines the impact of flu, RSV and COVID-19 hitting pediatric emergency departments

Newswise: Two-step screening strategy could reduce diabetic heart failure
Released: 2-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Two-step screening strategy could reduce diabetic heart failure
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A two-step screening protocol that combines clinical risk assessment with biomarker testing can more effectively identify which patients with Type 2 diabetes need medication to prevent heart failure, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.

Newswise: Uncovering How Tiny Plastics Threaten Our Soil and Health
Released: 30-Dec-2023 1:10 PM EST
Uncovering How Tiny Plastics Threaten Our Soil and Health
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The widespread presence of tiny plastics, known as microplastics and nanoplastics, in our environment is raising alarm.

Released: 29-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Abstract Submission Opening Soon for 2024 AANEM Annual Meeting
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), is excited to share that the Abstract Submission Application opens January 1, 2024, for the upcoming AANEM Annual Meeting.

   


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