Demography

Credit: Island Research & Education Initiative With the culmination of a five-year effort to gather a breadth of geospatial data and display it on an interactive digital atlas, the four main islands of the Federated…

Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher is identifying the unique biology that may make Black women more susceptible to aggressive breast…

Over the past decade, the climate change research community developed a scenario framework that combines alternative futures of climate and society to facilitate integrated research and consistent assessment to inform policy. An…

To improve culture of academic medicine, professionalism standards must be more inclusive, according to Penn Medicine study PHILADELPHIA - Marginalized groups of people value professionalism more -- and are more likely to leave a job at an…

Social needs--such as food and economic insecurity, poor housing and neighborhood conditions, and lack of access to transportation--were common in a group of African American cancer survivors in Detroit, and they were associated with…

The World Health Organization developed the new Labour Care Guide to support clinicians in providing good quality, women-centred care during labour and childbirth. In a study published in Birth, researchers evaluated the usability,…

Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Institute to host DETROIT - Wayne State University and the Karmanos Cancer Institute will host the "Community-Engaged Research Symposium to Advance Health Equity: The Impact of Coronavirus Now and…

When it comes to optimizing "longevity fitness" through attention to social, health, and wealth aspects of life, many Americans face intractable inequities based on the color of their skin, where they live, their sex, and who they love.…

(November 18, 2020) -- UTSA researcher Manuel Cano, assistant professor in the Department of Social Work in the UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy is shedding light to understand the topic of drug overdose deaths in the…

Results suggest a diversity of experiences -- with work to be done to achieve parity One of the first nationwide estimates of sexual minority representation across Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees and…

The Gerontological Society of America's highly cited, peer-reviewed journals are continuing to publish scientific articles on COVID-19, and all are free to access. The following were published between October 26 and November 13: Are…

New research shows which racial, ethnic populations in L.A. are most vulnerableCredit: UCLA CNK-BRITE To help slow the spread of COVID-19 and save lives, UCLA public health and urban planning experts have developed a predictive…

An article published in Bioethics examines the topic of research fatigue--or psychological and emotional exhaustion both towards and as a result of participating in research. The article is meant to initiate a conversation about research…

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- March through May saw a significant increase in deaths over previous years - and not just from COVID-19, says a new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.…

Women with lower levels of choline delivered prematurely by 2 weeks, increasing risk of later mental health problems for their offspring AURORA, Colo. (November 16, 2020) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus…

Young adults across the US took part in loneliness study A new national survey, looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young US adults' loneliness, reveals "significant depressive symptoms" in 80% of participants. Over 1,000…

Buck Institute research links hallmarks of aging: senescent cells activate CD38 which degrades NAD+, a key metabolite implicated in age-related decline NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), a key metabolite central to an efficient and…

UIC receives grant to develop career education plan Educators at the University of Illinois Chicago will receive a $2.5 million grant to develop a program that will prepare individuals with intellectual disabilities for competitive…

USC study also reveals differences in preventive behavior based on gender, race, education, state of residence, health condition, and trusted news sourceCredit: Sharon Kim A new study from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology…

Millions spent on efforts to curb illegal activity not effective LAWRENCE -- Cities across the country have sought ways to improve neighborhood safety and in recent years have pointed to demolishing abandoned housing as a way to achieve…