One of the most groundbreaking HIV prevention strategies for HIV-negative gay and bisexual men (GBM) is a once-daily pill called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which is up to 99% effective in the prevention of HIV infection. ...
Dec 13, 2016
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(HealthDay)—High utility bills can be more than a budget-buster. They also can cause anxiety and depression in low-income families, a new study finds.
Sep 27, 2016
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A researcher at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health studied a hidden source of hardship: energy insecurity, the inability to adequately meet basic household energy needs, and its adverse environmental, health, ...
Sep 6, 2016
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New research shows harsh parenting may increase a child's risk for poor physical health and obesity as they get older. And attempts by one parent to counterbalance the harsh behavior are not always effective in lessening ...
Apr 19, 2016
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Agencies that serve people with HIV in the U.S. are at the forefront of delivering medical care, shelter, psycho-social counseling and other services to their vulnerable clients. These services are offered through a mix of ...
Apr 8, 2016
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Poor families, like families everywhere, share an age-old parental challenge: getting kids to eat healthy.
Apr 8, 2016
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A recent study conducted by Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) researchers suggests that social support from family and friends does not have an entirely positive effect on mental health but is instead a 'mixed blessing'. ...
Mar 4, 2016
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Researchers at Chapman University, UCLA, and Stanford have just published work on how news media coverage shapes perceptions of obesity. They examined how perspectives on obesity portrayed in news articles affect people's ...
Feb 1, 2016
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The diet of Mexican immigrant children in the U.S. is different from what their mothers eat, according to Penn State sociologists, and that may mean kids are trading in the generally healthy diet of their moms for less nutritious ...
Jan 12, 2016
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Heavy drinkers and users of illegal drugs downplay their relative levels of consumption, when comparing themselves to others, reveals research by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and South London ...
Oct 19, 2015
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