Tag: health

November 30, 2023

Social media use is associated with risky health behaviours in young people including increased alcohol, drug and tobacco use, anti-social ...

Breakthrough study shows exercise improves cognitive health for people with Down syndrome

An exploratory study has shown that light, regular exercise can improve the cognitive, as well as physical, health of adults ...

UT Health San Antonio launches Center for Global and Community Oral Health

The School of Dentistry of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has launched the Center for ...

JMIR Publications announces a partnership with leading career center provider Naylor Association Solutions to power a brand-new online career development hub for digital health professionals

We are thrilled to announce the official launch of the JMIR Career Center on the JMIR Publications website. This pioneering ...

Swapping blood for spit — for convenient at-home health monitoring

Blood tests are a common, yet often painful, step in health care. But what if we could skip the needles ...

The role of marketing in disrupted health care markets: It’s time to move beyond conventional strategies to account for new actors, roles, and exchanges

Researchers from Duke University, University of New South Wales, University of Wisconsin, and University of Washington published an editorial for ...

Can health, lifestyle changes protect elders from Alzheimer’s?

As more medications move toward federal approval for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco ...

Study finds threats increased during pandemic

Threats against public health workers doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic

While doctors and nurses were hailed as the frontline heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic, their counterparts in public health were ...

Reducing inequitable health outcomes requires reducing residential segregation

The U.S. must reduce racial residential segregation if it is to reduce racial disparities in health outcomes, according to a ...

Millions of kids in U.S. have inadequate health care coverage

November 28, 2023-- Inadequate health coverage is a particular problem for commercially insured children, according to a new study released ...

Anonymous $10 million gift to Henry Ford Health establishes lung cancer tissue repository, bolsters research

As Lung Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, Henry Ford Health is proud to announce it has received an ...

PCORI approves $225 million in funding for dozens of health research studies and related projects

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling $225 million, which ...

PCORI approves $80.5 million for health research using novel approaches to tackle social and clinical care factors that contribute to maternal health inequities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $80.5 million to support four new, ...

Recent scientific studies offer insight into heart and stroke health

DALLAS, Nov. 28, 2023 — More than 4,000 abstracts were presented during the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023 and Resuscitation Science Symposium ...

LSU Health Shreveport chooses Digital Science to support research discovery and integrity

Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to announce that Louisiana State University Health ...

Miss America’s Scholarship Foundation joins Go Red for Women to champion women’s health and well-being at every age

DALLAS, November 28, 2023 — Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims more lives than all forms of cancer, yet many women, particularly ...

Health: Greater adherence to lifestyle recommendations associated with lower cancer risk

Greater adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) cancer prevention recommendations — which encourage a ...

No ‘smoking gun’ mental health harm from internet: landmark Oxford survey

University of Oxford News Release Oxford Internet Institute Strict Embargo until 00.01 GMT Tuesday, 28 November 2023 No ‘smoking ...

New framework for using AI in health care considers medical knowledge, practices, procedures, values

November 27, 2023

Health care organizations are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve patient care, but their translation into clinical settings ...

Mixing heat with hair styling products may be bad for your health