New research from Switzerland presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, shows that people living in poorer neighbourhoods were less likely to ...
Jul 10, 2021
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E-cigarettes spark many concerns, especially when it comes to youth vaping. Â However, emerging evidence suggests that e-cigarettes can be a helpful tool in smoking cessation. Researchers in Moffitt Cancer Center's Tobacco ...
Jun 25, 2021
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A study in 27 European countries puts the prevalence of depression at 6.4 percent of the population. The work, published in The Lancet Public Health, analyzed data from the European Health Interview Survey, which includes ...
Jun 22, 2021
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For two decades, the number of Americans who die each year from drug overdoses has steadily risen, from less than 20,000 in 1999 to more than 80,000 in 2020. By studying patterns of these drug-related fatalities, researchers ...
Jun 10, 2021
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Investigators from Trinity College Dublin, the Irish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, St James's Hospital, and the Department of Public Health HSE East believe tuberculosis (TB) care in Irish Prisons should be supported, ...
Jun 1, 2021
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The most comprehensive data on global trends in smoking highlight its enormous global health toll. The number of smokers worldwide has increased to 1.1 billion in 2019, with tobacco smoking causing 7.7 million deaths—including ...
May 28, 2021
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Patients may need extra encouragement to attend routine cancer screening appointments, say cancer experts across Canada.
May 18, 2021
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Researchers from the University of Oxford, funded by the National Institute for Health (NIHR) Research Oxford Biomedical Research Center (BRC) and the Oxford Health BRC, tested the responses of a representative group of 18,885 ...
May 14, 2021
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Supporting female survivors of childhood maltreatment is critical to disrupting intergenerational abuse as new research from the University of South Australia shows a clear link between parents who have suffered abuse and ...
May 1, 2021
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A study published this week in The Lancet Public Health examines how we can use our income assistance systems to address drug use and drug-related harm.
Apr 15, 2021
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