Archive: 05/03/2018

How does resolving cannabis problems differ from problems with alcohol or other drugs?

Individuals who report having resolved a problem with cannabis use appear to have done so at younger ages than those who resolved problems with alcohol or other drugs, report investigators from the Recovery Research Institute ...

Mar 5, 2018

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Low blood sugar poses unaddressed threat to people with type 2 diabetes

New research from the Endocrine Society and Avalere Health finds that clinicians lack the resources to identify, assess and manage patients who are at a high risk of developing hypoglycemia, or episodes of dangerously low ...

Mar 5, 2018

Preschoolers exposed to nighttime light lack melatonin

Exposing preschoolers to an hour of bright light before bedtime almost completely shuts down their production of the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin and keeps it suppressed for at least 50 minutes after lights out, according ...

Mar 5, 2018

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In Colombia, social pension income improves self-reported older men's health

In a new study appearing in the March issue of Health Affairs, Philipp Hessel of the University of the Andes and coauthors assessed the effects of Colombia Mayor, a noncontributory pension program providing eligible low-income ...

Mar 5, 2018

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Cash rewards have a positive impact on low income families' health in New York City

A conditional cash transfer program in New York City reported meaningful effects on the use of some preventive health services, especially dental care, according to a study by King's College London, Columbia University's ...

Mar 5, 2018

Fringe loan use linked to risk of poor health

Fringe loan services may cost poor and working class Americans not only their finances, but also their health, a first-of-its-kind study shows. Researchers at the University of Washington School of Public Health and the Evans ...

Mar 5, 2018

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Breast cancer care in US territories lags behind care in states

Older women residing in the U.S territories are less likely to receive recommended or timely care for breast cancer compared with similar women residing in the continental United States, according to Yale researchers. Their ...

Mar 5, 2018