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Higher local Ebola incidence causes lower child vaccination rates

The impact of the Ebola epidemic on the child vaccination rate.

18 Jan 2024

Play to prevent: Video games for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people

Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of home-based cognitive and exergame step training interventions compared with a control group in preventing falls among community-dwelling older adults.

18 Jan 2024

‘Emergency’ or not, covid is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe.

With around 20,000 people dying of covid in the United States since the start of October, and tens of thousands more abroad, the covid pandemic clearly isn't over.

18 Jan 2024

Women and minorities bear the brunt of medical misdiagnosis

Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born.

18 Jan 2024

What makes people gag at dentists?

Study finds a significant correlation between self-reported emetophobia, excessive gagging, and dental anxiety, with over 50% of participants recalling unpleasant vomiting or gagging experiences and a notable impact of dental office smells on these conditions.

17 Jan 2024

INSIS study unveils secrets of rare vaccine events, shaping future immunizations

A University of Alberta professor is co-leading a new international vaccine safety network to examine why some people who received a COVID-19 vaccine experienced very rare adverse events associated with the vaccine.

17 Jan 2024

Statistical innovation sheds light on global progress in living longer

When it comes to trends in mortality over the last thirty years, countries around the world can be grouped into five clusters, roughly representing the five continents, according to a new study published January 17, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by David Atance of Universidad de Alcalá, Spain, and colleagues.

17 Jan 2024

Researchers receive $24 million grant to extend the 'Study Of Healthy Aging in African Americans'

Researchers at UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente Division of Research have received a $24 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR) for an additional five years.

17 Jan 2024

Are vacation days taken and working while on vacation associated with physician burnout?

Associations between the vacation days taken by physicians per year.

17 Jan 2024

‘I’m not safe here’: Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion

Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child's mom.

17 Jan 2024

America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities

The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

17 Jan 2024

Evidence that 100% fruit juice consumption is associated with a BMI gain in children

Researchers assess the effect of 100% fruit juice on weight gain in children and adults.

17 Jan 2024

Study finds vaccination against COVID-19 consistently reduced the risk of long COVID symptoms

Researchers examine whether COVID-19 vaccines could prevent long COVID symptoms.

17 Jan 2024

Daily active commuting associated with lower levels of inflammation

A new study, conducted by the University of Eastern Finland, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, shows that engaging in active commuting for a minimum of 45 minutes a day was associated with lower levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a key marker of inflammation.

16 Jan 2024

Chronic inflammation and poverty join forces to increase mortality risk

A new study led by a University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions researcher finds that people with chronic inflammation living in poverty have more than double the risk of dying from heart disease and nearly triple the risk of dying from cancer within the next 15 years.

16 Jan 2024

Large UK study highlights gaps in COVID-19 vaccine coverage

The first research study of the entire UK population highlights gaps in COVID-19 vaccine coverage. Between a third and a half of the populations of the four UK nations had not had the recommended number of COVID vaccinations and boosters by summer 2022.

16 Jan 2024

Everyday physical activity may help attenuate age-related bone loss

A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that the bone mineral density at the femoral neck decreased, but the structural properties were maintained or even slightly improved during a year-long multicomponent exercise training intervention in 70- to 85-year-old men and women who had previously been physically inactive.

16 Jan 2024

Palliative telecare provides lasting quality of life improvements for chronically ill patients

Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that a team intervention, provided by phone, leads to persistent improvements in depression, anxiety, and quality of life for people managing chronic illnesses.

16 Jan 2024

Simple measures in the health care setting could prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission

In early 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a highly contagious and pathogenic virus, made its alarming debut and quickly spread worldwide, causing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that threatened human health and public safety.

16 Jan 2024

New strategy makes palliative care more accessible to patients with chronic illnesses

Ordering a palliative care consultation by "default" – via an automatic order programmed into the electronic medical record that doctors may cancel if they choose – is an effective strategy to give more hospitalized patients the opportunity to benefit from palliative care, and sooner, according to a new study led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

16 Jan 2024

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Higher local Ebola incidence causes lower child vaccination rates

Play to prevent: Video games for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people

‘Emergency’ or not, covid is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe.

Women and minorities bear the brunt of medical misdiagnosis

What makes people gag at dentists?

INSIS study unveils secrets of rare vaccine events, shaping future immunizations

Statistical innovation sheds light on global progress in living longer

Researchers receive $24 million grant to extend the 'Study Of Healthy Aging in African Americans'

Are vacation days taken and working while on vacation associated with physician burnout?

‘I’m not safe here’: Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion

America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities

Evidence that 100% fruit juice consumption is associated with a BMI gain in children

Study finds vaccination against COVID-19 consistently reduced the risk of long COVID symptoms

Daily active commuting associated with lower levels of inflammation

Chronic inflammation and poverty join forces to increase mortality risk

Large UK study highlights gaps in COVID-19 vaccine coverage

Everyday physical activity may help attenuate age-related bone loss

Palliative telecare provides lasting quality of life improvements for chronically ill patients

Simple measures in the health care setting could prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission

New strategy makes palliative care more accessible to patients with chronic illnesses

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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